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Episode 62 - Is the Iran MOU a Treaty?
July 14, 2026 · 29 minDuncan Hollis, Professor at Temple and editor of The Oxford Guide to Treaties, joins Kal to discuss what makes a treaty, how to think about the Iran deal, and why this issue matters.
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Episode 61 - Can Iran Levy Tolls on the Strait of Hormuz?
June 26, 2026 · 31 minCan Iran Levy Tolls on the Strait of Hormuz? Transit passage and the law of the sea with James Kraska, Charles Stockton Professor of international Maritime Law at the US Naval War College.
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Episode 60 - The Tariff Shockwave: U.S. Trade Policy Under Trump 2.0
May 12, 2026 · 33 minTariffs are back and they’re reshaping the international economic landscape in real time. The second Trump administration has unleashed a wave of trade measures that shift by the week, justified by goals that include everything from…
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Episode 59 - Boarding and Seizing Ships (and related Caribbean issues)
January 9, 2026 · 31 minBoarding and Seizing Ships (and related Caribbean issues) with Michael Scharf, President of the American Branch of the International Law Association
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Episode 58 - The US UN Headquarters Agreement and the Visa Battle over Mahmoud Abbas
October 2, 2025 · 35 minFormer Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Larry Johnson joins the podcast to explain the legal underpinnings of this year’s controversy at the UN General Assembly over visas and visa restrictions for diplomats from Palestine and…
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Episode 57 - International Obligations with Respect to Climate Change
September 25, 2025 · 37 minIn the past year, three international courts and tribunals—the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)—have issued advisory…
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Episode 56 - Interviewing the Court of Justice of the EU
August 15, 2025 · 32 minIn this episode with speak with Katerina Linos of UC Berkeley and Mark Pollack of Temple University about their project to interview the judges of the EU’s primary court system, and the implications for European integration, international…
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Episode 55 - Peace Treaties
June 20, 2025 · 30 minWhat does the law of treaties—and jus ad bellum—say about peace treaties? We discuss these issues, the history of peace treaties, and their possible future with Greg Fox, who has written widely on peace agreements and their evolution.
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Episode 54 - Is the Trump Administration’s Deep Seabed Mining Program Violating International Law?
May 20, 2025 · 32 minOn this episode Samantha Rowe, partner in the London office of Debevoise and Plimpton, joins the podcast to discuss the recent Trump executive order aimed at jumpstarting deep seabed mining, the role of the International Seabed Authority…
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Episode 53 - The WTO in the Second Trump Administration
February 12, 2025 · 30 minThis episode considers the implications of a second Trump administration for international law and policy in the United States and explores the future of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Catherine speaks with Amy Porges, a long-time…
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Episode 52 - The United Nations in the Second Trump Administration
February 6, 2025 · 33 minRichard Gowan, Director for UN and Multilateral Diplomacy at the International Crisis Group and one of the world’s chief UN watchers, joins the podcast to discuss what to expect with the new Trump team in Turtle Bay.
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Episode 51 - Int'l Negotiations Around a Possible Convention on Crimes against Humanity
January 22, 2025 · 29 minIn this episode, Catherine is joined by Sean D. Murphy, Manatt/Ahn Professor of International Law at George Washington University and former Member of the UN International Law Commission, where he served as Special Rapporteur on the topic…

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