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The opening of a mediation center might not, on its own, be major news. But when that center is established within a country's Supreme Court, it is worth a…

The Singapore–Laos agreement shows that the credibility of carbon markets depends not only on creating credits, but on ensuring they are measurable…

Why an arbitrator refused to switch hats and mediate — and what it reveals about how legal culture, not contract language, governs a neutral's role in cross-border disputes.

What the Singapore Convention actually changed in international mediation: Turkey's early accession and the cross-border enforceability of mediated settlement agreements.

Dubai Future Foundation's Global 50 report reads less like an innovation guide than a dispute map — and explains the UAE's bid to become the hub where they are resolved.

How intense competition in the China market destabilises distribution, licensing and joint-venture contracts — and the anatomy of the dispute wave that follows.

As climate risk reshapes investment and trade decisions, why an institution's dispute management capacity is becoming a genuine competitive advantage.

What the UN's beyond-GDP report says about mediation statistics — and the difference between what a settlement rate measures and what it cannot.

How a billion-dollar financing that issued no equity actually works — and how structures like it will reshape commercial dispute resolution.

How shifting trade corridors are changing the nature of disputes, and where ISTAC stands in Turkey's bid to become a regional arbitration centre.

AI democratised discovery without removing the bottleneck; it relocated it. What the WEF report implies for law and dispute resolution.

Empathy and active listening have been declining since 2019. What the WEF findings mean for the human skills mediation depends on most.

Overshoot Day is not an environmental statistic but a debt contract. Reading a negotiation in which future generations are absent from the table.

Why Europe's most detailed mediation legislation did not deliver the expected result, and what the Greek experience says to Turkey.

Drawing on McKinsey, World Bank and IMF data: how many trillions equal female workforce participation would add to the global economy.

Record donation, record protest. The paradigm shift the 2026 Met Gala revealed: institutional legitimacy is now earned through trust, not money.

What a DAAB is and why it is central to FIDIC 2017 contracts: the anatomy of a mechanism that prevents disputes rather than resolving them.

After Urgenda and Shell: why courts fall short in climate disputes, and what restorative justice offers instead.

Judge's notes from the 21st ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition: how participants from different legal cultures build a shared language of resolution.

What the WEF 2026 theme 'The Spirit of Dialogue' means for law, leadership and dispute resolution: notes on multi-actor decision-making.

What the US withdrawal from 66 international organisations means for global governance, SDG 17 and the future of multilateral partnership.

Why early-stage assessment should not be postponed: the warning signals hidden in partnership structures, contractual obligations and investor commitments.

Why managing cultural difference is a strategic necessity when working with Chinese investors: relational trust, social acceptance and the role of mediation.

What the FLI AI Safety Index reveals: why eight major AI companies still lack a convincing prevention plan for catastrophic risk.

Climate diplomacy has become a dispute resolution arena. Notes taken while following COP30 in Belém through a mediator's lens, and the fossil fuel debate.

Does being 'green' actually make an institution sustainable? The link between sustainability and ethics, and the risk of greenwashing.

Why entrepreneurship, climate, investment and supply-chain rules are no longer separate topics, and what a holistic view changes in dispute resolution.

How geopolitical tension, supply-chain fragility and regulatory volatility are redrawing the dispute risk map through 2025 and beyond.

The UN's 2024 Global Risk Report: the gap between awareness and preparedness, and how disinformation is weakening crisis management.

Why social impact differs from corporate social responsibility: the measures of leadership that creates lasting change, and a shifting definition of success.

What the UAE-US patent acceleration agreement signals about the strategic value of intellectual property for startups and economic development.

How deepfake technology threatens personal rights, public debate and electoral integrity — and law's search for a way to keep pace.

What Turkey's Climate Law changes: a binding 2053 net-zero target and the new responsibilities it assigns to the public and private sectors.

From the parable of Old Ali and the Wooden Bowl to elder mediation: why the real issue in intergenerational conflict is rarely the division of property.

Why disputes in sports clubs begin in the dressing room rather than on the scoreboard, and how sports mediation repairs the relationships behind them.

Starting from Mark Twain: is an idea's impact determined by its content or its timing? An essay on reading the spirit of the age.

Is ethics a set of rules or the identity revealed at the moment of decision? On the role of the ethical compass in mediation and leadership.