In September 2025, Roberto Castro de Figueiredo argued on this Blog that President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs could distort competition among multinationals investing in the U.S. and thereby trigger…
In Singapore, the courts have long adhered to the principles from earlier English cases such as Emirates Trading Agency LLC v Prime Mineral Exports Pte Ltd [2015] 1 WLR 1145, asserting that failure…
In its second issue for this year, Arbitration continues to target and engage with pressing questions which lie at the heart of international dispute resolution.In her Editorial to this issue,…
The long debates about the pros and cons of party-appointed arbitrators, as opposed to the institutions appointing all three arbitrators, have missed a far more important distinction which bears on a…
On 17 February 2026, ICSID published its report on cases registered in 2025. This report revealed that a record number of cases were filed against states in Sub-Saharan Africa. Indeed, ICSID’s…
On December 22, 2022, an Arbitral Tribunal issued its award on a dispute between HidroCadereyta and Pemex involving a 2013 public procurement contract for the design and construction of a hydrogen…
The events that occurred in Venezuela on January 3rd this year (“J3”), in which Nicolás Maduro, who was unlawfully holding the office of President of Venezuela, was removed by US forces and brought…
What if a commercial dispute that would typically take years and cost millions of dollars could be resolved in days, not by a tribunal, but by a prediction market? International arbitration is facing…
The Editorial Board of Kluwer Arbitration Blog announces the opening of the following positions with Kluwer Arbitration Blog: Assistant Editor for the United States and Assistant Editor for…
Johannesburg Arbitration Week (JAW) 2026, held from 5–7 May, brought together leading practitioners and institutions to reflect on the evolving arbitration landscape across the continent. The…
