This book project actually begun when I started to work with the
Department of Politics, Cardiff University. I must say that writing this
book has been a very exciting and stimulating journey – a journey
enriched by interesting and thought-provoking conversations shared
with my colleagues in the department. I have also had the unique
privilege, as an international lawyer, of teaching international law
to international relations (IR) students at both undergraduate and
postgraduate levels, who, one way or the other, have contributed to
my appreciation of areas of international law that are of interest to
students of IR.
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