Audiences That Matter: Why States Publicly Admit to Breaking International Law

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Brief Overview

Why do states publicly admit to breaking international law? We identify two sources of incentives for states when choosing to commit explicit breaches of international law, and offer a model to explain states' decision-making process.

Authors

• Yuan Yi Zhu, University of Oxford

• Tuuli-Anna Huikuri, University of Oxford