AJIL Explainers is a video series from the American Journal of International Law, designed to explain international legal developments under the second Trump Administration. 

These videos connect to articles from the October 2025 issue of AJIL, and feature editorial board members from the journal. 

Read the related article, The Trump Administration Reverses U.S. Position on UNRWA Immunities.

Read the related article, The “America First Trade Policy” in Practice.

  

Read the related article, United States Bombs Iran’s Nuclear Facilities.

  

Read the related article, Entrenching Inequality or Opportunities to Forge New Pathways: Implications of U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts and Reciprocal Tariffs for African Countries. 

Read the related article, The Trump Administration’s Trade Policy and the International Trading System. 

Read the related article, The Trump Administration Steps Back from International Environmental Cooperation.

Read the related article, The Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Violations of the Non-Refoulement Principle.

Read the related article, President Trump Targets Latin American Countries and Nationals as He Begins His Second Term.

   

Read the related article, From Great “Liberator” to “Landlord Seeking Rent”: The Implications of U.S. Reciprocal Tariffs Policy in Asia and Beyond.

 

Read the related article, The U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Minerals Partnership in the Wake of Russia’s War of Aggression.

Read the related article, From Cooperation to Anomie and Transaction in the Transatlantic Relationship? A View from Europe on the Trump Administration 2.0.