FOREWORD.

• Date: 22 September 2021
• Author: Nanda, Ved P.

When Sarah Brusseau, the Editor-in-Chief of the Denver Journal of International Law & Policy, graciously invited me to write a foreword for Volume 50, I felt that this milestone calls for celebration! At the outset I want to pay tribute to the editors and staff of the Journal who have given their time, energy, skills, and dedication, to build its current status as one of America's oldest and widely regarded international law journals.

The Journal is deservedly proud of its rich history, but it's worth recalling that it almost didn't get off the ground. While several students in my international law classes and in the International Law Society at the University of Denver College of Law had been expressing their desire since 1968 to start a journal, I needed to be sure there was enough student interest to sustain it. Jonathan Cox, Britt Anderson, and Harley Shaver especially championed the idea and finally in the Spring of 1970 I went to Dean Robert Yegge to talk it over. Although he was very supportive, he regretted that the school's budget lacked adequate resources to fund a second journal. Later the same day I had an appointment for lunch with my friend Ed Goodin, a very successful businessman who chaired the United Nations...