{"id":17244,"date":"2026-04-21T19:02:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/?p=17244"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:02:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:02:05","slug":"itn-issue-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2026\/04\/21\/itn-issue-2-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ITN Issue 2, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Analyses<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2026\/04\/21\/treaty-data-evolving-international-investment-regime-josef-ostransky-dafina-atanasova\/\"><span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips60'>ITN<\/span> Special Issue \u2013 Treaty Data and the Evolving International Investment Regime<\/a>, by Josef Ostransky &amp; Dafina Atanasova<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2026\/04\/21\/investment-treaties-strategy-practice-chile-experience-mariana-pinto-schmidt\/\">Investment Treaties, Strategy, and Practice in Chile\u2019s Experience<\/a>, by Mariana Pinto Schmidt<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2026\/04\/21\/committees-international-investment-agreements-joshua-paine\/\">Committees in International Investment Agreements: Sketching a research agenda for a growing trend<\/a>, by Joshua Paine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2026\/04\/21\/importance-of-public-access-to-information-treaty-isds-reform-lise-johnson\/\">On the Importance of Public Access to Information in the Context of Treaty and <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips43'>ISDS<\/span> Reform<\/a>, by Lise Johnson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2026\/04\/21\/spentech-engineering-limited-v-united-arab-emirates-rule-41-vismaya-hari\/\">Spentech Engineering Limited v. 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