Dyalá Jiménez; Julien Fouret

This second issue of the ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin for 2017 once again offers a rich assortment of news, commentary, case decisions and data, in the hopes of offering insightful and stimulating content to you, the reader.

The already popular Global Developments section this time reports on changes in legislation and jurisprudence in Europe, with jurisdictions as diverse as Armenia, Finland, France, Poland, and Ukraine. In Singapore, too, we see arbitration

acquiring increasing support and strength. And in the Americas, two interesting cases are discussed - the Commisa 'saga' involving decisions in Mexico and the United States, and the already well-known Nutrasweet case in the United States. As you may note, this section seeks to provide the latest news on arbitration developments worldwide, so we are always open to submissions from our readers in all parts of the world to help give this section the widest possible coverage.

The Case Decisions section in this issue is devoted to price renegotiation in energy contracts and consists of previously unpublished extracts from six ICC awards, together with a commentary elucidating issues that are of paramount importance for the oil and gas sector.

The Commentary section contains two in-depth analyses - one on the effect of increasing transparency on arbitral decisions and the other on party tactics regarding payment of the advance on costs. Both will no doubt be of great interest to arbitration practitioners.

Continuing a tradition established in the pre-digital Bulletin, the 2016 statistical report on ICC dispute resolution services is also available in this issue. Providing detailed figures on parties, arbitrators, seats, applicable law, and other aspects of proceedings administered by the International Court of Arbitration, as well as information about cases filed with the International Centre for ADR, this is a much sought-after document and the information it contains will doubtless make its way into numerous conference presentations and articles in the coming months.

The section concerning recent ICC events offers a glimpse of ICC's active role in this field. This time, reports cover the ICC YAF Global Conference held in New York City, the 12th edition of the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition, and the joint symposium organised by ICC and Queen Mary University of London.

Finally, reviews of two new books on international arbitration complete the issue: The Evolution of International Arbitration: Judicialization, Governance, Legitimacy and Conflict of Laws and Arbitral Discretion: The Closest Connection Test.

We very much hope that this second issue in the new format launched this year will continue to make the Bulletin indispensable reading for anyone interested in international dispute resolution. All this would not have been possible without Virginia Hamilton, the Secretariat of the ICC Court and, of course, the entire Editorial Board, to whom we once again express our deep gratitude.