Sumário:"Lift-off": article II of the New York Convention and the legal doctrines that help an international arbitration get launched -- Judicial cooperation with the arbitral process -- Institutional protection of the arbitral process -- The doctrine of separability of arbitration clauses -- The doctrine of kompetenz-kompetenz -- Limited waiver of sovereign immunity in order to enforce arbitration agreements -- Re-entry e article III: ensuring the arbitral award lands safely and is enforced -- Limited judicial review of arbitral awards governed by the New York Convention -- Extension of the doctrines of res judicata e collateral estoppel to arbitral to arbitral awards.