‘I’m not saying it’s not a tragedy’ says Jack Lew, while defending Israel’s killing of ‘children of Hamas fighters’. The language of tragedy has become the refuge of all those who want to obscure agency and responsibility, as if Palestinians are simply fated to die.

They have arrived! @lindaaburnett.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social @18thcenturycam.bsky.social @long18thsem.bsky.social #Enlightenment #18thCentury #HistoryOfRace #ColonialHistory #Colonialism

After being repeatedly asked about this for the better part of a fortnight, I figured I'd just write it up in one spot. It's not an endorsement of nuclear deterrence, nor a nuclear-armed Iran. But could we live with that outcome? Yep. theconversation.com/could-we-liv...

With global health budgets collapsing, @lukeglanville.bsky.social and I have a short reply up at BMJ Global Health. We argue that states must resist the pull of self-interest and short-termism. Ethical prioritisation means focusing on effectiveness and the worst-off. 🔗 www.bmj.com/content/387/...

More than 400 people in Gaza have now been killed trying to reach food at sites run by the ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’. “The attempt to survive is being met with a death sentence,” says Jonathan Whittall, UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA). news.un.org/en/story/202...

It’s really quite insane that Israel, alone among the countries of the world, literally bombs every one of its neighbors on a regular basis while committing genocide against the people of Gaza, all with the near total backing of both US political parties and zero political accountability.

I've got a new article out that speaks to the flaws and weaknesses of the campaign against autonomous weapons and of humanitarian disarmament narratives in general. In this one I'm specifically concerned with the use of 'human dignity' as a reason to ban or regulate AWS. doi.org/10.1163/2772...

A little more book promo: all @ucpress.bsky.social books are 40% off this month! Use code MAY40 Emergency in Transit is open access, but if you'd like a hard copy, now is a great time to snag one! www.ucpress.edu/books/emerge...

Wild. Right after Cory Booker went viral for speaking on the "wretched truth about America," he just voted to keep arming a government that just officially achieved The Deadliest Conflict Ever for Journalists & executed and buried 15 paramedics and their emergency vehicles

This is a great collection of essays, edited by the *brilliant* Bridget Anderson of Migration Mobilities Bristol. It examines the histories of international borders and explores mobility beyond the human and across time, from the movement of soil in the Middle Ages to contemporary cow passports.

1/2 Despite all the denialism from right wing polemicists, Lyndall Ryan kept going, patiently gathering the evidence proving that Australia’s colonisation entailed hundreds of massacres. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I assume we've all found the time by now to read this excellent and vital book by Ned Dobos, yes? global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Out now in @envsecjournal.bsky.social, my review of Gerard Toal's outstanding new book, Oceans Rise, Empires Fall journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Almost 80 states have signed a statement expressing support for the ‘independence, impartiality, and integrity of the ICC’ in the face of US sanctions. Australia is not one of them. un.mfa.ee/joint-statem...

Our book is getting much closer now @lindaaburnett.bsky.social! #Enlightenment #race #colonialhistory #intellectualhistory #naturalhistory

RFK Jr’s ideas about Black people’s immune systems (theguardian.com/us-news/2025...) can be traced back to past medical claims about Black people's suitability for enslavement (academic.oup.com/isq/article/...).

Great book!

Great book by Samantha Seeley!

The Biden Admin could have halted this genocide at any point in the last year. They pro-actively prolonged a genocide on behalf of a regime that didn’t care to get hostages back and actively wanted Trump to win - and for zero strategic gain. The most grotesque foreign policy in my lifetime.

What a great book! - @kevinkenny.bsky.social

Hi all, I gather a clone account that looks like mine has been DM-ing a lot of you. Please ignore it. Bluesky have now shut it down.

This word salad doesn't even mention the UK's duty to give refuge to displaced people or to provide humanitarian aid. Literally not once. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My latest… ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/lo...

After almost a decade of thinking, researching and writing... this came in the post today. 🤓 🥂

Part of the books I used in the final chapter of my book manuscript. These books are all amazing studies.

Great new collection on overlooked just war thinkers by Daniel Brunstetter and Cian O'Driscoll, including a chapter by David Lupher and I on Sepúlveda.

Great book

This edited collection on the "rise of the international" looks great: #HistIR global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Fun to receive my contributor copy of this great new collection edited by Richard Devetak and Tim Dunne global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Great book

Protip: keep an eye out for Andrew Preston's new book! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

If the reaction of your gov is, "we wait for the ICJ - other courts - to rule on genocide", your gov is not discharging its prevention duty under the Genocide Convention. Govs must develop processes & criteria to assess genocide risk concurrently, not in 10 years.

Post the last sentence of your last article. “We need to ensure today that celebration of the resilience of some refugees … is not transposed into a demand for resilience from all refugees …, a naturalization of their displacement, and a justification for the brutal bordering practices of states.”

Always worth reinforcing that this historic case - the 1st AO to be unanimously adopted by UNGA and now the ICJ proceedings with the most written submissions - was started by a group of 27 law students from the University of the South Pacific less than 6 years ago www.theguardian.com/world/2022/j...

I was asked recently to put together a quick snapshot of the problems with the "modern slavery" category. I had been assuming that most people were already aware that 'modern slavery' was a shit show, but apparently not. So here is a quick list of some of the main problems.

I am outraged by the three immigration bills being rushed through Australia's Parliament. Here I explain why womensagenda.com.au/latest/confi...

My critique of Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson's colonial history of development is out in the latest issue of International Relations. Their dichotomy of inclusionary vs. extractive institutions do not survive the history of actually existing capitalism in slavery, imperialism, and settlerism.

Also, here’s a new article of mine: “Resilience and domination: resonances of racial slavery in refugee exclusion.” This is the first piece of a new project so I’m keen for any feedback. academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

I’m not very active here yet but, if you’re interested, here’s a new book that I’ve written with @jamespattison.bsky.social, titled Prioritizing Global Responsibilities. academic.oup.com/book/56461

Look what finally arrived! Its arrival was delayed by a few months so I suspect all of you have already bought and received and read your own copies by now haven't you, you little scamps.