fully agree www.justsecurity.org/131513/comme...

Hegseth: "Israel has clear missions as well for which we are grateful. Capable partners are good partners, unlike so many of our traditional allies who wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force ... no stupid rules of engagement."

looks fascinating - coming out this month press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Carney puts rules-based international order sign back in window

looks very interesting www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...

This interview with the indomitable Mona Rishmawi is an important complement to the Fact-Finding Mission’s report. It focuses on the FFM’s landmark assessment that the RSF has committed genocide. www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-u...

intriguing - on the ownership-related questions of decolonizing archives and the entangled legacies of colonialism. www.ft.com/content/18e9...

"The Hague Academy has far under-delivered on its aspiration of being representative of all regions and legal traditions." academic.oup.com/ejil/advance...

The Right’s Civilizational New World Order jacobin.com/2026/02/civi...

excellent interview with Fred Mégret - "Ukraine has done itself and int law a service by arguing almost every possible angle in its favour[, and] its successes paint a picture of what happened, one that will be more difficult to deny in the future." www.justiceinfo.net/en/155609-uk...

very interesting new issue on nuclear weapons and legal doctrine www.tandfonline.com/toc/fsst20/0/0

I was invited by @ejiltalk.bsky.social @justsecurity.org to reflect on colonialism in relation to the updated ICRC Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention - here are my thoughts. www.ejiltalk.org/reading-the-...

interesting series of essays on the archives of postcolonial/socialist/Tricontinental actors archive-stories.com/Archiving-th...

Reading the Updated Commentary on GCIV in an Imperial Moment | by Boyd van Dijk This post is part of a symposium is being run in collaboration with @justsecurity.org and the @icrc.org

"IO survival is predicated on staff performing as exploited subjects revealing a chronic structural crisis rooted in the UN." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

fascinating www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I was invited by @ejiltalk.bsky.social @justsecurity.org to reflect on colonialism in relation to the updated ICRC Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention - here are my thoughts. www.ejiltalk.org/reading-the-...

Hallmarks of genocide found in El Fasher news.un.org/en/story/202...

on Martin Jay’s retirement conference and many other things - excellent essay by @joncatlin.bsky.social www.jhiblog.org/2026/02/16/t...

The Violence of Hunger: Starvation, Famine, and Responsibility www.niod.nl/en/longreads...

China and the World to Come - Zhang Weiwei interviewed by Pankaj Mishra www.equator.org/articles/chi...

starting today, @ejiltalk.bsky.social @justsecurity.org and the ICRC are hosting a symposium on the updated Commentary of GCIV - new contributions will be published over the coming weeks, including my own, so do keep an eye on it. www.ejiltalk.org/protecting-c...

CFP: Strengthening International law through Constructive Thinking? A symposium with Prof. Monica Hakimi igiltp.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/s...

this is a fascinating collection of essays on (int) law, 'reflexive globalization,' and race verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...

International humanitarian law is at risk – but it still carries weight www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Jesse Jackson appeared on Sesame Street in 1973. During his appearance, he led a group of children in reciting his well-known poem “I Am Somebody,” a message focused on self-worth and empowerment The segment became one of the most memorable celebrity appearances from the early seasons of the show.

out now www.waterstones.com/book/algorit...

appearing later this month www.bloomsbury.com/us/quelling-...

Wow! Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report. This is a *big* legal win. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Beyond the Search for Origins: Recent Works in the History of Human Rights www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Who Killed the Liberal International Order? foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/09/l...

French del leader deeply upset about outcome of the Additional Protocols - especially their reprisal restrictions underminig their defense/nucl deterrence policies, and largely blamed it on the 'progressive line' taken by US leader Aldrich, a line that new Carter admin could not break with (1977).

very interesting new article www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Fall of the House of Assad www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

new article by @drmargottudor.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Marx, Palestine, and the Birth of Modern Terrorism www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

coming out in mid-2026 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

very interesting new book on self-determination, regionalism, and the Global South www.cambridge.org/core/books/n...

The World Will Come to Miss Western Hypocrisy www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

good to see Geneva Academy's latest report is receiving the coverage it needs www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...

Academic publishers defeat lawsuit over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictions www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

The End of Rojava www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ja...

IDF Accepts Gaza Health Ministry Death Toll of Over 71,000 Palestinians www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

"there's something refreshing about Carney’s speech — which, if nothing else, correctly recognized that the old shibboleths of liberal internationalism under assault by Trump are largely bogus and have become impossible to maintain even in the abstract." www.lukewsavage.com/p/interpreti...

The best analysis of the 2026 uprising I’ve read so far. Appropriately & tragically bleak. “The danger is not sudden regime collapse, but a drawn-out descent into instability and, potentially, even balkanization.” Solidarity with the protesters, however bleak their political horizon.

"Investigations [at start] war found that (...) final approval of [strike targets based on AI systems]… was almost automatic even when (…) there's no certainty that identification of target was correct (...) and even when [collateral] reached (...) 100 [civilians].” www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...

Historians and legal scholars: please submit your articles for the Burbank Global Legal History prize! Any article published in 2025 is eligible. The deadline is June 1. I am chairing the committee this year so reach out with any questions! aslh.net/award/jane-b...

interesting new article by Robert Gerwarth stressing the central place of civil wars in interwar European memory and thought - and how this shaped 20th-century violence in critical ways. journals.openedition.org/histoirepoli...