Finally, these are editor copies of The Oxford Handbook of Norms Research in International Relations found their way to my Hamburg office! Here is a big 🙏🏻 again to my steadfast co-editors @sassangholiagha.bsky.social & @philorchard.bsky.social & to all brilliant Section Editors & Contributors! 🙌🏻🙏🏻

Now effectively exonerating Tony Blair’s highly contested Iraq decision.

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"...we are especially interested to hear from those working in international political theory, or who undertake historically informed research on anti-colonial and post-colonial political thought, or whose work might connect political theory and historical political economy"

JOB Assistant Professor of Political Theory University of Cambridge @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...

Germany moving closer to participate in France’s nuclear deterrence. Let’s remember that the ICJ has declared most uses of nuclear weapons violations of int’l law. Not sure that Germany could legally participate in their use under the Grundgesetz. www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news...

Not really. Saying one thing in Parliament and deciding to let US American military use British airbases to launch their weapons against Iran shows clear support of US American international law violations in action on behalf of the British government. @janinadill.bsky.social @goldmatt.bsky.social

Unser Dank gilt @anjaopitz.bsky.social von der APB, @timoseidl.bsky.social, @elvirarosert.bsky.social, @andduer.bsky.social, Bernhard Zangl @globalpoliticslmu.bsky.social, @antjewiener.bsky.social, Markus Lederer @trace-center.de und Lilli Banholzer @zibjournal.bsky.social / @foksbayern.bsky.social.

‼️ EVENT REMINDER As a University of St Andrews Senior Global Fellow I will talk about #DeepContestation : To the Rescue – Rupture and Resilience of the UN Charter Order 25/02/26 11am, Arts Building Room 2 @anettestimmer.bsky.social @proftonylang.bsky.social @scripts-berlin.eu -> lnkd.in/eYxqH9HN

Mark Carney Approval Polling Among: Men: 🟢 Approve: 59% ⚫️ Disapprove: 36% Women: 🟢 Approve: 67% ⚫️ Disapprove: 28% Liaison / Feb 21, 2026

2 #Epstein men down. When will the rest follow? It‘s a large pit.

Breaking news: Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office following claims he leaked confidential UK government memos to Jeffrey Epstein ft.trib.al/cRr1m4T

Thrilled to say that my new book, "Neomedievalism in International Relations: Scattering the International, Elucidating the Empire," has officially gone into production with Routledge in the book series The New International Relations, and will be published this summer! 😃😊

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... „Don’t go – not with Trump in charge. It’s totally out of control over there. There’s no accountability. They don’t seem to need a reason for detaining you.” As a host of #Fifa2026 World Cup the country is expecting to see tourists from across the globe.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... „Bethany Cosentino of the band Best Coast, said in a statement. “We are tired of being asked to treat proximity to something horrific as an unfortunate situation we should simply move past – especially when the person involved still holds all the power.”“

NEW PUB: #DeepContestations of the Liberal International Order @academic.oup.com #OpenAccess @manjeetsp.bsky.social @ndeitelhoff.bsky.social @kathrynsikkink.bsky.social @scripts-berlin.eu @esrah.uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @hugheshall.bsky.social

Join the timely @eulegalstudies.bsky.social seminar tomorrow in person or online - open to all.

The US is seeking to pressure Vanuatu to withdraw its draft UNGA resolution which will recognise the ICJ ruling that countries have a legal obligation to act on climate change: www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...

Le Canada et l’Allemagne lancent une alliance pour la souveraineté technologique

Well, the elephant in the room was that onerous „Board of Peace“ from which the democratic EU members abstain. #MSC2026

Well, the elephant in the room was that onerous „Board of Peace“ from which the democratic EU members abstain. #MSC2026

Greatly enjoyed this @verfassungsblog.de blog by three of the leading international lawyers in Germany: Profes Helmut Aust, Claus Kreß and Heike Krieger, Heike: The End of an Era?: On US Intervention in Venezuela and Its Consequences, 2026/2/03, verfassungsblog.de/the-end-of-a...

www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art... Wer die regelbasierte internationale Ordnung anfechtet, wird am Ende selbst angefochten. Indeed. #DeepContestation works both ways. #MSC2026

www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/nato... „eine multipolare Welt, d auf Deals, Transaktionen & Einflusssphären beruht. Das wollen im Moment wohl China & d USA. Oder eine multilaterale Welt, d auf Regeln, Normen, Institutionen & Kooperation beruht. Mir scheint, dass viele Mittelmächte diese Ordnung wollen“

#BISA2026 bursary deadline is tomorrow! 🎉 To help make #BISA2026 more accessible, we have opportunities available for ECR's and postgrads to receive funding and have their conference fees waived! 🌟 Do not miss out and apply today 👉 https://ow.ly/VaPk50YeXnm Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social

New #OpenAccess publication with @globcon.bsky.social Check it out here: 👇🏻👇🏻 @politikuhh.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @esrah.uni-hamburg.de @proftonylang.bsky.social @esrah.uni-hamburg.de @sassangholiagha.bsky.social

#OpenAccess from @globcon.bsky.social - Global constitutionalism and/as enlightenment - https://cup.org/45WNidc - Jared Holley, @antjewiener.bsky.social, Andrea Birdsall, Stephanie Law, Susan Kang & @joshaw.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

The latter, obviously. It’s ridiculous, opportunistic and won’t help him much in May.

Details of my book launch are now available - everyone welcome. It will be hybrid for those not in London and recorded. www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

„Lang was mentioned more than 600 times in the files, according to news agencies. His daughter was also repeatedly mentioned. Caroline Lang resigned this week from France’s Union of Independent Producers after the emails showed she had founded an offshore company with Epstein in 2016“.

„Lang was mentioned more than 600 times in the files, according to news agencies. His daughter was also repeatedly mentioned. Caroline Lang resigned this week from France’s Union of Independent Producers after the emails showed she had founded an offshore company with Epstein in 2016“.

global.oup.com/academic/pro... Did I say that this book is actually #openaccess ? @scripts-berlin.eu @uni-hamburg.de @esrah.uni-hamburg.de @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social @hugheshall.bsky.social

Today’s readings. Both highly recommended!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... „The reaction was shown on Canadian broadcaster CBC’s feed, with one commentator saying: “There is the vice-president JD Vance and his wife Usha – oops, those are not … uh … those are a lot of boos for him. Whistling, jeering, some applause.”“ #Italy2026 #Olympics

Looking forward to seeing the interview with Wendy Brown at Södertörn University today. This is an interesting interview from October 2024.

Wendy Brown on #ReparativeDemocracy „Political equality in a reparative mode must be responsive to deep histories of inequalities and violences—racial, gendered, regional, hemispheric, and between human and nonhuman—that bear on discursive norms and agendas in democratic spheres.“ 🙏🏻 4 sharing, Cas!

7) Als das Vortragsvideo veröffentlicht wird, wird klar: Paech bezeichnet nicht den Angriff auf „Israel“ und schon gar nicht das Massaker für legitim, sondern differenziert zwischen legitimem Angriff auf Militäranlagen und Völkerrechtsverbrechen gegen Zivilisten. 9/ bsky.app/profile/haha...

6) Eine Lokalpolitikerin behauptet, Paech habe "ein gezieltes Massaker an Zivilisten" als legal und legitimiert bezeichnet und nennt die Reaktion der Universität, man prüfe und differenziere “beschämend". Sie selbst hat offenbar nicht geprüft und differenziert. 8/ cduhh.de/von-treuenfe...

5) Auch das Abendblatt geht davon aus, der Satz sei so gefallen, lässt aber immerhin auch Paech und die Universität zu Wort kommen. Das nutzt aber offenbar wenig, dennn... www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/poli... 7/

4) Diesen Brief wiederum verbreitet der ehemalige Antisemitismusbeauftragte Stefan Hensel auf Facebook „als Teil einer notwendigen Dokumentation“ und nennt Paechs Vortrag "Teil eines größeren Problems." Er erhält über 700 likes. 5/ www.facebook.com/stefan.hense...

3) Das Netzwerk jüdischer Hochschullehrender gründet in einem offenen Brief auf das Fehlzitat die Aufforderung an die Hochschulleitung, weitreichende Maßnahmen einzuleiten. Ob das Zitat zutrifft, prüft das Netzwerk vor der Veröffentlichung offenbar nicht. n-j-h.de/offener-brie... 4/

2) Der Vorsitzende der Deutsch-israelischen Gesellschaft, @volkerbeck.bsky.social nimmt das Fehlzitat für bare Münze und verschärft es noch: Paech "billige und rechtfertige das antisemitische genozidale Massaker der Hamas". Er erklärt, die Staatsanwaltschaft eingeschaltet zu haben. 3/

1) Ein Veranstaltungsbesucher berichtet auf Twitter, Paech habe den "Angriff auf Israel" als legal und legitim bezeichnet, und behauptet, das sei ein wörtliches Zitat. Wenn das stimmte, wäre es in der Tat problematisch. Es stimmt nicht. 2/

Wie sich Gerüchte verbreiten. Ein Beispiel anhand der Skandalisierung des Vortrags von Norman Paech in Hamburg.

NEW BOOK! I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line academic.oup.com/book/62279

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... „Underscoring the tightrope Sheinbaum is walking, her vow to keep sending humanitarian aid to Cuba drew strong praise from Morena senators and an immediate backlash in Washington.“ #Cuba