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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 19h

A very warm welcome to the @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social for Prof Jan Klabbers as the new Whewell Professor of International Law @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk for his Friday Lecture before a very full house speaking on International Organisation law.

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 19h

Same energy here

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Ria Kapoor @riakapoor.bsky.social · 22h

Please do take a look, and let me know what you think! A privilege to have the time and space to consider how displaced people exercise agency – and how to find them – in the records we do have.

Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 22h

New on advance access: "Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973"

by @riakapoor.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social)

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 23h

The Narrative Fragmentation of International Legal History - by @hegemonikon.bsky.social

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 23h

new article on Lemkin's conceptions of aggression in late 1940s

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 1d

interesting cfp for a special issue on global disorder from the perspective of the Global South

globaldisorder.uk/2025/09/12/c...

Call for Contributions: Special Issue on Global Disorder from the Global South

We are pleased to announce the Open Competition Call for Papers for the Spring 2026 Special Issue of the Brazilian Journal of International Politics (Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional), …

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Maggie Blackhawk @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social · 1d

New essay in the Atlantic today: How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution by Ned Blackhawk (with many lessons on how we ended up where we are as a nation, and a gift link) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

www.theatlantic.com

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 1d

entirely missed the publication Nisha Shah's new article, looks great - on unnecessary suffering, the 1970s Protocols' drafting, and the making of a normal or superfluous injury.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Normal wounds: Critical Military Studies: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access

Browse all journals

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 1d

A fascinating book that merits far more attention - especially now

global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Ben Parker @benparker140.bsky.social · Apr 20

Postings are cratering on aid job board ReliefWeb:

⬇️ Q1 2025 has the least new postings since 2014.

📉 In Feb, there were only 29 US-based vacancies.

🌐 Among major locations, only Syria has more jobs in Q1 2025 YOY.

Data: @unocha.org’s ReliefWeb

Me: posting in a personal capacity

The US and several countries show reduced numbers of jobs ads from 2024-Q1 to 2025-Q1. Only Syria jobs are more than last year.

A multiple line graph showing Jan to March 2025 the lowest for 12 years in terms of new job ads on aid job board ReliefWeb.

Line graph: New US-based humanitarian jobs used to be hundreds per month. That’s cratered to under 30 in Feb 2025.

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to joining @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social and others in Freiburg next week to rethink postwar-isms - in my case through the lens of the post-1944 laws of war.

uni-freiburg.de/frias/the-af...

The Aftermath. Postwar Times in Modernity and Premodernity – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 2d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Dr Aimée Fox @draefox.bsky.social · 3d

Only a month 'til the publication of “Framing the First World War: How Divergent Views Shaped a Global Conflict”, edited by me, @mpmfinch.bsky.social & @dmorganowen.bsky.social!

US readers: get 30% discount (code: FRAMINGWWI) & free shipping if you order direct from @univpressofkansas.bsky.social

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 3d

[email protected]: "there is a sense that emerging from this moment [for the ICC] is going to require more than just weathering the storm. It's going to require something more fundamental in terms of rehabilitating and reconstructing the system."

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/interview/20...

“The backlash of the powerful”: Two years of Israel’s war in Gaza and the crisis of international law

We spoke to legal expert Tom Dannenbaum about accountability efforts and how the US’ response is threatening to break the system of international law.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org

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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 3d

Very much looking forward to our conference next week at @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social and to discussing post-war times in the (early) modern period with @doctoressa.bsky.social @claudiussittig.bsky.social @andrekrischer.bsky.social @paulinastarski.bsky.social

Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · 3d

Eighty years after the end of World War II and in view of the numerous conflicts worldwide, urgent questions about the nature and history of postwar times once again arise. The FRIAS project group "Post-war periods" organizes an international conference on the topic. uni-freiburg.de/frias/the-af...

Poster der Universität Freiburg für die internationale Konferenz “The Aftermath – Post-War Times in Modernity and Premodernity: Re-Constructions | Re-Writings | Re-Orderings”, organisiert vom FRIAS Project Group Post-War Periods. Im Hintergrund ist ein historisches Gemälde der zerstörten Kreuzkirche in Dresden (1765) von Bernardo Bellotto zu sehen. Das Poster zeigt die Logos der Universität Freiburg und des FRIAS, Konferenzdaten (16–18 October 2025, FRIAS seminar room, Albertstraße 19), beteiligte Fachbereiche und Kontaktinformationen.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

There are some people whom the media has decided are "leading intellectuals", regardless of the views of their academic colleagues. Invariably they are people who justify - or at the very least do not challenge - economic power. Steven Pinker is a stand-out example.
www.monbiot.com/2018/03/09/c...

Contrary to Reason

Steven Pinker claims to champion Enlightenment values. But his latest book is an affront to them

www.monbiot.com

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 4d

On the making of the ICC arrest warrants against Israel's leadership and their tragic conflation with allegations of sexual misconduct against their author:

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Hague on Trial

The chief prosecutor has obtained warrants against Israeli leaders for war crimes—but faces allegations of sexual misconduct.

www.newyorker.com

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 4d

interesting Jervis forum on Lauren Benton's new book

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Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-7 on Benton, They Called it Peace

Roundtable Review 17-7 Lauren Benton, They Called it Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence (Princeton University Press, 2024). ISBN: 9780691248479. 6 October 2025 | PDF: https://issforum.org/to/jrt17-7 |...

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 4d

Alex de Waal: "The global consensus against the starvation weapon took decades to achieve. Now, international apathy risks letting it collapse at the moment it is most needed."

www.foreignaffairs.com/sudan/return...

The Return of the Starvation Weapon

The collapse of global norms fueling the catastrophes in Gaza and Sudan.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 6d

Spoke to @notus.com:

“The administration is trying to apply the legal framework from the war on terror to narcos and drug trafficking organizations in Latin America. The facts do not support that application. There has been no armed attack on the United States.”

www.notus.org/foreign-poli...

The Pentagon Says It’s Conducting Strikes on Drug Smugglers. Critics Say Trump Needs Permission

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the strikes will continue “until the attacks on the American people are over.”

www.notus.org

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 7d

American intelligence officials have now confirmed to CBS News that Netanyahu ordered the drone attacks on the Sumud flotilla while it was docked in Tunisia, an attack launched from Israeli Navy submarines off the Tunisian coast.