Boyd van Dijk
@boydvandijk.bsky.social
Senior Researcher @ Sciences Po, Paris | 'Preparing for War' (OUP) | 'Humanity in War' (OUP - forthcoming)
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Boyd van Dijk
@boydvandijk.bsky.social
· Nov 19
1) Thrilled to announce I’ve signed a new book contract with OUP. The book explores the ideas and practices of international law in wartime, focusing on actors from the Global South and East.
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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.
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.
February 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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.
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.
February 17, 2026 at 10:52 AM
February 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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
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Beyond the Search for Origins: Recent Works in the History of Human Rights | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
Beyond the Search for Origins: Recent Works in the History of Human Rights - Volume 35
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February 11, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Beyond the Search for Origins: Recent Works in the History of Human Rights
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Who Killed the Liberal International Order?
A contested idea has seen many alleged deaths.
foreignpolicy.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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).
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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).
Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked
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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked
The organization claims the report, which finds Israel’s denial of the right of return is a crime against humanity, is ‘paused pending further analysis and research’
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
February 2, 2026 at 8:57 AM
very interesting new book on self-determination, regionalism, and the Global South
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New Regional Authorities
Cambridge Core - International Relations and International Organisations - New Regional Authorities
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February 2, 2026 at 8:52 AM
very interesting new book on self-determination, regionalism, and the Global South
www.cambridge.org/core/books/n...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/n...
good to see Geneva Academy's latest report is receiving the coverage it needs
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...
International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds
Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have been killed as war crimes rage out of control
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:37 AM
good to see Geneva Academy's latest report is receiving the coverage it needs
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb...
Academic publishers defeat lawsuit over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictions
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www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Academic publishers defeat lawsuit over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictions
A group of major academic publishers convinced a judge in New York to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of thwarting competition by barring scholars from submitting papers to multiple journals simultane...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Academic publishers defeat lawsuit over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictions
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www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
IDF Accepts Gaza Health Ministry Death Toll of Over 71,000 Palestinians
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IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:12 PM
IDF Accepts Gaza Health Ministry Death Toll of Over 71,000 Palestinians
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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...
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Interpreting the Carney Doctrine
Toward a new progressive internationalism or a new conservative realpolitik?
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January 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
"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."
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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.
“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.
January 26, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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.
“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...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...
It's time for Israelis to talk about the mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:45 AM
"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...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...
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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!
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I am chairing the committee this year so reach out with any questions!
aslh.net/award/jane-b...
Jane Burbank Global Legal History Article Prize | American Society for Legal History
The Jane Burbank Article Prize in global legal history will be awarded annually to the best article in regional, global, imperial, comparative, or transnational legal history published in the previous...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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...
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...
journals.openedition.org/histoirepoli...
1917-1949, le temps des guerres civiles en Europe : une approximation
À la fin du mois de février 1943, un épisode singulier se déroula dans la petite ville bosnienne de Jablanica, sur les rives de la Neretva. Alors que la bataille faisait rage entre les forces d’occ...
journals.openedition.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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...
journals.openedition.org/histoirepoli...