Francisco J. Quintana
@fjquintana.com
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Global Law, University of Edinburgh.
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@fjquintana.com
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Dollar dominance, de-dollarization, and international law
Abstract. Recent proposals to seize Russian Central Bank assets expose how little international lawyers have engaged with the intensifying competition over
academic.oup.com
What does de-dollarisation mean in practice? How does it relate to global law and governance?
My article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law' is now out in JIEL. I present dollar dominance and de-dollarisation as competing legal institutions.
academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...
My article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law' is now out in JIEL. I present dollar dominance and de-dollarisation as competing legal institutions.
academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...
I spoke with BBC Mundo about the Drago Doctrine: a Latin American pushback against using force to collect public debts.
Latin America's early history of decolonisation helped make it a champion of non-intervention, a key principle that now looks increasingly fragile.
www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...
Latin America's early history of decolonisation helped make it a champion of non-intervention, a key principle that now looks increasingly fragile.
www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...
El bloqueo naval y el ataque a Venezuela hace más de 120 años que inspiró la Doctrina Drago - BBC News Mundo
Lo que sucedió en las costas venezolanas en diciembre de 1902 provocó que un diplomático argentino se pronunciara con alarma. Lo que planteó se convirtió en un hito en el derecho internacional.
www.bbc.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I spoke with BBC Mundo about the Drago Doctrine: a Latin American pushback against using force to collect public debts.
Latin America's early history of decolonisation helped make it a champion of non-intervention, a key principle that now looks increasingly fragile.
www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...
Latin America's early history of decolonisation helped make it a champion of non-intervention, a key principle that now looks increasingly fragile.
www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...
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Regarding United States Action in Venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Regarding United States Action in Venezuela
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"[...] "planetary" has emerged as conceptual alternative to the "global", which had itself emerged as an alternative to the "international". Yet these semantic shifts remains superficial if they do not grapple with the deeper conceptual question: How is the earth written, by whom, and to what ends?"
🌟 Call for papers 🌟
'How is the earth written, by whom and to what ends? And how is it written through law? What distinguishes the planetary, the global & the international—and how might these distinctions matter legally?'
Join us in Florence in June!
@eui-eu.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
'How is the earth written, by whom and to what ends? And how is it written through law? What distinguishes the planetary, the global & the international—and how might these distinctions matter legally?'
Join us in Florence in June!
@eui-eu.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 4:53 PM
"[...] "planetary" has emerged as conceptual alternative to the "global", which had itself emerged as an alternative to the "international". Yet these semantic shifts remains superficial if they do not grapple with the deeper conceptual question: How is the earth written, by whom, and to what ends?"
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This is the best explanation I've seen about the role of Guyana's oil in what just happened in Venezuela—something @fjquintana.com also alluded to on here yesterday. I still think that only gets you about 40-60% of the way to invasion without Rubio or Miller manipulating Trump for their own ends.
Something I see a lot of folks missing in discussions about what's happening Venezuela, particularly around oil, is the role U.S. oil majors' interest in Guyana—and the threat Venezuela posed to it—has in all of it. Explainer here: drilled.media/news/guyana-...
The U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana Oil Triangle
The U.S. interest in Venezuela isn’t just about the oil there, but also about the oil next door in Guyana, and the U.S. oil companies that have staked their future on it.
drilled.media
January 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
This is the best explanation I've seen about the role of Guyana's oil in what just happened in Venezuela—something @fjquintana.com also alluded to on here yesterday. I still think that only gets you about 40-60% of the way to invasion without Rubio or Miller manipulating Trump for their own ends.
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US attacks on Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro raise profound legal and geopolitical concerns, with implications well beyond Venezuela itself. In a new post co-authored with Julian Arato, we examine the attack and its broader consequences under international law.
Trump’s Illegal Attack on Venezuela and Its Consequences | by @justinauriburu.bsky.social and @aratojulian.bsky.social
Trump’s Illegal Attack on Venezuela and Its Consequences
Early on Saturday morning, 3 January, the United States attacked Venezuela. Aerial strikes were carried out in Caracas, Miranda, La Guaira, and Aragua, alongside covert operations conducted by special...
www.ejiltalk.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
US attacks on Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro raise profound legal and geopolitical concerns, with implications well beyond Venezuela itself. In a new post co-authored with Julian Arato, we examine the attack and its broader consequences under international law.
It's a particularly good day to re-read Walter LaFeber's classic 'Inevitable Revolutions: the United States in Central America'.
openlibrary.org/books/OL2135...
openlibrary.org/books/OL2135...
Inevitable revolutions by Walter LaFeber | Open Library
Inevitable revolutions by Walter LaFeber, 1983, Norton edition, in English
openlibrary.org
January 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
It's a particularly good day to re-read Walter LaFeber's classic 'Inevitable Revolutions: the United States in Central America'.
openlibrary.org/books/OL2135...
openlibrary.org/books/OL2135...
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This is a great interdisciplinary call for papers on world-making!
🌟 Call for papers 🌟
'How is the earth written, by whom and to what ends? And how is it written through law? What distinguishes the planetary, the global & the international—and how might these distinctions matter legally?'
Join us in Florence in June!
@eui-eu.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
'How is the earth written, by whom and to what ends? And how is it written through law? What distinguishes the planetary, the global & the international—and how might these distinctions matter legally?'
Join us in Florence in June!
@eui-eu.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This is a great interdisciplinary call for papers on world-making!
🌟 Call for papers 🌟
'How is the earth written, by whom and to what ends? And how is it written through law? What distinguishes the planetary, the global & the international—and how might these distinctions matter legally?'
Join us in Florence in June!
@eui-eu.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
'How is the earth written, by whom and to what ends? And how is it written through law? What distinguishes the planetary, the global & the international—and how might these distinctions matter legally?'
Join us in Florence in June!
@eui-eu.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🌟 Call for papers 🌟
'How is the earth written, by whom and to what ends? And how is it written through law? What distinguishes the planetary, the global & the international—and how might these distinctions matter legally?'
Join us in Florence in June!
@eui-eu.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
'How is the earth written, by whom and to what ends? And how is it written through law? What distinguishes the planetary, the global & the international—and how might these distinctions matter legally?'
Join us in Florence in June!
@eui-eu.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social
This feels like a crime against reading. Berman did not consent to this AI butcher job.
November 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This feels like a crime against reading. Berman did not consent to this AI butcher job.
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Thinking of submitting to the European Journal of International Law and wondering how the review process works? 💡 Check out this EJIL info video ⬇️
EJIL Information for Authors
YouTube video by European Journal of International Law
www.youtube.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Thinking of submitting to the European Journal of International Law and wondering how the review process works? 💡 Check out this EJIL info video ⬇️
Time to make my first ever donation to Wikipedia.
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Time to make my first ever donation to Wikipedia.
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Fue un placer estar presente en Murrayfield Stadium to mark Argentine-Scottish relations - the soft power of sport, diaspora, cultural links and trade; with @angusrobertson.bsky.social MSP, HE Mariana Plaza from Embassy of Argentina in the UK and Scottish Rugby
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comunidadsanandres.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Few things put me off an article faster than needless hostility towards other authors.
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Few things put me off an article faster than needless hostility towards other authors.
Delighted to see JIEL 28(3) out in the world, which includes my article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarisation, and International Law'.
The rest of the issue is packed with sharp work (inc @jbentonheath.bsky.social, @dcpeat.bsky.social, @elenachachko.bsky.social).
academic.oup.com/jiel/article...
The rest of the issue is packed with sharp work (inc @jbentonheath.bsky.social, @dcpeat.bsky.social, @elenachachko.bsky.social).
academic.oup.com/jiel/article...
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Delighted to see JIEL 28(3) out in the world, which includes my article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarisation, and International Law'.
The rest of the issue is packed with sharp work (inc @jbentonheath.bsky.social, @dcpeat.bsky.social, @elenachachko.bsky.social).
academic.oup.com/jiel/article...
The rest of the issue is packed with sharp work (inc @jbentonheath.bsky.social, @dcpeat.bsky.social, @elenachachko.bsky.social).
academic.oup.com/jiel/article...
Reposted by Francisco J. Quintana
What does de-dollarisation mean in practice? How does it relate to global law and governance?
My article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law' is now out in JIEL. I present dollar dominance and de-dollarisation as competing legal institutions.
academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...
My article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law' is now out in JIEL. I present dollar dominance and de-dollarisation as competing legal institutions.
academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...
Dollar dominance, de-dollarization, and international law
Abstract. Recent proposals to seize Russian Central Bank assets expose how little international lawyers have engaged with the intensifying competition over
academic.oup.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What does de-dollarisation mean in practice? How does it relate to global law and governance?
My article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law' is now out in JIEL. I present dollar dominance and de-dollarisation as competing legal institutions.
academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...
My article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law' is now out in JIEL. I present dollar dominance and de-dollarisation as competing legal institutions.
academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...
Had a good reading day while preparing a lecture on customary law for the Global Law LLB at the @uoelawschool.bsky.social.
From William Twining, ‘The Camel in the Zoo’ in Law in Context: Enlarging a Discipline (Oxford University Press 1997):
From William Twining, ‘The Camel in the Zoo’ in Law in Context: Enlarging a Discipline (Oxford University Press 1997):
October 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Had a good reading day while preparing a lecture on customary law for the Global Law LLB at the @uoelawschool.bsky.social.
From William Twining, ‘The Camel in the Zoo’ in Law in Context: Enlarging a Discipline (Oxford University Press 1997):
From William Twining, ‘The Camel in the Zoo’ in Law in Context: Enlarging a Discipline (Oxford University Press 1997):
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What does de-dollarisation mean in practice? How does it relate to global law and governance?
My article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law' is now out in JIEL. I present dollar dominance and de-dollarisation as competing legal institutions.
academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...
My article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law' is now out in JIEL. I present dollar dominance and de-dollarisation as competing legal institutions.
academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...
Dollar dominance, de-dollarization, and international law
Abstract. Recent proposals to seize Russian Central Bank assets expose how little international lawyers have engaged with the intensifying competition over
academic.oup.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What does de-dollarisation mean in practice? How does it relate to global law and governance?
My article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law' is now out in JIEL. I present dollar dominance and de-dollarisation as competing legal institutions.
academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...
My article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law' is now out in JIEL. I present dollar dominance and de-dollarisation as competing legal institutions.
academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...
One Battle After Another. That’s the tweet.
September 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
One Battle After Another. That’s the tweet.
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“When they come by land we’re going to be stopping them the same way we stopped the boats.”
The President of the United States threatening to use force on another state’s territory to summarily execute people of suspected crimes. —Adding a violation of the UN Charter to the mix.
The President of the United States threatening to use force on another state’s territory to summarily execute people of suspected crimes. —Adding a violation of the UN Charter to the mix.
Rapid Response 47 on X: ".@POTUS on striking Venezuelan narcoterrorists: "We have noticed that there are no ships in the ocean anymore... I wonder why." https://t.co/UBedkoVXiq" / X
.@POTUS on striking Venezuelan narcoterrorists
x.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“When they come by land we’re going to be stopping them the same way we stopped the boats.”
The President of the United States threatening to use force on another state’s territory to summarily execute people of suspected crimes. —Adding a violation of the UN Charter to the mix.
The President of the United States threatening to use force on another state’s territory to summarily execute people of suspected crimes. —Adding a violation of the UN Charter to the mix.
"The MAGA assault on the Fed poses the awkward but important question: What kind of central bank should we want for America?
A sensible discussion about that question cannot start from political innocence. How we generate credit and money will always be political."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
A sensible discussion about that question cannot start from political innocence. How we generate credit and money will always be political."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
Opinion | Don’t Just Defend the Fed. Reinvent It.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"The MAGA assault on the Fed poses the awkward but important question: What kind of central bank should we want for America?
A sensible discussion about that question cannot start from political innocence. How we generate credit and money will always be political."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
A sensible discussion about that question cannot start from political innocence. How we generate credit and money will always be political."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
Critique need not propose, but it must orient. Otherwise it’s just noise.
September 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Critique need not propose, but it must orient. Otherwise it’s just noise.
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Conor Gearty was, without hesitation, the best academic writer I’ve read. He was also a thoroughly decent and kind human being who fearlessly used his position speak truth to power.
Conor did law, politics and academia the right way and he will be sorely missed.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
Conor did law, politics and academia the right way and he will be sorely missed.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
September 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Conor Gearty was, without hesitation, the best academic writer I’ve read. He was also a thoroughly decent and kind human being who fearlessly used his position speak truth to power.
Conor did law, politics and academia the right way and he will be sorely missed.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
Conor did law, politics and academia the right way and he will be sorely missed.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
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this is truly terrible news. a great scholar and thinker who used his voice and academic standing for all the right causes.
Conor Gearty was, without hesitation, the best academic writer I’ve read. He was also a thoroughly decent and kind human being who fearlessly used his position speak truth to power.
Conor did law, politics and academia the right way and he will be sorely missed.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
Conor did law, politics and academia the right way and he will be sorely missed.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
September 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
this is truly terrible news. a great scholar and thinker who used his voice and academic standing for all the right causes.