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Harlan G. Cohen

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Professor at Fordham Law School. Proprietor of "a cultural investigation agency... a kind of private eye of learning."

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · Mar 7

My attempt to make sense of how changing international order influences international legal interpretation, exploring shifts in views of economic security + economic coercion, from postwar developing state proposals through recent resuscitations by US, EU, & others: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The International Order, International Law, and the Definition of Security

As economic security has seemingly moved to the center of American and European foreign policy, both the United States and the European Union have broadened the

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New York City Bar Association @nycbarassociation.bsky.social · 2d

Only by acting promptly can Congress bring our nation into compliance with the Constitution and international law, reduce the risk of hostilities with neighboring countries and assure that similar abuses of Presidential power do not expand to American shores. bit.ly/3KVqX84

Unlawful Attacks on Venezuelan Vessels | New York City Bar Association

New York City Bar Association Statement Introduction This September, President Donald J. Trump ordered U. S. military strikes against three […]

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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · 5d

Mary McCord, former Acting Assistant AG for National Security, and I teamed up on Qs Senators should ask #Bondi at her Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, on strikes that have killed 17 people to date.

The implications are serious. Consider a few of the Qs:

www.justsecurity.org/121862/ask-b...

What the Senate Judiciary Committee Should Ask A.G. Bondi on Drug Cartel Strikes

Annotated questions the Senate Judiciary Committee could ask Attorney General Pam Bondi on lethal strikes against drug cartels.

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AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · 5d

There's still time to register for today's webinar! Register here: cambridge-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · 16d

Embargo on Megara, grain through the Bosphorus, silver mines of Amphipolis...

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · 16d

Finding the balance between describing what's new and unique about a situation and what just part of the natural ebb and flow well-explained by others before is one of most difficult scholarly tasks. The best I can do is aspire to it.

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · 16d

I do think it can be valuable to try to describe what makes any particular moment tick even while fitting it into longer standing narratives.

Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · 16d

Sure. That's fair. As you would say, nothing new under the sun and all.

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · 16d

I'm a lawyer though. I have very little stake in this fight. My main concern is whether rules map onto what people want to do in the world, which absolutely does ebb and flow over time.

Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · 16d

Can I ask a different Q? What are the stakes of fighting over the label?

FWIW, tend to think geoeconomics' value comes less from describing an area of study than extent it captures a paradigmatic way of thinking animating policymakers at a particular time. In sense, it's meant to capture a "fad."

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Tim Meyer @timlmeyer.bsky.social · 16d

My new article w/ Kathleen Claussen, The Foreign Commerce Power, is now up on SSRN & forthcoming in @califlrev.bsky.social. We examine the relationship b/w Congress's foreign commerce/tariff authorities & POTUS's foreign affairs powers through an originalist lens. 1/ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Foreign Commerce Power

This Article is the first to scrutinize presidential trade authority under the Constitution. The Constitution grants the president no independent power to regul

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · 21d

[Stares angrily at the half-written, quarter-baked "Dangers of Carpe Diem Foreign Policy"]

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · 21d

Lol. Shamed because I haven't written it!

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AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · 21d

Don't forget to register for AJIL's webinars on Friday, 9/19!
10 am (Eastern): Trump 2.0: An AJIL Explainer on the View from Europe
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2pm (Eastern): Trump 2.0: An AJIL Explainer on International Climate Law cambridge-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · 21d

@ntinatzouvala.bsky.social, it's a good Q. (I feel shamed.) All I've seen from an external perspective has been @monapaulsen.bsky.social's look at the US-Japan "deal." It's a testament to how different things look from 6 (3?) months ago. Perspective's rough when you're just trying to keep up...

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AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · 23d

Check out our most recent collection of work on reparations in international law.

AJIL Special Issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Unbound: What Might International Law Repair: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Unbound: What Can International Law Repair: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · 27d

@ajil.bsky.social has a brand new issue on Reparations in International Law - take a look and discuss with your #ESIL2025 colleagues!

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#InternationalLaw

cover of the American Journal of International Law

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · Sep 8

For more on the Print symposium: bsky.app/profile/moni... /4

Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Sep 8

I am excited that this special issue of the @ajil.bsky.social —on reparations in international law—is now out! 1/

AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · Sep 5

AJIL's Special Issue on Reparations in International Law is now available online featuring a stunning line up of authors and topics related to reparations. These articles will be freely available for all to read for a limited time. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Read together with Part I: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... and the Special Print Issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal....

Altogether, 7 print articles and 11 Unbound essays on Reparations in International Law. 3/

What Might International Law Repair?

Welcome to Cambridge Core

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · Sep 8

W/ essays by Tamara Thermitus, Marie-Louise Fehun Aren, Elena Baylis, Rosa Freedman & Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, Elvis Mogesa Ongiri, & Christopher Gevers. The introduction by @profveronika.bsky.social Chantal Thomas and I provides a roadmap the lessons inside: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 2/

Introduction to Symposium | American Journal of International Law | Cambridge Core

Introduction to Symposium - Volume 119

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Completing @ajil.bsky.social's Reparations study, Part II in Unbound probes 6 cases of reparation demands met or unmet: Haiti's cholera epidemic, African resource exploitation, atrocities against Mau Mau veterans, Native American cultural objects, Canada's Indian Residential Schools, & slavery.1/

AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · Sep 8

The final part of our AJIL Unbound series on reparations is now available online. Read "What Can International Law Repair?" now! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · Sep 8

The final part of our AJIL Unbound series on reparations is now available online. Read "What Can International Law Repair?" now! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · Sep 8

I am excited that this special issue of the @ajil.bsky.social —on reparations in international law—is now out! 1/

AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you to you both.

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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · Sep 5

I've read and coded every War Powers Report ever sent to Congress (check them all out, with interactive graphics and a searchable database 👇), and this one on #Trump's attack on an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the Caribbean stands out. I'll explain below:

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War Powers Resolution Reporting Project

A living resource on presidential reporting practice and the use of U.S. armed forces abroad.

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