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Northeastern Law @nusl.bsky.social · 23d

Ports, Politics, and Power: The Messy Reality of China’s Overseas Port Investments. Check out Professor Alexandra Meise’s co-authored piece for War on the Rocks. @ruleoflaw.bsky.social @warontherocks.bsky.social
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Alexandra (Xander) Meise @ruleoflaw.bsky.social · 27d

In @warontherocks.bsky.social @zenel25.bsky.social & I argue that Beijing may have strategic aims for port investments, but #SOE, provincial, & host-country goals & rivalries keep things complicated & not guaranteed. States retain #sovereign power to steer & control what happens tinyurl.com/4ratufkz

Ports, Politics, and Power: The Messy Reality of China’s Overseas Port Investments

What if China’s global port empire isn’t the master plan Washington fears, but a patchwork of messy deals shaped as much by local politics as Beijing’s

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Zenel Garcia @zenel25.bsky.social · 27d

In @warontherocks.bsky.social Dr. Meise and I argue that China’s port investments aren’t a single, coherent strategy for global dominance. Beijing has strategic aims, but projects are shaped by SOEs seeking profit, provincial rivalries, and host country politics. warontherocks.com/2025/09/port...

Ports, Politics, and Power: The Messy Reality of China’s Overseas Port Investments

What if China’s global port empire isn’t the master plan Washington fears, but a patchwork of messy deals shaped as much by local politics as Beijing’s

warontherocks.com

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Alexandra (Xander) Meise @ruleoflaw.bsky.social · Aug 10

Newly minted #1L? I recommend reading this very helpful essay by @orinkerr.bluesky.social You made it through studying for the #LSAT, you can make it through reading and digesting case law. (It gets easier with time. I promise.😉) @nusl.bsky.social @georgetownlaw.bsky.social @pennlaw.Bluesky.social

Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · Aug 7

If you're a 1L starting law school in coming weeks, just remember: You're *supposed to* feel a bit confused at first. It's normal. Law is like a language. You learn it best through immersion. You'll take a few weeks to get to speed.

This may help, too:
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Alexandra (Xander) Meise @ruleoflaw.bsky.social · Jul 1

More flooding @ #DickinsonCollege #CumberlandCounty

Alexandra (Xander) Meise @ruleoflaw.bsky.social · Jul 1

I was in DC for its 2012 #derecho. Monday in #Carlisle PA was just as crazy. 🌳s down. Bark & plant debris everywhere. 💧up to car hoods. Chairs & tables flipped. Steel plates upended. Our backyard canopy destroyed, along w/those @ this #Dickinson construction site. Chaos! #ExtremeWeather #Cumberland

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Alexandra (Xander) Meise @ruleoflaw.bsky.social · Mar 28

#FBF to last week when I visited @perryworldhouse.bsky.social to give a talk on #China ‘s use of #lawfare in the #Arctic & #Antarctic Always a pleasure to return to @upenn.bsky.social & talk #EnvironmentalSecurity! @nusl.bsky.social

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · Feb 14

In #SGBV news this week... 1. Research has found a link btwn #climateChange & #VAW, where #DFV increases during & after heatwaves; & that #women are abused by employers if their work slows during extreme heat. #endVAW www.context.news/climate-just...

Does climate change increase violence towards women? | Context

Extreme heat, storms and food insecurity fuel violence against women as climate change ramps up risk factors

www.context.news

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thrilled to welcome aboard @justsecurity.org three new editorial members, each superb experts in their fields!

Kathleen Claussen
Tom Dannenbaum (@tomdannenbaum.bsky.social)
Eliav Lieblich (@eliavl.bsky.social)

Welcoming Kathleen Claussen, Tom Dannenbaum, and Eliav Lieblich

We are thrilled to welcome distinguished scholars Kathleen Claussen, Tom Dannenbaum, and Eliav Lieblich as new members of our Editorial Board.

www.justsecurity.org

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Jan 27

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

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Jacob Katz Cogan @jkatzcogan.bsky.social · Jan 16

Conference: 119th ASIL Annual Meeting

On April 16-18, 2025, the American Society of International Law will hold its 119th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. The theme is: "Traditions and Transitions in International Law." Registration is now open, with the early bird discount ending on…

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Alexandra (Xander) Meise @ruleoflaw.bsky.social · Jan 15

It was a pleasure to serve on this panel tackling important issues about the value & import of international accountability institutions & the uptick in #Genocide litigation w/ @keitnerlaw.bsky.social @bechamilton.bsky.social
@rlopez.bsky.social @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social & Matthew Charity

Northeastern Law @nusl.bsky.social · Jan 15

Spotted at #AALS2025 in San Francisco 📸 : Professor Alexandra Meise @ruleoflaw.bsky.social presenting on Litigation in the International Court of Justice under the Genocide Convention at the International Human Rights and International Law Joint Program. #NUSLPride

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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · Jan 11

For your weekend listening: on @lawfare.bsky.social, @melissastewart.bsky.social spoke to me about climate change at the ICJ, the legal arguments made during last month's oral proceedings, and where the judges might land on the forthcoming advisory opinion.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...

Lawfare Daily: Climate on the Docket at the ICJ with Melissa Stewart

Why is the ICJ hearing climate change cases?

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Asymmetrical Haircuts @asymmetricalh.bsky.social · Jan 9

Big news from #Guantanamo with transfers of prisoners. But what do the legal challenges around Guantanamo, particularly concerning #IHL and #torture, reveal about the future of #US policy and its impact on global justice?

Episode out now👇

www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 120 – Guantanamo Bay and the 9/11 Trial with Alka Pradhan

We talk to Alka Pradhan about her firsthand insights into the ongoing legal proceedings at Guantanamo Bay and her outlook on the 9/11 trial.

www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · Jan 10

NEWS: An appeals panel has reached down here into Guantanamo Bay and stopped tomorrow's plea hearing in the long-running 9/11 case. Family members prosecutors brought here to watch the proceedings are upset.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...

U.S. Court Halts Guilty Plea Hearing for Accused 9/11 Mastermind

A three-judge appeals panel will decide whether the plea deal Khalid Shaikh Mohammed reached to avoid a death-penalty trial remains valid.

www.nytimes.com

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Jonathan Hafetz @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social · Jan 11

Honored to join to this superb panel at #AALS2025
@TheAALS in San Francisco on "Litigation before the ICJ under the Genocide Convention" with @keitnerlaw.bsky.social
@bechamilton.bsky.social @rlopez.bsky.social
@ruleoflaw.bsky.social & Matthew Charity

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Alexandra (Xander) Meise @ruleoflaw.bsky.social · Jan 8

A friendly reminder that the Mercator Projection of the globe distorts the relative size of land masses in the polar regions. E.g., Africa is 14x larger than #Greenland, despite looking similar in size on the #MercatorProjection: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsNl...

West Wing Clip World Maps

YouTube video by Raising Black Achievement . com

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · Jan 7

Now I can show you this: Camp Justice here at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is paying respects to Jimmy Carter in a photograph I took yesterday at the Pentagon’s approved site for media opportunities. Court security cleared these images this morning.

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Alexandra (Xander) Meise @ruleoflaw.bsky.social · Jan 3

The Netherlands releases names of 425k suspected Nazi collaborators: bbc.com/news/article...

Netherlands: 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators' names published

The names of Dutch people investigated for working with the Nazis during World War 2 are available online for the first time.

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Corina Heri @cohelongo.bsky.social · Dec 2

Germany argues that the Paris Agreement and the UNFCCC are the decisive treaties in determining States' international legal obligations in the face of climate change. States wanted to avoid a rigid differentiation between developed and developing states while ensuring differentiated responsibility.

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Northeastern Law @nusl.bsky.social · Dec 2

Congratulations to Professor Alexandra Meise @ruleoflaw.bsky.social, who has been appointed Women, Peace and Security Studies Chair at the United States Army War College! #NUSLPride
law.northeastern.edu/meise-appoin...

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Alexandra (Xander) Meise @ruleoflaw.bsky.social · Dec 2

🌍Arguments start today in landmark ICJ case about State obligations to address climate change: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Top UN court to begin hearings on landmark climate change case

ICJ to hear submissions from more than 100 groups in Pacific-led campaign to provide a legal blueprint on obligations of states for climate harm

www.theguardian.com

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Nov 12

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request by Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff to transfer to federal court the Georgia election interference case against him.

Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows effort to move Georgia Jan. 6 case

Mark Meadows had asked the justices to overturn a lower-court ruling rejecting his claims that the case should be moved out of state court in Georgia.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Alexandra (Xander) Meise @ruleoflaw.bsky.social · Oct 21

The sea strikes back: www.theguardian.com/world/2023/o...

‘It’s time for us to go’: the Mexican fishing village swallowed by the sea

Since 2019 more than 60 homes in El Bosque have disappeared into the ocean as the climate crisis brings severe weather to the peninsula

www.theguardian.com

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