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16 Jul New Progressive Quarterly Journal
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas has come out with its first issue. It looks promising, oriented along the lines of the New America Foundation (at least in terms of author affiliations), one of the best things to come out of the think tank world in recent years. There’s substantial foreign policy content here, with a review by Michael Lind of Peter Beinhart’s recent book, Michael Singer extolling the better side of American exceptionalism -“exemplarism” – to ground foreign policy, and Kathryn Roth-Douquet on military service. Jedidiah Purdy‘s “The New Biopolitics”...
08 Aug Libya’s Acceptance of the International Criminal Court’s Jurisdiction: Stakes and Implications
...Libya by the end of 2025. On 15 May 2025, three days after Libya lodged its article 12(3) declaration, he that some lines of inquiry would be completed by the end of the year, with the remaining ones by the end of March 2026. The Prosecutor is independent and retains discretion over whether to initiate investigations. Accordingly, the fact that Libya lodged an article 12(3) declaration with respect to alleged crimes committed until the end of 2027 does not compel the Prosecutor to continue its ongoing investigation or request authorization...09 Feb Mapping the Evolution of States and Empires
The bloggers at Coming Anarchy have put together an informative series of posts about the shifting borders of states and empires. There’s a time-lapse animation of the expansion and contraction of Rome and Byzantium, a series of maps for each of Ethiopia, Poland, Armenia , Persia, and Russia. Also, there’s a series of comparative maps on state borders in modern Europe. Along similar lines (and in light of current events), I would also recommend Catholicgauze’s post on the ethnic geography of Kosovo. Since a picture is worth a thousand words,...12 Jan Autonomous Legal Reasoning: Legal and Ethical Issues in the Technologies of Conflict
...IHL regulate autonomous weapon systems? Are prohibitions better or worse than prescriptive authorities? Should IHL regulate via rules, standards, or principles? Finally, (6) why should IHL regulate autonomous weapons? How can IHL best prioritize among its foundations in military necessity, humanitarian values, and the practical reality that the development of such systems now appears inevitable. In asking these questions, my essay offers a critical lens for gauging the current scope (and state) of international legal discourse on this topic. In doing so, it sets the stage for new lines of...07 Sep Events and Announcements: September 7, 2019
...as many proposals as possible, but preference will be given to scholars who did not present last year and to works that have not yet been accepted for publication. We also workshop early stage projects. If you are interested in presenting on an early stage project, please let us know the working title and a few lines about the idea you are pursuing. Finally, if you are willing to be a commentator, please let us know. UN Audiovisual Library The Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs...
25 Aug Latin America and the Caribbean in International Investment Law: The Price of Overestimating the Value of FDI
...settlement mechanisms, a number of Latin American and Caribbean countries have been thrust into the unenviable position of having to compensate investors to the tune of millions—much more than investors have injected into local economies. Argentina Argentina is one of the Latin American and Caribbean countries which has had to face the bitter truth that FDI is not as economically virtuous as touted by neoliberal proponents of this regime. In 1989, Argentina pursued an economic liberalisation programme in order to restructure its economy along the lines of the Washington Consensus...