Though the UK is handing back its colony of Chagos, it still maintains its military base on Diego Garcia. This paper explores the role of that military base in Anglo-American regimes of accumulation. Read here (open access) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Very pleased to have written a report with Yuan Yi Zhu for Policy Exchange Policy Exchange that challenges the commonly heard view that the European Convention on Human Rights is a “British legacy” – and that to leave the Convention would be to a “betrayal” of Sir Winston

Can AI be a ‘legal author’? Bojan Spaic and I had a blast exploring this seemly unattended question in contemporary debate (ft. authority, interpretation, intention, GenAI, creation & generation, Monty Python, Star Trek, S Lem, R Barthes, cats & more) 👉doi.org/10.1007/s10982…

My new article on the international thought of Hans Kelsen is out now in the Journal of Global History (Journal of Global History)doi.org/10.1017/S17400…

for Protean Magazine I interviewed Frédéric Gros about his new book A Philosophy of Shame (out now Verso Books.) many thanks to Jake Romm. and thank you to Frédéric for this exchange, which made me feel equally emotional and energised proteanmag.com/2025/05/27/a-p…

Extremely happy to announce the #ILC unanimously adopted the #sea-level rise final report +set of conclusions crowning our work since 2018 to address one of the most pressing challenges confronting millions. #PIF #AOSIS Bogdan Aurescu Patricia Galvao Teles JJ RudaSantolario

Glad to see this article now out. Part of a special issue on the history of international law, I write on, and against, the erasure of the Marxist tradition in the international legal history of decolonisation. brill.com/view/journals/…

"ฮุนเซน" ยืนยันพื้นที่ "สามเหลี่ยมมรกต" เป็นดินแดนของกัมพูชา ท้าขึ้นศาลโลกยุติข้อพิพาท เชื่อเหตุการณ์ที่เกิดขึ้นมาจากผู้บังคับบัญชาระดับล่างและกลุ่มหัวรุนแรงของไทย อ่านข่าว : ch3plus.com/news/internati… #เรื่องเล่าเช้านี้ #ข่าวช่อง3 #ข่าวต่างประเทศ #ฮุนเซน #กัมพูชา

Want to learn more about negotiation & arbitration under #CEDAW in view of the potential #Afghanistan case before the #ICJ? Payam Akhavan & Hanifa Girowal will join Max Planck Foundation for Intl Peace & Rule of Law's #ALRN on June 10th at 5:00 PM CEST/11:00 AM EDT to discuss this important issue. Link below ⤵️

I’m sharing my new article in Review of International Political Economy , where I argue that the Third World, in its efforts to establish a New International Economic Order (NIEO), developed a novel political vocabulary grounded in two key ideas (1/5) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I reviewed Quentin Skinner’s new one thenation.com/article/archiv…

"This is not about the lack of law. It’s about the remaking of the law." Moustafa Bayoumi @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social Excellent analysis of the use of law to advance political interests in both domestic and intl affairs. theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…

1/2 Out now! "Independence, Globality, and the Battle of Ideas: A Dialogue on Liberty" by Quentin Skinner (QM Political Thought) & Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー (東京大学 | UTokyo), a wide-ranging, scholarly, & full-length discussion article - the first such piece our journal! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

After months of back-and-forth drafting, & over 10,000 words of dialogue, I am delighted that this discussion article co-authored with Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary University of London) is now published Global Intellectual History tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Good piece: Liberalism is worth saving. Just ask its critics. | Vox vox.com/politics/41811…

The 'world court' on climate change - Cambridge professor and Centre Fellow, Prof Jorge Viñuales, and counsel team member for Vanuatu gives his initial views on the landmark ICJ Advisory Opinion. Read more at: cam.ac.uk/stories/icj-cl…

⚖️[Press release] Scope of immunity of foreign officials and Heads of State 👓Press release and rulings > courdecassation.fr/en/toutes-les-…

✏️ Call for papers Interdisciplinary perspectives on empire, colonialism, and anticolonialism This call for papers is aimed at presenters from across the arts, humanities, and social sciences at any stage of their career Submit by 30 August 2025 crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47272/#…

What limits does international law place on using force in self-defence in the cyber context? See my new ECIL Working Paper on how the customary international law requirements of necessity and proportionality apply to cyber operations: tinyurl.com/mrxhmszr

Mekong tributaries flowing from Myanmar to northern Thailand, once clear and pristine, have morphed into an ominous, murky shade of orange-yellow. The cause: abnormally high levels of arsenic, run-off from mines in Myanmar. buff.ly/uNXioFA