Malcolm Jorgensen
@malcyjorgy.bsky.social
Snr. Research Fellow Politics of International Law @mpil.de | PhD/Author “American Foreign Policy Ideology and the International Rule of Law” (CUP, 2020) | Berliner/🇳🇿🇦🇺 | https://www.mpil.de/en/pub/institute/personnel/academic-staff/mjorgens.cfm
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Malcolm Jorgensen
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American Foreign Policy Ideology and the International Rule of Law
Cambridge Core - Public International Law - American Foreign Policy Ideology and the International Rule of Law
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My book now published #openaccess: “American Foreign Policy Ideology and The International Rule of Law: Contesting Power through the International Criminal Court” (Cambridge UP, 2020). More timely in 2025 than ever, with ICC politics a key battleground for international law doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Yesterday’s lecture on the shift “From International Legal Order to Geolegal Orders”, at the College of Law, National Taipei University,Taiwan🇹🇼 Thanks to Prof. Wendy Ho for hosting and the impressive student questions!
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Yesterday’s lecture on the shift “From International Legal Order to Geolegal Orders”, at the College of Law, National Taipei University,Taiwan🇹🇼 Thanks to Prof. Wendy Ho for hosting and the impressive student questions!
An honour to meet with the Dean of College of Law and Politics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung Taiwan🇹🇼 Followed by a seminar with grad students on the changing international legal order and international economic law - many thanks to Prof. Cindy Whang for hosting!
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
An honour to meet with the Dean of College of Law and Politics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung Taiwan🇹🇼 Followed by a seminar with grad students on the changing international legal order and international economic law - many thanks to Prof. Cindy Whang for hosting!
“America at 250” @americanacademy.bsky.social, with Jeffrey Goldberg, Helen Lewis, George Packer, and Ashley Parker @theatlantic.com—“Trump is the end of American exceptionalism” - we’re now just like everyone else
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“America at 250” @americanacademy.bsky.social, with Jeffrey Goldberg, Helen Lewis, George Packer, and Ashley Parker @theatlantic.com—“Trump is the end of American exceptionalism” - we’re now just like everyone else
Dick #Cheney was no “neocon” in the proper sense of that term, but given some of the public praise he’s now receiving it’s worth reminding of his catastrophic legacy in office—in terms of eroding global security and in polarising domestic politics
verfassungsblog.de/the-neocons-...
verfassungsblog.de/the-neocons-...
Rehabilitating the “Neocons” is no Zeitenwende
verfassungsblog.de
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Dick #Cheney was no “neocon” in the proper sense of that term, but given some of the public praise he’s now receiving it’s worth reminding of his catastrophic legacy in office—in terms of eroding global security and in polarising domestic politics
verfassungsblog.de/the-neocons-...
verfassungsblog.de/the-neocons-...
Spotted: Part of the old GDR “Palast der Republik” lives on at a Berlin Music venue 🇩🇪🚩
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Spotted: Part of the old GDR “Palast der Republik” lives on at a Berlin Music venue 🇩🇪🚩
10th Annual Carl Schmitt Lecture @humboldtuni.bsky.social, Prof. Martti Koskenniemi: “The Search for the Social in International Law: Remarks on a Critical Theme”
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
10th Annual Carl Schmitt Lecture @humboldtuni.bsky.social, Prof. Martti Koskenniemi: “The Search for the Social in International Law: Remarks on a Critical Theme”
Thomas Franck Lecture @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social: Prof. @oonahathaway.bsky.social “War Unbound”, on the breakdown of International Humanitarian Law
October 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thomas Franck Lecture @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social: Prof. @oonahathaway.bsky.social “War Unbound”, on the breakdown of International Humanitarian Law
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Chilling verfassungsblog.de/the-neocons-...
Rehabilitating the “Neocons” is no Zeitenwende
verfassungsblog.de
October 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Chilling verfassungsblog.de/the-neocons-...
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The architects of the Iraq War–Condoleezza Rice, John Bolton, and Philip Zelikow–recently appeared at German foreign-policy circles.
MALCOLM JORGENSEN warns against rehabilitating the neocons – and explains why they should not be advising on a new security order:
verfassungsblog.de/the-neocons-...
MALCOLM JORGENSEN warns against rehabilitating the neocons – and explains why they should not be advising on a new security order:
verfassungsblog.de/the-neocons-...
October 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The architects of the Iraq War–Condoleezza Rice, John Bolton, and Philip Zelikow–recently appeared at German foreign-policy circles.
MALCOLM JORGENSEN warns against rehabilitating the neocons – and explains why they should not be advising on a new security order:
verfassungsblog.de/the-neocons-...
MALCOLM JORGENSEN warns against rehabilitating the neocons – and explains why they should not be advising on a new security order:
verfassungsblog.de/the-neocons-...
Trump's policy that US is in “armed conflict” with drug cartels as “unlawful combatants” demonstrates what I've termed the shift towards "geolegal" orders—where interpretation and operation of international law depends foremost on configurations of geostrategic power. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Trump's policy that US is in “armed conflict” with drug cartels as “unlawful combatants” demonstrates what I've termed the shift towards "geolegal" orders—where interpretation and operation of international law depends foremost on configurations of geostrategic power. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
My book now published #openaccess: “American Foreign Policy Ideology and The International Rule of Law: Contesting Power through the International Criminal Court” (Cambridge UP, 2020). More timely in 2025 than ever, with ICC politics a key battleground for international law doi.org/10.1017/9781...
American Foreign Policy Ideology and the International Rule of Law
Cambridge Core - Public International Law - American Foreign Policy Ideology and the International Rule of Law
doi.org
September 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My book now published #openaccess: “American Foreign Policy Ideology and The International Rule of Law: Contesting Power through the International Criminal Court” (Cambridge UP, 2020). More timely in 2025 than ever, with ICC politics a key battleground for international law doi.org/10.1017/9781...
1/2 My exchange with Condoleezza Rice at the American Academy in Berlin. Only critical intervention of the event, despite obvious contradiction of speaking on “What Comes Next? Imagining a New Economic and Security Commons”, without acknowledging her role undermining the current international order.
September 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
1/2 My exchange with Condoleezza Rice at the American Academy in Berlin. Only critical intervention of the event, despite obvious contradiction of speaking on “What Comes Next? Imagining a New Economic and Security Commons”, without acknowledging her role undermining the current international order.
Opening of the 2025 European Society of International Law Annual Conference “Reconstructing International Law” @esil-sedi.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Opening of the 2025 European Society of International Law Annual Conference “Reconstructing International Law” @esil-sedi.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
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September 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Declaring that the US Department of Defense/“War” will be guided by “maximum lethality—not tepid legality” is as explicit a rejection of the international legal order as one can imagine #intlaw
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Declaring that the US Department of Defense/“War” will be guided by “maximum lethality—not tepid legality” is as explicit a rejection of the international legal order as one can imagine #intlaw
Pleased to contribute comments for this #CBC ‘About That’ investigative report on the history and politics of the International Criminal Court—and significance of recent US sanctions against #ICC judges and senior personnel including 🇨🇦Judge Kimberly Prost
youtu.be/mBW6DOss67w
youtu.be/mBW6DOss67w
Why the ICC is in the fight of its life with Trump | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
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September 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Pleased to contribute comments for this #CBC ‘About That’ investigative report on the history and politics of the International Criminal Court—and significance of recent US sanctions against #ICC judges and senior personnel including 🇨🇦Judge Kimberly Prost
youtu.be/mBW6DOss67w
youtu.be/mBW6DOss67w
‘One Of The Most Advanced Militaries In The World Accidentally Hits Another Hospital Again’ via @betootaadvocate.bsky.social www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorize...
August 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
‘One Of The Most Advanced Militaries In The World Accidentally Hits Another Hospital Again’ via @betootaadvocate.bsky.social www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorize...
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Six Viewpoints on the Future of the International Legal Order and the Role of International Courts | by Philippa Webb and Lydia Kim
Six Viewpoints on the Future of the International Legal Order and the Role of International Courts
It has become trite to question the role and meaning of international law in a world where it is being flouted – often flagrantly – on a daily basis. President Trump’s second term has prompted cries o...
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August 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Six Viewpoints on the Future of the International Legal Order and the Role of International Courts | by Philippa Webb and Lydia Kim
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Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
When Is It Genocide?
Philippe Sands discusses how to think about the tragedies in Gaza through the lens of international law.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBm...
youtu.be/RrhBypHFYPY?...
When Is It Genocide?
Philippe Sands discusses how to think about the tragedies in Gaza through the lens of international law.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBm...
youtu.be/RrhBypHFYPY?...
Israel, Gaza and the Debate Over Genocide | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
August 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
When Is It Genocide?
Philippe Sands discusses how to think about the tragedies in Gaza through the lens of international law.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBm...
youtu.be/RrhBypHFYPY?...
When Is It Genocide?
Philippe Sands discusses how to think about the tragedies in Gaza through the lens of international law.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBm...
youtu.be/RrhBypHFYPY?...
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Do statehood and sovereignty persist when a state sinks?
AURELIO CORNEO and JUDITH SCHERER examine what the ICJ says on this question in its climate advisory opinion and explore the issues of territory, population, and government in times of climate crisis.
verfassungsblog.de/montevideo-c...
AURELIO CORNEO and JUDITH SCHERER examine what the ICJ says on this question in its climate advisory opinion and explore the issues of territory, population, and government in times of climate crisis.
verfassungsblog.de/montevideo-c...
August 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Do statehood and sovereignty persist when a state sinks?
AURELIO CORNEO and JUDITH SCHERER examine what the ICJ says on this question in its climate advisory opinion and explore the issues of territory, population, and government in times of climate crisis.
verfassungsblog.de/montevideo-c...
AURELIO CORNEO and JUDITH SCHERER examine what the ICJ says on this question in its climate advisory opinion and explore the issues of territory, population, and government in times of climate crisis.
verfassungsblog.de/montevideo-c...
Prof. Dapo Akande, UK candidate for the ICJ, speaking at @humboldtuni.bsky.social, Berlin on “Is the International Legal Order Eroding? And If So, What Can be Done About it?”
July 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Prof. Dapo Akande, UK candidate for the ICJ, speaking at @humboldtuni.bsky.social, Berlin on “Is the International Legal Order Eroding? And If So, What Can be Done About it?”
Last week’s Berlin workshop with authors from every continent, for a forthcoming edited volume: “Comparative International Legal Policy: National, Regional and Transnational Approaches”. An interdisciplinary look at political approaches towards international legal order📖🌏
July 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Last week’s Berlin workshop with authors from every continent, for a forthcoming edited volume: “Comparative International Legal Policy: National, Regional and Transnational Approaches”. An interdisciplinary look at political approaches towards international legal order📖🌏
Reposted by Malcolm Jorgensen
Join us in Berlin next Wed. 2 July, for an exceptional public forum @Humboldt University: “The Politics of International Law: How do States Aim to Change the International Legal Order?”—5 leading scholars from diverse perspectives debating foreign policies towards international law. RSVP ILP@mpil.de
June 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Join us in Berlin next Wed. 2 July, for an exceptional public forum @Humboldt University: “The Politics of International Law: How do States Aim to Change the International Legal Order?”—5 leading scholars from diverse perspectives debating foreign policies towards international law. RSVP ILP@mpil.de
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Turns out that the unlawful use of force is illegal for a reason.
www.justsecurity.org/109537/upend...
www.justsecurity.org/109537/upend...
June 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Turns out that the unlawful use of force is illegal for a reason.
www.justsecurity.org/109537/upend...
www.justsecurity.org/109537/upend...
Join us in Berlin next Wed. 2 July, for an exceptional public forum @Humboldt University: “The Politics of International Law: How do States Aim to Change the International Legal Order?”—5 leading scholars from diverse perspectives debating foreign policies towards international law. RSVP ILP@mpil.de
June 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Join us in Berlin next Wed. 2 July, for an exceptional public forum @Humboldt University: “The Politics of International Law: How do States Aim to Change the International Legal Order?”—5 leading scholars from diverse perspectives debating foreign policies towards international law. RSVP ILP@mpil.de