Alexandra (Xander) Meise
@ruleoflaw.bsky.social
Lawyer. Prof. SCOTUS. NatSec. Human Rights. Sustainable Development. Int’l Disputes. Int’l Crim. LOAC. Elections. Enviro Security. Rocks. Minerals. Cookies. Dogs. Army. Spends a lot of time exploring accountability and how good people do bad things.
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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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September 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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
warontherocks.com/2025/09/port...
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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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September 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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
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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
September 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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...
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
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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This may help, too:
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August 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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
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
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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
#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
March 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
#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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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
February 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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...
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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)
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.
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February 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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)
Kathleen Claussen
Tom Dannenbaum (@tomdannenbaum.bsky.social)
Eliav Lieblich (@eliavl.bsky.social)
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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.
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.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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.
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.
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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
@rlopez.bsky.social @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social & Matthew Charity
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
January 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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
@rlopez.bsky.social @jonathanhafetz.bsky.social & Matthew Charity
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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...
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
January 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
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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👇
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Episode out now👇
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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.
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January 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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👇
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Episode out now👇
www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/epi...
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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...
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
January 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
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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
@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
January 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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
@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
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...
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January 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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...
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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.
January 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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.
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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January 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The Netherlands releases names of 425k suspected Nazi collaborators: bbc.com/news/article...
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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.
December 2, 2024 at 11:55 AM
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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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
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December 2, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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
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🌍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
December 2, 2024 at 2:31 PM
🌍Arguments start today in landmark ICJ case about State obligations to address climate change: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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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.
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November 12, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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.
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
October 21, 2023 at 11:35 AM
The sea strikes back: www.theguardian.com/world/2023/o...
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The climate crisis poses an “existential risk” to the health and wellbeing of all children and action to tackle it is needed immediately, Britain’s most senior paediatrician has said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
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Children at ‘existential risk’ from climate crisis, UK’s top paediatrician says
Exclusive: Physical and mental impact on young people needs immediate action, Dr Camilla Kingdon says
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2023 at 9:04 AM
The climate crisis poses an “existential risk” to the health and wellbeing of all children and action to tackle it is needed immediately, Britain’s most senior paediatrician has said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
www.theguardian.com/society/2023...