My review of The United Nations and the Question of Palestine: Rule by Law and the Structure of International Legal Subalternity by Ardi Imseis. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The registration deadline is approaching for the second annual Hamilton Lugar-ILSA international moot court competition for undergraduates. We've got a wonderful group of schools coming to Bloomington for the competition; join us! www.ilsa.org/hli/

David Bosco argues that the International Criminal Court should confine its reach to member states and not seek confrontations that it cannot win. Debate #ICCPolitics: iccforum.com

Big news from the International Criminal Court www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Watching the Trump administration's trade policy, I keep thinking of the Curious George stories. George creates enormous chaos in processes that he doesn't understand but then figures out how to undo some of the damage done and ends up receiving general acclaim.

The head of the International Seabed Authority says that US initiatives to mine the deep seabed outside of the ISA framework would be against international law. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Fitting that Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby, given the current state of multilateralism.

The registration deadline for the first ever undergraduate international law moot court competition is fast approaching! www.ilsa.org/ihl/

My argument @lawfare.bsky.social on a possible path to a more restrained but effective International Criminal Court will likely satisfy no one and anger many.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/cour...

"[T]he ICC’s problem is architectural: The court has jurisdiction that is unmanageably broad. There remains a narrow but viable pathway toward an approach that both addresses U.S. concerns and yields a more effective form of international justice," writes David Bosco.

The Doomsday Clock moved one second closer to midnight today on fears that no one would pay attention to the Doomsday Clock if it didn't move.

I think it's time for International Criminal Court member states to give some hard thought to whether the institution is on a sustainable trajectory.

I would not be surprised if Israel outright annexes much of the West Bank during Trump's term.

I've just seen the problem that will the focus of the undergraduate international law moot court we're hosting here at Indiana University's Hamilton Lugar School in conjunction with the International Law Students Association. It's a doozy!
www.ilsa.org/ihl/

Attention: undergraduate students interested in international law. www.ilsa.org/ihl/

The phrase we need at this strange moment in international relations: uti possidetis