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Artur Simonyan
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Postdoctoral researcher at IOS Regensburg| Formerly Fellow at International Rule of Law- Rise or Decline? Berlin-Potsdam Research Group | PhD in Law from the University of Tartu | Regionalism, International Law, Eurasia |
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Reminder 📣 Job Opportunity at IOS Regensburg!
Postdoctoral Academic Coordinator (f/m/d) for the KonKoop Early Career Lab on Peace & Conflict Studies (focus: Eastern & Southeastern Europe).
Apply by 9 Nov 2025 → www.leibniz-ios.de/en/vacancies...
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Vacancies and Internships
Current vacancies and internships at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies
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November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Delighted to announce the publication of our co-authored article with Liliya Khasanova in the Chinese Journal of International Law (Oxford University Press), titled “(Geo)politicizing International Law of Cyberspace in Post-Soviet Eurasia.”
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(Geo)politicizing International Law of Cyberspace in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Abstract. Great powers often (geo)politicize legal norms, principles, and discourses to advance a particular vision of cyberspace regulation within specifi
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May 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Kicked off our first workshop, "Territory & Territoriality in Eurasia: Law & Geopolitics," at the European University Institute! Excited for our book project with Edward Elgar Publishing, I am co-editing with Lucia Leontiev. Thanks to all authors & special shoutout to Lucia for hosting!
March 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Excited to announce the upcoming workshop,Territory and Territoriality in Eurasia: Law and Geopolitics, happening on 21 March 2025 at @eui-eu.bsky.social. This is part of @elgarpublishing.bsky.social book project I'm co-editing with Lucia Leontiev. Full program here: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Territory and territoriality in Eurasia: law and geopolitics
This MWP workshop will discuss the law and politics of territory in Eurasia from a multidisciplinary perspective.
www.eui.eu
March 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
New opinion piece: The 2025 Munich Security Conference as a defining moment for international law. I explore how shifting global power dynamics are reshaping legal frameworks, including the Ukraine conflict and democracy in global governance. www.e-ir.info/2025/03/03/o...
Opinion – The 2025 Munich Security Conference as a Defining Moment
The 2025 Munich Security Conference solidified a decisive shift in international legal discourse, moving from the post-Cold War liberal order toward a framework shaped by realpolitik.
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March 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Thrilled to share that my latest article, Russia’s Counter-revolutionary International Law in the Scholarship of Boris Mirkine-Guetzévitch, is now published in the European Journal of International Law (Volume 35, Issue 3, 2024)!
Russia’s Counter-revolutionary International Law in the Scholarship of Boris Mirkine-Guetzévitch
In the 1920s and early 1930s, several Russian international legal scholars – Baron Taube, Baron Nolde, André Mandelstam, Alexander Makarov and others – del
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January 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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📣 Publication day: a piece I worked on for a very long time - and that I wrote quite some time ago - has been published in the German Yearbook of International Law: "Russia’s Use of Demographic Engineering to Affirm Sovereignty Over Adjacent Territories" elibrary.duncker-humblot.com/article/7487...
Duncker & Humblot - Berlin: Russia’s Use of Demographic Engineering to Affirm Sovereignty Over Adjacent Territories
Ein Forum für die Wissenschaft seit 1798.
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January 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
[Publication Day]

I am excited to share my latest article in the Baltic Yearbook of International Law! I explore the three patterns of desovietizing int. law in post-Soviet Eurasia, highlighting Russia’s post-imperial behavior and a Eurasian take on uti possidetis juris.
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December 12, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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At our last Monday Meeting our Senior Fellow Nicolas Lamp
gave us a glimpse into his new project on

“Trading in (Dis)Order: The Backlash against Globalization and the Future of International Trade Law and Policy”.

With this look into the future we then enojyed some 🍕 & 🥂 in the ☀️!
June 25, 2024 at 9:17 AM
[Publication day]

My article is out in the European Journal of International Law.
International Lawyers in Post-Soviet Eurasia: Decoding the Divisibility
Abstract. This article examines the epistemic community of post-Soviet Eurasian international lawyers who interact, publish, teach and practise internation
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April 2, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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The Association of Young International Criminal Lawyers will host an event on Gaza on March 14 at 3pm CET on Zoom. The event is open to all, from scholars to students and early and practitioners. You can register here: forms.gle/NhtP4h17C5D8... please share widely!
March 9, 2024 at 10:27 AM
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Excited to co-organize this workshop on double standards in international law, 15-16 July in Berlin with @kfgintlaw.bsky.social. Please send us your abstracts or be in touch if interested in this project more generally www.kfg-intlaw.de/News%20and%2...
March 5, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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Proceedings instituted by the Republic of Nicaragua against the Federal Republic of Germany on 1 March 2024
including provisional measures
www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...
March 1, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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The University of Nottingham invites you to our event ‘Ukraine Beyond Aggression: Legal Responses to Russia’s Invasion in 2022 and its Consequences’ on the 21st of February from 14:00-17:30 (GMT). Register at ukraine-beyond-aggression.eventbrite.co.uk
Ukraine Beyond Aggression
Join the HRLC and NILSC for our upcoming event examining the legal responses to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and its consequences.
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February 14, 2024 at 7:02 AM
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Yesterday we had the pleasure to listen to our fellow
@simonian.bsky.social present his paper on "Desovietizing international law: local expertise, living empire and uti possidetis" which is forthcoming in the Baltic Yearbook of International Law!
February 13, 2024 at 9:10 AM
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At today's lunch talk Artur Simonyan (@simonian.bsky.social) delved into another region of the world with his thought-provoking presentation on “Regional International Law in post-Soviet Eurasia"
January 18, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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At yesterday's lunch talk Christian Marxsen presented his intriguing forthcoming article on "Use of force: A comprehensive analysis of state practice between 1945 and 2020" which he co-authored with Florian Kriener - a dive into quantitative analysis and the use of force.
January 12, 2024 at 8:39 AM
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In this post, I look at Israeli settlements in Palestine and analysing the history of the legal concept of forcible transfer, I argue that besides individual war crimes in time of occupation they're also part of wrongful acts entailing state responsibility under international law. 🧵 1/
Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Demographic Changes, and Forcible Transfer as a...
The illegality of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian occupied territories under international law have long been a contentious issue and is the focus of the 2022 request for an ICJ Advisory Opin...
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January 8, 2024 at 12:23 PM
My article ‘Science of International Law and Regional Orders: A Critical Appraisal of Alejandro Alvarez and Carl Schmitt” is published in Revista Tribuna Internacional - prime publication of University of Chile, School of Law.
Science of International Law and Regional Orders: A Critical Appraisal of Alejandro Álvarez and Car...
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January 7, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Happy to join Bluesky! Thanks @ampelliconi.bsky.social for the code!
January 3, 2024 at 2:24 PM