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Francisco J. Quintana

@fjquintana.com
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Assistant Professor in Global Law, University of Edinburgh. International and global law, institutional alternatives, law and political economy, geopolitics, de-dollarisation.

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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 17/09/2026
Agree with @adamtooze.bsky.social on his latest pod: "Historians don't distinguish themselves by being good moralists because there's something inherently relativistic about the business of being a historian."
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 03/09/2026
"One of the laws, the 'super RIGI', would put in place an investment regime offering foreign companies a minimal tax rate and a 30-year guarantee against regulatory change. It specifically names AI datacentres among investments it hopes to attract." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Apocalypse prep or pure pragmatism: what is behind Peter Thiel’s move to Argentina?
Relocation coincides with proposed laws that opponents say would entrench power of US tech billionaires in country
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 25/07/2026
Facing a Surge of Criticism, Argentines Have Something to Say www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/w...
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Argentines Facing Surge of Criticism After World Cup Loss Have Something to Say (Gift Article)
Many Argentines condemned their players’ racist chants and aggressive behavior during the World Cup, but rejected what felt like a sweeping stigmatization of their entire nation.
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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has been making headlines for months. But what does it reveal about the deeper shifts underway in the global energy economy? Justina Uriburu is joined by Jorge Vinuales and Sergio Puig to explore the present and future of energy and international law’s role in it.
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EJIL: The Podcast! Episode 44: One Strait, Many Chokepoints: International Law and the New Geopolitics of Energy
The war in the Middle East has plunged the world into yet another crisis. Days are paced by minute-by-minute updates: at first, tragic reports of civilian deaths and incendiary threats from US Preside...
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 12/06/2026
Expansive post on our book by @himself.bsky.social whose work with @abenewman.bsky.social has been so illuminating. Interestingly, some of his points about Musk's geopolitical vulnerabilities we pick up on in a piece for @foreignpolicy.com coming later today. open.substack.com/pub/programm...
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What would Muskism be without Musk?
The mode of production behind the man
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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 12/06/2026
War in Iran is turbocharging the case for the global energy transition • Policymakers increasingly see shift to renewables as crucial for energy security • Chinese firms manufacture ~70% of worldwide clean-tech supplies, making them well-placed to benefit from trend www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 08/06/2026
I am deeply honoured to have received the John Jackson Prize from the Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL) for my article ‘Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law’. www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Dr Francisco J. Quintana wins John H. Jackson Prize | Edinburgh Law School
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 05/06/2026
'[T]he task facing a mature society is to adapt its methods of financing universities to sustaining the purposes for which such institutions exist – rather than, as at present, the other way round'. @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Stefan Collini · Squadrons of Pigs: Bonfire of the Universities
The problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and...
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Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Final version up! “The Post-Legitimacy Court,” with Ryan Doerfler @ryandoerfler.bsky.social. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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The Post-Legitimacy Court | The Supreme Court Review: Vol 2025, No null
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 05/05/2026
A thought for those redesigning universities: 'Any question about the future economics of AI begins with identifying what becomes scarce.' Education is a sector 'where the value of the service is likely to be increasingly linked to the human providing them'. aleximas.substack.com/p/what-will-...
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What will be scarce?
The economics of structural change and the post-commodity future of work
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 04/05/2026
I'm delighted to be serving on the Program Committee for the ASIL Abroad Meeting on 'International Legal Order at a Crossroads'. Buenos Aires is a great location and a reminder that legal debates should not be confined to their usual centres. Join us! asil.org/asil-abroad/
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2026 ASIL Abroad - Buenos Aires - ASIL
Online Registration Open July 6-7, 2026 The International Legal Order at a Crossroads: Rupture, Resilience, and Renewal The international legal order is facing a moment of profound uncertainty. Armed...
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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Andrew Chubb’s EJIL article asks whether international law helps drive confrontation. His study of China’s South China Sea policy shows that UNCLOS has not only structured legal argument but has also helped contribute to interstate maritime conflicts.
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International Law as a Driver of Confrontation? UNCLOS and China’s Policy in the South China Sea
Abstract. Could international law contribute to interstate maritime conflicts? A close tracing of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) policies in the So
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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Fordham Law Prof. Harlan Cohen (@harlangcohen.bsky.social) appeared on the Michigan Journal of International Law podcast's first episode, discussing how shifts in global power lead to shifts in the international order—potentially reopening interpretative fights over the meaning of security & more.
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MJIL Podcast Episode 1: Professor Harlan Grant Cohen
YouTube video by Michigan Journal of International Law
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 28/04/2026
'For scholars to give up the vocation they’ve spent around 10 years training for, often at the expense of acquiring any other work experience, is a sign that something is truly rotten in the state of UK academia.' www.telegraph.co.uk/money/jobs/c...
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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Today, a spring scouting report on some of the hottest new LPE and LPE-adjacent articles. Congrats to all the authors on such wonderful placements 🎉
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Some of the Best New LPE and LPE-Adjacent Scholarship
A selection of worthy additions to your “important PDFs” folder.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 24/04/2026
De-Dollarization Mainstreaming Today, in the NYT, we read that: 'There is a desperate desire in the world to escape the clutches of the dollar-denominated system'. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/b...
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War and Sanctions Accelerate China’s Currency Push
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 22/04/2026
@bentarnoff.com and I went long on the Muskism-Fordism comparison, drawing on the Regulation School to ask what social settlement is being offered alongside the Big Tech regime of accumulation and whether they aren‘t perversely harmed by the absence of counterparty. lpeproject.org/blog/muskism...
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 13/04/2026
Watching Budapest fall in 2026 is for national conservatives what watching Budapest fall in 1956 was for reform communists.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 01/04/2026
Interested in why the (eroding) centrality of the dollar matters for UK trade and investment policy? Then read this briefing paper I co-wrote with economists Jun Du, Sambit Bhattacharyya, and Alejandro Fiorito.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Outright strategic defeat
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 30/03/2026
'When Iran slammed shut the [Strait of Hormuz], it didn’t just disrupt shipping lanes. It placed maximum stress on the architecture of dollar dominance at its most physical chokepoint.' fortune.com/2026/03/24/i...
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Iran, the $39 trillion national debt and dedollarization: How Trump exposed America's Achilles Heel in Hormuz | Fortune
With the national debt at $39 trillion and dollar dominance already at a 30-year low, the petrodollar system is more visible—and threatened—than ever.
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Mona Paulsen @monapaulsen.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
“With the US destroying its own credibility, the opportunity is Beijing’s for the taking.” Discuss.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 28/03/2026
The Second Circuit has reversed the $16.1bn YPF judgment against Argentina. That judgment amounted to 45% of Argentina's national budget. A rare piece of good news for Argentina in New York litigation; a rare piece of bad news for speculative litigation finance. www.reuters.com/world/us-app...
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US appeals court voids $16.1 billion judgment against Argentina over YPF seizure
A divided U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a $16.1 billion judgment against Argentina for seizing control of state-owned oil company YPF in ​2012, a victory for Argentine President Javier Mile...
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 26/03/2026
Over the past months, I have been making the same point across different forums: the dollar remains dominant, but de-dollarising infrastructure is no longer hypothetical. This point becomes more widely accepted everyday, as illustrated by this piece @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/77f8...
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Why China’s renminbi push matters even if it never rivals the dollar
If renminbi settlement becomes cheaper and more trade migrates, firms will have less need to generate or hold US currency
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Edinburgh Law School @uoelawschool.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We’re proud to share that we've been ranked 15th in the world in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 🌍 We're also ranked 5th in the UK and 1st in Scotland, this recognition reflects the strength of our teaching, research and community. Read the full story: edin.ac/47SuYTs
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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This has been a LONG time in works: my paper on how dollar hegemony is a form of international law-making power. It includes a long methodological/theoretical section on why strong versions of the 'law constitutes political economy' aren't convincing papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Dollar Hegemony as International Law-making Power
The so-called weaponisation of the dollar as part of the escalating geopolitical competition has drawn attention to dollar hegemony within the fields of interna
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 18/03/2026
You could not script a better opening example for a lecture on global law and sanctions.
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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
assuming that WWIII won't be fully underway by then, I will be in Amsterdam on the 26th of May trying to figure out how and why neo/liberal legalism collapsed.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 12/03/2026
We have a packed and excellent new issue of EJIL. Out this week! @ejiltalk.bsky.social www.ejiltalk.org/in-this-issu...
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In This Issue
As is customary in our final issue of the year, EJIL 36(4) opens with the Afterwords to the annual EJIL Foreword. Published in the first issue of this volume, this year’s Foreword was authored by Susa...
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 04/03/2026
Excellent thread on the critique of LLMs and its sociology.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 02/03/2026
Happy to agree with Bradshaw after some time. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...
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Why The Secret Agent should win the best picture Oscar
Kicking off this year’s series in which our writers advocate for one Academy Award nominee, our chief critic on why the Brazilian drama-thriller is the most audacious and fully realised film in the ra...
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 01/03/2026
Quoted in this excellent article by Heather Stewart in The Guardian on dollar dominance and the slow drift towards a more multipolar currency order.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Quick reactions after learning that no, nobody could stop him. 1/ goodauthority.org/news/trump-m... 1/
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Trump might start a war with Iran. Can anyone stop him?
Trump might start a war with Iran. Can anyone stop him? Congress, public opinion, and administration insiders aren’t reliable constraints on Trump’s foreign policy decisions.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 28/02/2026
To be fair he did say international law was over.
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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The strikes on Iran are blatantly illegal. I explained in June why the strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities were unlawful under US and international law. Everything I wrote then is true today, but this is a far larger assault with far graver consequences. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Strikes on Iran Were Unlawful. Here’s Why That Matters.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 27/02/2026
Finally saw 'The Secret Agent' – beautiful, hilarious, smart, moving. 2025 was the best film year in over a decade.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 27/02/2026
Last Tuesday, I joined an excellent panel of economists to discuss a pressing question: are we moving towards de-dollarisation, and, if so, what will this mean for trade? Great discussions at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP)'s annual UK Trade Policy Forum in London.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 24/02/2026
The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/t...
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 18/02/2026
Once, Latin Americans imagined international social rights far more ambitiously than today. My new piece, published in ICON (Open Access), builds on Nehal Bhuta's erudite history of social rights to recover that forgotten Latin American horizon. academic.oup.com/icon/advance...
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The social, the state, and the south: Afterword to the Foreword by Nehal Bhuta
Abstract. Nehal Bhuta’s Foreword retrieves a historical understanding of social rights that reopens debates about what the state ought to be and how it mig
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Ben Heath @jbentonheath.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
In light of some of the news this past week about U.S. coercion of Minneapolis and Venezuela, I am posting an unpublished talk I gave @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social that draws on the work of @himself.bsky.social @abenewman.bsky.social @harlangcohen.bsky.social. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Sailing in Circles
These remarks were prepared and delivered in October 2025 at a conference focusing on economic sanctions and other challenges to international economic ordering
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 05/02/2026
In a political moment when the left sounds like the right with slightly better manners, Pedro Sánchez suggests trying something unfashionable: policy. 'Western nations must choose between becoming closed and impoverished societies, or open and prosperous ones.' www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
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Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.
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Edinburgh Law School @uoelawschool.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
International Law and Diplomacy in a Changing World Join Dr Francisco J. Quintana in conversation with Mario Oyarzábal on international law, diplomacy, and law-making in a changing global order. 🗓 Fri 6 Feb 2026 | ⏰ 13:00–14:00 | 📍 Old College Find out more and register: edin.ac/49Ufy2x
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 03/02/2026
Saw No Other Choice, by Park Chan-wook. Made me think a lot about the tension between having a vocation and having a job in the present context. Hard not to connect that to academia (and Marina's post below) right now.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 29/01/2026
Looking forward to hosting a conversation with Mario Oyarzábal on how the day-to-day work of international law continues even as the international order appears to be fracturing. Join us, in person, at Edinburgh Law School, next Friday February 6: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
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International Law and Diplomacy in a Changing World: A Conversation with Ambassador Mario Oyarzábal | Edinburgh Law School
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 26/01/2026
'Fighting for a seat at a table that is on fire': great post by Marina on early career academia.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 21/01/2026
'If Europe wants to retain its independence, it needs to commit to action. The anti-coercion instrument, for all its faults, is the best option that Europe has.' @himself.bsky.social for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
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Opinion | Europe Has a Bazooka. Time to Use It.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 21/01/2026
The EU really does not understand the state of the world.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 21/01/2026
The U.S. cannot afford not to care: a massive dump of U.S. Treasuries would seriously harm the dollar. Of course, it’s very likely that Europe would be similarly harmed. A slower, progressive diversification away from U.S. assets should be underway, though - and harm the U.S. in the medium term.
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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 11/01/2026
I spoke with BBC Mundo about the Drago Doctrine: a Latin American pushback against using force to collect public debts. Latin America's early history of decolonisation helped make it a champion of non-intervention, a key principle that now looks increasingly fragile. www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...
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El bloqueo naval y el ataque a Venezuela hace más de 120 años que inspiró la Doctrina Drago - BBC News Mundo
Lo que sucedió en las costas venezolanas en diciembre de 1902 provocó que un diplomático argentino se pronunciara con alarma. Lo que planteó se convirtió en un hito en el derecho internacional.
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American Society of International Law @asilorg.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Regarding United States Action in Venezuela
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