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Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@monicahakimi.bsky.social concludes the symposium with her rejoinder: we must find new ways to shape and share authority of international law verfassungsblog.de/thinking-con...

For those who aspire for the world to be saturated with law, the only path forward, it seems to me, is to find new ways to share authority, at different levels of social organization, so that more people, from disparate walks of life, can participate with others in their collective governance.

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Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The symposium opens with Doruk Erhan's reframing of the debate about Hobbes: is he really an evil spirit we should exorcise or more like the ghost of Hamlet's father, bringing warning and counsel? verfassungsblog.de/good-bye-hob...

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Good-bye, Hobbes?

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Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In April, @igiltp.bsky.social hosted a workshop on @monicahakimi.bsky.social's "Thinking Constructively About International Law". Now, we give that event another round with a @verfassungsblog.de symposium. Check out the intro here and stay tuned for upcoming posts! verfassungsblog.de/internationa...

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International Legal Theory and Constructive Thinking

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ESIL Interest Group on International Legal Theory & Philosophy @igiltp.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Ten more days to make your submission to the symposium on @monicahakimi.bsky.social's "Thinking Constructively about International Law"! The authors of selected submissions will be informed by 23 March, with the symposium taking place on 29 April.

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I’m super-excited about this. Join us if you can!

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AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The Jan issue of AJIL is now online, featuring a curated Book Reviews section where classic texts & films are put in conversations with newer ones to analyze how current events in int'l law connect to both historical trends & prospects for the future. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

For those who missed this over the weekend…that much more relevant after the events of this weekend! Link in first reply.

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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

New episode of JIB/JAB - a discussion with @monicahakimi.bsky.social of Columbia Law about how to better understand and respond to the current crisis in international law. Fascinating and important conversation! Link in reply 👇

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Best wishes for a happy and peaceful 2026.

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

For those planning courses for next semester, the stories & associated video conversations--trade, migration, LOAC, climate change, IOs, outer space law, etc--are extraordinary accountings of current US policies. Kudos to Ingrid Brunk, @monicahakimi.bsky.social @jkatzcogan.bsky.social + all authors!

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AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Don't forget to register for Friday's free webinar! Register here: cambridge-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Democratic backsliding is now a global phenomenon, with Donald Trump's America only the most visible and dramatic example. But @drodrik.bsky.social still sees some bright spots elsewhere. bit.ly/4m0PTI9

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Who Will Model Democracy Now?

Dani Rodrik looks for bright spots in a world where authoritarianism is on the rise, even in the United States.

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Harlan G. Cohen @harlangcohen.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Completing @ajil.bsky.social's Reparations study, Part II in Unbound probes 6 cases of reparation demands met or unmet: Haiti's cholera epidemic, African resource exploitation, atrocities against Mau Mau veterans, Native American cultural objects, Canada's Indian Residential Schools, & slavery.1/

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I am excited that this special issue of the @ajil.bsky.social —on reparations in international law—is now out! 1/

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Ingrid and I issued the following statement in the just-released issue of @ajil.bsky.social. A travesty that it has to be said.

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

This paper is a product of years of frustration with—and yet, an unrelenting commitment to—the field of international law. I hope it helps to launch a (more) productive conversation about what intl law has historically done and where the field might go from here. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I finally managed to escape the news feed, and it was glorious.

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

This was a great event, largely because Kinstler, Hassan, and Roth are all so inspiring. Thanks to @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social for hosting.

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Mert Kartal @mertkartal.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

This ⬇️ is becoming more and more relevant, and not just for a few of us. I mean everyone.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I put much work into this. DOJ is trying to block courts' access to info in #AbregoGarcia and Alien Enemies Act cases by asserting it is a "state secret." I walk through the clear case law on this topic. I provide a Table of senior officials' statements that preclude the state secret privilege.

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No "State Secrets” in Removals of Non-US Citizens to El Salvador

A series of statements by senior officials preclude the Trump administration's state secrets privilege in the the El Salvador removal cases.

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 21/05/2025

Meeting friends and heroes at the EUI workshop “Shifting Powers, Shifting Roles: The Present and Future of International Institutions”. Brilliant keynote discussions by @monicahakimi.bsky.social, Tony Anghie, @sarahnou.bsky.social. Also a great setting to discuss de-dollarisation and int’l law!

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katharinapistor.bsky.social @katharinapistor.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

When a constitutional and a corporate lawyer put their heads together to suggest how NOT to do governance reforms @columbiauniversity.bsky.socia balkin.blogspot.com/2025/05/revi...

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Balkinization: Review It All

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

If you are teaching international law in the fall, the sixth edition just went to the printers—with extensive updates throughout and entirely new problems on the South China Sea, the Chagos Archipelago, Indigenous persons, Western Sahara, and the IMF.

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I first read this to mean LLM _students_ and was all “?!?” But I guess it makes sense for the other kind of LLM.

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

My piece with @jkatzcogan.bsky.social is out in @ajil.bsky.social. We argue that the international legal system—which the US played an outsized role in establishing & maintaining—is under enormous strain. This was true pre-Trump and is all the more so now. 1/ 🧶 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The End of the U.S.-Backed International Order and the Future of International Law | American Journal of International Law | Cambridge Core

The End of the U.S.-Backed International Order and the Future of International Law - Volume 119 Issue 2

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Julia Emtseva @jemtseva.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Join us in person @eui-eu.bsky.social or online on May 19 for an event, focusing on the changing global order and the role of international institutions in these turbulent times. 3 panels, a keynote and a roundtable will address the pressing ?s of what we do now, when the world we knew crumbles

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I will be speaking with Kenneth Roth, Linda Kinstler, and Lila Hassan at the @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social festival on May 28 about the future of human rights and international law. Join us if you will be in NYC. www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/where-...

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

DC cabbie not buying what the government is selling. “It’s just logic,” he says.

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Ben Ross @benross.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Strongly endorse this by @paulmusgrave.bsky.social. I would just add that the status quo ante (of US dominance) had real problems and lost support even within the US for reasons that we should take seriously and learn from. musgrave.substack.com/p/an-obituar...

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An Obituary, not a Prescription

Against "conventional wisdom" in unconventional times

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

People sometimes ask how it feels to be at Columbia and what I think of the whole fiasco. This pretty much captures it (though of course I might quibble at the margins and there is so much more to say). www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/o...

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Opinion | I’m a Columbia Professor. Here’s the Really Disheartening Part of This Mess.

Where were these voices when the university was under assault from the Trump administration?

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The bottom line is that in this tariff stating contest China did not blink and Trump did. The whole world saw it. Do not try to dress this up as a victory or some tough negotiation tactic. When they looked at what was happening in the bond market the Trump administration caved.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Good morning. A reminder that historically when the US has wanted to punish other countries, it imposed sanctions on them, cutting their people off from global trade, hoping to create enough economic havoc that they rein in their leaders. Trump has imposed economic sanctions on the American people.

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AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Next in our Spotlight series, we highlight Board member Jean Galbraith. She shares her career path, the challenges of writing and publishing while working full time, and the role of international law in the world today. youtu.be/ebVZCSbOjAs?...

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AJIL Board of Editors Spotlight: Jean Galbraith

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Check out our new @ajil.bsky.social series to showcase members of our incredible board—starting with @akinkugbe.bsky.social.

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Monica Hakimi @monicahakimi.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Today’s tariffs are to the global and US economic order what Russia’s 2022 invasions were to the global and US security order: a shock that will fundamentally change what comes next. 1/

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Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 28/03/2025

This looks like a great conference. Imagining the post-DOGE administrative state. www.commongood.org/the-day-afte...

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The Day After DOGE - New Visions to Remake the Administrative State — Common Good

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

"The detention and attempted deportation of student activists on spurious grounds—and the use of armed, typically masked agents of the state to do so—perfectly captures the real, menacing story of the second Trump administration," writes @alexshephard.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/1932...

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The Biggest Scandal of the Second Trump Term Isn’t “Signalgate”

The national security chat debacle certainly merits attention. But the Trump administration is now blatantly disappearing students and others who are in the country legally.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Read the judge's description of El Salvador prison with this in mind: - USG admitted "many of the TdA members ... do not have criminal records"❗ - Cases of misidentification have emerged❗ - The most senior DOJ officials signed a brief saying these detainees would not suffer "irreparable harm"❗

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

This segment from @maryannefranks.bsky.social is an incredibly tight argument that captures the breadth of the Trump assault on free speech perfectly and in less than a minute. Spread it far and wide.

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Richard Primus @richardprimus.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

So after Paul Weiss makes a deal, they come for Jenner. No sane person thinks it will stop there. Three choices: fight now, fight later from a weaker position, or give up and let them do whatever they want. No other options.

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