Pleasure to talk to Becky Ferreira at MIT Technology Review about Trump's planned "Star Wars" revival - the "golden dome" missile defense shield. As I argued in my @journalofgss.bsky.social paper - still a domain where fact and fiction blend: www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/13/1...
"There is no excuse for what’s happening in Gaza. This tragedy must end now, immediately and decisively. Every political hesitation, every attempt at justification of the horrors being committed under international watch, will forever be judged as a collective failure to preserve humanity in war.”
Gaza | The scale of human suffering and the stripping of human dignity have long exceeded every acceptable standard, both legal and moral.
This tragedy must end now.
Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC President: ms.spr.ly/63327sGyPt
Es ist sehr schwer, also eigentlich unmöglich, diesen Angriff rechtlich mit dem Selbstverteidigungsrecht zu rechtfertigen. Eine gute rechtliche Analyse dazu gibt es hier: www.ejiltalk.org/is-israels-u...
Unglaublich, wieviel Zuspruch Israel für den Angriff auf den Iran erhält. Ich stimme zu,dass Atomwaffen in Irans Händen gefährlich wären, aber Konflikte mit Gewalt zu lösen birgt große Risiken. Darum gibt es das Gewaltverbot im Völkerrecht, um das ich sehr besorgt bin www.zdfheute.de/politik/g7-g...
I had the opportunity to talk about my book, my research in general and my thoughts on current challenges to global governance in this video for @cglgsta.bsky.social Thanks to our talented intern, Rabbie, for the interesting conversation and editing.
A stack of new books added to Nuffield College Library. They are: Gender, sexuality and life course edited by Carlos Eduardo Henning, Guita Grin Debert and Julio Assis Simões The politics of international norms by Anette Stimmer Democratic decisions in a critical thinking crisis by Aidan Kestigian The price of the common good by Mark Hoipkemier Democracies on the move edited by Andrea Millefiorini Social identity and working class support for the populist radical right by Eric G. Castater and Kyung Joon Han The age of choice by Sophia Rosenfeld Comparative capitalism by Magnus Feldmann The origins of inequality by Joseph E. Stiglitz The Cambridge handbook of constitutional theory edited by Richard Bellamy and Jeff King
This week's new books! Find them all on the new books display in the First Floor Lobby #NewBooks
📸 Some fantastic photos from CGLG co-director Dr Anette Stimmer's @anettestimmer.bsky.social book launch on April 17th with the Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research @ilcrsta.bsky.social👇
Great to see! Thanks also for the nice endorsement
Thanks to everyone @ilcrsta.bsky.social for hosting my book launch on April 17th, and to @cglgsta.bsky.social for co-sponsoring! I look forward to it
Author and book @cambridgeup.bsky.social #ISA2025! Feels special to see it displayed in the exhibition hall
8 cases illustrate my rhetorical approach: the Bush admin's contestation of torture prohibition, Iraq and Afghanistan interventions, 2011 Libya no-fly zone, South China Sea dispute, 1267 sanctions regime & Ombudsperson mechanism, and contestation over statehood recognitions (6)
The book discusses whose reactions to norm interpretations count: we need to disaggregate the 'interpretive community' more. In-group and domestic audience reactions to norm interpretations are particularly decisive for whether (powerful) states can uphold them (ch 2, cases). (5)
Chapter 2 & 5 discuss norm interpretations of agents (e.g.courts): agents can manage contestation when they can legitimate their work through their output and identity, but indirect costs of delegation for states (e.g. resources needed for collaboration) can cause instability (4)
The Intro & Chapter 1 (Section 6) explain how my framework & “alternate endings” typology relate to other theories on how contestation affects norm strength, e.g. that despite differences in our norm understandings, my approach can be combined with Deitelhoff and Zimmermann’s (3)
Here are some pointers on what sections might be relevant to those interested in norm contestation and strength, international organizations and courts, the interpretive community and empirical cases. You can find a concise summary of my argument on pp. 6-19. (2)
I'm very happy that my book 'The Politics of International Norms: A Rhetorical Approach' is out now! Thanks to everyone @cambridgeup.bsky.social, and to all those who have supported me in this journey. You can find more info in the link and this thread (1/6): cambridge.org/gb/universit...
"when it came to Gaza, Mr. Trump’s thinking on Tuesday was so far outside the box that it was not clear he even knew there was a box." That precisely is one of the biggest problems for the world - the complete ignorance of international law.
In #Germany, a watershed moment: Just hours after commemorating the Holocaust, the centre-right has accepted the support of the #farright #AfD to pass a (largely symbolic) motion against immigration, tearing a massive hole into the so-called 'firewall', Germany's variety of the cordon sanitaire.
🗓️ Wednesday 5th February - Book Launch:
Fabricating Homeland Security: police entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel.
@uofglasgow.bsky.social @cglgsta.bsky.social @anettestimmer.bsky.social
Full info: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/book-...
Thanks for sharing, Antje! Interesting read with good arguments for why it is worth trying to preserve multilateralism and the liberal order
