Gisteren was er aan de Universiteit Leiden een interessant debat over samenwerking tussen universiteit en Defensie, met o.a. @gjovalinmacaj.bsky.social, @michielbot.bsky.social en @osinga.bsky.social. www.scienceguide.nl/2026/03/waar...

THIS IS USA. Establishment intellectuals are rediscovering their voice: they are reclaiming their critical credentials through disapproval of Trump. But why Trump?

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Please join us this Friday at 3pm for what promises to be a fascinating, even if sobering, discussion about the state of our world, and please share widely. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Peace or Lawlessness? The Vandalisation of International Law after UN Security Council Resolution 2803

November 17, 2025, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2803, formally endorsing Trump’s 'Peace Plan' for Gaza. The resolution has ignited global outrage for normalising impunity for atrocity cr...

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Genocide is peace. Impunity is justice. Colonisation is self-determination. Transactionalism is ius cogens. Bending the knee is consent. American diktat is universal law.

Why are Arab states “normalizing” relations with Israel — a state that is redrawing the geography of the region through genocide, occupation, apartheid, and forever wars against anyone who stands in its way? In this article, I try to answer this question 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Banality of Normalisation: The Desecuritisation of Israel’s Aggrandisement in the Middle East

The United States (US)-orchestrated diplomatic integration of Israel in the Arab region, despite the continuous expansion of Israeli settler colonialism and violation of Palestinian and Arab sovere...

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The German question has not been answered, so it seems. Millions have been forced to answer it, with their lives. Today is the Palestinians’ turn. Who’s next?

My latest article ‘Mimetic hedging: Hezbollah’s resistance against all odds’ is out with @secdialogue.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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📝 new publication📖 EU foreign policy represents only a small fraction of the foreign policy activity of its member states, yet it attracts most attention in academic and policy circles, mistaking it for European foreign policy. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap/b...

Voices that have been silent for over 20 months of live-streamed genocide are not admitting that genocide is genocide. Is this something to be welcomed or a reason for concern? In this piece, @maricalc.bsky.social and I, discuss how to answer this question. ilmanifesto.it/un-genocidio...

Join us for what promises to be an inspiring exchange with two leading voices on human rights in our dark times. All welcome, but prior registration is required. @amnesty.org @franceskalbs.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social

Rules for a lawless world? The international legal order in an age of great-power struggle for normative primacy

Agnès Callamard, Secretary General at Amnesty International Dr Agnès Callamard is Secretary General at Amnesty International. She leads the organization’s human rights work and is its chief spokespers...

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📣 EWIS 2025 WORKSHOPS 📣 ✅ (WS Y) Varieties of European Foreign Policy

Rules for a lawless world? The international legal order in an age of great-power struggle for normative primacy | Call for papers for a two-day symposium to be held in Leiden on 8-9 May 2025. lnkd.in/dJJckkE6 Deadline for submissions: 20 February 2025. Funding is available for young scholars.

CfP for a workshop I am convening at European Workshops in International Studies in Krakow on 2-4 July 2025: eisa-net.org/wp-content/u... Abstracts can be submitted by 11 February here: eisa-net.org/abstract-sub... #Europe #Unilateralism #Minilateralism #Bilateralism #Multilateralism