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Boyd van Dijk

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Senior Researcher @ Sciences Po, Paris | 'Preparing for War' (OUP) | 'Humanity in War' (OUP - forthcoming)

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Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

You can see why Russia sees an opportunity to settle scores. "Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating β€” even indirectly" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

06.03.2026 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 215    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 15
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The devastating conflict where both sides have reasons to keep fighting A strong supply of weapons and a history of long wars make Sudan's conflict particularly troubling.

Excellent analysis of the conflict causing the world’s most extensive humanitarian disaster right now:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

05.03.2026 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Dual use as a political technology of contemporary military violence Recent wars are marked by a political technology of β€œdual use” that blurs military and non-military worlds to legitimise military violence. This artic…

new article "Dual use as a political technology of contemporary military violence" - by Craig Jones, Ichamati Mousamputri, and Mark Griffiths

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

06.03.2026 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Bound by History: How Antecedents Shaped the League of Nations Institutional Design Abstract. The founding of the League of Nations marked a turning point in international governance. It entrenched great-power privilege by creating a bifur

Bound by History: How Antecedents Shaped the League of Nations Institutional Design

academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

06.03.2026 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gaza: Trapped by the International Order The war in Gaza has given rise to unprecedented protests in the West and divided the international community between nations supporting and condemning Israel. It has also led to countries like South A...

Gaza: Trapped by the International Order - by Faisal Devji

humanityjournal.org/blog/gaza-tr...

06.03.2026 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Beyond Compliance Approach: Centering Harm + Need Towards Full(er) Protection in Armed Conflict β€” Columbia Journal of Transnational Law Ioana Cismas, Katherine Fortin, Rebecca Sutton, Ezequiel Heffes, & Anastasia Shesterinina* One hundred twentyβ€”This is the number of wars currently being fought around the world. Notably, and desp...

this looks great

www.jtl.columbia.edu/volume-64/th...

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Croatia becomes mine-free after 30 years, meeting Ottawa Convention commitment

Croatia becomes mine-free after 30 years, meeting Ottawa Convention commitment

www.croatiaweek.com/croatia-mine...

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Vacancy β€” Food for thought. The science of blockades, 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 <p>The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies (ASH) invites applications for a fully-funded PhD position (4 years, 1.0 FTE). This position is part of the ERC Synergy-funded research project BLOCKADE, which explores the global blockades of the First and Second World Wars, and their aftermaths. A cooperation between the universities of Trondheim, Hamburg, Freiburg and Amsterdam, BLOCKADE sets out to prove that these blockades are crucial to understanding not only how the world wars were fought but also their globality and totality, their immediate effects, and their long-term global repercussions. More information can be found on the project website: <a href="https://blockades.eu/">https://blockades.eu/</a></p>

great opportunity for a fully-funded PhD - on the history of the social sciences, demography, and nutritional sciences of blockades

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

05.03.2026 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Institutional Racism in International Relations | International Organization | Cambridge Core Institutional Racism in International Relations

"international organizations that overrepresent white-majority countries at inception tend to disproportionately expand membership to other white-majority countries."

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

05.03.2026 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas and Beyond | Home Adrian Blau is Professor of Politics at King’s College London. His research interests include the history of political thought and other issues in political theory/philosophy, including corruption, democracy and rationality.

A reassessment of Quentin Skinner's classic paper on its 50th anniversary, drawn from a @britishacademy.bsky.social conference - Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas and Beyond, edited by @adrianblau.bsky.social & open access at www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

03.03.2026 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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looks terrific - warm congrats @briandrohan.bsky.social & @drmargottudor.bsky.social

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

03.03.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Walter Benjamin Knew A new biography of the Berlin-born philosopher emphasizes his combination of stubborn unworldliness and startling prescience.

great essay

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

03.03.2026 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Humanitarian Archive Emergency

"The Humanitarian Archive Emergency (HAE) project responds to the growing risk of loss affecting digital archives, records, and datasets related to humanitarian response and global health."

research.manchester.ac.uk/en/projects/...

03.03.2026 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Many Usages of β€œNuremberg”: On the Aftermath of the International Military Tribunal and Subsequent Trials The Nuremberg Trials are often considered the starting point of the progressive expansion of criminal legal approaches to address serious human rights abuses. Rather than reaffirming the narrative ...

The Many Usages of β€œNuremberg”: On the Aftermath of the International Military Tribunal and Subsequent Trials

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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After Nuremberg: The Trial of Alexander LΓΆhr and the Boundaries of Civilian Protection This article analyses the 1947 Yugoslav trial of General Alexander LΓΆhr, the highest-ranking Wehrmacht officer prosecuted in post-war Yugoslavia, in order to demonstrate how a small socialist state...

After Nuremberg: The Trial of Alexander LΓΆhr and the Boundaries of Civilian Protection

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Commenting Anew on Article 23 of Geneva Convention IV New Commentary on Geneva Convention IV describes Article 23 as "significantly diminished" in importance in today's legal context.

fully agree

www.justsecurity.org/131513/comme...

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Hegseth: "Israel has clear missions as well for which we are grateful. Capable partners are good partners, unlike so many of our traditional allies who wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force ... no stupid rules of engagement."

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looks fascinating - coming out this month

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Carney puts rules-based international order sign back in window OTTAWA - After publishing an official statement on behalf of the Canadian government supporting the joint US-Israel bombings in Iran this morning, Prime Minister Carney was spotted happily putting the...

Carney puts rules-based international order sign back in window

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Book Manuscript Workshop – Automating Warfare in Israel and Palestine, with author Dr Sophia Goodfriend, Guggenheim Research Fellow, University of Cambridge | Edinburgh Law School

looks very interesting

www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...

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This interview with the indomitable Mona Rishmawi is an important complement to the Fact-Finding Mission’s report. It focuses on the FFM’s landmark assessment that the RSF has committed genocide.

www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-u...

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Belgian museum caught in row over millions of DR Congo records KoBold Metals and DR Congo are pushing a Brussels museum to release records that would help map valuable metals

intriguing - on the ownership-related questions of decolonizing archives and the entangled legacies of colonialism.

www.ft.com/content/18e9...

25.02.2026 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A History of the Hague Academy’s First Century: Computational Insights from the Recueil des cours Abstract. The Hague Academy’s flagship publication, the Collected Courses / Recueil des cours, sheds light on the evolution of international law over the l

"The Hague Academy has far under-delivered on its aspiration of being representative of all regions and legal traditions."

academic.oup.com/ejil/advance...

25.02.2026 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Right’s Civilizational New World Order Civilizationalism, the idea that world politics revolves around culturally bounded civilizations led by great powers, is energizing the Right on both sides of the Atlantic. It is key to the effort to ...

The Right’s Civilizational New World Order

jacobin.com/2026/02/civi...

25.02.2026 07:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FrΓ©dΓ©ric MΓ©gret: β€œUkraine has done itself and international law a service” After four years of war in Ukraine, international law seems more threatened than ever, and its role in peace negotiations is being challenged. But the example of Ukraine also shows us "a space for sur...

excellent interview with Fred MΓ©gret - "Ukraine has done itself and int law a service by arguing almost every possible angle in its favour[, and] its successes paint a picture of what happened, one that will be more difficult to deny in the future."

www.justiceinfo.net/en/155609-uk...

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Latest articles from Security Studies Browse the latest articles and research from Security Studies

very interesting new issue on nuclear weapons and legal doctrine

www.tandfonline.com/toc/fsst20/0/0

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Reading the Updated Commentary on GCIV in an Imperial Moment The updated ICRC Commentary of the Fourth Geneva Convention (GCIV) is a monumental, if not timely, achievement. At its core, it provides a set of very useful legal interpretations on an enormous body ...

I was invited by @ejiltalk.bsky.social @justsecurity.org to reflect on colonialism in relation to the updated ICRC Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention - here are my thoughts.

www.ejiltalk.org/reading-the-...

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Archiving the Tricontinental β€” archive stories ξ‹οΈŽοΈŽοΈŽ All Β  Β  ξ‹οΈŽοΈŽοΈŽ Launching Archive Stories Β  Β  ξ‹οΈŽοΈŽοΈŽ Archiving Palestine Β  Β  ξ‹οΈŽοΈŽοΈŽ Archiving the...

interesting series of essays on the archives of postcolonial/socialist/Tricontinental actors

archive-stories.com/Archiving-th...

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Reading the Updated Commentary on GCIV in an Imperial Moment The updated ICRC Commentary of the Fourth Geneva Convention (GCIV) is a monumental, if not timely, achievement. At its core, it provides a set of very useful legal interpretations on an enormous body ...

Reading the Updated Commentary on GCIV in an Imperial Moment | by Boyd van Dijk

This post is part of a symposium is being run in collaboration with @justsecurity.org and the @icrc.org

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Business continuity, bureaucratic resilience and the limitations of neoliberal survival logics in international organisations | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core Business continuity, bureaucratic resilience and the limitations of neoliberal survival logics in international organisations - Volume 52 Issue 1

"IO survival is predicated on staff performing as exploited subjects revealing a chronic structural crisis rooted in the UN."

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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