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Douglas Guilfoyle

@djag2.bsky.social

Professor of International Law and Security, UNSW Canberra. ARC Future Fellow. International law & maritime security. Posting in a personal capacity. He/him.

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Academic selfie: me and Ben Golder at UNSW Sydney Health Translation Hub

02.03.2026 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bow ties are cool … but also, how is this news?

02.03.2026 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I went to the Canberra women’s circle charity destash craft market looking for a couple of nice pieces of fabric. I have no regrets.

Also no storage.

01.03.2026 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Academic selfies on tour! With @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social @proftimstephens.bsky.social and Jacqui Mowbray!

27.02.2026 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In a triumph of human decency, my driver returned my bags - albeit after 3 hours - and declined a $100 one way journey fare to return them that the Uber app pushed me to offer.

27.02.2026 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hahahahaha. Look, eventually the driver called me back and I’m now waiting for my bags. Let’s see.

26.02.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Academic selfie: me doing a fit check before going to the Sydney Centre for International law in review conference. 30 minutes later, my Uber driver absconded with my briefcase and overnight bag in the boot of his car.

26.02.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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I have hemming to do and the collar needs some tweaking on the right, but my chocolate brown velvet frock coat is nearly done! #sewing #fourthdoctor

21.02.2026 06:34 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a wonderful chat with @aoifemod.bsky.social, @ruthhoughton.bsky.social, and Cher Weixia Cheen about Global Governance and comfort foods for #CalledToTheBar

Have a listen!

20.02.2026 07:21 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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65. Global Governance: Promise, Power, and the Limits of the β€˜Global’ In this episode of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Phillipa Paige is joined by Aoife O’Donoghue (Queen’s University Belfast), Ruth Houghton (Newcastle University), and Cher Weixia Chen (George Mason Univers

New #CalledToTheBar! @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social talks global governance with Aoife O’Donoghue, Ruth Houghton, and Cher Weixia Chen, eds of the Research Handbook on Global Governance. Power, legitimacy, critique, what the β€œglobal” really obscures and why there's hope.

soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

20.02.2026 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Academic selfie: bright, and a hot 36Β°C, in Canberra today. But my summer uniform of half lined jacket and linen trousers did me proud.

19.02.2026 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beginning to look good! #sewing

16.02.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@anzsil.org Webinar: 'Nostalgia is not a Strategy': What Next for International Law in 2026?

Date: Tuesday 24 February 2026 (1-2PM AEDT)

Speakers:
Charles-Emmanuel CΓ΄tΓ© (Laval University)
Toni Erskine (ANU)
Luis Eslava (La Trobe)
Devika Hovell (LSE)

Register: events.unimelb.edu.au/IILAH/event/...

16.02.2026 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Of course. Why would you invest in soft power?

It just helps in the kind of warfare that:

a) Russia has shown it's actually good at;
b) Russia is waging on the West already;
c) The UK/NATO nuclear deterrent is useless in preventing;
d) Costs a fraction to fund compared to military hardware.

15.02.2026 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 432    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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64. Feminist Careers in International Law In the Season 3 opener of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin Law School) is joined by an extraordinary panel to reflect on what a feminist career in international law can look like in pr

And season 3 of #CalledToTheBar is live! We open with a powerful conversation on feminist careers in international law. Tamsin Paige is joined by Dianne Otto, Christine Chinkin, and Judge Hilary Charlesworth to talk mentorship, activism, academia, and feminist practice
soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

13.02.2026 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Academic selfie: paisley, herringbone and check - too much, or just enough? (TGIF)

13.02.2026 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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64. Feminist Careers in International Law In the Season 3 opener of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin Law School) is joined by an extraordinary panel to reflect on what a feminist career in international law can look like in pr

And season 3 of #CalledToTheBar is live! We open with a powerful conversation on feminist careers in international law. Tamsin Paige is joined by Dianne Otto, Christine Chinkin, and Judge Hilary Charlesworth to talk mentorship, activism, academia, and feminist practice
soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

13.02.2026 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beautiful misty morning on Black Mountain #canberra

09.02.2026 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TFW you put a sleeve head in beautifully, but for the fact that it is inside out and back the front. #sewing

08.02.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Frock coat dammit!

07.02.2026 05:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My brown velvet #fourthdoctor inspired frog coat is really coming along. The fabric is darker than it appears in this photo, also pictured a new bowtie project. #sewing

07.02.2026 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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On this day in 1992, George H.W. Bush sent a memo to all White House staff about how fat his dog was

06.02.2026 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2289    πŸ” 453    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 63
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Enormously excited to announce that we will soon launch Season 3 of #CalledToTheBar with a blockbuster first episode on feminist careers in international law featuring Judge Hilary Charlesworth and Professors Christine Chinkin and Di Otto, chaired by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social.

05.02.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Soon!

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Academic selfie: still too hot for real clothes in Canberra but a cool snap Monday allowed me to wear a jacket/waistcoat/trousers combo I’d made myself to work - along with new shoes! #sewing

04.02.2026 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Devastatingly sad.
Every Labour MP should be forced to read this. In fact, every MP, who rushed back to Parliament to vote to save one steel mill, whilst hastening the collapse of dozens of universities - and harming the students, staff, communities and economies universities sustain and support

04.02.2026 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 256    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

When the Venn Diagram of malefactor oligarchs, kleptocrats, and powerful creeps turns out to be a circle.

02.02.2026 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#sewing ! A real challenge for the novice sewer, especially one interested in menswear, is collars. Trickier still when they meet a lapel. My first two frock coats have bodgy collars, so I thought I’d make a toile (mock up) in cotton to practice before #fourthdoctor coat. Getting there!

31.01.2026 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Absolutely delighted to receive my copy of Thomas Weatherall’s β€œThe right to self-determination international law”. It is a privilege to serve on the editorial team for the Elements of International Law series and be able to provide a venue for this type of doctrinal scholarship.

30.01.2026 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Philly DA joins nationwide coalition to prosecute ICE agents who break laws Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has joined a nationwide coalition of prosecutors to hold ICE agents accountable for breaking state laws.

States are coming together to bring state charges against ICE agents. It's about freaking time!

www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...

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