Andrew M Bell

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Personal update: I've started a new position as Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). Thrilled for the opportunity to continue my research on law, ethics, and civilian protection and join the amazing @stanfordcisac.bsky.social community

YouTube video by Just Security What no limiting principle on Caribbean strikes means for Chicago

This is the power the President is claiming when he uses war to justify summary execution of suspected criminals at sea —

If he is claiming power to do it on the high seas, he’s saying he can do it in Chicago. And if he’s claiming this is war, he saying he can accept civilian casualties.

Oh this is so very cool— what a place and faculty— huge congrats, Neil!

I'm so thankful for my terrific experience at the @ICRC and will dearly miss my wonderful friends there. Looking forward to this new adventure and excited to work with the great people at CPCOE. Hopeful for the future of this important work!

Personal update: Thrilled to announce I've joined the #DoD's Civilian Protection Center of Excellence (#CPCOE) as lead of professional military education initiatives. Proud to contribute efforts to improve U.S. mil capabilities & operations while helping protect innocents in war.

Headed to APSA 2025? I’m putting together a panel on new approaches to military effectiveness. All methods + time periods welcome! (We have an experiment on discrimination and unit cohesion, for example). If you’re interested, send me an email.

Thanks, Mara! Sounds terrific

Reminder! The deadline is tomorrow!!

Even historians of Vietnam don't really talk about this:

From January - July 1968, the KIA rate for U.S. troops in Vietnam was higher than the Korean War or the Mediterranean and Pacific Theatres of World War II.

During 1968-69 U.S. troops were wounded at a higher rate than World War II or Korea.

Interstellar’s Most Enduring Quality Is What People Used to Hate About It Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi spectacle is fascinating precisely because of what so many pegged as its fatal flaw in 2014: its unabashed emotionality.

i think INTERSTELLAR is a bona fide masterpiece — maybe nolan's greatest film — and i'm not at all ashamed to say that i weep every time i watch it.

Probably one of the best things I’ve ever seen tbh

Welcome @articlesofwar.bsky.social. A superb resource on the jus ad bellum, IHL/LOAC, and other issues at the intersection of international law and military operations by West Point’s Lieber Institute. Subscribe and consider contributing.

I had about 10 minutes to create this, so tons of people are unintentionally missing. So please include yourself and share widely!

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Great initiative! Could you add me as well?

Informal portrait of ICRC staff responsible for the updated commentary to the Geneva Conventions, and members of the Editorial Committee.

Another successful Editorial Committee meeting this week in Geneva, discussing draft commentaries on the Fourth Geneva Convention for the updated ICRC commentary. We expect online publication in 2025. Existing commentaries available here: ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat...
#IHL #IntLaw #ICRC

🚨Thrilled to see my latest article (open access) with Benoît Pelopidas now out with Ethics and International Affairs.

We consider the limits of “tragedy” in the context of military violence and argue for a renewed focus on political responsibility. 1/6
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⭐Job Alert ⭐
GW's Elliott School & Political Science Dept are hiring a full-time, tenured Assoc/Full Prof. in security studies beginning Fall 2025. Seeking a strong track record of research, teaching & policy engagement in the field of security studies, broadly defined.
www.gwu.jobs/postings/116...

Mapping State Reactions to the ICC Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant Mapping how states are responding to the ICC's arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant.

Launching a new resource mapping state reactions to the #ICC arrest warrants for #Netanyahu and Gallant, thanks to @becingber.bsky.social and the @justsecurity.org team.

Check back for updates:
www.justsecurity.org/105064/mappi...

Ok @mikeschmitt.bsky.social made me realise there was no proper international humanitarian law starter pack so I’ve created my first one. It is far from being complete so please feel free to mention yourself and/or others who should be included!

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@ralphjanik.com Hello Ralph, please consider adding us to your excellent pack. Many thanks!

@epolicinski.bsky.social
@ximenalondono.bsky.social
@thodsm.bsky.social
@jonathanhorowitz.bsky.social
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Trump’s Return Will Expose American Exceptionalism, Not End It Trump’s return won’t spell the end of American exceptionalism. It will simply reveal what the U.S. has always been.

Will Trump’s return spell the end of American exceptionalism?

Columnist @profpaulpoast.bsky.social argues that it will simply reveal what the US has always been:

No better expert to explain the #ICC arrest warrants than @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social.

Read his analysis via @justsecurity.org:

- What alleged crimes made it into the warrants? What got left out?
- Obligations of ICC member states? Of the US & others?
- What happens next and prospects for appeal?

I’d like to be added- thanks for setting this up!

Today is the official publication day of the new paperback of my book #preparingforwar on the making of the Geneva Conventions.

You can order it 👇

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A Crowdsourced IR Playlist A new guest post by Dr. Summer Marion from Bentley University, Waltham, MA: Since Fall 2022, I have taught ten sections of Internationals Relations at Bentley University. Each semester, I experimen…

Challenged my students to 1) improve my taste in music & 2) help make IR more relevant to them. Excited to share their IR playlist @alpsblog.bsky.social!

Shout out to Mike Tierney for original inspiration & @drjostojski.bsky.social for excellent editing.

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Great piece on intl law in war from @janinadill.bsky.social

Coming soon...

CNN correspondent Jeremy Diamond shows the damage left to cemeteries in Gaza after Israeli forces bulldozed and uprooted graves. #CNN #News CNN witnessed first-hand results of Israel's bulldozing of graveyards in Gaza

Grateful 4 the opportunity to comment on this careful report by CNN The Lead on the destruction of cemeteries in #Gaza. Many more #IHL issues involved here: destruction of property, dignity of the dead etc. Watch this space 4 a deeper dive.
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