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Oona Anne Hathaway is an American legal scholar specialized in international law and U.S. foreign relations law. Hathaway is the… more

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If you are in Berlin, consider joining me at the American Academy in Berlin for my fellows talk, "War Unbound," on October 23 at 7:30 pm. (Those not in Berlin can watch the livestream.)

Sign up here:
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War Unbound - American Academy in Berlin
Axel Springer Lecture War Unbound International humanitarian law, also known as the law of armed conflict, is supposed to spare civilians from the worst calamit
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Glad to talk with Claudia Grisales for this @npr.org story on the Venezuelan boat strike and Congress's failure to play any meaningful role.

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In recent days, the EU announced that it is considering creative new ways to use Russia's frozen central bank assets to support Ukraine. Russia is threatening retaliation.

For a deep dive into the legal issues involved, take a look at our recent article:

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Anti-satellite weapons are proliferating and now include the prospect of a nuclear-armed satellite capable of wiping out our entire communications infrastructure.

We tackle the many hard legal issues this new reality raises @nyulawreview.bsky.social.

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“The decision to blow up the boat and kill everyone onboard when interdiction and detention was a clearly available option is manifestly illegal and immoral" -- sad have to make such an obvious point, but here we are.

Read the whole piece: www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/p...
Analysis: Trump claims he can do anything he wants with the military. Here’s what the law says | CNN Politics
Having rebranded the Department of Defense as the Department of War, the president is going on offense with the US military.
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It was an honor to speak at the opening of the @hertieschool.bsky.social academic year yesterday in Berlin. I so enjoyed the chance to welcome the students and the conversation with Violeta Moreno-Lax and Pierre Thielbörger!
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Hertie School @hertieschool.bsky.social · Sep 11
✅ We're back! Yesterday, we kicked off the Academic Year 25/26 with a public discussion on "The State of International Law in the 21st Century".

The Hertie School welcomed 431 students from 54 countries, including exchange and dual-degree students, along with 18 new PhD researchers.
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✅ We're back! Yesterday, we kicked off the Academic Year 25/26 with a public discussion on "The State of International Law in the 21st Century".

The Hertie School welcomed 431 students from 54 countries, including exchange and dual-degree students, along with 18 new PhD researchers.
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This was a great conversation about the value and future of international law.

Take a listen.

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Episode 33: Oona Hathaway
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President Trump's executive order purporting to rename the Department of Defense is just one more piece of evidence that he's prepared to destroy the postwar legal order.

Here's why that matters:

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It's out!

"Recognition Rules: The Case for a New International Law of Government Recognition"

Published in @nyulawreview.bsky.social, with coauthors Justin Cole and Alaa Hachem.

You can download it for free here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Recognition Rules: The Case for a New International Law of Government Recognition - NYU Law Review
The last several years have been marked by contentious disputes about which governments represent the states of Venezuela, Libya, Yemen, Myanmar, Afghanistan, and Niger. Such disputes are far from idl...
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"If prohibition on use of force is falling apart, we must not simply mourn the loss. We must consider what we can do to protect against most catastrophic effects of this shift & seize opportunity to build a new, more resilient, more equitable int legal order."

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Is the Prohibition on the Use of Force Collapsing?
If the postwar legal order is dissolving, the world must not simply mourn the loss.
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