Professor, St. John's University School of Law, Co-Director, Center for Int'l and Comp. Law| Law and Diplomacy | US Human Rights Diplomacy | International Law | Human Rights |Chair, NYC Bar Council on Int'l Affairs.
Peggy McGuinness
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US blockade of Iran entails not only a use of force against Iran, but also (per USG) uses of force against foreign merchant vessels.
Hard to square a naval blockade w/ Article 2(4) of the UN Charter.
My latest in @justsecurity.org with @becingber.bsky.social.
www.justsecurity.org/142005/block...
Brian Finucane
The ongoing campaign of killings at sea would be front page news every day if it weren’t for… all the other things. It still should be. And is ramping up.
@becingber.bsky.social @bcfinucane.bsky.social @rachelgoldbrenner.bsky.social and I get you up to speed with our latest podcast installment 👇
Tess Bridgeman
Re-posting as Secretary of State Rubio has just falsely asserted that the War Powers Resolution is "100% unconstitutional" and every U.S. president has recognized it as such.
Nope.
Judge Colleen McMahon (74 years old) has an objectively better understanding of LLMs than every single person affiliated with DOGE, including (ahem, especially) Elon Musk.
U.S. attacks on neutral vessels to enforce its Iran blockade point to U.S. violations of UN Charter against four different countries.
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I am looking forward to Monday night at the New York Historical Society.
I'll be moderating the discussion with Tess Bridgeman (@tessbridgeman.bsky.social) and Mary McCord.
Our topic:
Power Without Impunity: War Crimes and Illegal Orders
Tickets:
www.nyhistory.org/programs/pow...
"In total, 115 ambassador posts out of 195 total positions are vacant nearly 18 months into the second Trump administration, according to the American Foreign Service Association." (via @wsj.com)
As the death toll reaches 190, it's time for another reminder that the boat strikes are unlawful under both international and domestic law--and they are a stain on our national conscience.
For much more, take a look at this @justsecurity.org collection: www.justsecurity.org/120753/colle...
Brian Finucane
Max Kennerly
The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part V
With Co-Hosts @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and Rachel Goldbrenner (@rcls-nyu.bsky.social), and guests @becingber.bsky.social and @bfinucane.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/138206/just-...
Dismantling USAID, defunding VOA, closing the Wilson Center, and hollowing out the State Department's career diplomatic service together represent a strategic effort to decapitate the organizational and intellectual infrastructure of the liberal international order within the American state itself
Veteran diplomats say unprecedented vacancies hamper U.S. global power but Trump officials dismiss those criticisms.
Collection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues.
Tess Bridgeman and Rachel Goldbrenner are joined by Rebecca Ingber and Brian Finucane to examine escalating U.S. strikes on suspected drug traffickers.
The U.S. military said on Tuesday that it had struck another boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people and bringing the death toll to at least 190 in the monthslong campaign against those who the U.S. alleges are engaged in drug smuggling at sea.
The attack was the second in two days, and the latest in an ongoing campaign against people the United States says are engaged in drug smuggling at sea.
NEW:
My latest in @justsecurity.org with my friend @tessbridgeman.bsky.social.
The Trump admin's argument for circumventing the WPR's 60-day clock doesn't work.
Congress needs to respond—both to the immediate crisis and to enact structural reforms of the WPR.
www.justsecurity.org/137977/iran-...
Brian Finucane
When unlawful orders are given, whether in times of war or in moments of domestic unrest, who bears responsibility, and where does accountability truly lie?
