New Issue: International Theory

The latest issue of International Theory (Vol. 18, no. 1, March 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Liwu Gan, Weighing responsibilities: the allocation of fair refugee quotas
• Hye Yun Kang, Atmospheric violence: Fanon and postcolonial subjectivity
• Tim Rood, E. H. Carr and Alfred Zimmern: utopia, reality, and the twenty years’ crisis
• Jelena Cupać, Are international organizations agents in their own right? A plural subject perspective
• Lukas Grundsfeld, ‘The Conduct of Inquiry’ in ontological security studies: scientific methodologies and their implications
• Jason Ralph, International society as an ontological security provider: a framework for analysis

Seminar: Sea-level rise and its implications for international law

On March 18, 2026, the Sheffield Centre for International and European Law will host an online seminar on "Sea-level rise and its implications for international law." Details are here.

Klamberg, Svanberg, & Rönnelid: Reconstructing Power and Hegemony in Public International: Law Liber Amicorum Pål Wrange

Mark Klamberg (Stockholm Univ. - Law), Katinka Svanberg (Stockholm Univ. - Law), & Love Rönnelid (Stockholm Univ. - Law) have published Reconstructing Power and Hegemony in Public International Law: Liber Amicorum Pål Wrange (Asser Press 2026). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

This open access book examines international law from a critical perspective, at a time when some would say that it is under an existential threat. The modern international institutions — collective security through the UN, the monetary order of the Bretton Woods system, and trade liberalisation anchored in the World Trade Organization — are all contested. Several of the contributions explore whether international lawyers might want to consider positioning themselves in opposition to this wave of contestation. While some aspects of the global system may be ripe for reform, the world stands at a crossroads: will an emerging multipolar order lead to greater instability, or might it fulfill some of the aspirations expressed in earlier critiques?

The volume is structured around six central themes: critical doctrinalism, constructing and redefining identities, the role of scholars, the politics of historicising international law, international law as an instrument and a part of warfare, and reconsidering hegemony, imperialism, and colonialism.

The aim is to deepen the understanding of what is at stake in the current state of the international world order. As such, the book is intended for scholars, students, and the general public. It is published in tribute to Pål Wrange, Professor in International Law at the Faculty of Law of Stockholm University.

New Issue: Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Institutions

The latest issue of Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Institutions (Vol. 32, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Emma Klein & Emily Paddon Rhoads, Participation as Legitimation: The Rise of Participatory Policy Norms in the ICC and UN Peacekeeping
• Thomas Biersteker & Larissa van den Herik, Enhancing the Legitimacy of UN Security Council Sanctions by Strengthening Fair and Clear Procedures
• Special Forum on Climate Governance Innovation
• David Passarelli, Túlio Andrade, & Michael Franczak, The Way Forward for Climate Cooperation: Introduction to Global Governance Special Feature: COP30 and Reforming Global Climate Governance
• Simon Sharpe & Adam Day, Complexity as a Catalyst: Adaptive Global Governance in a Deeply Divided World
• Giovanna Marques Kuele & Michael Weisberg, The Politics of Global Climate Governance Reform
• Michael Franczak & Khadeeja Naseem, Beyond the Paris Agreement: Toward Adaptive and Inclusive Climate Governance

New Issue: Asian Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Asian Journal of International Law (Vol. 16, no. 1, January 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Notes and Comments
• Vincenzo ELIA, Ecocide to Effectively Stimulate the Integration of International Environmental and Criminal Laws
• Jason HAYNES, Revisiting the Trafficking–Sex Tourism Nexus: Reflections on the Approach of Treaty Bodies
• Article
• André-Philippe OUELLET, A Transcivilizational Call to Factor in the Practice of Asian States and Peoples in Customary International Law and Treaty Interpretation: Conscientious Objection as a Case Study
• Thematic Symposium: Judicial Constitutional Engagement with International Law in Asia
• Son NGOC BUI & Maartje DE VISSER, Introduction: Judicial Constitutional Engagement with International Law in Asia
• Carole J. PETERSEN, International Law in Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal: An “Apex Court” Operating in the Shadow of Beijing
• Melissa LOJA, Riding the Cappelletti Waves: The Philippine Supreme Court and the Sources of International Law
• Simon BUTT, BISARIYADI & Fritz SIREGAR, International Law in the Indonesian Constitutional Court: A Typology of Use
• Yu-Jie CHEN, The Taiwan Constitutional Court’s Evolving Engagement with International Law
• Benjamin Joshua ONG, International Law, the Courts, and the Political Branches of Singapore: Painting a Complete Picture

Call for Papers: The Law and Reality of the Responsibility to Maintain International Peace and Security

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on "The Law and Reality of the Responsibility to Maintain International Peace and Security," to take place June 8, 2026, at the University of Liverpool. Here's the call:

Call for papers

You are warmly invited to submit proposals for a workshop as part of the research project: The Law and Reality of the Responsibility to Maintain International Peace and Security, which will take place at the University of Liverpool on 8th June 2026.

We are seeking proposals for chapters to contribute to an edited collection in the following areas:

• The legal nature of the responsibility to maintain international peace and security in the UN Charter, whether under Article 24(1) of the Charter or elsewhere
• Other legal sources of the responsibility to maintain international peace and security
• Political commitments outlining states’ or the UN’s responsibilities to maintain peace and security including, but not limited to, the responsibility to protect
• The overlap, if any, between human rights obligations and the responsibility to maintain peace and security
• The practical application of the responsibility to maintain peace and security within the United Nations, including informal working methods, guidance, or practices
• Policy and practitioner perspectives of the reality of the nature of the responsibility to maintain international peace and security
• Formal or informal structures that influence the content and implementation of the responsibility to maintain international peace and security

To submit a proposal, please send a proposed title, a 300-word abstract and short biography to:

Dr Patrick Butchard, email: butcharp@edgehill.ac.uk and
Dr Ben Murphy, email: hsbmurph@liverpool.ac.uk

Timeline

Call deadline 31st March 2026
Decision on participation by 10th April 2026
Publication workshop 8th June 2026
Submission of full paper 1st December 2026