Webinar: Mooting International Law

On November 21, 2025, the European Society of International Law will host a webinar on "Mooting International Law." This event, part of the ESIL Teaching Corner Webinar Series, will gather coaches, organisers, and participants in international moot court competitions to discuss the pedagogical value, strengths, and challenges of this method of teaching international law. Details are here.

Kassoti, Cabrita, & Idriz: The European Union and Regionalism: Conceptual and Contextual Perspectives

Eva Kassoti (T.M.C. Asser Institute), Teresa Cabrita (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels - Law), & Narin Idriz (T.M.C. Asser Institute) have published The European Union and Regionalism: Conceptual and Contextual Perspectives (Brill | Nijhoff 2025). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

While the EU is the most emblematic Regional International Organization (RIO), the 'regional' perspective is largely absent in debates about the EU's identity and external posture. What does the 'regional' lens offer to the study of EU law? How is the regional dimension reflected in EU policymaking, and how does it impact norm production? This book offers the first critical, legal account of the EU as a RIO. It brings together scholars from different disciplines to reflect on the construction, use and misuse of the 'region' in EU law and practice and to examine how this dimension interacts with other RIOs.

New Issue: American Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the American Journal of International Law (Vol. 119, no. 4, October 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Current Development
• Diane Marie Amann, Child-Taking Justice and the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative
• International Decisions
• Kushtrim Istrefi & Pola Cebulak, European Commission and Council of the European Union v. Front populaire pour la libération de la Saguia el-Hamra et du Rio de oro (Front Polisario)
• Juan-Pablo Perez-Leon-Acevedo, Case of the Inhabitants of La Oroya v. Peru, Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations, and Costs Judgment
• Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
• Ingrid Brunk, Jacob Katz Cogan, & Monica Hakimi, Introduction to a Special Issue on the Contemporary Practice of the United States at the Outset of President Trump’s Second Term in Office
• Julian Arato, Kathleen Claussen, & Timothy Meyer, The “America First Trade Policy” in Practice
• Jeffrey L. Dunoff & Mark A. Pollack, The Trump Administration’s Trade Policy and the International Trading System
• Gregory Shaffer & Sergio Puig, The U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Minerals Partnership in the Wake of Russia’s War of Aggression
• Henry Gao, From Great “Liberator” to “Landlord Seeking Rent”: The Implications of U.S. Reciprocal Tariffs Policy in Asia and Beyond
• Anne van Aaken, From Cooperation to Anomie and Transaction in the Transatlantic Relationship? A View from Europe on the Trump Administration 2.0
• Olabisi D. Akinkugbe, Entrenching Inequality or Opportunities to Forge New Pathways: Implications of U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts and Reciprocal Tariffs for African Countries
• Jorge Contesse, President Trump Targets Latin American Countries and Nationals as He Begins His Second Term
• Jaya Ramji-Nogales, The Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Violations of the Non-Refoulement Principle
• John H. Knox, Daniel Bodansky, & Lavanya Rajamani, The Trump Administration Steps Back from International Environmental Cooperation
• Jacob Katz Cogan, The Trump Administration Signals Major Reevaluation of U.S. Engagement with International Organizations
• Lori Fisler Damrosch, The Trump Administration Reverses U.S. Position on UNRWA Immunities
• Jean Galbraith, United States Bombs Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
• Michael J. Glennon, Where Have All the (War) Powers Gone?
• Melissa J. Durkee, International Space Law Under the Trump Administration: Commerce and Security
• Recent Books on International Law
• Alexandra Huneeus, The Making of Regional Human Rights
• Rachel López, International Law as a Site for Queer Joy?
• Stephen C. Neff, reviewing They Called it Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence, by Lauren Benton
• David Bosco, reviewing The United Nations and the Question of Palestine: Rule by Law and the Structure of International Legal Subalternity, by Ardi Imseis

New Issue: International Theory

The latest issue of International Theory (Vol. 17, no. 3, November 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Liliana B. Andonova, The scope of accountability of international organisations: the relevance of power, institutional structure, and salience
• Kilian Spandler, Rethinking democracy in global network governance: norm polysemy, pluralism, and agonistic engagement
• Jean-Frédéric Morin & Pauline Pic, Sequencing binding and non-binding agreements: the case of outer space governance
• Alexander Lanoszka, Non-aggression pacts: context and explanation
• Aditi Sahasrabuddhe & Jack Seddon, The perils of technocratic power: central bank discretion and the end of Bretton Woods revisited
• Rens van Munster, Through the surrealist looking glass: international theory, imagination, and the Anthropocene
• Charlie Thame, The tripartite structure of critical international theory

Lecture: Lieblich on "The Death and Life of the Prohibition on Forcible Reprisals"

On November 24, 2025, Eliav Lieblich (Tel Aviv Univ. - Law) will give the next lecture of the TwoLaW Lecture Series on the Laws of War. The topic is: “The Death and Life of the Prohibition on Forcible Reprisals.” Details are here.

New Volume: Australian International Law Journal

The latest volume of the Australian International Law Journal (Vol. 30, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Elizabeth S. Flatley, CEDAW's Contribution to Refugee Law: What Does It Offer for Gender-Based Claims?
• Adam Kamradt-Scott, To the Moon and beyond: Evaluating Australia's Possible Legal Dilemma in Signing the Artemis Accords While Having Acceded to the Moon Agreement
• Temitope Lawal, The Impact of Preferential Trade Agreements on Cross-Border Legal Practice
• Agnes Chong, Progressive International Water Law and the ILC's 2018 Draft Conclusions on Subsequent Agreements and Subsequent Practice in Relation to the Interpretation of Treaties
• Samuel White, Pacta Sunt Servanda - Distilling a Fundamental Humanitarian Principle through Australia's Colonisation
• Sami Abbas, From Sapmi to Navajo Nation: Sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples
• Case Notes
• Jack Zhou, Opinio Juris under the Microscope: The International Court of Justice in Nicaragua v Colombia
• Catherine Li, Certain Iranian Assets (Islamic Republic of Iran v USA) (2023)
• Georgia Perissinotto, Settling the Enforcement Conundrum - The High Court Distinguishes between Recognition, Enforcement and Execution in Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg Sarl
• Nicola Eadie, Aussie Suit Hails in Royal Flush? Infrastructure Services Luxembourg v Kingdom of Spain [2023] EWHC 1226 (Comm)
• Caitlin Astill, The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc v Ukraine: The Boundaries and Intersections between International and Domestic Law
• Didi Mulligan, 2023 or 1984? Facial Recognition Technology, Law Enforcement and Human Rights: Glukhin v Russia

Call for Papers: Tribal Energy Law, Environmental Justice, and Climate Change

A call for papers has been issued for a symposium on "Tribal Energy Law, Environmental Justice, and Climate Change," to take place March 25, 2026, at the University of Tulsa College of Law. The call is here.

Call for Nominations: ASIL International Law and Social Science Interest Group Prizes

The International Law and Social Science (ILASS) Interest Group of the American Society of International Law seeks nominations for two prizes:

• the ILASS Prize for Best Article on International Law and Social Science, awarded annually to author(s) of the best published article that the Selection Committee considers to be an outstanding social science contribution to the study of international law; and
• the ILASS Prize for Best Book on International Law and Social Science, awarded annually to the author(s) of the best published book that the Selection Committee considers to be an outstanding social science contribution to the study of international law.

The prizes are for articles or books with a 2025 publication date, and ASIL membership is not required for a prize to be awarded. For details please consult the ILASS website and scroll down the page to "Additional Media." Both calls for nominations are now open, closing on December 31, and details of both awards and application procedures (including addresses to send a pdf of nominated articles and hard copies of nominated books to the respective committees) can be found in their respective calls for nominations.