Law Academic | Digital Governance & International Law | Assistant Professor @CapitalLaw | Lecturer @Harvard Summer School | @ESIL_Tech Coordinator | Artist 🎨

Columbus, OH
Joined November 2016
Excited to share that I’ve signed a contract today for my first monograph, ‘Cable Empires: Infrastructures and the Making of Empire, Technology, and International Law’ with @CambridgeUP! 🎉
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The Digital Divide in International Cyber Law #ILW25 With: Christine Carpenter, Jennifer Tridgell, Fabian Rogers, Roxana Vatanparast, and Rosey Wong. Register for International Law Weekend 2025 here: ila-americanbranch.org/ilw-2…
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Unfortunately a still relevant piece I wrote 17 (!) years after I wrote it on the invocation of the preemptive use of force doctrine in relation to Iran's uranium enrichment program. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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What does “Evacuate Tehran” even mean? Tehran is home to 10 million human beings — it holds the country’s critical infrastructure, hospitals, government institutions, kindergartens, primary schools, universities, laboratories, homes, prisons, factories, industrial zones employing thousands of workers, markets, stores, bridges, roads, the impoverished, waste collectors, child laborers, street vendors, women who are the sole providers for their families, journalists, cafés, parks, and amusement centers. Which of them are we meant to carry on our shoulders to save from death and devastation? Do not destroy my city. End this war. #NoToWar #Tehran #Iran
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Massive explosions in the East of Tehran.
تصاویر دریافتی: انفجار مهیب در حوالی شرق تهران با نور دیده شده در شهرهای شرق استان #iran #israel
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✍️ We spoke with civilians in Tehran about the human costs of war, including airspace closure challenges. Their stories reveal the impact on ordinary people. Read here: 👇 livingintehran.com/2025/06/1…
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Pre-print of a short new piece of mine on critical marine infrastructure (CMI) is up! I outline some of the international legal principles applicable to CMI generally, focusing on the Law of the Sea, laws applicable to CMI damage, and their limitations.  papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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I also discuss alternative governance structures and institutions on CMI that play an important role in the distribution of rights and duties, incl. voluntary cooperation arrangements, private law regimes, and increased securitization, surveillance & militarization of the seas.
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Glad to have had the opportunity to review The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power, for the journal Regulation & Governance. Pre-print available on @SSRN. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Glad to have had the opportunity to review The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power, for the journal Regulation & Governance. Pre-print available on @SSRN. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Great hybrid-conversation at the Law & Society Association conference about our book (co-ed by @g_sullivan @Dimitri_VdM & me) Global Governance by Data: Infrastructures of Algorithmic Rule, forthcoming open access with @CUP_Law. 🙏to Gavin & to @mattccanfield for comments.
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"The best place to view Los Angeles of the next millennium is from the ruins of its alternative future." Mike Davis Absolutely heartbreaking to watch my hometown burn from afar. 💔 Praying for everyone in LA.
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Simulacra & Simulation
"[T]he #Meta controlled, #AI-generated #Instagram and #Facebook profiles going viral right now have been on the platform for well over a year and all of them stopped posting 10 months ago after users almost universally ignored them": 404media.co/metas-ai-profile… #ethics #socialmedia
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Harvard Summer School gave me an opportunity to discuss my class, Global Digital Law & Politics. I encourage any students interested in the course to reach out with any questions. Excited to teach this class again next summer! @HarvardSummer youtube.com/watch?v=2ag8I5YO…
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This is the level of confidence I aspire to lol
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🆕🎥The recording of the Keynote Lecture by @ProfChesterman and the Opening Discussion with @KaterinaGovina & @roxanav41, held during the 2024 ESIL Annual Conference in Vilnius, is now available as an ESIL Lecture! 👏🏻 #ESIL2024 Watch it here ➡️youtube.com/watch?v=xc5tOhf6…
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My latest via @asilorg: "Both law & tech contribute to inequality and injustice and have long historical connections to imperialism and violence... Nevertheless, their effects are not pre-determined—law & tech are critical sites of political contestation." bit.ly/4dwXpq3
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Crypto's suppressed love of law! 📢📢📢 New paper: 'Augmented Law - Formalism in Blockchain' with @ddogot Forthcoming in @journalcrcl Thanks to the editors @FrankPasquale and @mireillemoret papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Really fascinating @ESIL_Tech agora @ESIL2024Vilnius on smart treaties, genetic sequence data sharing, and open source software 👇 Thanks to our wonderful panelists @niccoloridi, @adam_strobe, @J_Tridgell, and excellent chair @SZarmsky 👏
🟢 AGORA 11 on "When Renewal Repeats? International Lawmaking in a Digital Era" 🔄⚖️💻 Chair: @SZarmsky Speakers: 🎙️ @niccoloridi 🎙️ @adam_strobe 🎙️ @J_Tridgell #ESIL2024
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My first @ESIL_SEDI conference and I picked a winner! Wonderful event @ESIL2024Vilnius organized by @IngaMartinkute and colleagues, where I had the chance to discuss “The Tragedy of AI Governance” with @Roxanav41 and @KaterinaGovina.
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Very much enjoyed acting as discussant for keynote speaker @ProfChesterman on his presentation The Tragedy of AI Governance, chaired by @KaterinaGovina. Thank you @esil_sedi @ESIL2024Vilnius @IngaMartinkute for the invitation.
🟢 Opening panel of #ESIL2024 chaired by @KaterinaGovina with @ProfChesterman and @roxanav41 acting as discussant. ⚖️▶️
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