Publications and Engagement
Recent Publications
American Foreign Policy Ideology and The International Rule of Law: Contesting Power through the International Criminal Court. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020, 300 p. Available here
Political Framing in China's Foreign Relations Law: International Law and ‘Fundamental Norms Governing International Relations’. In: Chinese Journal of Transnational Law 1(2), 117-136 (2024). doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/2753412X241261033. Available here
'The Jurisprudence of the Rules-Based Order: The Power of Rules Consistent with but Not Binding Under International Law'. In: Melbourne Journal of International Law 22(2), 221-258 (2021). Available here
'Ideological Values and Norm Contestation in the ICC: The Afghanistan Investigation and American Opposition to Article 12(2)(a) Jurisdiction'. In: Tracing Value Change in the International Legal Order: Perspectives from Legal and Political Science, Heike Krieger, Andrea Liese (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2023, 191-210. Available here [jorgensen_2023_chapter11-v1.pdf (PDF, 175.4 KB)
'The United States'. In: Oxford Handbook on the International Law of Global Security, Robin Geiß, Nils Melzer (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2021, 926-943. Available here
Book Review: Wouters, Jan: Legal Advisers in International Organizations, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, Northampton, 2023. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law, 84(2), 399-405, 2024. Available here
Book Review: Engelhart, Marc, Sunčana Roksandić Vidlička: Dealing with Terrorism: Empirical and Normative Challenges of Fighting the Islamic State, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2019. In: German Yearbook of International Law, 63(1), 847-850, 2022. Available here
Working Papers
'Perspectives on the (International) Rule of Law: Analysing U.S. Interpretations in International Law'. Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security (GCILS) Working Paper Series, 2026 (with James Devaney). Available here
'Whose Rules? The Battle for the New International Order'. Max Planck Lawcast, Episode 29, 25 March 2026. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6468221.Available here
'Comparative International Legal Policy: National Political Approaches towards International Legal Order'. Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper, No. 2024-03, 24 January 2024. Available here
'The Jurisprudence of the Rules-Based Order: Germany’s Indo-Pacific Guidelines and the South China Sea Code of Conduct'. KFG Working Paper Series, No. 49, May 2021. Available here
'The United States and the International Law of Global Security'. KFG Working Paper Series, No. 43, April 2020. Available here
'Equilibrium & Fragmentation in The International Rule of Law: The Rising Chinese Geolegal Order'. KFG Working Paper Series, No. 21, November 2018. Available here
Blogposts
'Rehabilitating the “Neocons” is no Zeitenwende'. Verfassungsblog, 14 October 2025. Available here
'Abandoning the Rules-Based Order is no Solution'. The Interpreter, 28 January 2025. Available here
'A “Democratic Exception” to ICC Jurisdiction: The Law and Politics of Double Standards'. Verfassungsblog, 06 December 2024. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.59704/3c8e72e87d82d677. Available here
'The German National Security Strategy and International Legal Order’s Contested Political Framing'. EJIL:Talk!, 05 July 2023. Available here
'Internationale Rechtsordnung als nationales Sicherheitsinteresse'. Verfassungsblog, 04 May 2022. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220505-062149-0. Available here
'International Legal Order as a National Security Interest'. Verfassungsblog, 02 April 2022. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220402-131022-0. Available here
'The Weaponisation of International Law in Ukraine'. Völkerrechtsblog, 15 March 2022. Available here
'China is Overturning the Rules-Based Order from Within'. The Interpreter, 12 August 2020. Available here
'The Afghanistan Investigation and the International Legal Order'. Lawfare, 6 April 2020. Available here
'Internationalizing the Monroe Doctrine: From Venezuela to Golan Heights and Back Around'. Just Security, 4 June 2019. Available here
'International Law Cannot Save the Rules-Based Order'. RealClear Defense, 18 December 2018. Available here
'China’s Rising Geolegal Sphere'. Opinio Juris, 17 October 2017. Available here
'Greens Foreign Policy Fails to Apply the Lessons of Climate Change'. The Interpreter, 20 May 2016. Available here
'East Timor: Concession is the Price for a Rules-Based Order'. The Interpreter, 15 February 2016. Available here
'Avoiding Incoherence in Syria'. The Strategist, 15 September 2015. Available here
'What the US Congress Fails to Realize When it Comes to TPP'. The National Interest, 30 June 2015. Available here
'China and the AIIB: Towards a New Rules-Based Order?'. The Interpreter, 17 March 2015. Available here
'Abbott Has Not Learned the Lessons of Iraq'. The Interpreter, 26 September 2014. Available here
'The Cold War Foundations of Putin’s International Law'. On Line Opinion, 28 March 2014. Available here
Print Media
'Ungoverned Space: US Request to Join Fight in Syria Carries Legal Risk'. In: The Canberra Times, 26.08.2015. Available here
'Obama’s State of Union Address Reinforces Asian Pivot Being on Bench'. In: The Australian, 21.01.2015. Available here
'Justice Means the End to All Casualties in Syria'. In: The Sydney Morning Herald, 05.09.2013.Available here
'Malcolm Jorgensen: Verdict's Message for Assange and World'. In: The New Zealand Herald, 02.08.2013. Available here
'Howard Fails in his Defence of Road to War'. In: The Sydney Morning Herald, 17.04.2013.Available here
'Differing Idea of International Law'. In: The Sydney Morning Herald, 27.10.2012. Available here
Conferences
'Keynote Address: Schrödinger’s Rules-Based Order? Keeping International Law Alive in a Post-Liberal Era'. 60th Otago Foreign Policy School: The Faltering International Rules-Based Order and New Zealand conference program, Dunedin, New Zealand., 26.06.2026 - 28.06.2026
‘From Global Justice to Geolegal Justice: Mapping The “Democratic Exception” To ICC Jurisdiction’. Global Justice in a Changing Global Order: Existing Models and Future Frameworks workshop program, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, 15.12.2025 - 16.12.2025
‘Regionalism as Geolegal Orders: The Quest for a New Hegemonic Legitimacy’. At the Crossroads: International Law and Comparative Public Law in Times of Geopolitical Uncertainty workshop program, MPIL, Heidelberg, 09.12.2025 - 10.12.2025
‘China’s Foreign-Related Rule of Law and Hegemonic Legitimacy’. Decoding China’s Foreign-Related Rule of Law workshop program, New York University, New York, 21.11.2025 - 22.11.2025
‘Political Framing in China’s Foreign Relations Law: International Law and “Fundamental Norms Governing International Relations”’. CJTL Second Anniversary Webinar: Law Across Borders: Foreign Relations, Business Compliance, and Sustainable Development, Wuhan University, Online, 16.10.2025 - 16.10.2025
Authors' Workshop: 'Comparative International Legal Policy: National, Regional and Transnational Approaches' (co-coordinator), Humboldt University, Berlin, 03.07.2025 - 04.07.2025
'Civilizational International Law: Constructing the Alternative Universal of "Multipolar International Order". Autocracies as International Lawmakers conference program, University of Oslo, Oslo, 02.06.2025 - 04.06.2025
'From International Legal Order to Geolegal Orders: The Politics of "Multipolarity" in International Law'. Association for Global Political Thought Annual Conference conference program, American University, Washington D.C., 25.04.2025 - 27.04.2025
'China's Foreign Relations Law: International Law and "Fundamental Norms Governing International Relations"'. Workshop on 'Foreign-Related Rule of Law' workshop summary, NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, 10.04.2025 - 12.04.2025
'The Future of Multilateral Lawfare'. Singapore Geoeconomics Forum 2025 forum website, Pullman Hill Street, Singapore, 21.03.2025 - 22.03.2025
'(Too) Many International Legalities: Hegemony and Differentiation'. Workshop 'Of Borders, Law and the World' workshop program, Schloss Geisa, Germany, 08.12.2024 - 10.12.2024
'Geoeconomics in Court: The Rise of Economic Lawfare'. Helsinki Geoeconomics Week conference program, Geoeconomics Society, Handelsgillet, Helsinki, Finland, 12.08.2024 - 16.08.2024
Comparative International Legal Policy: National Political Approaches towards International Legal Order (co-coordinator) conference program, Harnack House, Berlin, 05.06.2024 - 06.06.2024
'"Comparative International Legal Policy" and the Legalisation of Foreign Relations in China'. International Symposium on Legalisation of Foreign Relations in China conference program, Wuhan University Institute of International Law and Fudan University Center for International Law, Wuhan, Hubei Provence, China, 14.10.2023
'Comparative International Legal Policy: Envisioning Foreign Policies for Constructing and Contesting International Legal Order'. The 16th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, European International Studies Association, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, 05.09.2023 - 09.09.2023
'Integrating the "Indo-Pacific", the "Rules-Based Order" and International Law'. The Law of the Sea and the Social Construction of Oceanic Space: "Indo-Pacific" and Other Maritime Geopolitical Discourses, German Institute for International and Security Affairs/Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin, 04.09.2023 - 05.09.2023
'The Russo-Ukrainian War as a "Wedge Strategy" for Remaking the International Order'. Ukraine and the Post-Liberal International Order after the Zeitenwende conference program, Faculty of Law; Institute for International and Foreign Constitutional Law, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 15.06.2023 - 16.06.2023
'The Geopolitics of a Regional Rules-Based Order: Promoting Strategic Balance in Sri Lankan International Legal Policy'. Workshop on Sri Lanka’s Evolving Crisis: Implications on Rule of Law and Constitutional Democracy, National University of Singapore Institute of South Asian Studies and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Rule of Law Programme, Singapore, 14.11.2022 - 15.11.2022
‘Statehood, Human Rights, Geopolitics: Towards a More Integrated and Coherent Approach’. Sea-Level Rise in Relation to International Law: Addressing Challenges, Rethinking Concepts, 7th Joint Workshop of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law and The German Foreign Office, Berlin, 11.10.2022
'The Thin Resilience of International Legal Order: Vulnerabilities in the Political Function of International Law'. Change and Resilience in International Law, Geneva Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland, 06.10.2022 - 08.10.2022
'The Jurisprudence of the Rules-Based Order: Innovating Norms of Global Conduct Consistent but Not Binding Under International Law'. Twenty-Eighth Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law Conference conference program, ANU, Canberra, 30.06.2021 - 07.07.2021
'The Law and Politics of Australian Free Trade Agreements'. International Conference on Investment, Trade and Legal Issues concerning China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Guangxi University, Nanning, 30.11.1019 - 01.12.2019
‘From Universal Order to Geolegal Orders: Fragmentation in The International Rule of Law’. Fourteenth Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law conference program, University of Manchester, Manchester, 13.09.2018 - 15.09.2018
‘The Politics of Law in the South China Sea: Competing Conceptions of the “Rules-Based Order”’. Twenty-Fourth Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law Conference, ANU, Canberra, 30.06.2016 - 02.07.2016
‘Legal Purity & Political Contamination in American International Law Policy’. Sixth Annual Melbourne Doctoral Forum on Legal Theory, University of Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, 09.12.2013 - 10.12.2013
'Competing Conceptions of the Rule of International Law'. International Law Colloquium, Looking Ahead: Cross-Cutting Issues in International Law, Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department, Canberra, 30.11.2012 - 30.11.2012
Presentations
23 Jun 2026
'The Battle for the International Order: Lessons from Ukraine and Beyond. Discussion with Dr Hanna Shelest and Dr Malcolm Jorgensen', New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Auckland, Information here
08 Jun 2026
‘American International Legal Policy in 2026: US Theory and Practice of Invoking "International Law"', Montagsrunde, MPIL, Heidelberg
26 Jan 2026
'The 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy and International Legal Order', Montagsrunde, MPIL, Heidelberg
08 Sep 2025
'Current Political Challenges to the ICC and the International Order', Montagsrunde, MPIL, Heidelberg
02 Jul 2025
'Panel Discussion (Chairing)—The Politics of International Law: How do States Aim to Change the International Legal Order?', Faculty of Law, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Information here
28 Apr 2025
Multipolarity, Civilizations and Universality in International Law U.S-Asia Law Institute, New York University School of Law, New York, Information here
13 Jan 2025
The Second Trump Administration and 'Multipolar International Order', Montagsrunde, MPIL, Heidelberg
20 Nov 2024
Book Talk: American Foreign Policy Ideology and the International Rule of Law, School of International Studies, Peking University, Beijing
19 Nov 2024
Comparative International Legal Policy and the International Legal Order, School of International Studies, Peking University, Beijing
18 Nov 2024
Political Framing in China’s Foreign Relations Law, School of International Studies, Peking University, Beijing, Information here
19 Mar 2024
Comparative International Legal Policy: National Political Approaches towards International Legal Order, Dienstagsrunde, MPIL, Heidelberg,
12 Oct 2023
“Comparative International Legal Policy” and International Legal Order, Fudan University Law School, Shanghai
11 Sep 2023
The German National Security Strategy and International Legal Order’s Contested Political Framing, Montagsrunde, MPIL, Heidelberg
10 May 2023
Integrating the "Indo-Pacific", the "Rules-Based Order" and International Law, Asia/Indo-Pacific Forum, MPIL, Heidelberg
08 May 2023
The Weaponisation of State Recognition in the Russo-Ukrainian War, Montagsrunde, MPIL, Heidelberg
24 Feb 2023
Book Talk: American Foreign Policy Ideology and the International Rule of Law, The Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Information here
07 Nov 2022
“Honour Codes” as Normative Justification: Targeted Killings in US Foreign Policy and the Limits of International Law, Montagsrunde, MPIL, Heidelberg
18 Oct 2022
Changing the International Legal Order from Within: The Vulnerable Political Foundations of International Law, Dienstagsrunde, MPIL, Heidelberg
30 May 2022
The Indo-Pacific and International Legal Order: The Role of Regional Strategies and Security Partnerships, Workshop 'Global Security and the International Rule of Law: Interdisciplinary Perspectives', Berlin Potsdam Research Group, Berlin, Information here
28 Feb 2022
The Joint Russian-Chinese Statement on "International Relations Entering a New Era" and the Future of Global Legal Order, Referentenbesprechung, MPIL, Heidelberg
21 May 2021
The Jurisprudence of the Rules-Based Order, ANU Geoeconomics Working Group Seminar. Hosted by School of Regulation and Global Governance, ANU. Information here
09 Nov 2020
Partnering for Peace: NATO’s Role in the Rules-Based Multilateral Order, NATO 2030 Youth Summit. Co-hosted by North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Munich Security Conference. Available here
06 Feb 2019
The Economic Pillars of China’s Rules-based International System, Roundtable, UK Cabinet Office. Hosted by Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham House, London
27 Feb 2018
The Future of Chinese Foreign Policy: Implications for International Law, Workshop, China and Global Governance: Between the International Rule of Law and the International Rule of Power. Co-hosted by Queen Mary University of London, Maastricht University and Chatham House, London, Information here
02 Nov 2017
China’s Push to Shape the International Legal Order, Workshop, China ‘Leans In’ on International Law. Hosted by Mercator Institute for China Studies, Berlin
17 Mar 2015
Legal Dimensions of the War in Syria, Syria: Four Years of Humanitarian Intervention, University of Sydney, Sydney
Scholarly Citations
Comparative International Law: Foundations and Critique. Robert Schütze and Mathias Siems (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026. Available here
'Ignorance is Power: The Antiepistemology of International Order'. Karim El Taki, International Affairs, Vol. 102(3), 2026, 835–857. Available here
'The International Order, International Law, and the Definition of Security'. Harlan G. Cohen, Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 47(1), 2026, 1-40. Available here
'Clarifying Complementarity: Determining the Legality of Jurisdiction-Sharing Relationships in International Criminal Justice'. Kamal Makili-Aliyev and Sara L. Ochs, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 64(1), 2026, 88-127. Available here
'International Law–or Rules-Based International Order? The Politics of International Law in Comparative Perspective'. Milan Brglez, Journal of Comparative Politics, Vol. 19(2), 2026, 93-126. Available here
‘The Problematic Rhetoric of a “Rules-Based International Order” and Selective Support for Proceedings Before International Courts’. Chimène I. Keitner, UC Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law, Vol. 10(1), 2026. Available here
Is China Right? Welfare Implications of Western Hegemony. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, 2026, 252 p. Available here
‘Law over Order? Japan’s Growing Focus on the Rule of Law in Foreign Policy’. David Adebahr and Annika Clasen, Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, Vol. 13(1), 2026. Available here
‘The Liberal Conundrum: Sino-American Conceptions of Liberalism in Domestic-International Affairs’. Benjamin Tze Ern Ho, Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, Vol. 0(0), May 2026 (online). Available here
‘Homological Correspondence: Israel as a Frontier of Global Domination’. Wassim Ghantous, Antipode, Vol. 58(2), e701282026. Available here
'An Inter-relational Concept of Regionalism in International Institutional Law'. Maruša T. Veber, The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2024 (30 April 2026), 85–223. Available here
'Navigating Great Power Rivalry in the UN Security Council: A European Perspective'. Malte Brosig, European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol. 31(1), 2026, 31-52. Available here
'The Twofold Relevance of International Law in Transitional Orders'. Heike Krieger and Andrea Liese, Global Studies Quarterly, Vol. 6(1), January 2026, ksaf120. Available here
Sovereignty, Patrimony and International Law Russia's Attack on Ukraine. Rilka Dragneva and Kataryna Wolczuk. Bristol University Press, 2026. Available here
'The End of the U.S.-Backed International Order and the Future of International Law'. Monica Hakimi and Jacob Katz Cogan, American Journal of International Law, Vol119(2), 2025, 279-290. Available here
'International Law as Geology: Crawford’s Core/Periphery Metaphor and the Future of the "Rules-Based International Order"'. Jolyon Ford and Imogen Saunders, Cambridge International Law Journal, Vol. 14(2), 2025, 246–266. Available here
Lawfulness and Lawfare in the South China Sea. Hong Thao Nguyen and Thi Kim Nguyen Tran. Springer, 2025. Available here
'(Geo)politicizing International Law of Cyberspace in Post-Soviet Eurasia'. Liliya Khasanova and Artur Simonyan, Chinese Journal of International Law, Vol. 24(2), Published online 2025, jmaf016. Available here
'International Law after the Russo-Ukrainian War: From the Zeitenwende to Multipolarity'. Patryk I. Labuda, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law Online, Vol. 27(1), 2025, 587-620. Available here
China's Foreign-Related "Rule of Law": The Evolution of an Idea'. Zhiqiong June Wang and Jianfu Chen, Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, Published online 2025, 1-30. Available here
'The Deep Structure of the Chinese School of International Law Inquiry: The Firming of Peaceful Rise by the Development of Active Romanticism'. Zhi'an Wang and Ou Xian, Komazawa Law Review, Vol. 24(3), 2025, 1-47. Available here
'"But what About Kosovo?" Bundestag Debates on the Use of Force Before and After Zeitenwende'. Vanessa Vohs, Review of Central and East European Law, Vol. 50, 2025, 110-132. Available here
'What Remains of Law Against War'. Mary Ellen O'Connell, Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 113(2), 2024, 319-385. Available here
Research Handbook on International Law and Domestic Legal Systems. Helmut P. Aust, Heike Krieger and Felix Lange (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024. Available here
'Conceptualizing Great Power Perpetrators'. Federica D'Alessandra, Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, Vol. 18(1), 2024, 151–189. Available here
'Legal Agency of Small States: Regional Law Cooperation Amid Indo-Pacific Pressures'. TAN Hsien-Li, Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 45(2), 2024, 185-231. Available here
'Constructing Narratives of Change - The War against Ukraine as a Transformational Moment for International Law?'. Heike Krieger, Swiss Review of International and European Law, Vol. 34(1), 2024, 3-22. Available here
'The Future of Great Power Competition', Thomas F. Lynch. In: The Routledge Handbook of Great Power Competition, Brian C.H. Fong, Chong Ja Ian (eds.). Routledge, London 2024, 303-326. Available here
Indo-pacific Security: US-China Rivalry And Regional States’ Responses. Nicholas Kay Siang Khoo, Germana Nicklin and Alexander C. Tan (eds.). World Scientific, 2024. Available here
'Problems of the Development of the Concept of International Legal Policy of State' (In Russian). Olga Magomedova, Russian Juridical Journal (Electronic Supplement), (3), 2024, 5-17. Available here
'To the Question of Transformation of the Modern International Legal Order (Review Article)' (In Russian). Timofey V. Zakharov, State and Law, (3), 2024, 194-205. Available here
'Parliamentary Visits to Places of Armed Conflict and Disputed Territories'. Nathanael van der Beek, Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht/Heidelberg Journal of International Law, Vol. 84, 2024, 555-583. Available here
Zwischen Kooperation und Krisen: Deutsch-chinesische Beziehungen im Kontext globaler Kräfteverschiebungen. Hongjie Chen, Mechthild Leutner and Nele Noesselt (eds.). LIT Verlag Münster, 2024. Available here
Reimagining the International Legal Order. Vesselin Popovski and Ankit Malhotra (eds.). Routledge, 2023. Available here
The Future of the International Criminal Court: Reform, Consensus, and Relations with the USA. Iseghohime Daniel Ehighalua. Routledge, 2023. Available here
Economic Constitutionalism in a Turbulent World. Achilles Skordas, Gábor Halmai and Lisa Mardikian (eds.). Edward Elgar, 2023. Available here
'The Paris Agreement as a Paradigm Shift in International Law: The View from Empirical Legal Studies'. Antara Haldar, Cambridge International Law Journal, Vol. 12(1), 2023, 24-35. Available here
'The Rules-Based Order as Rhetorical Entrapment: Comparing Maritime Dispute Resolution in the Indo-Pacific'. Rebecca Strating, Contemporary Security Policy, Vol. 44(3), 2023, 372-409. Available here
'The Choice Before Us: International Law or a "Rules-Based International Order"?'. John Dugard, Leiden Journal of International Law, Vol. 36(2), 2023, 223-232. Available here
'Legal Semiotics, Globalization, and Governance', Larry Catá Backer'. In: Research Handbook on Legal Semiotics, Anne Wagner and Sarah Marusek (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham 2023. Available here
'The Role Of ICC Prosecutor in the Afghanistan Situation'. Dimitris Liakopoulos, Public Security and Public Order, Vol 32, 2023, 49-63. Available here
‘Not a Threat, an Opportunity: Regional Approaches and the Future of International Law’. Apollin Koagne Zouapet, South African Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 48(1), 2023 1-28. Available here
'(Ir-)Relevance of ius cogens? Legal Consequences of ius cogens in Russia’s War of Aggression Against Ukraine'. Felix Herbert, Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht/Heidelberg Journal of International Law, Vol. 83, 2023, 461-487. Available here
‘The Order of Law-Based vs. Rules-Based: The Competition in Space Order between China and the United States’. He Qisong, Advances in Space Research, 2023. Available here
The United States and International Law: Paradoxes of Support across Contemporary Issues. Lucrecia García Iommi and Richard W. Maass, University of Michigan Press, 2022. Available here
Australia on the World Stage: History, Politics, and International Relations. Bridget Brooklyn, Benjamin T. Jones and Rebecca Strating (eds.), Routledge, 2022. Available here
'Australia's Maritime Security Challenges: Juggling International Law and Informal Agreements in an International Rules-Based Order'. Natalie Klein, International Law Studies, Vol. 99(1), 2022, 375-407. Available here
'Global Power Shifts and International Law'. Dennis R. Schmidt. In: Power Transition in the Anarchical Society, Tony B. Knudsen and Cornelia Navari (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, 179-201. Available here
'The Rules-Based Order, International Law and the British Indian Ocean Territory: Do as I Say, Not as I Do'. Samuel Bashfield and Elena Katselli Proukaki, German Law Journal, Vol. 23, 2022, 713-737. Available here
'Superpower Responsibility, China, the South China Sea and the COVID-19 Pandemic'. LE Hai Binh, International Journal of China Studies, Vol. 12(1), 2022, 47-64. Available here
'Law v. War: ICC Ruling: Russia Must Stop the War against Ukraine'. Simon Gauseweg, Osteuropa, May(1-3), 2022, 101-117. Available here
'Krieg gegen die Ukraine: Überraschungen, Handlungsoptionen, Implikationen und "Realpolitik"'. Thomas Wiegold, Sicherheitshalber (Podcast), Episode 55, 18 March 2022. Available here
New Asian Disorder: Rivalries Embroiling the Pacific Century. Lowell Dittmer, Hong Kong University Press, 2022. Available here
'Challenges Facing Diplomacy, Information, War, and International Law: The Role, Convergence, and Diffusion of International Law Claims at the UN Surrounding the Ukraine Crisis'. Bae Jong-in, Journal of International Law (Korean Society of International Law), Vol. 67, 2022, 83-116. Available here
The Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Carrie McDougall, Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., 2021. Available here
States, Civilisations and the Reset of World Order. Richard Higgott, Routledge, 2021. Available here
India–Vietnam Relations: Development Dynamics and Strategic Alignment. Reena Marwah and Lê Thị Hằng Nga, Springer, 2021. Available here
'The Concept "Rules-Based Order" in International Legal Discourses'. Alexander N. Vylegzhanin et.al., Moscow Journal of International Law, Vol. 2, 2021, 35-60. Available here
'The Concept of "Rules" in the Doctrine of "The World (International) Order based on Rules"'. Boris Ivanovich Nefedov, Russia and the Modern World, Vol. 3(112), 2021, 6-21. Available here (Russian Language)
'Zur Komplementarität von Völkerrecht und Politik'. Michael Fuchs, ZfP Zeitschrift für Politik, Vol. 68(2), 2021, 145-166. Available here
'Völkerrecht unter Stress'. Michael Fuchs, Recht und Politik, Vol. 57(1), 2021, 39-45. Available here
'"Lawcraft": China’s Evolving Approach to International Law and the Implications for American National Security'. Matthew H. Ormsbee, Fordham Law Review Online, Vol. 90(1), 2021.Available here
'Why Consistency Matters in Preserving the Rules-Based Order'. Don McLain Gill, Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean Affairs, 2021. Available here
'The Demise of ‘Pragmatism’? Assessing the Public Debate on Australia’s Engagement with China'. Priya Chacko & Rebecca Strating, Australian Journal of Politics & History, Vol. 67(3/4), 2021, 421-438. Available here
'The US Sanctions Against ICC Personnel: Just an Aberration Attributable to a Now-Defunct, Populist "Regime"?'. Stefano Silingardi, Diritto Penale Contemporaneo – Rivista Trimestrale, Vol. 2, 2021, 205-219. Available here
Jus ad Bellum: The Law on Inter-State Use of Force. Stuart Casey-Maslen, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. Available here
'Informal International Law-Making in the ASEAN: Consensus, Informality and Accountability'. Winfried Huck, Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht/Heidelberg Journal of International Law, Vol. 80, 2020, 101-138. Available here
'China’s Territorial Disputes: The Ongoing Quest for Viable Explanatory Framework'. Roda Mushkat, Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution, Vol. 27, 2020, 103-168. Available here
'Securing the "Rules-Based Order" in the Indo-Pacific: The Significance of Strategic Narrative'. Caitlin Byrne, Security Challenges, Vol. 16(3), 2020, 10–15. Available here
'Challenges in Institutionalizing Rules-based Order in the Indo-Pacific: Defending or Reordering the Status Quo'. Ngaibiakching, Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, December 2020, 36-41. Available here
'Modern Self-Defense: The Use of Force against Non-Military Threats'. Jose Luis Aragon Cardiel, Amanda Davis & Lauranne Macherel, Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 49(3), 2018, 99-182. Available here
'Artificial Islands, Artificial Highways and Pirates'. Edwin Bikundo, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy, Vol. 2(1), 2017, 140-166.Available here
'Explaining the Turmoil at the Top of Australian Politics and the Implications for India'. Alan Bloomfield, India Quarterly, Vol. 72(3), 2016, 290-303. Available here
'Ungebetene Gäste–Zum Eingreifen auf Einladung in der Ukraine 2014'. Heike Krieger, Die Friedens-Warte, Vol. 89(1/2), 2014, 125-151. Available here
Government Citations
'U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South and East China Seas: Background and Issues for Congress'. Congressional Research Service Report, R42784, 26 August 2024. Available here
Commonwealth of Australia, Parliamentary Debates. Senator Kimberley Kitching (Chair of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee), Senate, 1 December 2020, 6373-5. Available here
'The United Nations and Implementing Standards and Norms for Peace and Security in 2045'. Senator Kimberley Kitching, United Nations 2045 Roundtable: The UN at 100, 23 September 2020. Available here
'Timor Sea Treaties Show Australia's Commitment to Rules-Based Order'. Allaster Cox (First Assistant Secretary, South-East Asia Maritime Division, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), The Interpreter, 4 March 2016. Available here
Policy Citations
'Deutsche Außenpolitik und das Leitbild der »regelbasierten internationalen Ordnung«: Herausforderungen durch China, Russland und die USA'. Christian Schaller, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), SWP-Studie 2026/S 05, 5 February 2026. Available here
‘What is the “International Rules-based Order”?’ Cary Scott-Kemmis, The Forge, 3 May 2026. Available here
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