Chimene Keitner
International law / international relations / human rights / national security. Giving social media one more try.
- There's a lot going on in the world, but I felt moved to write about the danger that Albertan separatists are being sold a bill of goods ... www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
- Oped alert: Countries Should Reject Trump's Board of Peace theopinionpages.com/2026/01/coun...
- The pettiness is rivaled only by the completely self-defeating nature of these actions, which will make the United States less safe, less influential, and less able to respond to evolving global threats.
- Anong the international bodies from which the US is withdrawing: - International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law - European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats - UN Office on Violence Against Children www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
- A primer in The Green Bag on head of state and foreign official immunity under international and U.S. law for those interested. #Maduro #prosecution greenbag.org/v14n1/v14n1_...
- This short essay on Criminal Law Beyond Borders might be useful to those thinking about operation Absolute Resolve in the context of transnational law enforcement (with the caveat that using military force is a UN Charter issue, not a law enforcement matter): illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/u...
- POTUS sounds drunk, half asleep, or both. And he’s been given a blank check by SCOTUS, Congress, and billionaires.
- US President Donald Trump threatens to invade and attack other countries: “We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us." #VenezuelaInvasion
- 1. Violations of the UN Charter make us all less secure 2. See #1 above 3. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk
- Instead of a theater of war, Trump and Hegseth are engaging in WAR THEATER. That doesn’t make it lawful (not that they care). Appreciated the chance to talk with expert colleagues about why we should all be very concerned. www.cnas.org/events/u-s-m...
- Reposted by Chimene KeitnerWith thanks to my co-author @keitnerlaw.com, we’ve got a new OpEd up @thehill.com with a reminder for Congress about the lessons of the Air Bridge program:
- This 🧵 is just the antidote I need to out descent into a police state #DCSandwichGuy
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- This thread is insane
- This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
- This should be getting more attention but seems to have been overshadowed by the Bolton indictment
- @radiofreetom.bsky.social Leaders know when to signal trouble
- “According to Secretary of State Rubio, President Trump was given the option of conducting a maritime interdiction but instead elected to blow up the vessel to send a message.” @bcfinucane.bsky.social @justsecurity.org breaks down the legal issues. Zero regard for human lives.
- This strike is outright murder even if you accept all the legal arguments the Obama admin made in support of its drone strikes, which you shouldn’t. www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...
- As far as I can tell, not even a pretense that this strike complies with international law in any way shape or form. How exactly are we supposed to complain when the United States is on the receiving end of such strikes by other countries? Or do we just not care anymore?
- Diplomacy R.I.P. (again/still) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
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- No words
- Worth reading.
- Here is the full letter Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, sent to colleagues: www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
- Whatever happened behind the scenes, it sure feels like a bait and switch.
- This
- The ball is in Congress’s court to save US diplomacy. thefulcrum.us/ethics-leade...
- Important 🧵
- @jamisonfoser.bsky.social has a point ...
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- Worth reading both the Lawfare essay and the NYT op-ed.
- For the next time you hear Marco Rubio say judges can’t hear these “foreign policy” cases … (tl;dr they can—and will)
- Shared this with my Civ Pro students. Procedure matters.
- This 👇
- The whole point is to cause economic damage to universities by making international students afraid to come here... especially for cash-strapped state universities that rely upon full-tuition-paying international students to make up for decades of state funding cuts. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd
- Does Musk's hat say what I think it says ??
- Hungary has taken a beating under Orban. This is how you take to the streets. #handsoff2025
