Mastodawn

New book:
"Small States and International Law"
https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/57234
Edited by Petra Butler, Jean-Pierre Gauci, and Georgia Greville.

My chapter "Disasters and Small States".

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #SmallStates #InternationalLaw

Small States and International Law

"Small States and International Law" published on 28 Aug 2025 by Brill | Nijhoff.

Brill

Guillaume le Rouge Feb 7, 2025

"The great powers, those monsters of nationalism, must be broken up and replaced by small states; for, as perhaps even our diplomats will eventually be able to understand, only small states are wise, modest and, above all, weak enough, to accept an authority higher than their own." - Leopold Kohr, The Breakdown of Nations

#leopoldkohr #decentralization #smallstates #minarchism #confederalism #degrowth #bioregionalism

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Joseph Lim

Sep 29, 2024

#UN cannot allow violations of #international #law to become normalised
"if the notion tt “might is right” is allowed to prevail, the world will become a very dangerous place.. The #resolution, adopted after the #sixdaywar of 1967, called on #Israel to #withdraw fr territories it had occupied in tt #conflict – incl'g #WestBank & #Gaza .. #global #governance institutions must take into a/c needs of #smallstates & #developing #countries.. incls reforming #UNSC" #UNGA
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/un-cannot-allow-violations-of-international-law-to-become-normalised-says-vivian

UN cannot allow violations of international law to become normalised, says Vivian Balakrishnan

A descent into chaos and conflict is a clear and present threat, said Singapore's Foreign Minister. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

Joseph Lim

Sep 21, 2024

#Smallstates need to join hands to uphold #multilateralsystem in #eraofconflict: PM Wong🇸🇬🇺🇳
"recommend'ns r for sml states to reinforce fundamental principles of int'l cooperation by #callingout #violations of #UNCharter .. building consensus & widening e gp of countries invested in overcoming #polarisation as global priority.. promoting #infosharing & #capacitybuilding; #revamping working methods at e #UN; updating UN’s toolbox for ensuring global #peace & security" #UNSC
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/small-states-need-to-join-hands-to-uphold-multilateral-system-in-an-era-of-conflict-pm-wong

Small states need to join hands to uphold multilateral system in era of conflict: PM Wong

The world is becoming a more dangerous place for small states, he says. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

Michal Pawinski May 12, 2024

together with my colleagues, have prepared a special issue on #smallstates #security

This includes #trafficking #migration in case of #trinidadandtobago and #malta , educational #leadership among incarcerated juveniles in #AntiguaandBarbuda ,and #economicsecurity in #malta

You can explore the articles here:

https://www.um.edu.mt/sst/currentissue/

Current issue - L-Università ta' Malta

L-Università ta' Malta

Michal Pawinski Jan 5, 2024

I am looking for #conference calls this upcoming summer in #europe

I will be grateful for suggestions in broadly defined #politicalscience #Internationalrelations #criminology #securitystudies #migration #smallstates

@academicchatter

Ilan Kelman Nov 8, 2023

"Small States and Access to Justice"
#London workshop on 15 November.
https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/events/20231115-small-states-and-access-to-justice

#IslandStudies #SmallStates #ClimateJustice #Justice #Law #ClimateLaw #ClimateChange #Climate

Small States and Access to Justice

Join WilmerHale, the Institute of Small and Micro States and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law for a conference on small states and access to justice

Tomas Weiss Jan 26, 2023

CfP: Becoming smaller. Last few days until the deadline! Appy to our workshop on how states cope with a loss in size and influence at @imsfsvuk @FSV_UK @UniKarlova. #smallstates #research All info at: http://shorturl.at/stxzS

Call for Papers: Becoming Smaller: Responses to Changes in Size and Influence in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries | IMS - Institut mezinárodních studií

Výzkumné centrum pro malé státy (SnS) vyzývá k předkládání abstraktů na dvoudenní workshop s názvem "Becoming Smaller: Responses to Changes in Size and Influence in the 20th and 21st Centuries", který se bude konat 25. a 26. května 2023 v Praze. Uzávěrka pro zasílání návrhů je 31. ledna 2023.

Tomas Weiss Jan 11, 2023

Submit your proposal for the @UACES annual conference in Belfast by 22 January. And, more importantly, submit to the themed track 👉"Small states and European integration"!
#smallstates #slightlybiggertoo #conferencing https://www.uaces.org/belfast/themed-tracks
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📢CfP for #UACES2023 is now open!

We are excited to invite you to submit your proposals for our 53rd Annual Conference at @QUBelfast!

We welcome contributions on all a…
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