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Malcolm Andrew Jorgensen

About Malcolm Andrew Jorgensen
Recent Publications
Blogposts
Working Papers
Media
Presentations
Teaching
Participation in Conferences at Home and Abroad
Honours
Miscellaneous

Malcolm Andrew Jorgensen

Senior Research Fellow

jorgensen@mpil.de

Main Fields of Research:

Comparative International Law, International Law and International Relations, International Order, American Foreign and International Legal Policy, The Rules-Based Order, Indo-Pacific Strategy

Academic Career:

Professional Positions

Since 12/2021 | Senior Research Fellow, MPIL

Since 09/2017 | Research Fellow, Berlin Potsdam Research Group (KFG) (Non-Resident Fellow since 03/2020)

2020-2021 | Research Associate, Institute of Sustainability Governance, Leuphana University Lüneburg

2016-2017 | Assistant Director, Legal Division, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra

2010-2016 | PhD Candidate and Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney

2009-2009 | Solicitor, Commercial Litigation

2008-2009 | Associate to the Honourable Justice P.D.T. Applegarth A.M. & the Honourable Acting Justice N. Skoien (Ret.), Supreme Court of Queensland, Brisbane

Education

2015 | PhD in International Law and International Relations, Sydney Law School and United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney (funded by Australian Postgraduate Award)

2009 | Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Australian National University (ANU)

2007 | Bachelor of Laws with Honours, University of Queensland (UQ)

2006 | Bachelor of Arts with Honours in the field of International Relations, UQ

2004 | Bachelor of Arts with Majors in International Relations and Economics, UQ

​​​​​​​Professional Qualifications

Enrolled Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and High Court of Australia (non-practicing)

Twitter: @malcyjorgy


Recent Publications

  • '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) (2021). Advance copy
  • '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
  • American Foreign Policy and The International Rule of Law: Contesting Power Through the International Criminal Court. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020, 300 p. 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
  • '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 2022, forthcoming.

Blogposts

  • 'Internationale Rechtsordnung als nationales Sicherheitsinteresse'. Verfassungsblog, 04 May 2022. Available here
  • 'International Legal Order as a National Security Interest'. Verfassungsblog, 02 April 2022. 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

Working Papers

  • '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

Media

Presentations

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.

Teaching

2020-2021

Power, Politics and the International Order; Public International Law. Institute of Sustainability Governance, Leuphana University Lüneburg.

2018-2019

Current Challenges for International Law (Prof. Dr. Georg Nolte, guest-lecturing). Humboldt University of Berlin.

2014-2015

Public International Law (lecturer and academic tutor). Sydney Law School, University of Sydney.

2015

Public International Law. UNSW Law School, University of New South Wales.

2010-2015

U.S. Politics: Presidency & Congress (lecturer and academic tutor). United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney.

2007

Introduction to International Relations; Strategic Studies; International Organisations & Political Cooperation (academic tutor). School of Political Science and International Studies, UQ.

2007

Introduction to American Politics (academic tutor). Griffith University, Brisbane.

Participation in Conferences at Home and Abroad

'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, 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, 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

Honours

Delegate (Australia), Seoul Academy of International Law, Korea National Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, 03.07.2017 - 14.07.2017

Miscellaneous

Scholarly Citations

'Australia's Maritime Security Challenges: Juggling International Law and Informal Agreements in an International Rules-Based Order'. Natalie Klein, International Law Studies, 99(1), 2022, 375-407. Available here

'Superpower Responsibility, China, the South China Sea and the COVID-19 Pandemic'. LE Hai Binh, International Journal of China Studies, 12(1), 2022, 47-64. Available here

'Die Fundamente der heutigen Völkerrechtsordnung – Eine Bekräftigung anlässlich des Ukraine-Kriegs'. Thomas Giegerich, Saar Expert Paper, 03/2022 DE, March 2022. 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

The Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Carrie McDougall, Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., 2021. Available here

Competing Visions of International Order in the South China Sea'. International Crisis Group, Asia Report No. 315, 29 November 2021. Available here

Governing Uncertainty. David Passarelli & Adam Day, United Nations University, Centre for Policy Research, March 2021. Available here

States, Civilisations and the Reset of World Order. Richard Higgott, Routledge, 2021. Available here

'Zur Komplementarität von Völkerrecht und Politik'. Michael Fuchs, ZfP Zeitschrift für Politik, Vol. 68(2), 2021, 145-166. 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

'Regional Approaches to International Law (RAIL): Rise or Decline of International Law?'. Apollin Koagne Zouapet, KFG Working Paper Series, No. 46, April 2021. Available here

Jus ad Bellum: The Law on Inter-State Use of Force. Stuart Casey-Maslen, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. 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

'Can Multilateral Cooperation be Saved?'. Rhodes Forum Report, Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute, 2020. Available here

'»America First«: Wie Präsident Trump das Völkerrecht strapaziert'. Christian Schaller, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik-Studie 27, December 2019. Available here

'High Tide in the South China Sea: Why the Maritime Rules-Based Order is Consequential'. Pratnashree Basu, Observer Research Foundation Issue Brief, No. 325, November 2019. 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

'A Balanced Threat Assessment of China’s South China Sea Policy'. Benjamin Herscovitch, Cato Institute, No. 820, 28 August 2017. 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, 18 January 2022. Available here

Commonwealth of Australia, Parliamentary Debates, Senate, 01 December 2020, 6373-5. Kimberley Kitching (Shadow Assistant Minister for Government Accountability). 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, 04.03.2016. Available here

Media Citations

'Vaccine Passports: Why Europe Loves Them and the US Loathes Them'. In: The Christian Science Monitor, 06.06.2021. Available here

'Fact File: Your Questions on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Answered'. In: RMIT ABC Fact Check, 10.10.2016. Available here

'Why is Guantanamo Bay so Hard to Shut Down?'. In: triple j Hack, 24.02.2016. Available here

'Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: The $US100b Questions'. In: ABC News, 02.04.2015. Available here