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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)
Heidelberg
'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
Associate: Sydney Centre for International Law
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
'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
'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
'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