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Short Biography
Dr. Malcolm Jorgensen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg. He holds a PhD in International Law and American Foreign Policy from the University of Sydney, which has been published as American Foreign Policy Ideology and The International Rule of Law (Cambridge University Press, 2020; Foreword by Prof. Anthea Roberts). He is a non-Resident Fellow of the DFG funded Berlin Potsdam Research Group ‘International Law – Rise or Decline?’ and an Associate of the Sydney Centre for International Law, Sydney Law School. During his doctoral studies Malcolm was resident at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, where he was a Research Associate and Lecturer in American Politics. He has previously served as a Judge’s Associate in the Supreme Court of Queensland and as an Assistant Director in the Legal Division of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Jointly with Prof. Christian Marxsen (Humboldt University of Berlin), he is the recipient of a two year VolkswagenStiftung grant for a comparative international law project and associated workshop, investigating the international legal policies through which government legal advisers and policymakers construct and contest the international legal order.
Professional Positions
Since 12/2021 | Senior Research Fellow, MPIL (Coordinator of the MPIL Agora since 07/2023; Co-coordinator of the MPIL International Law Colloquium since 03/2024)
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 (International Legal Branch; Sanctions, Treaties & Transnational Crime Branch), 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)
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'"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
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'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
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
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'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
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
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 Rules-Based Order as Rhetorical Entrapment: Comparing Maritime Dispute Resolution in the Indo-Pacific'. Rebecca Strating, Contemporary Security Policy, 27 April, 2023. 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
‘Not a Threat, an Opportunity: Regional Approaches and the Future of International Law’. Apollin Koagne Zouapet, South African Yearbook of International Law, 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
'Threat Inflation and the Chinese Military'. Michael D. Swaine, Quincy Paper No.7, 2 June . Available here
'South China Sea Issue: Enhancing the Rule of Law under the US-China Competition'. Chihiro Shikata, Research Papers, Griffith Asia Institute, 2022. 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
'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
'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
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
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
'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
'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
'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
'Vaccine Passports: Why Europe Loves Them and the US Loathes Them'. In: The Christian Science Monitor, 06.06.2021. Available here
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