The Contingency of International Law

And why it all boils down to PR, one way or another.

Monday Notes are sometimes just a set of notes. Here’s a set of scribbles pivoting off our recent episode with Samuel Moyn.

1. For weeks, I’ve been arguing with Shadi about whether it’s somehow Islamophobic to assert that Hamas uses human shields. One of my counter-arguments is that the practice has a long pedigree. I confess I didn’t anticipate it was quit…