UVA Law. Published The World Crisis and International Law -- The Knowledge Economy and the Battle for the Future (CUP 2023), and Applying Municipal Law in International Disputes (Brill Nijhoff: Leiden, 2024). More at www.paulbstephan.com.https://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3mqot67dkik25@bsky.app Following up on my Transnational Litigation Blog, I have expanded on the point on Substack: https://paulstephan.substack.com/p/strange-statutory-interpretation15 Jul 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqot67dkik25https://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3mqoptaacn22p@bsky.app My post on the Supreme Court 2025-26 term and foreign relations law is now up on Transnational Litigation Blog: https://tlblog.org/strange-statutory-interpretation-in-foreign-relations-law-the-october-2025-term/15 Jul 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoptaacn22phttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3mpgt7rs3b22e@bsky.app https://open.substack.com/pub/paulstephan/p/the-constitution-the-supreme-court?r=1rqeu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true29 Jun 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgt7rs3b22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3mhbrcxxizs2oI have published a piece on Trump's bargaining strategy, linking his approach to tariffs to his path to the present war against Iran, on Notes from the Miller Center, with a follow up on Substack. See https://uvamillercenter.substack.com/p/implausible-deniability?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5162514&post_id=191192847&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1rqeu&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email and https://paulstephan.substack.com/p/implausible-deniability17 Mar 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbrcxxizs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3mfmj2c665c2hThe great folks at Lawfare have published my views on the implications of Learning Resources, the tariffs case. More later on my substack. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/learning-resources--g%C3%B6tterd%C3%A4mmerung-or-skirmish https://lawfaremedia.org24 Feb 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmj2c665c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3m4t5viye7c2gAndrew Kent and I have a blog post on Quorum Call, the blog of the Harvard Law School Journal of Legislation, about the tariffs case being argued tomorrow. You can find it here: https://journals.law.harvard.edu/jol/2025/11/04/president-power-tariffs-peacetime/04 Nov 2025 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4t5viye7c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3m4jiyfpd6s2eMore on Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, the tariffs case: https://paulstephan.substack.com/p/more-on-tariffs-and-the-supreme-court31 Oct 2025 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4jiyfpd6s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3m44nntriuk2tA substack post about the brief Andrew Kent and I submitted in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, the tariffs case: https://paulstephan.substack.com/p/an-amici-brief-in-the-tariffs-case26 Oct 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3m44nntriuk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3m3uhxmir6k2lThe amici brief of Professors of US Foreign Relations Law in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, has been filed and can be downloaded at https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-1287/380301/20251022125118408_24-1287-25-250acProfessorsOfUSForeignRelationsLaw.pdf I am happy to serve as counsel of record, but Andrew Kent did a terrific job in helping to put this together.23 Oct 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3uhxmir6k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3m236rk35rc2lMy piece on the Trump tariffs litigation in the Supreme Court has just dropped: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ieepa-authorizes-asset-freezing--not-seizing Headline: The administration does not have the legal basis it claims to impose these tariffs.30 Sep 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3m236rk35rc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lweisqrgdc2fThe NY Times quotes me about yacht-based sanctions: https://nytimes.com/2025/08/14/world/europe/russian-yacht-seized-sanctions-auction.html?searchResultPosition=2 TLDR: These kinds of sanctions cause pain to the adversary but probably won't generate a lot of money for those we support.14 Aug 2025 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lweisqrgdc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3ltdntfkk3s2cMy keynote address for the Chicago Journal of International Law's symposium is now in print: cjil.uchicago.edu In addition, the Research Agenda for Global Power Shifts and International Economic Law, edited by Joel Slawtowsky, is now out: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/a-research-agenda-for-global-power-shifts-and-international-economic-law-9781035311491.html https://cjil.uchicago.edu07 Jul 2025 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltdntfkk3s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3ls6alsypj22pA new, and I hope last, post on the Devas decision. This one looks at whether suits seeking to confirm an arbitral award based on the New York Convention must satisfy a subject matter jurisdiction requirement. https://paulstephan.substack.com/p/devas-and-subject-matter-jurisdiction22 Jun 2025 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls6alsypj22phttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lrzca2d4u22kFarewell to Shenzhen and my wonderful students at Peking University School of Transnational Law.20 Jun 2025 05:22 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrzca2d4u22khttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lrxkanysfs2dMy take on the Supreme Court's Devas opinion has appeared on Transnational Litigation Blog: https://tlblog.org/three-questions-for-the-ninth-circuit-in-antrix/ I have additional thoughts on my substack: https://paulstephan.substack.com/p/more-on-international-arbitration Please subscribe! It's free (and perhaps still overpriced).19 Jun 2025 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrxkanysfs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lq7pge55ps2uBuried in this story is an account of my courtship of Pamela Clark some fifty years ago: https://www.law.virginia.edu/uvalawyer/spring-2025/article/edifice-complex28 May 2025 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq7pge55ps2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lny2hlyokc2zFollowing my appearance on the Clauses and Controversies podcast, I have published some additional thoughts on my substack: https://paulstephan.substack.com/p/state-succession-and-sovereign-debt29 Apr 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lny2hlyokc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lnvavira4c22My guest appearance on Clauses and Controversies: https://soundcloud.com/clauses-controversies/ep-156-ft-paul-stephan Mitu, Mark and I discuss successor-state debtor and creditor issues with respect to Syria, Ukraine, and, speculatively, Greenland.28 Apr 2025 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnvavira4c22https://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lnbe6fhlas2ahttps://paulstephan.substack.com/p/the-threat-to-harvards-tax-exempt20 Apr 2025 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnbe6fhlas2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lktsn2zpe22d@bsky.app Our article on Ukraine and syndicate loans is now up. Still relevant (I think): https://academic.oup.com/cmlj/article-abstract/20/1/kmaf001/8005310?utm_source=etoc&utm_campaign=cmlj&utm_medium=email20 Mar 2025 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lktsn2zpe22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3ljkjjfalk22oWednesday 1:30 pm EST the Federalist Society is hosting George Bermann, Ingrid Brunk, and myself on Devas v. Antrix, argued Monday morning in SCOTUS, Julian Ku moderating. Link at https://fedsoc.org/events/do-foreign-states-deserve-due-process04 Mar 2025 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkjjfalk22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lh2jkmzoas2qI have just published a substack post, this one about my keynote address for the Chicago International Law Journal's annual symposium on technological innovation in global governance. It's free, and you can find it here: https://open.substack.com/pub/paulstephan/p/the-reign-of-cerberus-international?r=1rqeu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true31 Jan 2025 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2jkmzoas2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lgvpljpm6c2rHaving just submitted an amicus brief in CC/Devas (Mauritious) Limited v. Antrix Corp. in support of respondents, I share my reflections on the case on my substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/paulstephan/p/ccdevas-mauritius-limited-v-antrix?r=1rqeu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Also cross-posted on Transnational Litigation Blog https://tlblog.org/cc-devas-mauritius-limited-v-antrix-corp-ltd-international-arbitration-and-constitutional-avoidance/29 Jan 2025 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvpljpm6c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lgksmysmek2tYesterday I filed an amicus brief on behalf of respondents in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., No. 23-1201, a case involving the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in which the Supreme Court will here oral argument on March 3. Here is the link: http://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-1201/340152/20250124173020691_Brief%20for%20Printer.pdf25 Jan 2025 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgksmysmek2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lftrrd4z6k27Another substack post, brief thoughts on the hostage/peace agreement in Gaza that comes just as a finish up my time teaching at Tel Aviv University: https://substack.com/inbox/post/15493561016 Jan 2025 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lftrrd4z6k27https://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lftqprcjl227New Substack post at https://open.substack.com/pub/paulstephan/p/big-data-as-a-national-security-issue?r=1rqeu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true16 Jan 2025 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lftqprcjl227https://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lfsiqxx4t22fMy contribution to the 2024 University of Chicago Legal Forum has just dropped: https://legal-forum.uchicago.edu/print-archive/big-data-national-security-issue15 Jan 2025 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfsiqxx4t22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3ldwx6qwitc2rOur paper, The Syndicated Loan for Ukraine: A Model for Future Crisis Collaboration, with Ashley Deeks and Mitu Gulati, is now up on SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5068165 Soon to appear in the Capital Markets Law Review.23 Dec 2024 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldwx6qwitc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pbs3.bsky.social/post/3lcgpos6ihk2aI took part in a Clauses and Controversy podcast, discussing the NML case and Argentina's contributions to international law: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-147-ft-paul-stephan/id1528208049?i=1000678919236 I expand on the podcast in a new Substack post: https://open.substack.com/pub/paulstephan/p/more-on-comity-and-international?r=1rqeu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Please consider subscribing to my substack: It's free!03 Dec 2024 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:7vtoi62w7chmfoozlbacwtae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgpos6ihk2a