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OnJuly17,2018,startinganunjustwarbecameaprosecutableinternationalcrimealongsidegenocide,crimesagainsthumanity,andwarcrimes.Insteadofcollectivestateresponsibility,ourleadersarenowpersonallysubjecttoindictmentforcrimesofaggression,frominvasionsandpreemptionstodronestrikesandcyberattacks.NoahWeisbord, TheCrimeofAggression:TheQuestforJusticeinanAgeofDrones,Cyberattacks,Insurgents,andAutocrats(PrincetonUP,2019)isNoah… Anthropology VertiginousLife AnAnthropologyofTimeandtheUnforeseen DanielM.Knight Hostedby AlizeArıcan VertiginousLife:AnAnthropologyofTimeandtheUnforeseen(BerghahnBooks,2021)providesatheoryoftheintensetemporaldisorientationbroughtaboutbylifeincrisis.Inthewhirlpoolof… IdeasRoadshowPodcast ThePulloftheStars ClaudiadeRham Hostedby HowardBurton ThePulloftheStarsisbasedonanin-depthfilmedconversationbetweenHowardBurtonandClaudiadeRham,ProfessorofTheoreticalPhysicsatImperialCollegeLondon.Afterinspiringinsights… EasternEuropeanStudies QueerRoma LUCIE.FREMLOVA Hostedby StevenSeegel 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