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Julian Ku

Julian Ku is the Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at Hofstra University School of Law in New York. His most recent book, co-authored with John Yoo, is Taming Globalization: International Law, the U.S. Constitution, and the New World Order. He is a co-founder of the international law blog Opinio Juris and a contributing editor to Lawfare.

Latest articles by Julian Ku

The Big Idea
Trump’s Syria strike clearly broke international law — and no one seems to careTrump’s Syria strike clearly broke international law — and no one seems to care
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Positive international reaction suggests the UN Charter has become irrelevant.

By Julian Ku