PIL Hub: Who needs International Law?

The LSE Law School Faculty Members of the Public International Law Hub invite all faculty and students to a 60-minute discussion of the Trump executive actions in 2025 and 2026, and of what this means for the international legal system and international organisations, covering the use of force, trade, aid, and climate action.

Please join us in the Moot Court Room on Thursday, January 29th, from 13.00 to 14.00. This event will operate on a first-come, first-served basis.

For background reading, please review the following:

• Maya Yang, ‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’, The Guardian, Jan. 8, 2026.
• New York Times, Transcript, Trump Says His Only Limit on His Global Powers Is His ‘Own Morality’
• Oona Hathaway, The Great Unravelling Has Begun, New York Times, Jan. 6, 2026.
• Michael Schmitt, Ryan Goodman and Tess Bridgeman, International Law and the U.S. Military and Law Enforcement Operations in Venezuela, Lawfare, January 5, 2026.