PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED & ACADEMIC ARTICLES
Beyond the ICC: Expanding Transitional Justice to Address Environmental Harm, Int’l J. Transitional Justice (2025)
Building Reparations: Key Factors for Success in Transitional Justice, Int’l J. Transitional Justice (2025)
The Futility of Retributive Justice in International Law, LSE Houghton St. Press (2023)
A Constructed Reality, Columbia University’s Asia Pacific Affairs Council Journal (2020)
LEGAL COMMENTARY
Codifying Coercion: Iran’s “New Legal Regime” and the Law of International Straits, EJIL: TALK! (Apr. 2026)
Condemning the Counterstrike Without the Cause: The Security Council’s 12 March Resolution and the Incoherence of Partial Ius Ad Bellum Adjudication, Verfassungsblog (Mar. 2026)
When Universities Govern: Why the UN Columbia Letter Reframes Campus Power, Verfassungsblog (Dec. 2025)
The Security Council as Architect? Resolution 2803, the Board of Peace, and the Limits of Transition in Gaza, ASIL Insights (Dec. 2025)
U.S. Bullets, U.S. Law: The Legal Net Around Gaza’s Private Guards, Lawfare (Aug. 2025)
The Cost of Aid: When Humanitarian Data Collection Becomes a Method of Warfare, Opinio Juris (June 2025)
Israel-Syria Clash Puts US Policy in the Crosshairs, Again, Responsible Statecraft (July 2025, with Adam Weinstein)
What’s Next for the Palestinian Diaspora After Gaza?, ASIL Insights (May 2025)
Duterte, Netanyahu, and Putin: The ICC’s Power Play, Opinio Juris (Apr. 2025)
POLICY COMMENTARY
Dignity Requires Truth, UN CHRONICLE (Mar. 2026, with Bernard Duhaime & Julien-Manuel Després)
Deterrence or Creep? US Forces Quietly Surge Back to Middle East, Responsible Statecraft (Apr. 2025)
Trump Drops News Bomblet: Direct US-Iran talks this Saturday, Responsible Statecraft (Apr. 2025, with Annelle Sheline)
Trump Appears All in for Netanyahu’s Political Survival, Responsible Statecraft (Mar. 2025, with Annelle Sheline)
We Can’t Save the Planet Without Involving Youth, The GEF (2018)
Why I Will Never Go on Birthright, Palestine Chronicle (Aug. 2018)
INTERVIEWS
Nicht mit uns!, Süddeutsche Zeitung (2025)
LIVE From Encampment: Jewish Columbia Student NOT Afraid, Breaking Points (2024)
Protests and Palestine with Safia Southey and Dr. Amgad Elsherif, Uncommons Podcast (2024)
Safia Southey: Passion for Human Rights, Oh My Curry Goodness (2023)
From the Classroom: A Dual Degree in France and the US, Study International (2021)
Virtual Internship Stories: Safia Southey, Columbia Global Centers (2020)
Sciences Po Student Joins Columbia Law School via LEAD Program, Columbia University (2020)