Pablo Kalmanovitz

Affiliated Scholar
Department of International Studies
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
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Website: Personal / faculty page
Biography
Pablo Kalmanovitz is professor in the Department of International Studies at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City. His research focuses on normative aspects of organized violence, in particular on the international regulation of military force, on which he has published numerous articles and book chapters. He has been general editor of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law since 2021 and his monograph The Laws of War in International Thought was published by Oxford University Press in 2020. Before ITAM, he was professor at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City and at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá. He has been visiting fellow or researcher at Yale University, the European University Institute, the Free University in Berlin, McGill University, and the University of Ulster.
Selected publications
- Book · 2020 The Laws of War in International Thought Oxford University Press Rethinks the laws of war through the history of international thought.
- Article · 2023 Can criminal organizations be non-State parties to armed conflict? International Review of the Red Cross Asks whether large criminal organizations such as drug cartels can be parties to armed conflict under humanitarian law.
- Chapter · 2021 Regular War, Irregulars, and Savages Concepts and Contexts of Vattel's Political and Legal Thought
- Article · 2018 Sovereignty, Pluralism, and Regular War: Wolff and Vattel’s Enlightenment Critique of Just War Political Theory Wolff and Vattel's Enlightenment critique of just war theory.
- Article · 2016 On the Rights of Warlords: Legitimate Authority and Basic Protection in War-Torn Societies American Political Science Review When warlords resisting state-building may legitimately use force.
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