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Article 18 doesn’t say what you think it says.
On the blind side of international law
May 30
1
I read the 2026 Philippines FPIC draft. 5 questions tell you if yours has the same problem.
On reading the machinery, not the language.
May 23
1
6 wins. 0 rule changes.
On the courtroom rule that locks us out, the Disneyland fantasy that wastes your time, and the walk-around that already works.
May 16
2
I studied how UN80 moved in 18 months. UNDRIP can copy it.
On the UNDRIP moves you have been waiting for.
May 9
20 years in. Losing still stings. Here is how I move.
On how I I lost a UN recommendation, and moved in 45 minutes.
May 2
1
I carried 5 wrong beliefs into the UN for years. Here is what they cost me.
On limiting beliefs at UNPFII week 1 and lessons for week 2.
Apr 25
2
I negotiated Indigenous rights into 3 treaties using 4 questions. Here they are.
On how to become 200% more effective at UNPFII.
Apr 18
2
I asked 3 questions in the room and IPLC disappeared from the draft.
Another tool for your deconflation toolbelt.
Apr 11
1
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I spent 6 years responding to the wrong comments. Here is how I stopped.
On normative vs. consultative comments.
Apr 4
2
3 options for the ocean treaty data system. One is a trap. Here is which one.
Three options. Here's the move.
Mar 28
4:46
I found language in a 2026 UN doc that was written in 1992. It was eroding our position.
On how 1992 agreed language gets copy-pasted into 2026 docs.
Mar 21
2
7 states backed us. 1 objected. I had the perfect response ready. I kept it shut.
On why being correct is not the same as being helpful.
Mar 14
5
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