John Swords

NATO’s Legal Adviser & Director of the Office of Legal Affairs, NATO HQ. Personal account.

[John Swords @johnswordsnato]

Thanks very much for having us. We also enjoyed our discussions this week with colleagues at NATO HQ Sarajevo, the Office of the High Representative and the EU delegation.

[European Union Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina @euforbih]

Today, COM EUFOR MG Florin Barbu had the pleasure of welcoming Mr. John Swords, Head of the NATO Headquarters Office of Legal Affairs, to Camp Butmir.
In his remarks, MG Barbu highlighted that #EUFOR and
@natobih are #StrongerTogether for a stable and secure 🇧🇦BiH. #EUFORBiH

[Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 @sikorskiradek]

Last night, Poland’s airspace was breached 19 times by drones manufactured in Russia. Our assessment is that they did not veer off course but were deliberately targeted.

Poland, EU and NATO will not be intimidated and we will continue to stand by the brave people of Ukraine. It’s time for the leadership of Russia to understand that the attempt to rebuild Europe’s last empire is doomed to fail.

[John Swords @johnswordsnato]

@holland_tom @TheRestHistory The Irish American fighter was John Carmel Heenan (not John Camel Heenan 🐪). Namesake and cousin once removed of former Archbishop of Westminster (Cardinal John Carmel Heenan).

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@JTasioulas Because they have an answer for a lot.

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5%

[NATO @NATO]

The Hague Summit Declaration issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in The Hague

#NATOsummit

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@JeremyClarkson James May-ham？

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@Baddiel No but it mews in mysterious ways

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Jus cogens norms are circumstances precluding circumstances precluding wrongfulness.

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@KonstantinKisin Politically, 3+1>5-1

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@RoryStewartUK It should be next to the places in between

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@dieworkwear Hold on, Teddy appears to be taking a selfie. Full marks for dexterity but, for me, it spoils the natural look. Just another show pony…

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To put it in terms he might understand, a nation state’s decision to apply to join an international organisation is just as much an exercise of that nation’s sovereignty as a decision to leave one.

[Gordon Corera @gordoncorera]

No official reaction in Kyiv, where I've just arrived, to Nigel Farage's comments on the West having 'provoked' Russia. But one source in the presidential office did tell the BBC that “the virus of Putinism, unfortunately, infects people."

https://t.co/IJjO3h9kC3

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@oonahathaway @AzmatZahra @PennLRev Fascinating. Do you address the implications for use of AI/autonomous systems?

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@dcsandbrook @TheRestHistory Corporal Jackie

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@ianbremmer Deus ex machina

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@StateDept_GCJ @ChrisJenks_SMU As do we!

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@NATOBrazeB @NATO @Latvian_MFA @jensstoltenberg @NATOpress @SHAPE_NATO We’ll miss you, Baiba! Best of luck!

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@AdHaque110 How did everyone else walk out?

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@davidakaye @samuelmoyn Paradoxically, humane is so very well written I almost lost sight of what’s wrong with Moyn resorting to its central argument in the first place

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@SirJJQC Isn’t Miss Marple more crooks and nannies than nooks and crannies?