Publications
The Nature and Possible Evolutions of Refugee Cities, presented at “Cities, Not Camps” (World Economic Forum Side Event) Davos, Switzerland (May 2022)
Sustainable Development Zones as a Means to Master the Challenges of Desperate Migration and Rapid Urbanization. By Michael Castle-Miller and Joachim Ruecker, presented at “Cities, Not Camps” (World Economic Forum Side Event) Davos, Switzerland (May 2022)
Unexpected Laboratories within the State-Sanctioned Laboratory: Shenzhen’s Urban Villages, 1.3 J. Special Jurisdictions 48 (2022).
"Rules-based Frameworks via a Lunar Development Cooperative" in The Field Guide to the Lunar Economy: Results from the DARPA LunA-10 Study (Michael Nayak, ed) (2025)
"Inclusive Development Zones: A Model for Supporting the Spontaneous Order of Informal Economies" in Free Global Cities: The Future Leaders in Migration and Public Governance (Christian H Kälin, ed.) (2025)
"The Lunar Development Cooperative: A Framework for the Sustainable Development of Space" in Beyond Earth Institute Leadership Council, 2024 Reports and Recommendations (Steven Hoeser & Lauren Andrade, eds) (2024).
The Lunar Development Cooperative: A New Idea for Enabling Lunar Settlement, The Space Review (April 27, 2020)
Building Indonesia’s New Capital (co-author), East Asia Quarterly, Vol. 12.1 (2020)
The Law and Policy of Refugee Cities: Special Economic Zones for Migrants, Chapman Law Review Vol. 21.2 (2018).
The Ciudades Modelo Project: Testing the Legality of Paul Romer’s Charter Cities Concept by Analyzing the Constitutionality of the Honduran Zones for Employment and Economic Development, Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution Vol. 22 (2015).
Winning Afghanistan's Future with Gardens of Good Governance, Pacific Council on International Policy (July 11, 2018)
Refugee Cities Can Unleash Economic Progress, Pacific Council on International Policy (April 30, 2018)
Building Indonesia's New Capital (co-author), East Asia Forum (May 22, 2020) (online version)
A History and Analysis of U.S. Promotion of Foreign Investment, Journal of Law, Technology, and Public Policy vol.1 (2015).
The Urban Situation: Cities’ Place in Decentralized Government Frameworks, Indonesian Journal of International and Comparative Law vol.1 (2014)
The New Per Se Takings Rule: Koonz’s Implicit Revolution of the Regulatory State (Note), American University Law Review vol.63 (2014)
Checking the DHS: Constitutional and Subconstitutional Arguments for Why Noncitizens Facing Removal Can Obtain Judicial Review of their Naturalization Applications (Comment), American University Law Review vol.63 (2013) (Winner of Lura E. Turley Prize)
How to Build a Border Wall That's Not a Total Waste, Pacific Council on International Policy [link unavailable] (February 18, 2019)
