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Conversations with America: The New START Treaty July 29, 2010, 3:30 EDT

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Conversations with America: The New START Treaty

Office of the Spokesman of the State Department

Washington, DC

July 29, 2010
Ellen Tauscher, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, will hold a conversation with Steven Pifer, Director of the Brookings Institution’s Arms Control Initiative, on the New START Treaty. The discussion will be moderated by Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State, …

Video and Text: State Department Legal Adviser Harold Koh’s briefing on the ICJ Opinion on Kosovo

The International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence

FPC Briefing
Harold Hongju Koh
Legal Adviser of the Department of State
U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Christopher Dell
Foreign Press Center
Washington, DC
July 22, 2010
4:00PM EDT
MODERATOR: Good afternoon and welcome to the Washington Foreign Press Center. This afternoon we are pleased to have the legal advisor of the Department of State Harold Koh, …

ICJ determines that Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence was lawful

The International Court of Justice issued its advisory opinion on the lawfulness of Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence today. The New York Times reports:
Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 did not violate international law, the United Nations’ highest court said Thursday in a ruling that Kosovo heralded as a victory but that legal experts …

The Fog of Law: Pragmatism, Security and International Law . . .A new book by Michael J. Glennon

Professor Michael J. Glennon is one of the most thoughtful scholars of international law today. At a time when far too many writers paint an overly optimistic picture of the current state of the international legal system, Mike Glennon assiduously works to give an accurate portrayal of the realities of the law. Stanford University Press has just published his latest …

White House Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force calls for US ratification of the Law of the Sea Convention

The White House released today, the Final Recommendations of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force.  Not surprisingly, one of the recommendations is for the US to ratify the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Task Force notes:
The Task Force strongly and unanimously supports United States accession to the Convention on the Law of the Sea …

Georgetown’s International Relations Program for High School Students ends today

After a week of presentations, discussion sessions, embassy visits, a Capitol Hill trip, a crisis simulation, and much more, Georgetown’s International Relations Program for High School Students comes to an end today as the students head back home.
I want to thank everyone for an exceptionally successful Summer International Relations Program for High School Students! Thanks to the presenters, the simulation …

Day 7: Georgetown’s International Relations Program for High School Students– The Crisis Simulation

On Day 7 of the Program, the students are participating in a crisis simulation on the Balkans War. The simulation is a historic simulation that begins in 1991. The students are divided into groups representing states and other non-state groups that were involved in the conflict. Ideally, students will use the tools they have learned over the course of the …

Day 6: Georgetown’s International Relations Program for High School Students

Day 6 was the last day of the academic presentations. We began with a talk from Professor Catherine Lotrionte about cyberwarfare. Dr. Lotrionte explored international law dealing with the use of force and then applied it to questions of cyberwar. She was followed by Professor Phillip Karber discussing the challenges of nuclear weapons. During his presentation, Dr. Karber showed a …


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Anthony Clark Arend is Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service in the Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Commentary and analysis at the intersection of international law and politics.