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Comment RSSWith our students safely through their first night at Georgetown, the academic program can now begin. We start today with an overview of the international system. To do this, I will discuss four topics: The Actors, The Structure, The Goals (of States), and Methods of State Interaction. This presentation will be followed by Professor David Edelstein exploring The Instruments of …
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Home » Archive » July 2010Day 2: Georgetown’s International Relations Program for High School Students
July 12, 2010 # 7:39 am # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentGeorgetown’s Summer International Relations Program for High School Students for 2010 begins today
July 11, 2010 # 1:28 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentSince 1988, I have been running a week-long program for high school students interested in international relations under the auspices of Georgetown’s School for Continuing Studies. This afternoon about 229 high school students will check into the dorms to begin an intensive exploration of international relations. Working as the Student Coordinator for the Program is Ena Dekanic, a Georgetown student …
What Ratko Mladic was hiding– more data on the Balkans War
July 10, 2010 # 9:09 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentThe New York Times is reporting:
For their latest raid on the Belgrade home of Gen. Ratko Mladic, the police had studied architectural plans and brought a new device provided by a foreign government: a camera capable of looking through wood, bricks, even reinforced concrete.
his time, investigators found a false wall, missed by earlier searches, hiding a cache so rich that …
Ari Kohen: So much for international justice?
July 9, 2010 # 9:43 am # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentOver at Running Chicken Ari Kohen has an excellent post on the decision of the International Criminal Court to suspend proceedings against Congolese war lord Thomas Lubanga. Kohen writes:
There are two ways to look at today’s suspension of ICC proceedings against Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga:
This is a good day for international justice in that the Court wants to be sure …
Judge Gladys Kessler v. The DC Circuit
July 5, 2010 # 3:30 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, Supreme Court # No CommentLast November, I posted on a decision by District Judge Gladys Kessler ordering the release of detainee Farhi Saeed Bin Mohammed. One might have thought that this would have resolved his status. Hardly. Check out this fascinating post from Lyle Denniston over at SCOTUSblog on the battle between Judge Kessler and the DC Circuit Court of Appeals on the disposition …
William Treanor appointed new dean of Georgetown University Law Center
July 3, 2010 # 2:20 pm # Education, Human Rights, International Law, Supreme Court # No CommentEarlier this week, Georgetown University announced the outstanding appointment of William Treanor as the new Dean of the Georgetown University Law Center. From the GU website:
Georgetown has named William Treanor as its new executive vice president and dean of the Law Center, effective Aug. 16.
Treanor joins the Law Center from Fordham University, where he has served as dean of Fordham …
