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Over at the Council on Foreign Relations blog,  The Internationalist, my dear friend and Georgetown colleague, Ambassador Mark Lagon, has a provocative post on Libya. Lagon writes:
Lawyers often say, “Hard cases make bad law.”   Yet the hard case of Libya raises important questions and lessons on meaningful global governance today.
When does a government’s sovereignty dissolve? The Responsibility …

A previous post reported on Nicholas Schmidle’s recent article in The New Yorker about his account of the raid on Bin Laden. From a legal perspective, a accurate description of the encounter between the SEALS and Bin Laden is critical to determining the lawfulness of Bin Laden’s killing. Now, the veracity of Schmidle’s account has been called into question. Paul …

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Eminent legal scholar Eric Stein, who first came to the University of Michigan Law School as a refugee from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and later helped his adopted country draft rules that still govern the United Nations, has died in Ann Arbor.

His death came peacefully after a long illness at 98.
The passing of a man universally …

Were the actions undertaken that fateful night in May a violation of international law? The answer to that question hinges to a large degree upon what actually happen at the very moment at which a Navy Seal pulled the trigger. In the August 8th issues of The New Yorker, Nicholas Schmidle has a fascinating account of the raid entitled, “Getting …

DOD Launches New Cyber Strategy Website

The Department of Defense today launched a new website http://www.defense.gov/cyber to highlight DoD’s first unified strategy for cyberspace announced on July 14.  The website is a tool to help explain and consolidate DoD’s cybersecurity accomplishments and new way forward for military, intelligence and business operations in cyberspace.
The new website is designed to …

In case you’ve missed it, check out Dr. Stewart Patrick’s new blog, The Internationalist. Stewart is a Senior Fellow and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program at the Council on Foreign Relations.

I am excited to report that my dear friend, George Little, is being named Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense/Press Secretary! Politico reports:
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to announce today that two well-known and respected communications veterans will serve as spokesmen for Panetta and for the Department, and will join the Office of Public Affairs as top …

The Georgetown Summer International Relations Program for High School Students began yesterday with registration, orientation, and the first discussion session. Today, the formal academic program begins and the students engage in an exploration of international relations. The first presentation, by  yours truly, will provide an overview of the international system. It will examine the actors and structure of the international …