Anthony Clark Arend

Former Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert Gates today indicated support for some form of “check” on the President’s authority to use remotely controlled aerial vehicles against American citizens. The AP reports:
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he finds merit in “some check” on a president’s ability to order drone strikes against American al-Qaida suspects overseas, lending support to creating a …

Today’s New York Times reports:
A secret legal review on the use of America’s growing arsenal of cyberweapons has concluded that President Obama has the broad power to order a pre-emptive strike if the United States detects credible evidence of a major digital attack looming from abroad, according to officials involved in the review.
That decision is among several reached …

Charlie Savage has an interesting article in the New York Times on the role of General Mark Martins, the Chief Prosecutor of Military Commissions for the United States. Savage reports:
UNTIL recently, no uniformed lawyer was viewed by the Obama administration with greater favor than Brig. Gen. Mark S. Martins, the scholarly chief prosecutor of the military commissions system who is leading …

Many congrats to Georgetown alum Denis McDonough (MSFS 1996) on his appointment as White House Chief of Staff. The Walsh School of Foreign Service reports:

Denis McDonough, a 1996 recipient of the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) degree from SFS, has been tapped by President Barack Obama to serve as his Chief of Staff.
McDonough is a member of the …

My dear friend Dan Porterfield, President of Franklin & Marshall College, offered these observations in the Huffington Post. I was 9 years-old when Dr. King was assassinated. My father and I were watching television on the evening of April 4, 1968 when the special bulletin interrupted the program. I remember my father being troubled. And I remember not knowing who …

Professor in the Practice of International Affairs and Concentration Chair for International Business,Master of Science in Foreign Service Program

The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University invites applications for a three-year, renewable, non-tenure-track position as a Professor in the Practice of International Affairs and Concentration Chair for International Business beginning in August 2013. This position will have teaching and administrative responsibilities in …

John J. DeGioia
President of Georgetown University
and
The Master of Science in Foreign Service
cordially invite you to the
Inaugural Philippe Sachs Lecture in Leadership
by Dr. Nannerl O. KeohanePresident Emerita of Duke University
“Who Leads in a Democracy?”Monday, February 25, 2013
4:00 – 5:30 pm
ICC Auditorium, Intercultural Center
Georgetown University
A reception will follow in the ICC Galleria
RSVP Required: http://keohane.eventbrite.com

Nan Keohane writes and teaches in political …

My dear friend and Georgetown MSFS colleague, Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, has recently proposed the creation of a new global fund– a Global Trust for the Rule of Law. As a guest blogger at The Water’s Edge, Lagon explains:
Countless treaties and numerous laws that guarantee rights have been signed and passed. However, many countries—primarily the developing countries—need help …