Anthony Clark Arend

Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State

Washington, DC

March 11, 2010

Every year, the Secretary of State hosts a briefing like this one. And while in that sense it may seem routine, this event is extraordinary because of its connection to who we are as a country and to the universal aspirations we seek to make real through our foreign policy.
The idea of human …

Over at The Vreelander, my great friend and Georgetown colleague, Professor James Raymond Vreeland, calls upon the Obama Administration to fight against protectionist impulses in the United States. He posts:
Congress is flirting with “Buy America” again, “complaining that money is going to projects that are creating jobs in foreign countries.” They’re pointing to the “Buy America” provisions in the 2009 …

The Huffington Post is reporting today:
In a potential reversal, White House advisers are close to recommending that President Barack Obama opt for military tribunals for self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four of his alleged henchman, senior officials said.The review of where and how to hold a Sept. 11 trial is not over, so no recommendation is yet …

Over at The Monkey Cage, my friend and Georgetown colleague, Erik Voeten, posts:

I wrote the previous post on UN peacekeeping as this was something I used to track closely but haven’t followed in the past five years. I was struck by the numbers as I gathered some graphs for teaching the other day. Holger Schmidt, who knows much more about …

As indicated in a previous post, Opinio Juris is hosting the Yale Journal of International Law Online Symposium on Professor Michael Glennon’s article, “The Blank-Prose Crime of Aggression.”  Professor Glennon’s initial post has appeared today. The response of Larry Johnson, former UN Assistant-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, can be found here. And, finally, my response can be found here.
Be sure …

Julian Ku over at Opinio Juris explains:
On Monday, Michael J. Glennon of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy will be leading a discussion around his timely Article The Blank-Prose Crime of Aggression. In his Article, Glennon addresses the draft definition of the crime of aggression that was released in early 2009 and is set to be voted upon by …

My friend and colleague, Erik Voeten posts over at The Monkey Cage:

A new Gallup World Affairs Poll shows that thirty-one percent of Americans say the United Nations is doing a good job of solving the problems it has had to face. This is a slight improvement over last year’s numbers but still low. Over at Opinio Juris, there is a …

As SCOTUSblog reports, the oral argument is scheduled for
~10 a.m. -In Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (08-1498; 09-89), the Court will consider whether a federal statute prohibiting the knowing provision of “any service, training, [or] expert advice or assistance” to a designated foreign terrorist organization is unconstitutionally vague.  Lyle Denniston’s discussion of the case is here.
My Georgetown University Law Center …