Anthony Clark Arend

Earlier today, President Barack Obama endorsed giving India a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. In an address before the Indian Parliament, Obama noted:
As two global leaders, the United States and India can partner for global security —- especially as India serves on the Security Council over the next two years.  Indeed, the just and sustainable …

The Convention on Cluster Munitions entered into force on August 1, 2010. Next week, the first Meeting of States Party to the Convention will take place in Vientiane, Laos. Under Article 1 of the Convention:
1. Each State Party undertakes never under any circumstances to:
(a) Use cluster munitions;
(b) Develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile, retain or transfer to anyone, directly or indirectly, …

Over at Running Chicken, my friend and colleague, Ari Kohen, has an excellent post on Roméo Dallaire’s commentary on the Khadr debacle.  Kohen writes:

“The rage I have is towards our ineptness and sense of irresponsibility to those who expect us to be in a leadership role.”

The thing I like about Roméo Dallaire is that he encapsulates my (admittedly possibly skewed) thinking …

From the Washington Post:
Millions of children will walk door to door tonight, collecting candy with one hand and carrying orange boxes in the other. When they shout “Trick or treat for UNICEF!,” they will carry on a Halloween tradition that Mary Emma Allison started in Philadelphia exactly 60 years ago.
Mrs. Allison, who died Oct. 27 of pneumonia …

Last Wednesday, it was my honor to serve as the commentator at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the book launch of my great friend Michael J Glennon’s new book, The Fog of Law: Pragmatism, Security, and International Law.
In my opinion, Mike Glennon is one of the most thoughtful scholars of international law writing today. At a time …

Navanethem Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has an excellent op ed in today’s Washington Post about the importance of fighting homophobia and decriminalizing homosexuality. Pillay writes:
Homophobia, like racism and xenophobia, exists to varying degrees in all societies. Every day, in every country, individuals are persecuted, vilified or violently assaulted, even killed, because of their …

My friend and colleague Erik Voeten has this most humorous post over at The Monkey Cage:

Western European State Failure

One of my students sent me the above screenshot from the Foreign Policy failed states page. It’s still up at the time of writing, accompanied by the headline “Postcards from Hell” (never thought about Paris in this way) and a …