Anthony Clark Arend
"Commentary and analysis at the intersection of international law and politics."
Author: Anthony Clark Arend is a professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University and the director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service program in the Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is co-founder of the Institute for International Law & Politics at Georgetown and served as co-director of the Institute from 2003-2008. He is also an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Blawg Related Categories: International Law • Georgetown University • Law Professor
Recent Posts from Anthony Clark Arend
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“Watching the world wake up from history . . .” The Wall and the end of the Cold War: Video and Commentary
A previous post discussed German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s address to a Joint Session of Congress and the commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Over the next several days, there will be many celebrations…
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“Giving Voice to Hope: Music of Liberian Refugees”—Teaching about the West African conflict through music
Thanks to Twitter, I just came across this letter: Greetings, Over the past two years, in collaboration with others at the University of Alberta, I’ve been working with Liberian musicians living in Buduburam, a refugee…
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Angela Merkel on Capitol Hill: “Tearing down today’s walls”
On Tuesday of this week, I had the honor of attending the Joint Session of Congress to hear the address by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The occasion of her address is, of course, the twentieth…
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Diamonds and Guns– Is the Kimberley Process failing?
The New York Times is reporting: An international body charged with stopping the illicit trade in diamonds that fuel conflict has decided not to suspend Zimbabwe, officials said Friday, though its investigators had concluded that…
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The US Agency for International Development: A lack of leadership
A number of previous posts have discussed the need to fill critical leadership positions in the Executive Branch. One agency that is woefully understaffed is the US Agency for International Development. A quick look at…
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The food aid crisis in Somalia and the United States
The New York Times is reporting: United Nations officials said Friday that the supply of critical food aid to Somalia had been interrupted and that rations to starving people needed to be cut, partly because…
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Secretary Clinton’s remarks at dinner honoring the visit of the ecumenical patriarch Bartholomew
The text of Clinton’s remarks follow: Good evening, and please be seated. I want to welcome all of you to the Ben Franklin Room here on the eighth floor of the State Department for such…
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ICC Prosecutor requesting investigation into post-election violence in Kenya
The Voice of America is reporting: The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says he believes crimes against humanity were committed in last year’s post-election violence in Kenya and he is requesting an investigation. The prosecutor…
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Italian court convicts 23 Americans in CIA rendition case
The Washington Post is reporting this afternoon: An Italian court on Wednesday convicted 22 CIA operatives and a U.S. Air Force colonel of orchestrating the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric here in 2003 and flying…
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Erik Voeten on the UN Human Rights Council
Over at the Monkey Cage, my friend and colleague, Erik Voeten posts: Henry Farrell and Eric Posner have been sparring over international law and the role of the UN Human Rights Council in a number…