Roundtable Series on the Rule of Law and U.S. Foreign Policy
Director: Matthew C. Waxman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy
October 2008 - Present
Taking place in New York, this series serves as a venue for policymakers, scholars, legal professionals, and journalists to exchange ideas and reach conclusions on issues at the intersection of law and United States foreign policy. Particular attention is given to matters of international legal policy involving the rule of law.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
The End of Geography? (The World Looks Different from Geneva than New York)
Speaker: Daniel Bethlehem, Former Legal Adviser, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Scholar-in-Residence, Columbia Law School; Director, Legal Policy International Ltd.
Presider: Matthew C. Waxman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy, Coiuncil on Foreign Relations
November 10, 2011
Roundtable Meeting
Foreign Direct Investment Regulation and National Security
Speakers: Mario Mancuso, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Matthew C. Waxman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and U.S. Foreign Policy, CFR
November 11, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
Smart Financial Power and National Security
Speaker: Juan Carlos Zarate, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Presider: Matthew C. Waxman, Council on Foreign Relations
October 21, 2009
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Roundtable Meeting
U.S. Policy Toward the International Criminal Court
Speakers: Patricia Wald, Former Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
William H. Taft IV, Former Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State and Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense
Presider: Matthew C. Waxman, Council on Foreign Relations
July 14, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
U.S. Counterterrorism Law and Policy in Transition
Speaker: Ashley S. Deeks, U.S. Department of State
Presider: Matthew C. Waxman, Council on Foreign Relations
May 15, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
Democracy, Rule of Law, and Human Rights in 21st Century International Relations
Speaker: Rosalie Silberman Abella, Supreme Court of Canada
Presider: Matthew C. Waxman, Council on Foreign Relations
February 23, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
International Law Challenges for the Obama Administration
Speaker: John B. Bellinger III, Former Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State and Former Legal Adviser, National Security Council
Presider: Matthew C. Waxman, Council on Foreign Relations
February 5, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
Engaging from Strength: International Institutions and the Iran Question
Speakers: Noah Feldman, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Matthew C. Waxman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Nader Mousavizadeh, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
November 5, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Benjamin Wittes
Speaker: Benjamin Wittes, Fellow and Research Director in Public Law, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution
Presider: Matthew C. Waxman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
October 21, 2008
