The United States, the Rule of Law, and the Use of Force Roundtable Series
Director: Davis R. Robinson, Adjunct Senior Fellow
December 2008 - Present
Taking place primarily in Washington, DC, during the 2008-2009 programming year, this series examines the international law ramifications of the use of force and attendant foreign policy concerns.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
"Preemptive" Self-Defense and "Preventive" Self-Defense
Speakers: David Abramowitz, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs
John B. Bellinger III, Council on Foreign Relations
Michael J. Matheson, The George Washington University Law School
Presider: Davis R. Robinson, Council on Foreign Relations
April 15, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
Humanitarian Intervention and International Law
Speakers: Morton H. Halperin, Open Society Institute
Sean Murphy, The George Washington University Law School
Presider: Davis R. Robinson, Council on Foreign Relations
March 4, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
The Impact of Decisions of the World Court: Nicaragua, Oil Platforms, and the Wall
Speakers: Stephen M. Schwebel, Former President, International Court of Justice
Ruth Wedgwood, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University
Presider: Davis R. Robinson, Council on Foreign Relations
February 12, 2009
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Roundtable Meeting
The Practice of States Since the Adoption of the UN Charter
Speakers: Thomas M. Franck, New York University School of Law
Michael Glennon, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Presider: Davis R. Robinson, Council on Foreign Relations
January 16, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
The Use of Force in International Law and Two Mistaken Models: Anything Goes or Nothing Goes
Speaker: John Norton Moore, Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Presider: Davis R. Robinson, Council on Foreign Relations
December 4, 2008
