On April 11, 2019, the Institute for Transnational Law, in collaboration with the Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Texas International Law Journal, sponsored a lecture on the different dimensions (law, ethics, politics) involved in justifying the use of force in international affairs by Dr. Dennis Schmidt. Dr. Schmidt is a Lecturer in International Relations at Swansea University and a Fellow at the London School of Economics, working on ethics and politics of international law and institutions. He has been awarded a 2019 Texas Collaboration Fund Award for joint research on international criminal law institutions with The University of Texas at Austin and Rice University.
Swansea University Professor Speaks on Syria Airstrikes
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