Faculty Research
The Institute for Law, Science and Global Security conducts various research projects and supports scholarship in the various areas of international legal studies and international politics. Many of the Institute's faculty expertise focuses on the relationship between international law and aspects of international affairs including nuclear weapons, terrorism, the use of force, cyberwarfare, and the environment. You can find faculty research interests and publications as they are listed below.
Faculty Publications
Arend, Anthony C. "International Law and the Preemptive Use of Military Force," 2003.Joyner, Christopher C. and Catherine B. Lotrionte, "Information Warfare as International Coercion: Elements of a Legal Framework," 2001.
Karber, Philip. "Net Assessment and Strategy Development for the Secretary of Defense: Future Implications from Early Formulations," 2008.
Lotrionte, Catherine. "Targeting Leaders." The Washington Quarterly (2003).
Lotrionte, Catherine. "The Fault, dear Brutus, is not in individuals, but in our system: CIA’s Inspector General Seeks to Find Indivdiuals Accountable for 9/11 and Misses an Opportunity for Effective Intelligence Reform." The SAIS Review of International Affairs XXVII.No. 1 (2008): 109-138.
Lotrionte, Catherine. "The Just War Doctrine and Covert Responses to Terrorism." Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (Winter/Spring 2002).
Research Projects
Lebanon Parliamentary Elections 2009:On June 7, 2009, parliamentary elections in Lebanon resulted in the current government of the March 14 alliance winning a majority of parliamentary seats. In the run-up to the election, the Institute for International Law and Politics sponsored a research project assessing the possible elections outcomes, Lebanese electoral reform, and recommended U.S. policy options post-election. The Institute's Senior Fellow, Mark Gillespie, O'Brien Fellow, Brendan Geary, and Adrian Kirwan explore their research findings in the following policy piece:
"The 2009 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections: Domestic Challenges, Foreign Policy Opportunities," (2009).
