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, Professor of Political Science, Director of the Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights Project, and Editor-in-Chief of th
Human Rights and International Criminal Law Online Forum
(a cooperative undertaking with th
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
. He is a member of the

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, and the editorial boards of the American Journal of International Law and

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. He was formerly Assistant General Counsel to the United States Trade Representative under

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in the first Bush Administration. He has written over forty articles on international law and politics, and edited, co-edited, or co-authored six books: ''Partners or Competitors? The Prospects for U.S.-EU Cooperation on Asian Trade'' (

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, 1999),'' The Greening of Trade Law: International Trade Organizations and Environmental Issues'' (

, 2002), ''The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Economics, Law, and Politics of the GATT/WTO'' (

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, 2006), ''International Law and International Relations'' (

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, 2007), ''International Institutions''
SAGE 2010
, and ''Assessing the Legacy of the ICTY'' (

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, 2011).

Education

*B.A. Yale, 1982 *J.D. Stanford, 1986 *Ph.D. Stanford, 1992

References

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