Talk by Philip Bobbitt: VIETNAM - AFGHANISTAN: Parallels between the Wars

PHILIP BOBBITT

Four US Presidents have sought his advice. Now Barack Obama is speaking like a disciple. So, who is this man Henry Kissinger calls ‘the outstanding political philosopher of our time’?
(The Independent, London, July 20, 2008)

One of the nation’s leading constitutional theorists, Professor Bobbitt’s interests include not only constitutional law but also international security and the history of strategy. He is the Herbert Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence at Columbia Law School and a Distinguished Senior Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.

His books include: Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century; The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History; Tragic Choices (with Calabresi); and Democracy and Deterrence.

Bobbitt has served as the Associate Counsel to the President, the Counselor on International Law at the State Department, Legal Counsel to the Senate Iran-Contra Committee, and Director for Intelligence, Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure, and Senior Director for Strategic Planning on the National Security Council. He was an IGL Inspire Fellow and participated in the 2002-2003 EPIIC symposium on Sovereignty and Intervention.

Wednesday, January 27
7:30pm, Alumnae Lounge
The Inaugural Event in the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Institute for Global Leadership

For more information on this and other IGL 25th Anniversary Events: http://www.tuftsgloballeadership.org or x73314