We are thrilled to welcome distinguished scholars Kathleen Claussen, Tom Dannenbaum, and Eliav Lieblich as new members of our outstanding Editorial Board. Their expertise and analysis will already be familiar to many Just Security readers, and we are delighted that they are joining us in this new capacity. 

Kathleen Claussen is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Economic Law with expertise in international law, trade, investment, international business and labor, and national security and cybersecurity law. Previously, she served on the Executive Council and Executive Committee of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and was Associate General Counsel at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. She is the author of more than five dozen works concerning trade, investment, and international dispute settlement and has acted as counsel or arbitrator in over two dozen international disputes. Earlier in her career, she was Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.

She holds a BA from Indiana University, an M.A. from Queen’s University Belfast, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. 

Tom Dannenbaum is Associate Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, where he is also Co-Director of the Center for International Law & Governance. Prior to joining Fletcher, he taught at University College London and Yale Law School. Dannenbaum writes on the law of armed conflict, the law governing the use of force, international criminal law, human rights, shared responsibility, and international judging. His articles have received multiple awards, including ASIL’s International Legal Theory Scholarship Prize in 2022 for his work on siege starvation and ASIL’s Lieber Prize in 2017 for his work on the crime of aggression. 

He holds a BA from Stanford University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and a PhD from Princeton University.  

Eliav Lieblich is a professor of law at Tel-Aviv University’s Faculty of Law. He teaches and researches public international law, with a focus on the laws on the use of force, international humanitarian law, and the history and theory of international law. In recent years, he participated as an expert in various international forums, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross’ expert group on proportionality and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons’ expert meeting on autonomous weapons systems.

He holds an LL.B. from Hebrew University, and a J.S.D. and LL.M. from Columbia Law School.

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We are delighted to welcome these thoughtful scholars and practitioners to our Editorial Board. 

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