International Relations Academy

Dr. Arend specializes in the areas of international law, national security law, international relations theory and human rights. He has published numerous articles and seven books, including Legal Rules and International Society and Human Dignity and the Future of Global Institutions (with Mark P. Lagon). He has also written or co-written opinion pieces for various publications, including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The Christian Science Monitor. Dr. Arend has been the Director of Georgetown’s Summer International Relations Program for High School Students since 1988. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Arend received a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Foreign Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs of the University of Virginia. He received a B.S.F.S., magna cum laude, from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.