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"Old Rules, New Threats" Roundtable Project
Co-sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations
(November 2002 to Present)

Titled "Old Rules, New Threats," Anne-Marie Slaughter's essay for the July/September 2002 ASIL Newsletter observed that there seem to be two fundamental approaches to policy questions raised since September 11, 2001.

"Some have argued that we are breaking new ground and need new rules, or at least a new paradigm for future behavior. Others have applied the lawyer's usual response to new situations; rather than throw out the old rules and start fresh, explore how the old rules can be most logically and sensibly extended. However, much lies between those positions - political affiliation, theories of constitutional interpretations, schools of international jurisprudence-to name only a few."

To explore this issue, the ASIL is cosponsoring a roundtable project with the Council on Foreign Relations co-chaired by Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University and former ASIL President, and Lee Feinstein, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and International Law and Director for Strategic Policy, Council on Foreign Relations. As Anne-Marie Slaughter continued in her essay, the purpose of the roundtable is "not just to talk. It is to engage different points of view in a genuinely constructive dialogue to provide a strong political and legal basis for action."

Participation in the roundtable is by invitation in order to allow for maximum engagement across points of view. Outlines prepared as the basis for each discussion, however, will be made available through our respective web sites as will a summary of each roundtable's discussion. 

Roundtable Project Meetings

May 4, 2006	UN-Divided (The National Interest, Winter 2005/06, pp. 82-6) Lee Feinstein	Joschka Fischer
October 18, 2004	Presenter: General Brent Scowcroft
September 20, 2004	Presenters: Jonathan Winer and Andrew Mack
March 31, 2004	Is There An Alternative to War? Gareth Evans
November 5, 2003	Global Climate Change Michael Oppenheimer	The Pitfalls of Int'l Justice David B. Rivkin	The Growing Role of Int'l Institutions in Counterterrorism and Law Enforcement Jonathan Winer
May 5, 2003
April 10, 2003	Authority for Use of Force by the US Against Iraq under Int'l Law John B. Bellinger III	The UN and Trans-Conflict Iraq William Durch
March 6, 2003	Transborder Financial Regulation and Terrorist Financing	The WTO and Law Enforcement Steve Charnovitz	Building Global Jurisdiction, Systems and Capacity To Build Global Security - or Even a Superpower Needs Friends Jonathan Winer
January 16, 2003
December 12, 2002	Enemy Combatants William J. Haynes, II	Geneva Conventions Holly J. Burkhalter
November 18, 2002	Preemption	The Legal Basis for Preemption William H. Taft, IV	Policy Implications of the Bush Doctrine on Preemption Ivo H. Daalder