International Law Behind the Headlines

The Society's podcast International Law Behind the Headlines, hosted by Catherine Amirfar and Kal Raustiala, enlists today's top legal experts in tackling the international legal issues dominating today's headlines. All episodes are available via iTunes, SoundCloud, and this page. The Society welcomes comments and suggestions at communications@asil.org.

Catherine Amirfar is a litigation partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Co-Chair of the firm's Public International Law Group and a member of the Management Committee. Her practice focuses on international commercial and treaty arbitration, international and complex commercial litigation, and public international law. Prior to rejoining Debevoise in 2016, Ms. Amirfar spent two years as the Counselor on International Law to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State and received the State Department's Superior Honor Award in recognition of her contributions to the Department. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Law Institute, and the U.S. State Department Advisory Council on International Law (ACIL). In 2020 Ms. Amirfar was elected President of the Society, having previously served as Vice President from 2016 to 2018.

Kal Raustiala is professor at UCLA School of Law and the UCLA International Institute. Since 2007 he has served as director of the UCLA Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations, and from 2012-2015 as UCLA's Associate Vice Provost for International Studies. A graduate of Duke University, Professor Raustiala holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, San Diego. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Chicago, Columbia, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, National University of Singapore, and Princeton. A life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former member of the editorial board of the American Journal of International Law, from 2016-2018 he served as Vice President of the American Society of International Law.

Episode 43 - featuring Ina Popova - Details

Episode 42 - The Law of Armed Conflict in the Israel-Hamas War - Details

Episode 41 - featuring Luis Moreno Ocampo - Details

Episode 40 - featuring Kal Raustiala - Details

Episode 39 - featuring Catherine Powell and Adrien Wing - Details

Episode 38 - featuring Chile Eboe-Osuji - Details

Episode 37 - featuring David Sloss - Details

Episode 36 - featuring Chimene Keitner - Details

Episode 35 - featuring Elena Chachko and Katerina Linos - Details

Episode 34 - featuring Monica Hakimi - Details

Episode 33 - featuring Oona Hathaway - Details

Episode 32 - featuring Felix Salmon - Details

Episode 31 - featuring Rebecca Hamilton - Details

Episode 30 - featuring Catherine Amirfar - Details

Episode 29 - featuring Gian Luca Burci - Details

Episode 28 - featuring Cameron Miles - Details

Episode 27 - featuring Oona Hathaway - Details

Episode 26 - featuring Duncan Hollis - Details

Episode 25 - featuring Kathleen Claussen - Details

Episode 24 - featuring David Kaye - Details

Episode 23 - featuring Bonnie Glaser - Details

Episode 22 - featuring Tess Bridgeman - Details

Episode 21 - featuring Anu Bradford - Details

Episode 20 - featuring Tom Ginsburg - Details

Episode 19 - featuring Gian Luca Burci - Details

Episode 18 - featuring Katharine Young - Details

Episode 17 - featuring Larry Johnson - Details

Episode 16 - featuring Avril Haines - Details

Episode 15 - featuring Ash Carter - Details

Episode 14 - featuring Jean Galbraith - Details

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Episode 12 - featuring Brian Egan - Details

Episode 11 - featuring Robert Litt - Details

Episode 10 - featuring Ben Rhodes - Details

Episode 9 - featuring Jeff Pryce - Details

Episode 8 - featuring Dame Rosalyn Higgins - Details

Episode 7 - featuring Chimene Keitner - Details

Episode 6 - featuring Adil Haque - Details

Episode 5 - featuring John Bellinger - Details

Episode 4 - featuring Tess Bridgeman - Details

Episode 3 - featuring John Carlin - Details

Episode 2 - featuring James Kraska - Details

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