
The Global Security Outlook
“Why has it become so hard to predict things?” asked Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference. He lamented that some of the smartest minds in the world failed to pre...
Professor/Lawyer/Advisor/Producer: ITAC Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce & U.S. Trade Representative; Senior Fellow & Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University; Principal, Madison Law & Strategy Group (boutique international law/consulting firm focusing on trade, strategic philanthropy, cultural heritage/museum law, policy & human rights); Executive Producer, BLOOD & TREASURE for CBS and AmazonPrime; Executive Producer, Propagate Content (social impact TV); Supervisory Committee, Kinecta Federal Credit Union. Former: Head of Operations, World Bank's StAR Secretariat; White House Fellow, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Adviser to the President's Special Envoy to Sudan; Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Legal Officer (Milosevic/Srebrenica prosecutions), United Nations ICTY; pro bono Advisor to the Director-General of UNESCO (re looted antiquities and terrorist financing). Member: U.S. Delegation to the Pan Am 103 "Lockerbie" trial; Council on Foreign Relations; Current/Past Boards: White House Fellow Foundation, Humanity in Action, Atlas Service Corps, DC Fulbright Association; Center on Sanctions & Illicit Finance. Recipient: a Vatican knighthood and the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service. BSc and JD (Hons), Georgetown; Fulbright Scholar, Leiden; Cert., Hague Academy of International Law. Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum (2013).
“Why has it become so hard to predict things?” asked Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference. He lamented that some of the smartest minds in the world failed to pre...
David Rothkopf, Chief Executive Officer and Editor of the Foreign Policy Group, USA, introduced the topic with the warning: “The only thing we know about this subject is that it will chan...
“The list of threats from a European context are all coming together,” said Robin Niblett, referring to challenges involving Russia, the Middle East, refugees, immigration, Brexit, terror...
“It is certain that we will see more and more missions, in many militaries, turned over to robots.” So began the Davos discussion on the future of warfare between world leaders and schola...
The Davos sceptic would be surprised to learn that a morning meeting on “purpose” was at capacity. Indeed, there is a palpable interest at this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting ...
Speaking from his position on the front lines of terrorism in Africa, Yemi Osinbajo, Vice-President of Nigeria observed that “the ability of terrorists to connect and interact quickly is ...
For as long as we have had conflicts, the theft and destruction of cultural property has been deployed as a tactic of war. But the international community is starting to act.
The first thing that hits you at a mass grave is not the sight of decomposing bodies, but the smell.