Anthony Clark Arend


Anthony Clark Arend is Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University. From August 1, 2015 until July 15, 2018, he served as Senior Associate Dean for Graduate and Faculty Affairs in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. In July 2018, he became Senior Advisor to the Dean. He served as Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program at the Walsh School from 2008–2017. With Christopher C. Joyner, he founded the Institute for International Law and Politics at Georgetown University and served as co-director of the Institute from 2003–2008. He is also an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center. From 2005–2009, he edited the blog, Exploring International Law. His blog can now be found at the website AnthonyClarkArend.com He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In April 2017, Arend received the John Carroll Award from the Georgetown University Alumni Association. This award "is conferred upon Georgetown alumni whose achievements and record of service exemplify the ideals and traditions of Georgetown and its founder" and is the highest honor given by the Alumni Association.

Education

Dr. Arend received a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Foreign Affairs from the 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.

Academic Career and Scholarly Expertise

Dr. Arend has served virtually his entire professorial career at Georgetown University, his undergraduate alma mater. Prior to joining Georgetown's faculty, he was a Senior Fellow at the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Arend specializes in international law, international organizations, international relations, international legal philosophy, and constitutional law of United States foreign relations. In his theoretical work, he has applied constructivist international relation theory to international law. In 2014, Arend and Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, former director of the US Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, published "Human Dignity and the Future of Global Institutions". The book seeks to advance an international dialogue about the promotion of human dignity.