Michael N. Schmitt
| Michael N. Schmitt | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Education | D.Litt, Durham University |
| Employer | United States Naval War College |
| Title | Educator, academic |
Professor Michael N. Schmitt is an international law scholar. He is the Director of the Stockton Center for the Study of International Law at the United States Naval War College[1] in Newport, Rhode Island. He is also Professor of Public International Law at the University of Exeter,[2] Honorary Visiting Professor of International Humanitarian Law at the University of Durham[3] and Senior Fellow of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence.
Education
Schmitt has D.Litt from Durham University, LL.M from Yale University, JD from University of Texas, MA from Naval War College, MA from Texas State University, BA from Texas State University.
Career
From 1979-99, Schmitt was an intelligence officer and judge advocate in the United States Air Force. He served in Colorado, Rhode Island, Belgium, Greece, and Turkey. Schmitt graduated first in class from the Naval War College in 1996, and his operational law experience includes service in both Operation Provide Comfort and Operation Northern Watch[4]
In 1999, he became Professor of International Law at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, Germany, eventually becoming Dean.[5] He was subsequently Chair of Public International Law at Durham University before returning to the Naval War College as Chairman.[6]
Affiliations
- Member, Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs) Project on Characterization of Conflict (2009–12)
- Drafting Committee, Harvard University's Manual on the International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare (2003–09)
- Member, Group of International Experts, ICRC Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities (2003–09)
- Member, Chatham House and British Institute of International and Comparative Law Joint Project on Perspectives on the ICRC Customary International Humanitarian Law Study (2006–07)
Books
- Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, Cambridge University Press, 2013 ISBN 978-1107613775
- The Library of Essays on International Humanitarian Law, Ashgate, 6. volumes (with Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg), Ashgate Publishing (2012) ISBN 978-0754629399
- Essays on Law and War at the Fault Lines, T.M.C. Asser Press/Springer (2012) ISBN 978-9067049641
- International Law and the War in Afghanistan (Naval War College International Law Studies, vol. 85), 2009
- International Law and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines (with Martinus Nijhoff and Jelena Pejic), 2007
- Crimes of War 2.0 Norton Publishing (2007)
- Terrorism and International Law (Edizioni Nagard, Dragan European Foundation; with Gian Luca Beruto), 2003
- Computer Network Attack and International Law (Naval War College International Law Studies, vol. 76; with Brian T. O'Donnell), 2002
- International Law Across the Spectrum of Conflict (Naval War College International Law Studies, vol. 75), 2000
- The Law of Military Operations (Naval War College International Law Studies, vol. 72), 1998
- The Law of Armed Conflict: Into the Next Millennium (Naval War College International Law Studies, vol. 71; with Leslie Green), 1998
- Levie on the Law of War (Naval War College International Law Studies, vol. 70; with Leslie Green), 1998
- Blockade Law: Research Designs and Sources (Legal Research Guides, vol. 12), Hein Publishing (1991)
References
- ↑ Profile, usnwc.edu; accessed May 2, 2015.
- ↑ Profile, socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk; accessed May 2, 2015.
- ↑ University of Durham website; accessed May 2, 2015.
- ↑ The United Nations Security Council in the Age of Human Rights. Cambridge University Press. 2014-06-05. p. 416. ISBN 9781139916653.
- ↑ Profile, marshallcenter.org; accessed May 2, 2015.
- ↑ BBC Radio 4 Today programme, accessed May 2, 2015.