Office: Garland Hall 114
Phone: (414) 229-5974
e-mail: rjbeck@uwm.edu
Web Page: www.uwm.edu/~rjbeck
Degrees:
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Honors B.A., Marquette University
Research Interests:
International relations, international law, and foreign policy.
Current Projects:
I have been conducting archival research for a book-length analysis of British interwar policy on the international legal protection of refugees. With Anthony Clark Arend (Georgetown) I am also completing the second edition of International Law and the Use of Force
Selected Publications:
International Law and the Rise of Nations: The State System and the Challenge of Ethnic Groups. Co-editor and contributor. (Chatham House, 2001).
"Britain and the 1933 Refugee Convention: National or State Sovereignty?" International Journal of Refugee Law 11 (1999): 597-624.
International Rules: Approaches from International Law and International Relations. Project initiator, a principal editor and contributor. (Oxford University Press, 1996).
"A Study of War and An Agenda for Peace: Reflections on the Contemporary Relevance of Quincy Wright's Plan for a 'New International Order.'" Review of International Studies 22 (April 1996): 119-147.
International Law and the Use of Force: Beyond the U.N. Charter Paradigm. Co-author. (Routledge, second edition forthcoming; first edition, 1993).
The Grenada Invasion: Politics, Law and Foreign Policy Decisionmaking. (Westview Press, 1993).
"Munich's Lessons Reconsidered." International Security 14 (Fall 1989): 161-191.
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