Michael Glennon

Michael J. Glennon is Professor of Constitutional and International Law. Prior to going into teaching, he was Legal Counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1977-1980). He has since been a Fulbright Distinguished Professor of International and Constitutional Law, Vytautus Magnus University School of Law, Kaunas, Lithuania (1998); a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. (2001-2002); Thomas Hawkins Johnson Visiting Scholar at the United States Military Academy, West Point (2005); Director of Studies at the Hague Academy of International Law (2006); and professeur invité at the University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) from 2006 to 2012. Professor Glennon has served as a consultant to various congressional committees, the U.S. State Department, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. He is a member of the American Law Institute, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law. Professor Glennon is the author of numerous articles on constitutional and international law as well as several books. He has testified before the International Court of Justice and congressional committees. A frequent commentator on public affairs, he has spoken widely within the United States and abroad and appeared on Nightline, the Today Show, NPR’s All Things Considered and other national news programs. His op-ed pieces have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, International Herald-Tribune, Financial Times, and Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung. His most recent book is National Security and Double Government, published by the Oxford University Press in September 2014.

Research/Areas of Interest:

• Use of Force
• Terrorism
• Preemption
• American Hegemony
• Congress and Foreign Policy
• Presidential Power
• U.S. Foreign Relations Law
• United Nations
• International Law

Education

• JD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States, 1973
• BA, Political Science, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, United States, 1970

Academic Positions

• William & Patricia Kleh Visiting Professor of Law
  Boston University, Law School, Boston, USA Aug 2015 - Dec 2015
• Director, LL.M. Program
  Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Medford, United States May 2007 - Aug 2010
• Professeur invité
  Panthéon-Assas , University of Paris II, Paris, France Mar 2006 - 2013
• Fellow
  Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C., United States Sep 2001 - Jun 2002
• Professor of Law
  University of California, Davis, Davis, United States Jul 1987 - Jul 2002
• Visiting Professor of Law
  University of California, Davis, Davis, United States Jul 1986 - Jul 1987
• Professor of Law
  University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, United States Sep 1983 - Sep 1986
• Associate Professor of Law
  University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, United States Sep 1981 - Sep 1983
• Adjunct Professor of Law
  New York University, New York, United States Sep 1976 - Jun 1981
• Adjunct Professor of Law
  New York University, New York City, United States Sep 1985 - Jan 1986

Non-academic Positions

• Attorney
  Busby, Rehm & Leonard, Washington, D.C., United States Feb 1980 - Mar 1981
• Legal Counsel
  United States Senate, Foreign Relations Committee, Washington, D.C. Mar 1977 - Jan 1980
• Assistant Counsel
  United States Congress, Office of the Legislative Counsel,, Washington D.C., United States Aug 1973 - Feb 1977
• Staff Assistant for Rep. Donald M. Fraser
  United States House of Representatives, Washington D.C., United States 1968 - 1970

Selected Publications

Glennon, M. J. (2016). National Security and Double Government. Oxford University Press, USA.

Glennon, M. (2022). The NATO Treaty Does Not Give Congress a Bye on World War III. Lawfare. Retrieved from https://www.lawfareblog.com/nato-treaty-does-not-give-congress-bye-world-war-iii

Glennon, M. (2020). Dire Straits: Should American Support for Taiwan Be Ambiguous?. Foreign Affairs. Retrieved from https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-09-24/dire-straits

Glennon, M. J. (2010). The Fog of Law: Pragmatism, Security, and International Law. Stanford University Press, The Woodrow Wilson Center Press (co-published).

Glennon, M., Franck, T., Murphy, S., & Swaine, E. (2011). United States Foreign Relations and National Security Law (4th ed. ed.). West Publishing Company.

Glennon, M. J. (1991). Constitutional Diplomacy. Princeton University Press.

Glennon, M. J., & Sloane, R. D. (2016). Foreign Affairs Federalism: The Myth of National Exclusivity. Oxford University Press.