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Josef Korbel School of International Studies

Tom Farer

Education

JD, Harvard Law School
AB, Princeton University

Profile

University Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver; Former Dean, Josef Korbel School of International Studies (1996-2010) Honorary Professor, Peking University; Guest Professor, People's University (Beijing); Director, Center for China-United States Cooperation, University of Denver;  Board of Editors, American Journal of International Law; Board of Editors, Human Rights Quarterly; Advisory Board, Human Rights Watch/Americas; Editorial Advisory Board, China Journal of International Law; Editorial Advisory Board; The International Spectator. Past academic positions at Cambridge University, The American University, Tulane Law School, Harvard Law School, Princeton University, University of New Mexico, The John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Rutgers (Camden) School of Law, Columbia Law School. Former advisor on the drafting of the Ugandan Constitution (1993); former President, University of New Mexico (1985-1986); former legal advisor to the United Nations Mission in Somalia; Former member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (1976-1983; President, 1980-1982). Author and editor of many articles and books about human rights, politics, and international law, including Confronting Global Terrorism and American Neo-Conservatism: The Framework of Liberal Grand Strategy (2008); Transnational Crime in the Americas (1999); Beyond Sovereignty: Collectively Defending Democracy in the Western Hemisphere (1996) and The Grand Strategy of the United States in Latin America (1988).

Research and Expertise

International law, international politics, U.S. foreign policy, Africa, Latin America

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Tom Farer
  • tfarer@du.edu
  • 303.871.4356
  • 214 Ben M. Cherrington Hall
  • Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
    • 2201 South Gaylord Street
    • Denver , CO 80208 USA
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