Biography
Allen S. Weiner is an international legal scholar whose research and teaching focus on international security and conflict resolution. In the international security realm, his work spans such issues as international law and the response to contemporary security threats, the relationship between international and domestic law in the context of armed conflict, the law of war (international humanitarian law), just war theory, and international criminal law (including transitional justice). In the realm of international conflict resolution, his multidisciplinary work analyzes the barriers to resolving intractable political conflicts, with a particular focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His work on misinformation and disinformation includes a focus on the potential harmful uses of social media in conflict settings, including war zones. Weiner’s scholarship is informed by deep experience; he practiced international law in the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Legal Adviser for more than a decade, advising government policymakers, negotiating international agreements, and representing the United States in litigation before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the International Court of Justice, and the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal. He received his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his B.A. from Harvard University.
