Ryan Goodman

Ryan Goodman (X – Bluesky – YouTube – LinkedIn) is founding co-editor-in-chief of Just Security. He is the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Reiss Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law. He served as Special Counsel to the General Counsel of the Department of Defense (2015-16).

Ryan is also a Professor of Politics and Professor of Sociology at NYU. He was the inaugural Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Harvard Law School. He received a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.D. from Yale University, and a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Other media and appearances: CNN’s Out Front legal analyst, 60 Minutes, The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner interview, New York Historical, TIME, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, Axios, and others.

Areas of Expertise: Democracy, Rule of Law, National Security Law, International Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force, Human Rights Law.