Michael Schmitt

Michael Schmitt (Bluesky – LinkedIn) is Professor of International Law at the University of Reading, Distinguished Scholar at NYU School of Law’s Reiss Center on Law and Security, Affiliate at Harvard Law School’s Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, and Visiting Research Professor at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law. He formerly served as the G. Norman Lieber Distinguished Scholar at West Point, Chair of the Stockton Center for International Law at the US Naval War College, where he is Professor Emeritus, Dean of the George C. Marshall Center European Center for Security Studies, and Professor of Law at the University of Exeter, Durham University, and the United States Air Force Academy. Professor Schmitt is a retired U.S. Air Force judge advocate, having specialized in international and operational law, and graduate of the U.S. Naval War College (1st in Class) and Air War College. He is the General Editor of the Lieber Studies series (OUP) and sits on many international law advisory and editorial boards.