Frans Alphons Maria Alting von Geusau (1969)

Frans Alphons Maria Alting von Geusau (born 26 June 1933 in

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) is a Dutch legal scholar and diplomat. He has a law degree from the

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and attended the

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1958-1959. He earned a doctorate in 1962, and founded the Dutch program of youth volunteers ( Jongeren Vrijwilligers Programma) the following year. He was Professor of International Law at the

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from 1965 to 1998.H. Beukers: ''Album Scholasticum academiae lugduno-batavae MCMLXXV-MCMLXXXIX.'' (1975-1989), Leids Universiteits-Fonds, Leiden, 1991 He has been a visiting professor at

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, the

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and the

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. He was also an advisor on international law and diplomat for the Dutch government. He was Vice President of the

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from 1984 to 1992, and has been active within

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Works

* ''Economic relations after the Kennedy Round.'' 1969 * ''The Lome convention and a new international economic order.'' 1969 * ''The Future of the international monetary system.'' 1970 * ''European perspectives on world order.'' 1975 * ''Uncertain détente.'' 1979‎ * ''The Pacific Rim and the Western world: strategic, economic, and cultural perspectives.'' 1987 * ''Beyond containment and division : Western cooperation from a post-totalitarian perspective.'' 1992 * ''Realism and moralism in international relations: essays in honor of Frans A.M. Alting von Geusau.'' 1998 * ''Cultural Diplomacy: waging war by other means?'' 2009 * ''The Illusions of Détente.'' 2009 * ''Western Cooperation. Origins and History.'' 2009 * ''European Unification into the Twenty First Century: Fading, Failing, Fragile?'' 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alting Von Geusau, Frans Alphons Maria 1933 births Living people College of Europe alumni 20th-century Dutch diplomats Dutch legal scholars Leiden University alumni Tilburg University faculty People from De Bilt