David L. Bosco is an American journalist, author and academic who writes on the subject of international relations with a focus on the United Nations, international courts, and the law of the sea. Currently, he is the executive associate dean of Indiana University's Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.

Early life

He was born and grew up in

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, where he attended St. Albans School. In 1995, Bosco received an A.B. (

Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...

), magna cum laude, from

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate education, undergraduate college of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Part of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Scienc ...

, where he was also the associate editorial chair of ''

The Harvard Crimson ''The Harvard Crimson'' is the student newspaper at Harvard University, an Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The newspaper was founded in 1873, and is run entirely by Harvard College undergraduate students. His ...

''. He earned an M.Phil. (

Master of Philosophy A Master of Philosophy (MPhil or PhM; Latin ' or ') is a postgraduate degree. The name of the degree is most often abbreviated MPhil (or, at times, as PhM in other countries). MPhil are awarded to postgraduate students after completing at leas ...

) in international relations from

Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

in 1996. In 2001, Bosco earned a J.D. (Juris Doctor), magna cum laude, from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United ...

Career

Bosco worked on refugee issues in post-war

Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

. He began as a volunteer with the American Refugee Committee and then became head of its

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office. He later served as deputy director of a joint

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NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member s ...

project on repatriating refugees in Sarajevo. After returning to the United States and while enrolled in Harvard Law School, Bosco interned at NATO Military Headquarters in

Mons, Belgium Mons (; German and , ; Walloon language, Walloon and ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortifi ...

. In 2000, he served as a law clerk in the legal advisor's office of the U.S. State Department. After graduating from law school, Bosco was a

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, from 2001 to 2002. He conducted research on criminal justice reform and published a feature article in '' Legal Affairs''. From 2002 to 2004 he was an attorney at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. There, he specialized in international arbitration, litigation and antitrust law. From 2004 to 2006, he was senior editor at ''Foreign Policy'' magazine. He remains a contributing editor with the magazine and writes its Multilateralist Blog. In his current position at Indiana University, Bosco teaches courses on world politics, international organization, and international law. In 2023, he wa
named
executive associate dean of Indiana University's Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He has also designed and taught courses on the

International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organization and International court, international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute ...

and the United Nations at American University's Washington College of Law.

Major awards

* 2023: Fulbright Research Scholar, Spain * 2008: Next Generation Fellow in the study of international organizations, American Assembly * 2001: Fulbright Scholar, Chile * 2001: Frederick Sheldon Prize * 2000: Derek Bok Teaching Prize at Harvard University

Books

* ''The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World's Oceans'' * ''Rough Justice'', David Bosco (

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, 2014). * ''Five to Rule Them All'', (Oxford University Press, 2009).

Major published articles

*
Course Corrections: The Obama Administration at the United Nations
" ''Hague Journal of Diplomacy'' 6 (2011), 335–349. *
The International Criminal Court and Crime Prevention: Byproduct or Conscious Goal?
" 19 ''Michigan State Journal of International Law'' 163 (2010). *

" ''The Washington Post'', Outlook Section, April 4, 2010. *
Military Necessity vs. Moral Principle
" ''The American Scholar'', Vol. 77, No. 1, Winter 2008. *
The Debt Frenzy
," rticle on sovereign debt lawsuits''Foreign Policy'', July/August 2007.

TV appearances and radio broadcasts

Bosco has provided commentary and analysis for

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National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...

, and the

Voice of America Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is an international broadcasting network funded by the federal government of the United States that by law has editorial independence from the government. It is the largest and oldest of the American internation ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bosco, David Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male journalists St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.) alumni American foreign policy writers American male non-fiction writers American magazine editors International relations scholars Harvard Law School alumni The Harvard Crimson people Alumni of the University of Cambridge Harvard College alumni