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Anne-Marie Slaughter, PhD, JD Biography
Title:	Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
Position:	Con to the question "Should the US Have Attacked Iraq?"
Reasoning:	"It seems to me when the basis for why we were going in and why we were asking the UN to authorize what we were doing was we were saying there are weapons of mass destruction. It is not an imminent threat but if we don't act now, we're going to be in big trouble. And other countries said -- I think in retrospect with some justification -- well are you sure of your intelligence and why don't we send the inspectors back in and why don't we adopt a much more rigorous regime. And for them -- for us then to go in and discover that there really wasn't anything, it essentially -- it certainly hurt our credibility but it -- it meant why didn't we wait. Why couldn't we have waited a little bit longer?" "The Best Defense," Uncommon Knowledge, Hoover Institute, May 26, 2005
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Experts Individuals with PhD's, JD's, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the US - Iraq conflict.
Involvement and Affiliations:	Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University President, American Society of International Law Founder and Faculty Director, Princeton Colloquium on International Affairs Invited Lecturer, Hague Academy of International Law, Millennial Lectures, Summer 2000 Invited Lecturer, Nordic Academy of International Law, Summer 2000 Allen Chair Professor, T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, 1994 Russell Baker Scholar, University of Chicago Law School, 1990 Recipient, Francis Deak Prize, awarded by the American Journal of International Law for "International Law and International Relations Theory: A Dual Agenda" (prize shared with Steven Ratner), 1994 Recipient, Francis Deak Prize, awarded by the American Journal of International Law for "The Alien Tort Statute and Judiciary Act of 1789: A Badge of Honor," 1990 Recipient, Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard-Danforth Center for Teaching and Learning, 1984 Recipient, Princeton University Daniel M. Sachs Memorial Scholarship (for two years of study at Oxford University) Phi Beta Kappa, 1980 Recipient, Woodrow Wilson School R.W. van de Velde Award, 1979
Education:	PhD, International Relations, Oxford University, 1992 JD, Harvard Law School, 1985 MA, International Relations, Oxford University, 1982 BA, Princeton Univeristy, 1980
Other:	None found
Quoted in:	1. Was the preemptive invasion of Iraq a violation of international law?

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