Allen Weiner in the Caucasus

Allen S. Weiner, JD ’89, is a senior lecturer in law at Stanford Law School, where he serves as director of the Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law, director of the Stanford Humanitarian Program, and director of the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation. Allen is a scholar of international law, and his research and teaching focus on the fields of international security and international conflict resolution, as well as the challenges of online misinformation and disinformation. In the realm of international security, his work spans such issues as international law and the response to the contemporary security threats, the law of war, and international criminal law (including transitional justice).  In the realm of international conflict resolution, his highly multidisciplinary work analyzes the barriers to resolving violent political conflicts. His scholarship is deeply informed by experience: He practiced international law in the U.S. Department of State for more than a decade, advising government policy makers, negotiating international agreements and representing the United States in litigation before international courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice and the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.

Allen has long been interested in the Caucasus region because of the importance Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia to regional security issues, including their relations with Russia, Turkey, and Iran, their important role in matters related to energy security, and the longstanding conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.