Mr. Tyler Rauert, JD

Mr. Rauert joined the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University in May of 2005. He focuses on the study of political violence, just war theory, the law of armed conflict, human rights, transnational organized crime, and security in the Middle East and South Asia. He is currently leading a program that examines the moral and legal environment for dealing with non-state political violence in the Near East and South Asia.

Prior to joining the NESA Center, Tyler was a consultant on the use of force in international law to the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. His work there focused primarily on the application of the law of armed conflict to pioneering military and intelligence techniques and, derivatively, on international pathologies such as terrorism, drug and human trafficking, democide, and aggressive war.

Mr. Rauert previously served as the Research Coordinator for the International Center for Terrorism Studies, where he facilitated the research and compilation of several projects related to terrorism and political violence. He is a member of the American Society of International Law, the American Bar Association, and the District of Columbia Bar.

Education

J.D., American University
M.A., International Affairs, The American University
B.A., Political Science, Truman State University

Areas of Interest

Counter-Terrorism
Illicit Markets, Human Rights
Law of Armed Conflict, International Law, National Security Law

Tyler Rauert, Assistant Professor

Tyler Rauert

"Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people ... a just conception of the rights which their nation has against others and of the duties their nation owes to others."

~ Elihu Root

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Suggested Readings

Arend, A. (2004) Terrorism and Just War Doctrine in Howard and Sawyer (Eds.),Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, New York : McGraw-Hill/Dushkin. pp. 345–355.
de Nevers, R. (2006, Spring). Modernizing the Geneva Conventions. The Washington Quarterly, 29(2), pp. 99-113.
Hoffman, B. (2006, December). From the War on Terror to Global Counterinsurgency. Current History, 105(695), pp. 423-429.
Ignatieff, M. (2002, Winter). Human Rights, the Laws of War, and Terrorism. Social Research, 69(4), pp. 1137-1158.
Kennedy, R. (1999, Spring) Is One Person’s Terrorist Another’s Freedom Fighter? Western and Islamic Approaches to ‘Just War’ Compared. Terrorism and Political Violence, 11(1), pp. 1-21.
Posner, E. (2005, Winter). Terrorism and the Laws of War. Chicago Journal of International Law, 5(2), pp. 423-433.