FPA’s W. Michael Reisman Distinguished Lecture on International Law and Diplomacy with Prof. Tim Bakken

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for the annual W. Michael Reisman Distinguished Lecture on International Law and Diplomacy. This year’s speaker is Prof. Tim Bakken, professor of law in the Department of Law & Philosophy at the United States Military Academy at West Point. The title of this year’s lecture is “The Cost of Loyalty: The Military and the Prosecution of Foreign Policy”

The lecture will be held at the SUNY Global Center, located at 116 East 55th Street, on Wednesday, October 28th, 2026, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. There will be a reception following the lecture until 8:00 pm.

To register, use the link on this website or contact [email protected].

Thank you to FPA Director and Partner at Sidley Austin, Tai-Heng Cheng, for supporting the W. Michael Reisman Distinguished Lecture Series.

About the Speaker:

Professor Tim Bakken is a professor of law in the Department of Law & Philosophy at the United States Military Academy.

He has worked in civil and criminal litigation in New York City, at law firms, and as an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn. He has been a visiting scholar or fellow at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, University of Sydney Law School, Columbia University School of Law, New York Law School, and Australian National University College of Law.

Bakken served as an advisor to the National Military Academy of Afghanistan in Kabul, where he created the Department of Law. He has been a visiting professor at Ural State Law University in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and the University of Chile in Santiago as a Fulbright Specialist.