Professor Michael N. Schmitt is an Affiliate of the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC).
Michael N. Schmitt
Michael Schmitt is Professor of International Law at the University of Reading, Visiting Research Professor at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, and Professor Emeritus at the United States Naval War College. He formerly served as the G. Norman Lieber Distinguished Scholar at West Point, Chair of the Stockton Center for International Law at the US Naval War College, Dean of the George C. Marshall Center European Center for Security Studies, and Professor of Law at the University of Exeter, Durham University, and the United States Air Force Academy. Professor Schmitt is a retired U.S. Air Force judge advocate, having specialized in international and operational law. He is the General Editor of the Lieber Studies series (OUP) and sits on many international law advisory and editorial boards.
Biography last updated: October 2025.
Contact
E-mail: m.schmitt@reading.ac.uk.
