Bio

David Bosco is a contributing writer at Foreign Policy magazine and assistant professor at American University's School of International Service. He is currently writing a book on the U.N. Security Council. He was senior editor at Foreign Policy between 2004 and 2006. Previously, he was an attorney at the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton with a focus on international arbitration, litigation, and antitrust matters. Between 1996 and 1998, he served as a political analyst and journalist in Bosnia and Herzegovina and as deputy director of a joint United Nations-NATO project on refugee repatriation in Sarajevo. A former Fulbright scholar, he received his law degree from Harvard Law School, a master's degree in international relations from Cambridge University, and a bachelor's degree from Harvard University. His writings have appeared in a variety of publications, including the Washington Post, Slate, the New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal-Europe, the American Prospect, and Legal Affairs. He has provided commentary and analysis for CNN, National Public Radio, Voice of America and a variety of other outlets.