Rate My Professor Oona Hathaway

Hathaway's research specializes in international law, foreign relations law, national security law, use of force, human rights, war powers, treaties, cyberwarfare, and global governance. Notable publications include the book The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World (with Scott J. Shapiro, Simon & Schuster, 2017), recipient of the 2018 Scribes Book Award and named a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice; Foundations of International Law and Politics (with Harold H. Koh, 2004); and recent articles such as "The Dangerous Rise of 'Dual-Use' Objects in War" (with Azmat Khan and Mara Revkin, Yale Law Journal, 2025), "Mistakes in War" (with Azmat Khan, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2024), and "International Law Goes to War in Ukraine" (Emory International Law Review, 2024). She has been awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship (2026), Berlin Prize (2025–2026), and elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2025). Hathaway serves on the Advisory Committee on International Law for the U.S. Department of State (since 2005), is President-elect of the American Society of International Law, founding executive editor of Just Security, and reporter for the Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States.