Prof Orde F. Kittrie
Prof Orde F. Kittrie
Orde Félix Kittrie is a law professor at Arizona State University (based at its Washington, DC campus) and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He is a leading expert on international law and policy, particularly as it relates to the Middle East; on lawfare; on nonproliferation law and policy; and on U.S. regulation of international business transactions. In 2021, Kittrie received the Serge Lazareff Prize, awarded by NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe for exceptional contributions to NATO in the legal arena.
Kittrie is the author of the book Lawfare: Law as a Weapon of War (Oxford University Press), which describes how and why law is becoming an increasingly powerful and prevalent weapon of war. The book analyzes examples of lawfare conducted by the United States, China, Israel, and the Palestinians as well as non-governmental organizations and individuals.
Prior to entering academia, Kittrie served for eleven years in legal and policy positions at the U.S. State Department, where he received the department’s Superior Honor Award and its Meritorious Honor Award. As the department’s lead nuclear affairs attorney, Kittrie helped negotiate five U.S.-Russia nuclear agreements and a UN treaty to combat nuclear terrorism. He also served as the department’s lead attorney for strategic trade controls, as a lead attorney for public affairs and public diplomacy, and as special assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs. Before joining the State Department, Orde served as legislative assistant and press spokesman for a Member of Congress.
Kittrie has testified before various Senate and House committees and served on a special National Academies of Science committee to make recommendations on preventing nuclear, chemical, and biological proliferation. He has also testified before several state legislatures regarding legislation related to foreign affairs.
Kittrie’s opeds have been published in leading media outlets including the Wall Street Journal and Foreign Affairs, and he has provided on-air commentary for numerous networks and stations including BBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, PBS, and Al Jazeera. He received a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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