John Bolton, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, To Speak at Duke

Diplomat and attorney John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Bush administration, will give a talk titled "Obama's New International Order," at Duke University Oct. 1.

The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Room 3041 at Duke Law School, and is free and open to the public.

Bolton gained a reputation for his outspoken views on reform in the United Nations and his opposition to U.S. membership in the International Criminal Court. He is currently a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Bolton's experience over three Republican administrations included senior positions with the Department of Justice and the U.S. Agency for International Development. As a senior State Department official in charge of arms control and international security, he helped craft the United States' post-9/11 foreign policy.

Prior to his service in the State Department, Bolton was a senior vice president at the American Enterprise Institute as well as an assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice. He holds a bachelor's degree and a law degree from Yale University.

The event is sponsored by the Duke University Program in American Grand Strategy, the Federalist Society at Duke Law, Duke's Program in American Grand Strategy, the International Law Society and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies.