Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli

Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli
Research Assistant

Biography:

Leslie-Anne is a PhD candidate in International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Her research focuses on the prevention principle in international environmental law. She also regularly writes on law of sea issues.
She holds a Master of Arts in international relations/political science from Sciences Po Paris, and a Master of Laws from the Sorbonne University. Before joining the CCDP, Leslie-Anne gained work experience at the French Ministry of Defence and in various think tanks, following the strategic developments within the EU security and defence policy and also in North East Asia.
Leslie-Anne also worked at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in London, where she assisted with research in the Maritime Programme, working closely with the UK Ministry of Defence and the Royal Navy.

• International law and international organizations, with a focus on the interconnection between law and politics
• International environmental law
• Law of the sea
• Maritime security (including boundary disputes, piracy and Arctic security)
• Defense and security policy (policy and operational developments amongst major navies)
• East Asian security

• La Convention des Nations Unies  sur le droit de la mer. Instrument de régulation des relations internationales par le droit, Editions L’Harmattan, collection Justice internationale, 192 pages, September 2011.
• “The Case for America joining the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea”, RUSI.org, August 2011. 
• “The UK and the Law of the Sea”, RUSI Newsbrief, June/July 2011.
• “Epistolary Revolt. The Crisis in French Foreign Policy and Diplomacy”, RUSI.org, February 2011.