Richard Alemdjrodo is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Lomé, Togo. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Saarland, Germany. He also held a postdoctoral position at the University of Montreal, Canada, and was a research fellow at the University of Paris V, René Descartes. His research and teaching interests include international law, law and society, trade, and international security. He is a 2016 recipient of the Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network Individual Research Grant.