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George A. Lopez 107 Hesburgh Center e-mail: [email protected] Kroc Institute office 574-631-7498 University of Notre Dame cell : 574-315-7118 Notre Dame, IN, 4656

Academic Appointments 2007- 14 Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Chair in Peace Studies, Kroc Institute

for International Peace Studies [Emeritus May, 2014 - present]. 2004-07 Senior Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies 2000-04 Director of Policy Studies, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies 1994-2000 Director, Undergraduate Program in Peace Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies [also 2004-07; 2011 -13]; Full Professor 1992-93 The John M. Regan, Jr. Acting Director, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies; and Professor, Government & International Studies 1986-92 Director, Undergraduate Peace Studies, Joan B. Kroc Institute;

Associate Professor, Government & International Studies 1975-86 Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, Political Science (1975-86); Department

Chair (1980-82); Director, Peace & Global Studies (1978-79,1982-86.) Administrative, Policy and Research Appointments 9/2013 - Vice-President of the Academy for Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, 7/2015 United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC. 10/2010 - United Nations Security Council Panel of Experts, DPRK, 8/2011 Pursuant to UNSC Resolution 1874 10/2009- Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow, The United States Institute of Peace, 7/ 2010 Washington, DC. 8/2001 - Senior Research Associate, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. 6/2002 In addition to research on ethics in the war on terror, assisted with Council’s New

York public programs responding to 9-11, and co-directed their summer institute, Brown University.

7/1998 - Elected Chair, Board of Directors, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Presided 6/2003 over the change in the Doomsday Clock, February 2002.

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5/1997 Interim Executive Director, The Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science 12/1997 The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Chicago, Illinois. 1/1988- Chair, Selection Committee, Grants in Research & Writing for Individuals,

12/1997 Peace and Security Program, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, Illinois.

Professional Honors and Awards Inaugural Non- Residential Research Fellow, The Quincy Institute, November 2019 - present A.J. Muste Annual Lecture in Non-Violence, Hope College, October 14, 2019. United States Fulbright Senior Specialist, Primary Focus in Conflict Resolution and Peace

Studies Program Development, 2018-2022. Ecuador, April-May, 2019. Judge, The 100&Change Competition, The MacArthur Foundation, August – December, 2019.

May – November, 2016. Honorary Doctoral Degree in Arts and Letters. Commencement Speaker. St. John Fisher

College, Rochester, NY, May 12, 2018. Participant, Pope Francis’ Dicastery for ‘A World Free of Nuclear Weapons and for Integral

Nuclear Disarmament’, Vatican City, November 10-12, 2017. “Distinguished Scholar Award” Peace Studies Section, International Studies Association, Presented at ISA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February, 2017. Consultant and Visiting Professor of Peace Studies. Grinnell College, August, 2015 –

May, 2019. Special Study Group, “Advanced Communications Technologies, Economic Sanctions and

Political Repression”. Co-Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and Google Ideas, Washington, DC, June-July, 2013.

The Brad Morse Distinguished Lectureship University of Massachusetts – Lowell,

April 17-19, 2013. Faculty Peace Scholar Award, Valencia College, Orlando, Florida, October 16 – 18, 2011. St. Norbert, Ambassador of Peace Award, St. Norbert College, Wisconsin, September 21-23,

2011. Elected Chair, The Leonard M. Rieser Memorial Fellowship Program, The Bulletin of the

Atomic Scientists, August, 2007 – August, 2010.

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Stimson Center-US Institute of Peace, Study Group on US-Iranian Relations, January – June, 2010. Recipient, Frank O’Malley Teaching Award for Outstanding Mentoring and Teaching

of undergraduates in the University of Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters, May, 2008.

External Reviewer, University Programs in Science, Technology and Security and the American

Association for the Advancement of Science for the The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, March - October 2007.

Recipient, Second Annual ‘Media Legend’ Award. Presented by the University of Notre Dame Office of News and Information to the faculty member making the most significant

contribution to the projection of the University in national news, December 2005. Recipient, Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Political Science, The American

Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha, September 2005. Recipient, Kaneb Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching in the College of Arts and

Letters, May 1999, May 2005, University of Notre Dame. Recipient, Distinguished Service Award for contributions to the United Nations and the

Government of Mexico, Mexican Foreign Relations Committee, Mexico City, April 2005.

Senior Fellow, The Kaneb Center for Teaching, University of Notre Dame, 2004-05. Named in

recognition of outstanding and innovative teaching at the University. Recipient, Reinhold Niebuhr Award, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, May 2003. In

recognition of outstanding international service and ethical leadership on public policy issues.

Recipient, Outstanding Humanitarian Achievement Award, St. John Fisher College, Rochester,

New York, May 2002. In recognition of 25 years of distinguished contributions to peace and human rights.

Co-recipient, Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award for The Sanctions Decade: Assessing

UN Strategies in the 1990s, January 2001 (with David Cortright). Grants Authored and Received The Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding of the United States Institute of Peace, “Case-Studies in Peacebuilding”. August 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012. $ 33,000. The United States Institute of Peace, “Enablers and Mass Atrocities: A Simulation Project”

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August 1, 2010 – December 31, 2011. $ 13,000. The United States Institute of Peace, “Can Sanctions Survive?” The Jennings Randolph Senior Scholar Program, October 1, 2009 – July 1, 2010. $ 80,000. The International Studies Association. Research Workshop Grant, “New Directions in State

Violence and Human Rights” with Victoria Mason, April 2010 – April 2011, $ 9,000. The Government of Canada, “Improving the Coordination and Implementation of Targeted

Sanctions of the United Nations” with David Cortright, March 2009-June 2010. $ 30, 000. CORDAID, Netherlands, “Counter-Terrorism and Development: Avoiding Adverse

Consequences” with David Cortright and Alistair Millar, October, 2007-June 2009. $386,000. The Government of the Netherlands, “Increasing Compliance with United Nations Counter-

terrorism Mandates” with David Cortright and Alistair Millar, June 2005 - July 2006. $52,600.

The Foreign Ministry of Japan. “Assessing UN Progress in Counter-terrorism since September,

2001”. With David Cortright and Alistair Millar, June 2005 - October 2005. $40,000. The United Nations Foundation, “Assessing US and UN Institutional Capacity for Combating

Terrorism,” with the Georgetown University, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), January - December 2005. $20,000.

The United States Institute of Peace, “Targeting Terror: Enhancing the UN Counter-Terrorism

Program”, with David Cortright and Alistair Millar, March 2004 - July 2005. $50,000. The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen, Denmark, “Assessing Future Options for

the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC)”, with David Cortright and Alistair Millar, December 2003 - July 2004. $150,000.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden, “Making Targeted Sanctions Effective,”

with David Cortright, December 2001 - December 2002. $10,000 The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo, Norway, “Studying the Options for Smart

Sanctions on Iraq” with Alistair Millar and David Cortright, July 1, 2000 - March 31, 2001. $30,000

The Canadian Foreign Ministry and the International Peace Academy, New York, “Assessing

Sanctions Reform in the United Nations System” with David Cortright, May 1, 2000 - November 15, 2001. $40,000.

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The Canadian Foreign Ministry and the International Peace Academy, New York, "The Sanctions Decade: Assessing United Nations Sanctions in the 1990s" with David Cortright, May 1, 1999 - March 15, 2000. $40,000.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. "Smart Sanctions" with David Cortright,

March 1 - December 31, 1999. $50,000. The United States Institute of Peace. "Smart Sanctions" with David Cortright, March 1 -

December 31, 1999. $30,000. The United States Institute of Peace. "Assessing the Humanitarian Impact of Economic

Sanctions." September 1, 1996 - June 30, 1997, with David Cortright, Thomas Weiss and Larry Minear. $37,000.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. "The Sword, the Sacred and Global

Security: A Video Project," with Scott Appleby, April 1 - December 31, 1998. $10,000. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. "Economic Sanctions and Humanitarian

Action: Toward Improving United Nations Capacity for Action Without Harming Innocent Civilians," with David Cortright, Thomas Weiss and Larry Minear. January 1, 1997 - December 31, 1997. $40,000.

The Department of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force.

"Assessing the Humanitarian Impact of Economic Sanctions" with David Cortright, Thomas Weiss and Larry Minear. September 1, 1996 - June 30, 1997. $65,000.

The Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, Program in Human Rights. July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1997.

"Protecting Human Rights: A Survey of Transnational Non-Governmental Organizations Working for Human Rights" with Ron Pagnucco and Jackie Smith, $50,000.

Rockefeller Foundation. "Bombs, Carrots and Sticks" with David Cortright. January 1 -

December 31, 1994. $50,000. W. Alton Jones Foundation. "Bombs, Carrots and Sticks" with David Cortright. July 1, 1993 -

June 30, 1995. $100,000. Social Science Research Council, "International Institutions and Transnational Social

Movements" June, 1993 - May, 1994, Co-investigator with Janie Leatherman, Ron Pagnucco and Jackie Smith, $7,500 for authors workshop at Notre Dame.

The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, "Economic Sanctions & International

Relations," Spring, 1993, Co-investigator with David Cortright, $20,000. Lilly Education Endowment. Course Development Grant, "Teaching International Relations as if

Students Mattered". Summer,1990. $5,000.

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Midwest Consortium for International Security Studies: "The Ethical Dimensions of the Changing Use of Force in International Affairs", 1989-1991. $23,000.

Indiana Committee on the Humanities. "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends: Citizens and Their

Governments as Bystanders in a World of Genocide, Terror and Gross Violations of Human Rights." Summer, 1986. $4,000 (co-investigator).

Fulbright Committee. Curriculum Consultant for Undergraduate Education: Latin American

Studies. Earlham College. 1984-1985, $38,000 (co-author). The Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation. "Creating a 'Second Generation' Peace Studies Program,"

1982-1983. $25,000. Exxon Education Foundation. "Curriculum and Faculty Development in International Education"

1981-1982. $45,000 (co-author). Indiana Committee on the Humanities. "Great Decisions Program in Richmond, Indiana," Winter

1981. $2,000. United States Office of Education, International Division. "Improving the Undergraduate

International Studies Curriculum," July 1980-June 1982. $94,000. United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. "Assessing the Needs of the

Elderly and Soon-to-be-Retired." Two grants spanning Spring 1976 - Fall 1978. $26,000. Ford Foundation. Dissertation Fellowship for Mexican-Americans. September 1974 - June 1975.

Graduate Fellowship for Mexican-Americans, July 1973 - August 1974. Significant Invited Presentations 2005-present “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly about Economic Sanctions”, International Relations Council

Kansas City, Missouri. September 14, 2021. “Economic Sanctions and Nuclear Non-Proliferation,” Congressional Members Only Seminar,

Facilitated by Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, June 30, 2021. “Improving the prospects for a peninsula peace with greater security” Policy Plenary Session of the Korea Peace Forum. Seoul, South Korea, September 7, 2020. [Virtual Appearance] “An Overview of Contemporary Economic Sanctions,” Expert Brainstorming on Sanctions and

Human Rights, Organized by the Social Science Research Council, CPPF, with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva on 13-14 January 2020.

“The Current State of US Economic Sanctions” Expert Symposium on the Future of Canadian

Sanctions, Ottawa, ON, October 9-10, 2019.

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“Reducing the Risk of Mass Atrocities: Can Sanctions Help?” Testimony, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing, Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 2200 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. "The North Korean Nuclear Challenge” Canadian International Council and the Centre for Contemporary International History, University of Toronto. February 26, 2018. “Approaches & Strategies for Building Peace & Justice Studies Programs” Keynote address and

accompanying workshop for the Africa Institute on Peace and Justice Studies Program Development within the Catholic Social Tradition, Entebbe, Uganda, November 7-9, 2017

“The Utility of Targeted Sanctions for Dealing with Corrupt Regimes” Presented to The House

of Commons’ Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Government of Canada, Montreal, Canada, October 31, 2016.

“Economic Sanctions: Lessons Learned and Best Practices” Tom Lantos Human Rights

Commission Briefing, Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC. September 29th, 2015.

“Methodologies for Examining Diverse Effects of Sanctions,” Sanctions Branch, Department of Political Affairs, UN Secretariat, New York, July 16, 2015. “The Evolution of United Nations Sanctions,” The Inter-Agency Working Group on Sanctions

(IAWG), Sanctions Branch, Department of Political Affairs, UN Secretariat, New York, July 9, 2015.

“Unintended Consequences of Sanctions on Civilian Populations: A View Over Two Decades,” Experts Meeting, International Civil Society Action Network [ICAN], Washington, DC, April 22, 2015. “Bringing Down the Dictators: The Utility of Smart Sanctions,” The Atlantic Council, Washington, DC., April 15, 2015. “International Negotiations: Theory and Technique” A 6-week training course for 14 young

Diplomats of the UAE, under the sponsorship of CSIS, Washington, DC. April – June 2014.

“Economic Sanctions and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities,” Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, Cardozo Law School, NYU, February 25, 2013. “Controlling the Movement of Illicit Goods for Non-proliferation” Turtle Bay Forum,

Government of Japan at the Japan Society, UN-NY, January 18, 2013 Consultation-Strategic Planning Session on Impact of Economic Sanctions, International Crisis

Group and the Stanley Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, September 5 and 6, 2012.

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“Increasing Cooperation with Sanctions Panels of Experts” for the Expert Seminar “Monitoring Illicit Arms Flows: Sanctions, Networks and Capacity Building,” Sponsored by the

European Union, Government of Sweden, and SIPRI, United Nations Annex, August 28 and 29, 2012.

“United Nations Sanctions for Nuclear Non-proliferation” for the Saudi Arabia diplomatic corps, School of Public and International Affairs, Columbia University, June 25, 2012. Keynote Address, “Current Controversies of Smart Sanctions” for the symposium “Smart

Sanctions and the Rule of Law” NYU Law School, June 21-23, 2012. “Sanctions and the Responsibility to Protect” A diplomatic seminar sponsored by the Dutch

Mission to the UN and Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, New York, June 5, 2012.

“Do Panels of Experts Strengthen the Rule of Law by the Security Council,” A Seminar Sponsored by the Australian Research Council, The Australian National University Centre for International Governance & Justice. Hosted by the Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Thursday 31 May 2012.

Keynote Address "Monitoring arms trafficking via air: emerging trends and long-term solutions" European Union and SIPRI Conference on Sanctions and Illicit Trade, Kiev, Ukraine, March 1-3, 2012.

“Hanging Together or Hanging Separately: Sanctions and the Responsibility to Protect After

Libya” UN Security Council Retreat, Tarrytown, NY, Sponsored by Government of Netherlands, December 8 and 9, 2011.

“Making Panels of Experts More Effective” Address at the Turtle Bay Security Forum, Sponsored by the Government of Japan, December 5, 2011. “Sanctions and Conflict Prevention at the United Nations” A Diplomats Seminar, Sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, New York, November 8, 2011. “Assessing UN Targeted Sanctions” Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade (DFAIT) Government of Canada, March 24, 2011. “Judging UN Sanctions Effectiveness” A Senate staff seminar, hosted by Senator Harry Reid, US Capitol, July 30, 2010. “Recent Trends and Concerns in UN/US Economic Sanctions” Roundtable on UNSC Sanctions,

US Department of State, Washington, DC, July 20, 2010. “Assessing the first year of the UN Panel of Experts for SCR [1874] on DPRK”. A presentation to the National Security Staff, The White House, United States May 25, 2010.

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“Assessing the Utility of New Sanctions on Iran” Testimony, US House of Representatives

Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, One Hundred and Eleventh Congress, December 15, 2009.

“The Efficacy of US and UN Sanctions on Iran” Expert testimony for a United States General Accountability Office Report. April, 2007. “UN Sanctions After Oil-for-Food: Still a Viable Diplomatic Tool?” Testimony, Hearings of the Sub-committee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform One Hundred Ninth Congress, Tuesday, May 2, 2006. “The Volcker Interim Report on the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program” Testimony,

The US House of Representatives Committee on International Relations, February 9, 2005.

Significant Policy Reports More than 30 policy reports, most commissioned by various agencies, governments and United Nations entities, almost all co-authored and involving multilateral sanctions, their impact on humanitarian conditions, and methods for substantive and structural improvement. A number are listed and available through the Sanctions and Security Research Project website at http://www.sanctionsandsecurity.org Significant Professional and Media More than 200 radio, news cast and television interviews regarding issues of peace, violence, economic sanctions or human rights. Since 2000 – all major US Networks, CNN International, BBC, CBC, Australian National Radio, Voice of America, Chosun Ilbo, Japan Times, NPR, Reuters, Bloomberg, and particularly well-known programs such as Anderson Cooper, CNN; Dylan Ratigan, CNBC; The Lehrer News Hour, PBS. Various confidential review panels for major grant making foundations, international and government agencies, as well as various consultant engagements in peace or international affairs research or program development at university campuses in the US, Canada, and Europe. "Named" and invited lectures delivered, program development and evaluation, and curriculum consultations for over 90 colleges, universities and institutes since 1980. International travel and consultations for sanctions, peacebuilding work, and creation of peace studies programs in more than 20 countries.

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Book Publications Sanctions and the Search for Security: Challenges to UN Action. Lynne Rienner Publishers,

2002. (Co-author with David Cortright). The Sanctions Decade: Assessing UN Security Council Sanctions in the 1990s. Lynne Rienner

Publishers, 2000. (Co-author with David Cortright) A Choice award winner for 2000. Edited Volumes Putting Teeth in the Tiger: Improving the Effectiveness of Arms Embargoes. Co-edited and co

-authored with Michael Brozska. Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Volume 10. London: Emerald Press, 2009.

Uniting Against Terrorism: Cooperative Nonmilitary Responses to the Global Terrorist Threat.

Co-edited and Co-authored with David Cortright. The MIT Press, 2007. Towards Smart Sanctions: Targeting Economic Statecraft.. (Co-editor and co-contributor with

David Cortright). Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 Peace and Security: The Next Generation. Readings from The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Rowman & Littlefield, 1997 (contributor; co-editor with Nancy J. Myers). Civilian Pain and Political Gain: Assessing the Humanitarian Impact of Economic Sanctions.

Rowman & Littlefield, 1997. (Co-editor and contributor with David Cortright, Thomas Weiss and Larry Minear).

Economic Sanctions: Panacea or Peace-building in the Post-Cold War World? Westview Press,

1995. (co-editor with David Cortright, contributor). Dependence, Development and State Repression. Greenwood Press, Westport, 1989.

(contributor, co-editor with Michael Stohl). International Relations: Contemporary Theory and Practice Congressional Quarterly Press, 1989.

(co-author with Michael Stohl). Liberalization and Redemocratization in Latin America. Greenwood Press, 1987. (co-editor with

Michael Stohl and contributor). Terrible Beyond Endurance? The Foreign Policy of State Terrorism. Greenwood Press, 1987.

(co-editor with Michael Stohl). Government Violence and Repression: An Agenda for Research. Greenwood Press, 1986. (co-

editor with Michael Stohl and contributor).

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The State as Terrorist: The Dynamics of Governmental Violence and Repression. Greenwood Press, 1984. (co-editor with Michael Stohl and contributor).

Chapters in Books With Beatrix Geaghan-Breiner, “Establishing an ethics of post-sanctions

peacebuilding” in Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick et al., eds. The Ethics of Action: Peace, Rights and Justice. Oxford University Press, 2021.

“From Paradigm Dominance to Paradigm Hybridity: Scholarship’s Relevance to

Peacebuilding,” in Henry Carey, ed. The Impact of Theoretical Diversity on Implementing Sustainable Peace. Cambridge University Press, 2020.

“Economic Sanctions” in Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws, eds.,

The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 446-460.

“The Future of Mediation in a Changing World” in Alexia Georgakopoulos [ed.] The Handbook of Mediation: Theory, Research and Practice. Routledge, 2016. “Targeted Sanctions,” in Michael Dziedzic, ed. Combating Criminalized Power Structures: A

Toolkit, Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, pp. 61-70. “Introduction: The Long Reach of Lou Kriesberg” in Louis Kriesberg, Louis Kriesberg: A

Pioneer in the Sociology of Conflict. Springer Series on Pioneers in Science and Practice. Heidelberg, London and New York: Springer Publishers, 2016.

with Michael Brzoska, “Sanctions Design and Security Council Dynamics,” in Thomas J.

Biersteker, Sue Eckert, and Marcos Tourinho, eds., Targeted Sanctions: The Impacts and Effectiveness of United Nations Action. Cambridge University Press, 2016.

“Human Security, National Security and Rule of Law,” in Leanne McKay, Toward A Rule of

Law Culture: Exploring Effective Responses to Justice and Security Challenges. United States Institute of Peace, 2016, pp. 47-48. http://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/Toward-a-Rule-of-Law-Culture_Practical-Guide_0.pdf

“The utility of related international organizations and law enforcement institutions for the work

of UN sanctions monitors,” in Enrico Carisch and Loraine Rickard-Martin, Sanctions on North Korea (DPRK) and Iran: How to comply with the United Nations Non-Proliferation Regimes – A Practitioner's Handbook. Compliance and Capacity Skills International, LLC. New York, New York, 2016. 3 pages.

“Mobilizing Economic Sanctions for Preventing Mass Atrocities: From Targeting Dictators to

Enablers,” in Shari P. Rosenberg, Tibi Galis and Alex Zucker, eds. New Approaches to Preventing Genocide. Cambridge University Press, 2016, pp. 379 – 392.

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“Enforcing Human Rights Through Economic and Other Sanctions” in Dinah Shelton, ed. The

Handbook of International Human Rights Law. Oxford University Press, 2013. With Alexandra dos Reis, “From Coercive to Protective Tools: The Evolution of Targeted

Sanctions” in Monica Serrrano and Thomas G. Weiss, eds., Rallying to the R2P Cause? The International Politics of Human Rights. Routledge Press, 2013.

“International Economic Sanctions” in Bertrand Badie et al. eds, The International

Encyclopedia of Political Science. SagePublishers Reference Series, 2011. “Introduction” to Andrea Charron, UN Sanctions and Conflict: Responding to Peace and

Security Threats. Routledge Press, 2011.

With David Cortright, “Sanctions as alternatives to war,” in Christopher J. Coyne and Rachel L. Mathers, eds. The Handbook on the Political Economy of War. (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011), pp. 534-570. "Economic Sanctions,” in Encyclopedia of Human Rights, David Forsythe, ed. (New York:

Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 82-87. With David Cortright, “Sanctions, Counterterrorism, and Strategic Peacebuilding,”

in Daniel Philpott and Gerard F. Powers, eds. Strategies of Peace: Transforming Conflict in a Violent World. . (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 169-187.

With David Cortright, “United Nations Sanctions and Nuclear Weapons,” for Jane Boulden,

Ramesh Thakur and Thomas G. Weiss, eds. The United Nations and Nuclear Orders. United Nations University Press, 2009.

“Matching Means with Intentions: Sanctions and Human Rights” in William F. Schulz, ed., The Future of Human Rights: US Policy for a New Era. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. With David Cortright and Linda Gerber, “Sanctions,” in Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws, eds.,

The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations. Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 349-369.

With David Cortright and Linda Gerber, “The Sanctions Era: Themes and Trends in United

Nations Security Council Sanctions Since 1990”, Adam Roberts et al eds., The United Nations Security Council and War: Evolution of Thought and Practice Since 1945. Oxford University Press, 2008.

With Kathryn Stuhldreher, “Sanctions as Counter-Genocide Instruments” in Samuel Totten, ed.,

The Prevention and Intervention of Genocide. Vol. 6 of Genocide: A Critical Bibliographic Review, Transaction Books, 2007, pp. 131-144.

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“Just War Against Iran?” in John Kleiderer et al, eds. Just War, Lasting Peace: What Christian Traditions Can Teach US. Orbis Books, 2006.

“La Reforma al Consejo de Seguridad” in Maria Celia Toro Hernandez, ed., Las Naciones Unidas Rumbo sus 60 Anos de Fundacion. El Colegio de Mexico, 2005, 235 – 245. With David Cortright, “A Sanctions Coordinator: Options for Enhancing Compliance,” in Peter

Wallensteen (ed.), Between Words and War: The New Challenge of International Sanctions. (London: Frank Cass, 2005), pp. 65-74.

With David Cortright and Linda Gerber, “The Role of International Agencies and Regional

Organizations in Sanctions Implementation.” in Peter Wallensteen (ed.), Between Words and War: The New Challenge of International Sanctions. (London: Frank Cass, 2005), pp. 144-158.

With David Cortright, “Learning, Adaptation, and Reform in Security Council Sanctions,” in

David M. Malone, ed. The UN Security Council in the Post-Cold War Era. Oxford University Press, 2003.

With David Cortright, "Sanctions as Instruments of Global Governance," in Raimo Väyrynen,

ed. New Thinking in Global Governance: U.S. and Canadian Perspectives. Roman & Littlefield, 1999.

With David Cortright, "Carrots, Sticks and Cooperation: Economic Tools of Statecraft," in

Barnett Rubin, ed. Preventive Action in International Affairs. A Twentieth Century Fund Book, 1997, pp. 113 - 134.

With David Cortright, "Economic Sanctions in Contemporary Global Relations," in George A.

Lopez and David Cortright, (eds.) Economic Sanctions: Panacea or Peace-building in the Post-Cold War World? Westview Press, 1995, pp. 2 - 19.

With David Cortright, "Research Needs and Policy Concerns in an Era of Sanctions," in George

A. Lopez and David Cortright, (eds.) Economic Sanctions: Panacea or Peace-building in the Post-Cold War World? Westview Press, 1995, pp. 201 - 209.

With Neve Gordon, "Terrorism in the Arab-Isreali Conflict," in Andrew Vallis, ed., New

Thinking in Ethics and International Affairs. Boulder, Colorado: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, pp. 99 - 116.

"Sanctions and Genocide" in Neal Riemer, ed. Protection Against Genocide. Westport. Ct.:

Greenwood Press, 2000, pp. 67 - 84. With Michael Stohl and Clair Apodaca, "Moving Norms to Political Reality: Institutionalizing

Human Rights Standards through the United Nations System" in Chad Alger, ed. The Future of the United Nations System. Tokyo: The United Nations University Press, 1998, pp. 185 - 220.

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"Data Needs and Data Sources in Human Rights Monitoring" in Alex Schmid (ed). Monitoring

Human Rights Observance. PIOOM: Leiden, Netherlands, 1991, pp. 47 With Michael Stohl, "Problems of Concept and Measurement in the Study of Human Rights", in

R. Claude and T. Jabine (eds.) Statistics and Human Rights: Setting the Record Straight. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991, pp. 216 - 234.

"Terrorism in Latin America," in Michael Stohl (ed). The Politics of Terrorism. 3rd ed. Marcel

Dekker, 1987, pp. 497 - 524. With Chris Mitchell, Michael Stohl and David Carleton, "State Terrorism: Issues of Concept and

Measurement" in Stohl and Lopez (eds.) Government Violence and Repression: An Agenda for Research, pp. 1 - 26.

"Ideology, the National Security State and Government Terror," in Government Violence and

Repression: An Agenda for Research, pp. 73 - 96. "A Scheme for the Analysis of Government as Terrorist," in Michael Stohl and George A. Lopez

(eds.) The State as Terrorist, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 1984. "Liberalization and Redemocratization in Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America," in

Liberalization and Redemocratization in Latin America, Greenwood Press, 1987, pp. 3-24.

"The Impact of the New International Economic Order on Latin America: The Case of Mexico"

in Harry Targ and Michael Stohl (eds.), The Global Economy in the 1980s, Schenkman, 1982, pp. 303-342.

"Curricular Challenges of the Post-Cold War Era" in Michael Klare and Dan Thomas (eds).

Peace and World Security Studies: A Curriculum Guide. Lynne Rienner Press, 1994, pp. 3 - 13.

"Conceptual Maps for Peace Studies Programs" in Dan Thomas and Michael Klare (ed.) Peace

and World Order Studies, 5th ed., Westview Press, 1989, pp. 73-86. Articles in Journals Guest Editor of Journal With John Paul Lederach, co-editor and contributor to “The Interdependencies of Practice and

Scholarship,” for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Conflict Engagement and Resolution vol 4 issue 1 (2016).

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists , "Globalization at Century's End," vol. 51, no. 4,

July/August 1995. Guest editor and contributor.

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. "Economic Sanctions: Do They Work?" vol. 49, no. 9,

November 1993. Guest editor and contributor (with David Cortright). THE ANNALS. "Peace Studies: Past and Future," July 1989. (editor and contributor). Journal of Legislation. "The Strategic Defense Initiative." January 1989. (editor and contributor). Chitty's Law Journal. "Terrorism and The State", vol 34. March 1986. (co-editor with Michael

Stohl and contributor). Articles in Peer-Refereed Scholarly Journals “A Ticking Clock for a Timely Moment,” Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law,

Vol 12, no. 2 (August, 2018), 271-273. with David Cortright et al., “Friend, Not Foe: The Role of Civil Society in Preventing Violent Extremism,” Notre Dame Journal of International and Comparative Law Vol II, no. 1 (Spring, 2012), 238-256. “In Defense of Smart Sanctions: A Response to Joy Gordon,” Ethics & International Affairs, vol 26 no 1 (Spring, 2012), 135-146. https://www-cambridge-org.proxy.library.nd.edu/core/journals/ethics-and-international-affairs/article/div-classtitlein-defense-of-smart-sanctions-a-response-to-joy-gordondiv/6E227EB4D50921C7E9D746E2638754B7/core-reader With David Cortright, “Containing Iraq: Sanctions Worked,” Foreign Affairs, July/August, 2004,

90-103. “The Style of the New War: Making the Rules as We Go Along” Ethics & International Affairs,

vol. 16, no 1, (Winter 2001), pp. 21-27. With David Cortright, “Learning from the Sanctions Decade,” Global Dialogue, vol. 2, no. 3,

Summer 2000, pp. 11-24. With David Cortright, "Sanctions and Contending Views of Justice: The Problematic Case of

Iraq," Journal of International Affairs, vol 52, no 2 (Spring 1999), pp. 735-755. “More Ethical than Not: Sanctions as Surgical Tools”, Ethics & International Affairs, vol 13

(Spring 1999), pp. 143-148. (reprinted excerpt) in Henry J. Steiner and Philip Alston, eds. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONTEXT: LAW, POLITICS, MORALITY. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 670-672.

With Jackie Smith and Ron Pagnucco, "Globalizing Human Rights: The Work of Transnational

Human Rights NGOs in the 1990s," Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2 (May 1998), pp. 379 - 412.

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With David Cortright, "Finanzielle Sanktionen: der Schlussel zu einer Strategie 'Intelligenter'

Sanktionen" (Financial Sanctions: The Key to a 'Smart' Sanctions Strategy), Die Friedens-Warte, vol. 22, no. 4 (December 1997), pp. 327 - 336.

With David Cortright, "Economic Sanctions and Human Rights: Part of the Solution or Part of

the Problem?" The International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 1, no. 2 (May 1997) pp. 1 - 25.

With David Pion-Berlin, "Of Victims and Executioners: Argentine State Terror, 1975-1979,

International Studies Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, March 1991, pp. 63 - 86. With William Rose and Gerry Tyler, "Teaching About the Future of US-Soviet Relations,"

International Studies Notes, Spring 1991, pp. 45-49. "The Perils of Peace Studies," THE ANNALS, July 1989, pp. 9-13. "The Development of College Curricula and Programs," THE ANNALS, July 1989, pp. 61-71. With Michael Stohl, David Carleton and Stephen Samuels, "State Violation of Human Rights:

Issues and Problems of Measurement," Human Rights Quarterly. November 1986, pp. 592 - 606.

"State Terror: From the Reign of Terror to Nineteen Eighty-Four," (co-author with Michael

Stohl) in special issue "The State and Terrorism" of Chitty's Law Journal, vol 34 (March 1986), pp. 14 - 32.

"Building a University Peace Education Curriculum for the 1990s." Journal of Peace Research,

no. 2, 1985, pp. 117-128. "Teaching About Terrorism: Notes on Methods and Materials," Terrorism: An International

Journal, Fall 1979, pp. 131-145. Selected Articles in Policy Journals “Hardly the Hermit Kingdom: New Report Reveals North Korea’s Global Reach,” The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 13, 2017.

https://thebulletin.org/hardly-hermit-kingdom-new-report-reveals-north-korea%E2%80%99s-global-reach10616.

“Will new UN sanctions prevent another North Korean nuclear test?” The Bulletin of the

Atomic Scientists, December 9, 2016. http://thebulletin.org/will-new-un-sanctions-prevent-another-north-korean-nuclear-test10270

with Virginia Bouvier, “Sidelining the Spoilers,” ForeignPolicy.Com, November 26, 2014

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http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/11/26/sidelining-the-spoilers/ “Dealing with ‘Enablers’ in Mass Atrocities: A New Human Rights Concept Takes Shape” Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs Ethics Online [June 2012]

“Effective Sanctions: Incentives and UN-US Dynamics” Harvard International Review, vol. XXIX, no 3 (Fall, 2007), pp. 50-55. "Get Out Now," Foreign Policy, May/June 2005. With David Cortright, "Bombs, Carrots and Sticks: The Use of Incentives and Sanctions, Arms

Control Today, March 2005. With David Cortright, “Smarting Under Sanctions: Targeted Sanctions and Zimbabwe”

World Today, March 2002, pp. 1-3. With David Cortright, “Disarming Iraq: Nonmilitary Strategies and Options,” Arms Control

Today, September, 2002, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 3 – 7. With David Cortright, “The Limits of Coercion,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists,

November/December 2000, pp.18-20. With David Cortright, "Trouble in the Gulf: Pain and Promise," The Bulletin of the Atomic

Scientists, vol 54, no. 3 (May/June 1998), pp. 39 - 43. With David Cortright, "The Sanctions Era: An Alternative to Military Intervention," The

Fletcher Forum on World Affairs, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer/Fall, 1995, pp. 65 - 86. With Ron Pagnucco and Jackie Smith, "The Global Tide," The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,

vol. 51, no. 4, July/August 1995. "Ethics in the Gulf War: Not So Clean," The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, vol 47, no. 6.,

September 1991, pp. 30 - 35. "Why the Generals Wage War on the People" The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, vol 46, no.

4, May 1990, pp. 30 - 34. Magazine Articles & Op-Eds in Global and National Press Outlets [Selective List] “How America Could Build Global Opposition to the Coup in Burma” February 4, 2021 https://thehill.com/opinion/international/537372-how-america-could-build-global-opposition-to-the-coup-in-burma with Frank Aum, “A Bold Peace Offensive to Engage North Korea” December 4, 2020 https://warontherocks.com/2020/12/a-bold-peace-offensive-to-engage-north-korea/

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“Joe Biden and the New Administration Could Restore Economic Sanctions” December 4, 2020 https://thehill.com/opinion/international/528816-joe-biden-and-new-administration-could-restore-economic-sanctions With Alistair Millar and David Cortright, “Donald Trump Used the Art of the Deal Buster With Iran” August 20, 2020 https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/512942-donald-trump-used-the-art-of-the-deal-buster-with-the-iran-debacle "It's time to end senseless, endless sanctions," August 7, 2020 https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/08/07/its-time-to-end-senseless-endless-sanctions/ “Targeting the ICC: Misguided Sanctions Imposed Yet Again”, Responsible Statecraft, June 12, 2020. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/06/12/targeting-the-icc-misguided-sanctions-imposed-yet-again/ “May 8, 2018: A Day That Will Live in Acrimony,” Responsible Statecraft, May 8, 2020. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/05/08/may-8-2018-a-day-that-will-live-in-acrimony/ “Rep. Omar Offers Proposal to Effectively Attack Genocide and Rights Abusers Without Going to War,” Responsible Statecraft, February 15, 2020. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/02/15/rep-omar-offers-proposal-to-effectively-attack-genocide-and-rights-abuses-without-going-to-war/ “America is in Deep Trouble” The Hill, January 9, 2020. https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/477570-america-is-in-deep-trouble Iran and U.S. Relations Two Years After Withdrawal from the JCPOA https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-v7jp9-dbb8d4?utm_campaign=u_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=u_share https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/22/iraq-war-wmds-an-intelligence-failure-or-white-house-spin/ https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/427048-ticking-doomsday-clock-warns-yet-again-of-this-dangerous-new-world https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/423277-charting-a-roadmap-for-north-korea https://thehill.com/opinion/international/421493-showdown-at-the-security-council https://thehill.com/opinion/international/400533-the-iran-sanctions-are-bound-to-fail https://thehill.com/opinion/international/395602-fear-over-nuclear-war-runs-high-50-years-after-nonproliferation-treaty

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https://thehill.com/opinion/international/388757-america-should-be-cautious-with-maximum-pressure-iran-sanctions https://thehill.com/opinion/international/384904-south-korea-has-critical-peace-balancing-act-with-north-korea https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/350093-trump-must-send-a-clear-message-to-north-korea-on-its https://www.wbez.org/shows/worldview/sanctions-expert-george-lopez-on-canceled-north-korea-summit-and-us-sanctions-on-iran/ad441bbc-e95b-4668-945c-a1e2113adf2f “Send a Message to North Korea,” THE HILL, Guest Opinion Writer, September 11, 2017 http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/350093-trump-must-send-a-clear-message-to-north-korea-on-its “RealNorthKoreaSanctions,”USNews,July8,2016.http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-07-08/new-us-sanctions-on-north-korea-will-really-matter“NorthKoreaReactstoUNSternMessage:What’sreallygoingon,”Foxnews.com,March4,2016.http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/03/04/north-korea-reacts-to-uns-stern-message-whats-really-going-on.html With three others “UN Sanctions – a call for updated perspectives”, January 11, 2016. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rethinking-economic-sanctions-by-kofi-a-annan-and-kishore-mahbubani-2016-01#comments with William Taylor, “Europe Must Increase Sanctions on Russia,” CNN guest editorial, July 24, 2014. “Iran Agreement Sets Agenda for Talks Toward Larger Pact,” USIP, The Olive Branch, November 25, 2013. http://www.usip.org/olivebranch/iran-agreement-sets-agenda-talks-toward-larger-pact “Don’t wait for Syria to cross ‘the red line’” CNN guest editorial, December 7, 2012. Podcast: “Iraq sanctions” International Relations and Security Network, Nov. 7, 2012. http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Digital-Library/Podcasts/Detail/?lng=en&id=154554 “The only glimmer of hope for Syria” CNN guest editorial, June 8, 2012. “Will Obama’s Move Thwart Murderous Regimes?” CNN guest editorial, April 25, 2012 “Assad won’t beat the Annan Plan for Long,” Christian Science Monitor, April 18, 2012.

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“Smart Sanctions Work” Commonweal, February 10, 2012. “So Much Worse Than Civil War,” The Huffington Post, January 18, 2012

“Seizing the Sanctions Moment” Christian Science Monitor, August 16, 2011.

“Iran Sanctions” The US Institute of Peace, June 10, 2010. http://www.usip.org/publications/the-issues-iran-sanctions

“Iran Nuclear Standoff: The Fog of Sanctions,” World Politics Review, May 26, 2010.

"With Sanctions Against Iran, Congress Should Defer to the President" The Huffington Post, February 25, 2010

"Improving Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism" The Huffington Post, December 17, 2009

"Military Necessity?” America, February 2, 2009.

• from 2004-2006 I wrote a monthly column on World Affairs for the Sunday edition of La Opinion, the largest Spanish language daily news publication in the US. Individual articles not listed here

“Descending into Dirty Harry Ethics,” America, September 11, 2006. “Ethics Outflanked,” America, March 6, 2006. “Counting the Cost: Telling the Truth About Civilians Killed”, Sojourners Magazine, vol. 34, no.

2 (February 2005) p.9. “A Quagmire: Vietnam, Iraq and other analogies” Commonweal, January 16, 2004, pp.11-12. With David Cortright, “’War on Terror’ or Real Security,” Sojourners Magazine, January 2004,

vol. 33, no 1, 30-34. “Just? Unjust? The morality of pre-emptive war” Sojourners Magazine, vol. 33, no. 5 (May

2004) pp. 20-25. “Iraq & Just War Thinking” Commonweal, September 27, 2002, pp. 14 -15.

“AfterSeptember11:HowEthicsCanHelp”http://americamagazine.org/issue/345/article/after-september-11 With David Cortright, “Toward More Effective and More Ethical Sanctions,” America,

November 25, 2000, pp. 18-22. "The Sanctions Dilemma: Hype Doesn't Help" Commonweal September 11, 1998, pp. 10 - 12.

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With David Cortright, "What to do about Iraq? The moral dilemma of sanctions" Sojourners,

March-April, vol 27, no 2 (1998), pp. 12 - 13. "Making Peace Studies Viable," invited column for the special supplement of the Christian

Science Monitor, January 31, 1986. "Lessons for the Disarmers," Christian Science Monitor, Friday, June 18, 1982, p. 22. Critical and Anonymous Reviews Academic and Professional Journals: The ANNALS, American Political Science Review, Armed Forces and Society, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Ethics & International Affairs, European Journal of International Affairs, International Studies Review, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Building and Development, Peace & Change: A Journal of Peace Research, The Review of Politics, International Relations, International Affairs, International Studies Quarterly, Political Methodology, Maryland Journal of International Law, American Journal of Political Science, International Interactions, Comparative Political Studies, Conflict Quarterly, Terrorism: An International Journal, Terrorism, Violence and Insurgency, Human Rights Quarterly, The Mershon Review of International Studies Presses: University: Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Chicago, Colombia, Cornell, Notre Dame, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Syracuse, Johns Hopkins; Indiana, SUNY, Georgia; seventeen commercial presses. Educational Background 1975 Ph.D., Syracuse University, The Maxwell School, International Relations 1974 M.A., Syracuse University, The Maxwell School, International Relations 1972 B.A., St. John Fisher College, Rochester, N.Y., History

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