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12 K R O C I N T H E N E W S The media turned to Kroc Institute scholars for expert opinion on the potential of weapons inspections and sanctions, the ethics of war against Iraq, and other issues of international importance. George A. Lopez, Director of Policy Studies, and Faculty Fellow David Cortright were especially busy, giving scores of interviews and speeches. The following is a selected list of interviews and opinion pieces during the academic year 2002-2003. “Let the UN Decide,” editorial in USA Today by George A. Lopez, May 7, 2003. “The Search for Evidence,” The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, April 22, 2003 (interview with George A. Lopez). “Who’ll Control Iraq’s Oil? Tangled Questions Abound,” by Felicity Barringer and Neela Banerjee, New York Times, April 9, 2003 (quoting Robert Johansen). “U.S. May Spurn U.N. Sanctions on Iraq to Spur Reconstruction,” by Neil King Jr. and Jess Bravin, Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2003 (quoting George A. Lopez). “What We Do Now,” by David Cortright, The Nation (April 21, 2003). “Iraq: Post-war,” Radio Catalunya, April 9, 2003 (interview with John Paul Lederach). “Civilians and Warfare,” WBEZ’s Odyssey, March 24, 2003 (interview with George A. Lopez). “Pyrrhic Diplomacy Increases Risk,” Michiana Point of View by Daniel Lindley, South Bend Tribune, March 18, 2003. “What Is the Political Significance of the Peace Demonstrations in the United States and Europe?” Canadian Broadcasting Company, Evening World News, February 7, 2003 (interview with Robert Johansen). “Confronting Iraq/Protests Peace Activists; Rallies Seeking Time for UN,” the Boston Globe, January 28, 2003, (interview with David Cortright, by Tatsha Robertson). “Weapons Inspectors’ Report & Current Situation with Iraq,” The Bev Smith Show, American Urban Radio Network, January 28, 2003 (interview with George A. Lopez). “Inspecting Iraq,” the New York Times, Jan. 27, 2003 (cites “U.N. Weapons Inspections in Iraq” by David Cortright, Alistair Millar, George A. Lopez and Linda Gerber). “Iraq War,” NPR, the Diane Rehm Show from WAMU, Washington, D.C., January 21, 2003 (interview with David Cortright). “Protesting War in Iraq,” U.S. News & World Report, (pp. 22-23), January 20, 2003 (interview of David Cortright with reporter Bay Fang). “Protesting War: Groups Battle Stereotypes, Too,” Chicago Tribune, January 17, 2003 (interview with David Cortright by reporter Karen Brandon). “Setting a Timetable on Iraq Inspections,” the News Hour with Jim Lehrer, January 15, 2003 (interview with George A. Lopez). “War Against Iraq: A Dangerous Bet,” by Daniel Lindley, Chicago Tribune, October 27, 2002. “Is an Attack against Iraq a ‘Just War’?” NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, October 18, 2002 (interviews with Fr. Michael Baxter and George A. Lopez). “Iraq not alone in defying resolutions of U.N. Body,” by David R. Sands, The Washington Times, September 21, 2002 (cites research by George A. Lopez and David Cortright). “Making Peace Post-September 11,” Radio Catalunya, September 13, 2002 (interview with John Paul Lederach). “The Aftermath of September 11,” WVPE, National Public Radio, August 29, 2002, (interview with Robert Johansen by Mary Ann Holland). outreach
International Consultations Daniel Philpott, Kroc Institute faculty fellow and assistant professor of political science, continued his work in faith-based reconciliation in Kashmir (India side) as Senior Associate of the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy. In October 2002, he helped to conduct a meeting among civil society leaders and to train Kashmiri leaders in reconciliation in Srinagar. He also participated in an exploratory trip to the region of Ladakh. In January 2003, he co-led a three-and-a-half day seminar on faith-based reconciliation for approximately 80 Kashmiris, both Hindu and Muslim. In late May and early June, he co-led a seminar in Srinagar once again. On all three trips, he also helped to conduct “track two diplomacy” among military, religious, and political leaders in Srinagar, Jammu City, and New Delhi. John Paul Lederach, professor of international peacebuilding, visited the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue headquarters in Geneva from June 30-July 1 to meet with the staff and team involved in mediation efforts in Aceh Province of Indonesia. Aceh has struggled with an armed conflict for many years. It is a remote Province in the Indonesian islands, almost exclusively Muslim. In mid-September, Lederach traveled to Colombia, to complete the first phase of work on conflict transformation, peacebuilding and reconciliation with the Secretariado Nacional of the Pastoral Social. He also met with University Javeriana representatives, to discuss the school’s specialization of conflict resolution. Lederach spent the first half of October conducting a training workshop in Paris with Caritas Internationalis, and visiting Tajikistan to continue development of a national curriculum on conflict resolution. The training included a small group of people responsible for developing, launching and overseeing the training of trainers around the world, using a recently developed manual on peacebuilding. Much of the manual relied upon exercises and writings from Lederach’s training materials. He helped introduce and clarify the training exercises, and helped participants think about approaches to regional training. The Tajikistan visit was the third session in the process of facilitating the preparation and eventual implementation of the national curriculum on conflict resolution, from a base of seven universities located in five regions of the country. Lederach visited Spain from November 3 through 8, to continue a series of lectures for the UNESCO specialization on conflict resolution and culture of peace, located at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The course, begun four years earlier, is taught over eight months and relies on a wide variety of visiting theorists and practitioners. During 2002-2003, Robert Johansen was invited on several occasions to make the case for establishing a world parliamentary forum, primarily on the internet, that would invite all democratically elected legislators in national parliaments and congresses to communicate with each other to solve common global problems. The initiative is moving toward establishment, with parliamentarians from more than two dozen countries interested in developing issue networks on conflict and war prevention, energy and environment, and HIV/AIDS. Johansen sits on the board of the new organization, called e-Parliament. 13
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