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George A. Lopez, Ph.D.<br />
Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Chair, Peace Studies<br />
Biography<br />
George Lopez has written more than 20 articles and book chapters, as well as five books, on<br />
economic sanctions, U.N. sanctions on Iraq, and counter-terrorism. His volume, co-authored<br />
with David Cortright, The Sanctions Decade: Assessing UN Strategies in the 1990s has drawn<br />
critical acclaim, including being named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2000. Their<br />
book, Uniting Against Terror, was released in October, 2007 by MIT Press.<br />
With Cortright and Alistair Millar, Lopez wrote Winning Without War: Sensible Security<br />
Options For Dealing With Iraq in October 2002. The policy brief has been called the most<br />
influential document in Europe and the U.S. for those favoring an alternative to war with<br />
Iraq. Lopez and Cortight’s research detailing the unlikely presence of WMDs in Iraq was<br />
detailed before the war in Disarming Iraq in Arms Control Today (Sept. 2002), and then<br />
further articulated after the war in Containing Iraq: the Sanctions Worked in Foreign Affairs<br />
(July/August, 2004). In 2005 and 2006, Lopez testified before relevant U.S. Congressional<br />
Committees regarding corruption and other issues within the UN Oil-for-Food program.<br />
Lectures<br />
Can We Achieve Peace in the War on Terror?<br />
Will the so-called Global War on Terror last for a generation, as Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld predicted? How might peace with<br />
justice be attained in this struggle?<br />
Is Just War Theory Dead?<br />
Catholics have long maintained that war can, and should, be governed by serious ethics—regarding both the decision to wage war<br />
and how to fight a war. In light of the “global war on terror” and ongoing controversies surrounding the war in Iraq, does the just<br />
war theory have any relevance?<br />
The New World of Peacebuilding<br />
In the not-too-distant past, the task of securing peace rested on the shoulders of generals and diplomats. Now the tasks of<br />
rebuilding war-torn societies is so complex that we need a new transnational coalition of citizens and groups which are engaged<br />
in multiple activities from police training to religious reconciliation. This lecture explores how and where such activities are<br />
occurring.<br />
Categories<br />
Ethics, Government, Social<br />
Concerns<br />
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