Recent professional activities by George A. Lopez The Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC Professor of Peace Studies, Emeritus Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

Author: Kelli Brown

George Lopez Hesburgh Professor of Peace Studies Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies

Community Service:

Volunteer Fundraising, Duneland Democrats, 2022-present

Board of Directors, Peace and Justice Institute, Orlando, Florida 2010-present

United Nations Security Council Panel of Experts, DPRK, Pursuant to UNSC Resolution (1874) 5/2022-4/2023

Consultant to Social Science Research Council, Conflict Prevention

Forum, for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, “Developing a Methodology for Assessing the Impact of Economic Sanctions on Human Rights in Targeted Nations” 1/2022-12/2022.

Teaching (including off-campus):

United States Fulbright Senior Specialist, Primary Focus in Conflict Resolution and Peace

Studies Program Development, 2018-2023. On-site in Ecuador, April-May 2019.

Publications:

"Economic Sanctions Repurposed for Peace, Denuclearization, and Human Rights,” in The Role of American, Korean, and Japanese Religion for Peace in Northeast Asia - DMZ to HIROSHIMA. The contribution stemmed from his participation in the October 2023 Catholic Peace Forum held in Seoul, South Korea, and Hiroshima, Japan.

Co-author and Co-conference Chair: Final Report of the Wilton Park, UK Report: Taking Sanctions Reform Further to Advance Humanitarianism. September 7,  2023.

 “Time to recalibrate US Sanctions for Human Rights” Inkstick, January 7, 2022

"As Russia braces for battle, sanctions can still be a deterrentThe Hill, January 21, 2022.

Co-author with David Cortright, “How to mix sanctions and diplomacy to avert disaster in Ukraine,” 

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, February 1, 2022, with particular reference to The Bulletin article, media appearance.

Democracy Now! February 9, 2022 Co-author with David Cortright, “US-EU Sanctions will pummel the Russian economy”

The Conversation, Published: February 25, 2022, 6:14 pm EST Updated: February 27, 2022, 6:18 pm EST

Co-author with Beatrix Geaghan-Breiner, “Using Economic Sanctions to Prevent Mass Atrocities”, Policy Brief, International Association of Genocide Scholars, December 2022.

Academic Lectures and Conference Presentations:

“Tracking DPRK Sanctions Evasion: How the UN Panel of Experts Conducts their Work,” James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Washington, DC 7 November 2022.

“How the UN Panel of Experts for North Korea works to stifle proliferation financing.”

East Asia Forum, Financial Action Task Force, Tokyo Japan, 13 April 2023.

“New Insights and Opportunities in Sanctions and Leverage for Peacemaking” at the Inclusive Peace Processes & Reconciliation Roundtable, United States Institute of Peace, Washington DC, September 26, 2023.

Assessing Peace Studies: A Framework for Conversation for the Swarthmore College Department of Peace and Conflict Studies” A Report for the February 5-6, 2024 Faculty Workshop.

“Three Queries About Peace in Our Time” Swarthmore College, February 6, 2024.

Other Service to the University and Community:

What would you fight for? Fighting to End Corruption

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