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  • A Conversation with Alisher Khamidov (M.A. ‘02)

    Episode 32
    Published: 2021-02-08
    Length: 21:32
    Hosts: George Lopez

    George Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies, talks with alum Alisher Khamidov (M.A. '02). Most recently, Alisher was at the University of Notre Dame during fall 2020 as the first alumni visiting research fellow. His career path since graduating with a Kroc master’s degree in 2002 has been wide-ranging. Alisher completed a Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University, worked as a journalist, studied the impact of Muslim migrants in northern England as a postdoctoral fellow, and served as a peace and conflict consultant at the World Bank.

    Topics: Alumni, Central Asia, Digital, Peace Studies, Violence

  • Iran, Saudia Arabia, the United States and the Way Forward

    Episode 4
    Published: 2019-09-27
    Length: 43:27
    Hosts: George Lopez

    A discussion of the escalating tensions between the United States and Iran following September 14 drone strikes on Saudi Aramco oil processing facilities. George Lopez, the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies sits down to talk with Susan Page, visiting professor of the practice at the Keough School of Global Affairs, Ebrahim Moosa, professor Islamic Studies, and David Cortright, Kroc Institute Director of Policy Studies and the Peace Accords Matrix Project.

    Topics: Iran, Middle East Politics, Oil, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Foreign Policy

  • Peace Policy Spotlight: Nuclear War and Climate Change

    Episode 72
    Published: 2023-12-06
    Length: 33:36
    Hosts: Atalia Omer, George Lopez

    This episode is dedicated to our latest issue of Peace Policy, which focuses on the co-mingling of two existential crises of our time: the threat of nuclear war, and potential planetary destruction through climate change.
     
    Atalia Omer, Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies, serves as this year’s faculty editor of Peace Policy. She is joined by George A. Lopez, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies and the guest editor of this Peace Policy issue, for a conversation about essays from our expert contributors, ranging from environmental and nuclear risks in Ukraine, to Pope Francis, to climate change.
     
    Contributors to this issue of Peace Policy include Rachel Bronson, president and CEO of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Drew Marcantonio (Ph.D. '21), Department of Management & Organization within the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, as well as a faculty fellow with the Kroc Institute, and Kristina Hook (Ph.D. '20), an assistant professor of Conflict Management with Kennesaw State University in Georgia; and Jerry Powers, director of Catholic Peacebuilding Studies at the Kroc Institute and coordinator of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network.

    Read all articles in this issue at peacepolicy.nd.edu.

    Topics: Climate change, Nuclear, Nuclear disarmament, Peace Policy

  • Peace Policy Spotlight: The Continuing Challenge of Sanctions Policy Reform

    Episode 46
    Published: 2021-12-01
    Length: 51:19
    Hosts: George Lopez

    Professor George Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, sits down with the authors of the articles appearing in the December 2021 issue of "Peace Policy" focused on sanctions policy reform in three distinct contexts: Iran, Syria, and Venezuela.

    Guests include Esfandyar Batmanhelidj, Founder and CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation; Francisco Rodríguez, the 2021-22 International Affairs Fellow in International Economics at the Council for Foreign Relations and Director of Oil for Venezuela; and Annie Charif, program associate with The Carter Center’s Conflict Resolution Program and Syria project team.

    On December 6, you can read all articles in this issue at peacepolicy.nd.edu. You can also attend a virtual event on Dec. 6 aimed at discussing the humanitarian impact of sanctions. Learn more and register to attend at go.nd.edu/SanctionsEvent.

    You can also explore more work from the Sanctions and Security Project at sanctionsandsecurity.org.

    Topics: International conflict, Iran, Peace Policy, Sanctions, Sanctions and Security Project, Syria, Venezuela

  • Teaching Peace in Active and Post-Conflict Zones

    Episode 14
    Published: 2020-03-02
    Length: 43:40
    Hosts: George Lopez

    George Lopez talks with three other scholar-practitioners about how to teach peace studies in areas where there is active conflict or where conflict has just ended. This episode’s guests include Kroc Institute Visiting Research Fellow Josefina Echavarría Alvarez, Fr. Elias Omondi Opongo, Director of the Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations, and Fr. Matthew Pagan,Vice-Chancellor of the Catholic University of South Sudan. 

    Topics: International conflict, Peace Studies