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  • Iran and U.S. Relations Two Years after Withdrawal from the JCPOA

    Episode 20
    Published: 2020-05-08
    Length: 30:08
    Hosts: Mahan Mirza

    Mahan Mirza, Executive Director of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion and Kroc Institute Teaching Faculty, talks with Professor Emeritus George Lopez and Kroc Institute Faculty Fellow Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, about U.S. and Iran relations two years after the U.S. withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (or Iran Nuclear Deal).

    Topics: Iran, Nuclear, U.S. Foreign Policy

  • 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: 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