Curriculum Vitae

Fourth Freedom Forum
803 North Main Street
Goshen, IN 46528
Phone: 574-534-3402, ext. 14
Fax: 574-534-4937
Email: dcortright@fourthfreedom.org

Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
305 Hesburgh Center
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: 574-631-8536
Fax: 574-631-6973

   EDUCATION                                                                                                                            
  • Ph.D., Political Science, Union Graduate School (The Union Institute) Washington, D.C
  • 1975
  • M.A., History, New York University, New York, NY
  • 1970
  • B.A., History, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
  • 1968
        EMPLOYMENT                                                                                                                     
  • Research Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
    University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
  • 1989-present
  • President, Fourth Freedom Forum, Goshen, IN
  • 1992-present
  • Co-Director, SANE/Freeze, Washington, D.C.
  • 1987-1988
  • Executive Director, SANE, Washington, D.C.
  • 1978-1988
  • Youth Fellow, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, Washington, D.C.
  • 1974
  • Enlisted, U.S. Army
  • 1968-1971
         TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS                                         ____                  
  • Nonviolent Social Change
  • Introduction to Peace Studies
  • Contemporary Peace Movements
  • War and Peace in the Modern World
  • The Role of Sanctions: Ending or Prolonging Wars?
  • The UN Counterterrorism Program
  •      OFFICES AND PROFESSIONALASSOCIATIONS                          ______         
  • Senior Researcher, Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation
  • Senior Adviser, National Religious Partnership on the Nuclear Weapons Danger
  • Board of Directors Member and Treasurer, Sojourners
  • Board of Advisers Member, Global Studies Institute, Culver Military Academy
  • __CONSULTING                                                                                                           _           
    Served as invited expert and/or paid analyst for the following organizations and agencies:
  • Rockefeller Brothers Fund Communicators’ Task Force on U.S. Global Leadership
  • 2003
  • Stockholm Process on the Implementation of Targeted Sanctions
    Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  •  2002
  • International Peace Academy
  • 1999-2002
  • United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
  • 1995 and 1998
  • Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
  • 1996-1997
  • United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
  • 1995-1996
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
    Program on Peace and International Cooperation, Chicago, IL
  • 1990
         AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS                               ___________                              
  • Gandhi Peace Award, with Karen Jacob, by Promoting Enduring Peace
  •  2004
  • Publisher’s Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award for The Sanctions Decade: Assessing UN Strategies in the 1990s
  • 2001
  • Annual Peace and Justice Award, SANE/Freeze National Congress, Chicago
  • 1991
  • Award from the Program in Research and Writing for Peace and International Cooperation of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago
  • 1990
  • Lifetime Organizing Award, Midwest Academy, Chicago, IL
  • 1982
  • Youth Fellowship, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, Washington, D.C.
  • 1974

         BOOKS                                                                                                                     __        

    Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).

    Uniting Against Terror: Cooperative Nonmilitary Responses to the Global Terrorist Threat, co-edited with George A. Lopez (Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 2007).

    Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence for an Age of Terrorism (Boulder, Colo.: Paradigm Publishers, 2006).

    Soldiers in Revolt: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War, 2nd ed. (New York: Haymarket Publishers, Inc., 2005).

    A Peaceful Superpower: The Movement against War in Iraq (Goshen, Ind.: Fourth Freedom Forum, 2004).

    Sanctions and the Search for Security: Challenges to UN Action, with George A. Lopez (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002).

    Smart Sanctions: Targeting Economic Statecraft, co-edited with George A. Lopez (Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002).

    The Sanctions Decade: Assessing UN Strategies in the 1990s, with George A. Lopez (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000).

    Pakistan and the Bomb: Public Opinion and Nuclear Options, co-edited with Samina Ahmed (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1998 and Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1999).

    The Price of Peace: Incentives and International Conflict Prevention, editor (Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1997), commissioned by The Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict.

    Political Gain and Civilian Pain: Humanitarian Impacts of Economic Sanctions, co-edited with Thomas G. Weiss, George A. Lopez, and Larry Minear (Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1997).

    India and the Bomb: Public Opinion and Nuclear Options, co-edited with Amitabh Mattoo (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1996).

    Economic Sanctions: Panacea or Peacebuilding in a Post-Cold War World? co-edited with George A. Lopez (Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1995).

    Peace Works: The Citizen’s Role in Ending the Cold War (Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1993).

    Left Face: Soldier Unions and Resistance Movements in Modern Armies, with Max Watts (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1991).

    Soldiers in Revolt: The American Military Today (New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1975).

         CHAPTERS IN BOOKS                                                                                  __         

    The Sanctions Era: Themes and Trends in UN Security Council Sanctions since 1990,” with George A. Lopez and Linda Gerber-Stellingwerf. In The United Nations Security Council and War, edited by Vaughan Lowe, Adam Roberts, Jennifer Welsh, and Dominik Zaum, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008): 205-225. 

    “The Right Fight.” In Peace Not Terror, edited by Mary Susannah Robbins, (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008): 15-19.”Sanctions and Stability Pacts: The Economic Tools of Peacemaking.” In Peacemaking in International Conflict: Methods & Techniques, rev. ed., edited by I. William Zartman, (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace, 2007): 385-418.

    “Sanctions,” with George A. Lopez and Linda Gerber-Stellingwerf. In The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, edited byThomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007): 349-369.

    “SANE Reborn.” In Peace Action: Past, Present, and Future, edited by Glen Harold Stassen and Lawrence S. Wittner, (Boulder, Colo.: Paradigm Publishers, 2007): 47-57.

    “The World Says No: The Global Movement against War in Iraq.” In The Iraq Crisis and World Order: Structural, Institutional and Normative Challenges, edited by Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu and Ramesh Thakur, (United Nations University Press Publisher, November 2006): 75-91.

    “A Sanctions Coordinator: Options for Enhancing Compliance,” with George Lopez. In International Sanctions: Between Words and Wars in the Global System, edited by Peter Wallensteen and Carina Staibano, (New York, N.Y. and Canada: Frank Cass Publisher, 2005): 65-74.

    “Peaceful Superpower: Movement Against War in Iraq.” In Charting Transnational Democracy, edited by Janie Leatherman and Julie Webber, (Palgrave MacMillan Publisher, 2005): 75-99.

    “Making the Case for Disarmament. An Analysis of the Palme and Canberra Commissions.” In Global Commissions Assessed, (Finland, Edita Publishing Ltd., April 2005): 59-78.

    “Reforming Sanctions,” with George A. Lopez. In The UN Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21st Century, edited by David M. Malone, (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2004): 167-179.

    “Legal Basis for UN Weapons Inspections.” In Iraq: A New Approach, edited by Joseph Cirincione and Jessica T. Mathews, (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, July 2002).

    “Sanctions and Incentives as Tools of Economic Statecraft,” with George A. Lopez. In Globalization and Global Governance, edited by Raimo Vayrynen, (Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999): 105-125

    “The War Against War.” In Against the Vietnam War: Writings by Activists, edited by Mary Susannah Robbins, (Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1999): 224-242.

    “Transnational Activism in the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign,” with Ron Pagnucco. In Transnational Social Movements and Global Politics, Solidarity Beyond the State, edited by Jackie Smith, Charles Chatfield, and Ron Pagnucco, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, June 1998): 159-174; also in Coalitions and Political Movements: The Lessons of The Nuclear Freeze, edited by Thomas R. Rochon and David S. Meyer, (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1997): 81-97.

    “Carrots, Sticks, and Cooperation: Economic Tools of Statecraft,” with George A. Lopez. In Cases and Strategies for Preventive Action, Preventive Action Reports 2, edited by Barnett R. Rubin, (New York: The Century Foundation Press, March 1998): 113-114.

    “From Nonproliferation to Disarmament.” In Critical Mass: Voices for a Nuclear-Free Future, edited by Greg Ruggiero and Stuart Sahulka, (Westfield, N.J.: Open Media and Campaign for Peace and Democracy, 1996).

    “The Peace Movement Role in Ending the Cold War.” In Why the Cold War Ended, edited by Ralph Summy and Michael Salla, (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 1995).

    “GI Resistance During the Vietnam War.” In Give Peace A Chance: Essays From the Charles DeBenedetti Memorial Conference on the Vietnam Antiwar Movement, edited by William Hoover and Melvin Small, (Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1992).

    “Economic Conversion: Retooling for Peace.” In Defense Sense, edited by Congressman Ron Dellums, with R.H. Miller and H. Lee Halterman, (Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger, 1983).

    “Unions and Democracy.” In Military Unions: U.S. Trends and Issues, edited by William Taylor, Roger Arango and Robert Lockwood, (Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1977).

         JOURNAL ARTICLES                                                                                __         

    “The New Nuclear Danger,” America 195, no. 19 (11 December 2006): 18-22.

    “Reminiscences of Resistance,” Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice 18, no. 2 (April/June 2006): 207.

    “Containing Iraq: Sanctions Worked,” with George A. Lopez, Foreign Affairs 83, no. 4 (July/August 2004): 1-14.

    “Civil Society: The Other Superpower,” Disarmament Diplomacy 76 (March/April 2004): 40-42.

    “Powers of Persuasion: Sanctions and Incentives in the Shaping of International Society,” International Studies 38, no. 2 (2001): 113-125.

    “The Limits of Coercion,” with George A. Lopez, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 56, no. 6 (November/December 2000): 18-20.

    “Toward Ethical Economic Sanctions,” with George A. Lopez, America 183, no. 17 (25 November 2000): 18-22.

    “Learning from the Sanctions Decade,” with George A. Lopez, Global Dialogue 2, no. 3 (Summer 2000): 11-24.

    “Are Sanctions Just? The Problematic Case of Iraq,” with George A. Lopez, Journal of International Affairs 52, no. 2 (Spring 1999): 735-755.

    “Public Opinion and Nuclear Options for South Asia,” with Samina Ahmed and Amitabh Mattoo, Asian Survey 38, no. 8 (August 1998): 727-744.

    “Trouble in the Gulf: Pain and Promise,” with George A. Lopez, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 54, no. 3 (May/June 1998): 39-43.

    “Gandhi’s Influence on the U.S. Peace Movement,” International Studies 34, no. 3 (1997): 359-375.

    “Economic Sanctions and Human Rights: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?” with George A. Lopez, The International Journal of Human Rights 1, no. 2 (September 1997): 1-25.

    “Targeted Financial Sanctions: The Key to a ‘Smart’ Sanctions Policy,” Die Friedens-Warte 72, no. 4 (1997): 327-336.

    “Besser als ihr Ruf: die Wirksamkeit von Sanktionen,” der überblick, (Hamburg, Germany) 96, no. 2 (June 1996): 4 - 7.

    “Public Opinion and Nuclear Weapons Policy in India,” with Amitabh Mattoo, Asian Survey 36, no. 6 (June 1996): 545-560.

    “The Coming of Incrementalism,” The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 52, no. 2 (March/April 1996): 32 - 36.

    “The Sanctions Era: An Alternative to Military Intervention,” with George A. Lopez, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs 19, no. 2 (May 1995): 65 - 85.

    “Los Alamos’s Little War with Peace,” The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 51, no. 2 (March/April 1995): 5 - 6.

    “The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Love It or Leave It?” Peace Review 6, no. 4 (December 1994): 469 - 477.

    “Economic Sanctions: Do They Work?” with George A. Lopez, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 49, no. 9 (November 1993): 14 - 15.

    “From the Movement to the Moment,” The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 48, no. 4 (May 1992): 13 - 15.

    “Assessing Peace Movement Effectiveness,” Peace and Change 16, no. 1 (January 1991).

    “Notes on a Bright Shining Lie,” Vietnam Generation Newsletter 2, no. 1 (November 1990).

    “Black GI Resistance During the Vietnam War,” Vietnam Generation 2, no. 1 (Spring 1990).

    “The Collapse of the U.S. Military in Vietnam,” Monthly Review (October 1988).

    “Unions and Democracy,” Military Review (August 1977).

    “Justice and Democracy: The Impact of Unions in the Armed Forces,” Defense Review, The American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. (1977).

    “Economic Conscription,” Society (May/June 1975).

         POLICY REPORTS                                                                                __          

    Overcoming Nuclear Dangers, Policy Analysis Brief, The Stanley Foundation, (November 2007).

    Toward a More Secure America: Grounding U.S. Policy in Global Realities, with William Harting and Lawrence Korb, updated, Fourth Freedom Forum, Goshen, Ind. (June 2007).

    The Smarter U.S. Option: A Full Summit with Iran, with George A. Lopez. Policy Brief No. 11, Fourth Freedom Forum and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame (June 2006).

    An Action Agenda for Enhancing the United Nations Program on Counter-Terrorism, with Alistair Millar, Linda Gerber, and George A. Lopez, a joint research project of the Fourth Freedom Forum and Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame (September 2004).

    Unproven: The Controversy over Justifying War in Iraq, with Alistair Millar, George A. Lopez, and Linda Gerber. Policy Brief F12 A, Fourth Freedom Forum and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame (June 2003).

    Winning Without War: Sensible Security Options for Dealing with Iraq, with George A. Lopez, and Alistair Millar. Policy Brief F5, Fourth Freedom Forum and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame (October 2002).

    Sanctions, Inspections, and Containment: Viable Policy Options in Iraq, with Alistair Millar and George A. Lopez. Policy Brief F3, Fourth Freedom Forum and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame (June 2002).

    Smart Sanctions: Restructuring UN Policy In Iraq, with Alistair Millar and George A. Lopez. Policy Report, Fourth Freedom Forum and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame (April 2001).

    South Asia at the Nuclear Crossroads, U.S. Policy Options Toward South Asian Nuclear Proliferation: The Role of Sanctions and Incentives, with Samina Ahmed. Policy Report, Managing the Atom Project at Harvard University, Fourth Freedom Forum, and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame (April 2001).

    Toward More Humane and Effective Sanctions Management: Enhancing The Capacity Of The United Nations System, with George A. Lopez, Larry Minear, Julia Wagler, and Thomas G. Weiss. Occasional Paper #31, Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies, Brown University (March 1998).

    Pakistan’s Nuclear Choices, with Samina Ahmed. Special Report, Fourth Freedom Forum and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame (August 1996).

    India’s Nuclear Choices, with Amitabh Mattoo. Special Report, Fourth Freedom Forum and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame (November/December 1994).

    Report to AFGE: Military Unions in Europe, American Federation of Government Employees, Washington, D.C. (1976).

         REVIEWS                                                                                                __      

    Beaten Down: A History of Interpersonal Violence in the West, by David Peterson Del Mar. Review essay in Pacific Historical Review (November 2003).

    Shrewd Sanctions: Statecraft & State Sponsors of Terrorism, by Meghan O’Sullivan. Review essay in Political Studies Review (August 2003).

    Appeasement in International Politics, by Stephen R. Rock. Review essay in American Political Science Review (March 2002): 271.

    “The Winter Soldiers Movement: GIs and Veterans Against the Vietnam War,” review essay in Peace and Change 27, no. 1 (January 2002): 118-124. Books reviewed: The Turning: A History of Vietnam Veterans Against the War by Andrew E. Hunt (New York: University Press, 1999); The New Winter Soldiers: GI and Veteran Dissent During the Vietnam Era by Richard Moser (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1996); Winter Soldiers: An Oral History of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War by Richard Stacewicz (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1997).

    India’s Nuclear Bomb: The Impact on Global Proliferation, by George Perkovich. (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1999). Review essay in The Review of Politics 62, no. 4 (Fall 2000).

    Peace Politics, by Paul Joseph. Review essay in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 50, no. 2 (March/April 1994).

    Conditions of Peace: An Inquiry, edited by Michael Shuman and Julia Sweig. Review essay in Peace and Change 17, no. 4 (October 1992): 483-88.

    “The Collapse of the U.S. Military in Vietnam,” review essay of The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces in Vietnam 1965-1973, by Shelby L. Stanton. (Presidio Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 1985). Review essay in Monthly Review (October 1988).

         POPULAR JOURNAL AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES                        __       

    “Eight Points about Iran’s Nuclear Program,” The Christian Century 125, no 12 (17 June 2008). 

     ”The Movement against War in Iraq,” Nonviolent Social Change: the Bulletin of the Manchester College Peace Studies Institute 34 (November 2007).

    “Cease fire in Iraq,” with Robert G. Gard, Jr., Baltimore Sun (February 5, 2007).

    “Iraq: The Human Toll,” The Nation, online only (24 July 2005), www.thenation.org/doc/20050801/cortright.

    “Time to Leave,” Sojourners 34, no. 6 (June 2005): 7.

    “Bombs, Carrots & Sticks: The Use of Incentives and Sanctions,” with George A. Lopez, Arms Control Today 35, no. 2 (March 2005): 19-24.

    “Can the UN Battle Terrorism Effectively?” USA Today Magazine 133, no. 2716 (January 2005): 62-64.

    “Bush’s New Iraq: Rhetoric vs. Reality,” with George A. Lopez, Chicago Tribune (26 May 2004).

    “The Real Failure in Intelligence on Iraq,” with George A. Lopez, The Boston Globe (11 March 2004).

    “Weapons of Mass Deception,” Sojourners 32, no. 5 (September/October 2003): 15.

    “What We Do Now: A Peace Agenda,” The Nation 276, no. 15 (21 April 2003): 11-13.

    “Stop the War Before it Starts,” The Progressive 66, no. 8 (August 2002): 18-21.

    “Smarting under Sanctions,” with George A. Lopez, The World Today 58, no. 3, London: The Royal Institute of International Affairs (March 2002): 17.

    “The Power of Nonviolence,” The Nation 274, no. 6 (18 February 2002): 13 - 14.

    “Proposed: A More Effective and Just Response to Terrorism,” USA Today Magazine 130, no. 2680 (January 2002): 10-12.

    “Como Desarmar a Iraq sin Guerra.” La Vanguardia, Barcelona, Spain (13 October 2002).

    “A Hard Look at Iraq Sanctions,” The Nation 273, no. 18 (3 December 2001): 20, 22, 24.

    “A Stark Vision of the World,” Sojourners 30, no. 6 (November/December 2001): 25, 27.

    “Re-energizing Sanctions,” with Alistair Millar, San Francisco Chronicle (January 2001).

    “End UN Sanctions Against Iraq,” with George A. Lopez, Los Angeles Times (20 August 1999).

    “Sanctions and the Search for Peace in Yugoslavia,” The Christian Science Monitor (12 May 1999).

    “An Unexpected Calling: An Interview with General George Lee Butler,” Sojourners 28, no. 1 (January/February 1999): 16-20.

    “A New Policy Toward Iraq,” The San Francisco Chronicle (8 December 1998).

    “The U.S. Isn’t the World’s Policeman,” Los Angeles Times (5 February 1998); subsequently syndicated in the Kansas City Star, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Albuquerque Journal, Houston Chronicle, and South Bend Tribune.

    “NATO’s New Frontier,” The Nation 264, no. 12 (31 March 1997): 21-22.

    “Smart Sanctions on Nigeria,” with George A. Lopez, The Christian Science Monitor (10 January 1996).

    “Sanctions: Control Without Bullets,” Chicago Tribune (14 August 1993).

    “Responsibilities of the U.S. Peace Movement,” Middle East Report 20, no. 6 (November-December 1990).

    “Reagan Buildup Didn’t Change Eastern Europe,” Philadelphia Inquirer (7 February 1990).

    “Shaping a Peacetime Economy,” The Progressive (January 1989).

    “Biting the Bullet,” with William Winpisinger, New York Times (26 October 1980).

    “Minimal Coercion: The Plan to Revive the Draft,” The Progressive (June 1977).

    “The Russians Are Coming,” with Robert Borosage, The Nation (19 February 1977).

    “Our Volunteer Force: Can A Democracy Stand It?” The Nation (16 October 1976).

    “The Union Wants To Join You,” The Nation (21 February 1976).

    “Blacks in the Military,” The Progressive (December 1975).

    “Beefing Up the Ready Reserves,” The Nation (19 March 1972).

         INVITED LECTURES AND PAPERS                                                      __        

    List available upon request