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April, 2018
CURRICULUM VITAE
Robert Anthony Pape, Jr. Political Science Department
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 702-8071 (O)
(773) 702-1689 (F)
(773) 914-1371 (M)
Personal Data
Born: April 24, 1960.
Home: 2325 Carroll Parkway, Flossmoor, IL 60422
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Chicago, December 1988.
M.A., Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, August 1982.
B.A., Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, April 1982.
Academic Positions
Professor, University of Chicago, July 2005 - Present.
Associate Professor, University of Chicago, 1999 - 2005. (tenured 1999).
Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College, 1994 - 1999 (tenured 1999).
Assistant Professor, Air University, Montgomery, Alabama, 1991 - 1994.
Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, 1990.
Administrative Positions
Director, Chicago Project on Security and Threats, University of Chicago, January 2004 -
present
Co-director, Program on International Security Policy, University of Chicago, July 1999 -
present
Chair, Committee on International Relations, University of Chicago, July 2002 - June
2003
Director, Graduate Studies, Political Science Department, University of Chicago, July
2002 - June 2003
Director, Dartmouth London’s Program, London School of Economics, 1996.
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Research and Teaching Interests
International security affairs, military coercion, deterrence theory, economic sanctions, ethnic
conflict, American grand strategy, suicide terrorism, international relations theory of
international moral action, qualitative methods of social science, militant power politics.
Publications: Books, Edited Volumes and Major Government Reports
“After Withdrawal: How Over-The-Horizon Counterterrorism Strategies Affect Targeting by
Militant Groups,” A report commissioned by the U.S. Office of Naval Research,
Department of Defense, submitted August 2017. 600 pages.
Militant Power Politics: A Unified Theory of the Targeting Logic of Militant Groups with Keven
Ruby and Gentry Jenkins under review at UChicago Press. 2018.
Special Report: The American Face of ISIS (Analysis of ISIS-related terrorism in the US.
March 2014-August 2016, published February 2017), with the Australian government
(Australian Strategic Policy Institute).
“How Over-The-Horizon Counterterrorism Strategies Affect Targeting by Militant Groups.” A
report commissioned by the U.S. Office of Naval Research, Department of Defense,
submitted Oct 1, 2016. 6 analytic reports and 1 overview reports.
“Modeling the Targeting Logics of Suicide Attack Organizations,” a report commissioned by the
U.S. Office of Naval Research, submitted on 9/30/2014. 941 pages.
Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It, with James K.
Feldman (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010).
Editor, Terrorism: New Research, Special Issue of Security Studies, Vol. 18, No 4 (December
2009), pp. 643-788.
Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism (New York: Random House, 2005)
Foreign editions: Australia, Spain, Great Britain, India. Paperback edition with new
afterword, 2006.
Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996)
Paperback edition 1996. French edition 2009.
Publications: Journals
“Days of Action or Restraint? How the Islamic Calendar Impacts Violence,” with Michael Reese and
Keven Ruby, American Political Science Review Vol 111, Issue 3, Aug 2017.
“A Multilevel social neuroscience perspective on radicalization and terrorism,” Social
Neuroscience published online Nov 8, 2017.
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“Solving the Problem of Missing Perpetrator Information,” Journal of Conflict Resolution with
Vincent Bauer and Keven Ruby. November 5, 2015.
“Reconsidering the Cases of Humanitarian Intervention,” International Security Vol. 38, No. 2
(Fall 2013), pp. 200-2002.
“Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect,” International Security Vol. 37,
No 4 (Spring 2013), pp. 208-214.
“When Duty Calls: A Pragmatic Standard for Humanitarian Intervention,” International Security
Vol. 37, No 1 (Summer 2012), pp. 41-80.
“What’s New about Research on Terrorism,” Security Studies Vol. 18 No. 4 (December 2009),
pp. 643-650.
“Empire Falls: America’s Relative Decline and Its Consequences,” The National Interest Vol. 99
(Jan/Feb 2009), pp. 21-34. “Declinism Revisited – a Response to Critics,” The National
Interest Online (January 28, 2009).
“Symposium: The Global War on Terror,” with D. Macgregor, M. Weinbaum, and A. Ansary,
Middle East Policy Vol. 60, No. 4 (Winter 2008), pp. 1-25.
“Methods and Findings in the Study of Suicide Terrorism,” American Political Science Review
Vol. 102, No 2 (May 2008), pp. 275-277.
“Soft Balancing: A Theory of Security in a Unipolar World,” International Security Vol 30, No.
1 (Summer 2005), pp. 7-45. Lead article in symposium on “Soft Balancing” with several
articles in response; more in International Security Vol. 30, No 3 (Winter 2005/06).
Reprinted in Primacy and Its Discontents, an International Security Reader ed. Michael
Brown et al (MIT 2009).
“The True Worth of Air Power,” Foreign Affairs Vol 83, No. 2 (March/April, 2004), pp. 116-
130. Response by former USAF Chief of Staff, Merrill A. McPeak, “A Neater Way to
Win” and my reply “The Only Way to Win,” Foreign Affairs Vol. 83, No. 5
(September/October 2004), pp. 160-164.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” American Political Science Review Vol. 73, No. 3
(August 2003), pp. 343-361. #1 most downloaded article in APSR 2002-2004 and 2003-
2005. Winner of Institute of War and Peace Studies’ paper competition on political
violence, Columbia University, April 2003. About the article, “How to Defeat Suicide
Terrorism,” National Review (Sept 19, 2003); Focus (Germany’s Newsweek; Nov 24,
2003); Economist (Jan 16, 2004). Article reprinted in David Rapoport, ed., Critical
Concepts in Political Science (Routledge, 2005); Karen Mingst and Jack Snyder,
Essential Readings in World Politics 2nd ed. (Norton, 2004); At Issue: What Motivates
Suicide Bombers (Gale Group, November 2004); Russ Howard, et al., Homeland Security
& Terrorism (McGraw-Hill, 2005); Dipak Gupta, Readings on Terrorism (Thomson
Higher Education, 2005); Robert Art and Robert Jervis, International Politics, 7th ed.
(Longman, 2006); Social Movements (Routledge 2006); Jeff Victoroff and Ari Kruglanski,
Psychology of Terrorism (Taylor and Francis, 2009); Theo Farrell, Security Studies: Critical
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Concepts in International Relations (Routledge 2009); International Politics: Enduring
Concepts (Longman 2010).
“Why a Chinese Preemptive Strike against Taiwan would Fail,” Taiwanese Defense Affairs, Vol.
3, No. 2 (March 2003); published in Chinese and English; reprinted in Martin Edmonds
and Michael M. Tsai, eds., Taiwan’s Security and Air Power (London: Routledge
Curzon, 2004), pp. 89-102.
“Explaining Costly International Moral Action: Britain’s Sixty-Year Campaign against the
Atlantic Slave Trade,” with Chaim Kaufmann, International Organization Vol. 53, No. 4
(Autumn 1999), pp. 631-68.
“Why Economic Sanctions Still Do Not Work,” International Security, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Summer
1998), pp. 66-77; ACorrespondence: Reply to David Baldwin,” International Security,
Vol. 23, No. 2 (Fall 1998), pp. 189-98.
Symposium on Bombing to Win with my articles “The Limits of Precision Guided Air Power”
and “The Air Force Strikes Back: A Response to My Critics,” Security Studies, Vol. 7,
No. 2 (Winter 1997-98), pp. 93-113 and 189-212.
“Why Economic Sanctions do not Work,” International Security, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Fall 1997), pp.
90-136.
“Partition: An Exit Strategy for Bosnia,” Survival, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Winter 1997-98), pp. 25-28.
“Why Japan Surrendered,” International Security, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Fall 1993), pp. 154-201.
“The Answer: A Three-Way Partition Plan for Bosnia and How the U.S. Can Enforce It,” with
John Mearsheimer, New Republic (June 14, 1993), pp. 22-28.
“Coercion and Military Strategy: Why Denial Works and Punishment Doesn’t,” Journal of
Strategic Studies, Vol. 15, No. 4 (December 1992), pp. 423-475.
“Coercive Air Power in the Vietnam War,” International Security, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Fall 1990),
pp. 103-14.
Institutional Grants
Current:
2016-21: “The Social and Neurological Construction of Martyrdom,” The Minerva
Initiative, Department of Defense
Grant: 5 Years, $3.5 Million (Indirect: $1.54 Million)
Project Activity: This project collects the complete set of available militant
videos from contemporary groups (ISIS, Al Shabaab, Al Nusra, etc) and studies
how and why militant video propaganda inspires recruits. It involves both
qualitative research on militant propaganda strategies as well as behavioral and
experimental research (using MRI) in collaboration with Dr. jean Decety
(Department of Psychology).
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Past:
2015-18: The Carnegie Corporation of New York
Approx. $500,000, Indirect: $45,455
2015-17: Department of Defense
Approx. $588,418, Indirect: $216,002
2014 Department of Defense, CPOST
Approx. $150K, $50K Indirect
2012-2013 Department of Defense, CPOST
Approx. $660K $220K Indirect
2011- Carnegie Corporation of New York, CPOST
Approx. $500K, $100K Indirect
2008-2010 Carnegie Corporation of New York, CPOST
Approx. $500K, $100K Indirect
2006 Department of Defense, Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism
Approx. $160K, $80K Indirect
2004 Department of Defense, Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism
Approx. $80K, $40K Indirect
2004-2007 Smith Richardson, Program on International Security Policy
2000-2003 Smith Richardson, Program on International Security Policy
Personal Grants and Awards
2004 Carnegie Scholar, Carnegie Corporation of New York (Approx. $100K)
2003 US Army for research on precision revolution
2002 Social Science Division, University of Chicago
1999 Earhart Foundation
1998 Dartmouth Class of 1962 Fellow
1997-1998 Smith Richardson Junior Faculty Research Fellowship
1997 Earhart Foundation, Rockefeller Center, Dickey Center, and Sayles
Fund Travel Grant
1996 Sayles Fund Travel Grant
1991 Earhart Foundation Travel Grant
1989 USAF Historical Research Agency Travel Grant
1988-91 MacArthur Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan
1986-87 MacArthur Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Chicago
1982 Phi Beta Kappa. “Senior of the Year,” University of Pittsburgh
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1980 Truman Scholar (Pennsylvania)
Publications: Other
“Immigration reform won’t stop ISIS,” Boston Globe, (November 24, 2017).
“What Trump’s travel ban ignores: Radicalized U.S. citizens pose the greatest threat,” with
Michael Morell, The Washington Post, (February 27, 2017).
“Trump is making ISIS great again,” The Boston Globe, (January 30, 2017).
“ISIS and the Culture of Narcissism,” with Walker Gunning, the Wall Street Journal,
(June 27, 2016).
“Orlando shooting shows how ISIS calls the shots,” The Boston Globe, (June 14, 2016).
“If ISIS brought down EgyptAir plane, what was the motive?” The Boston Globe,
(May 19th, 2016).
“The Ted Cruz Solution Won't Stop Terrorism in the U.S.” The Chicago Tribune
(March 29th, 2016).
“A New Normal for Europe,” The Boston Globe (March 22nd, 2016).
“Why Paris? The Answer Can be Found in Syria and Iraq,” The Boston Globe
(November 14th, 2015).
“Eradicating suicide terrorism in Pakistan,” The Chicago Tribune (October 30th, 2015).
“Getting ISIS out of Iraq,” The New York Times (April 20, 2015).
“The Strategic Costs of US Torture” in “Forum on Senate Select Committee on Intelligence,”
HDiplo (online), February 16, 2015.
“Four Reasons for ISIS’s Success,” with Sarah Morell, Oxford Islamic Studies Online
(January 25, 2015).
“Hammer and Anvil: How to Defeat ISIS,” with Keven Ruby and Vincent Bauer, Foreign
Affairs (January 2, 2015).
“Why ISIL Beheads Its Victims,” with Michael Rowley and Sarah Morell, POLITICO
Magazine (October 7, 2014).
“How to Fix the Flaws in the Global Terrorism Database and Why It Matters,” with Keven
Ruby, Vincent Bauer, and Gentry Jenkins, The Monkey Cage Blog,
(WashingtonPost.com) August 11, 2014.
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“Government Data Exaggerate the Increase in Terrorist Attacks,” with Keven Ruby and Vincent
Bauer, Monkey Cage (WashingtonPost.com), (July 21, 2014).
“Russia Faces the Power of Embarrassment,” USA Today (July 18, 2014).
“Why US Military Involvement Will Hurt Iraq and Increase Suicide Terrorism,” Monkey Cage
(June 19, 2014).
“A Hotline to Cool Asian crises,” The Monkey Cage (WashingtonPost.com), (April 29, 2014).
“Why Western sanctions against Russia could inflame Ukraine crisis.” CNN.com (March 7,
2014).
“Chechen rebels’ complicated agenda,” Boston Globe (February 7, 2014).
“Why We Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Al Qaeda in Yemen,” with David Schneyer, The Boston Globe
(August 16, 2013).
“Echoes of London: Role of Religion in the Boston Bombing,” Boston Globe (April 26, 2013).
“Why Chechnya? Solving the Riddle,” analysis piece on MSNBC.com (April 20, 2013).
“Why We Should Not Attack Syria (Yet),” New York Times (February 3, 2012).
“How The US Can Finish Off Al Qaeda,” with Jenna Jordan, Atlantic (May 4, 2011).
“The New Standard for Humanitarian Intervention,” Atlantic (April 4, 2011.).
“Libya: The Next Step,” Time Magazine and Time.com (March 28, 2011).
“Saving Benghazi,” Foreign Policy.Com (March 18, 2011).
“A Strong Case for Humanitarian Action in Libya,” Chicago Tribune (March 16, 2011).
“A Plan for Libya,” Time Magazine and Time.com (March 21, 2011) and as “Avoiding a New
“Problem from Hell,’” Zaman (Turkey’s largest newspaper) (March 13, 2011).
“What Really Drives Suicide Terrorists,” Christian Science Monitor (December 9, 2010).
“What Triggers the Suicide Bomber,” LA Times (October 22, 2010).
“It’s The Occupation, Stupid,” Foreign Policy.Com (October 18, 2010).
“What Makes Chechen Women So Dangerous?” with Lindsey O’Rourke and Jenna McDermit,
New York Times (March 31, 2010).
“To Beat the Taliban, Fight from Afar,” New York Times (October 15, 2009).
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“End Suicide Attacks in Afghanistan” New York Times (October 4, 2009).
“Realities and Obama’s Diplomacy,” Chicago Tribune (March 8, 2009).
“Reagan, Sharon Won by Cutting Losses,” Chicago Tribune (March 11, 2008).
“Why Suicide Terrorists Do What they Do,” The Scotsman (Edinburgh), July 5, 2007.
“We Can Watch Iraq from the Sea,” New York Times (December 10, 2006).
“The Growth of Suicide Terrorism,” Chicago Tribune (September 11, 2006).
“What We Still Don’t Understand About Hizbollah,” The Observer (London) (August 6, 2006).
“Ground to a Halt,” New York Times (August 3, 2006).
“Death Wishes,” Toronto Globe and Mail (April 22, 2006).
“Al Qaeda’s Smart Bombs,” New York Times (July 9, 2005).
“Blowing Up an Assumption on Suicide Terrorism,” New York Times (May 18, 2005).
“Dying to Kill US,” New York Times (September 22, 2003).
“The World Pushes Back,” Boston Globe (March 23, 2003). Roundtable with Joseph Nye,
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Max Boot, Josef Joffe, Andrew Moravcsik, Boston Globe (April
6, 2003).
“Wars Can’t Be Won Only From Above,” New York Times (March 21, 2003). Follow up, Eric
Schmitt, “Top General Concedes Air Power Did Not Deliver Knockout Blow,” New York
Times (March 26, 2003).
“Foreword” to Stacy Bergstrom Haldi, Why Wars Widen: A Theory of Predation and Balancing
(London: Frank Cass, 2003).
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” University of Chicago Magazine (December 2002),
pp. 22-25.
“Targeting Civilians,” interview, Chicago Magazine (November 2001), 78-82.
“Air Power Alone is the Wrong Battle Plan,” Washington Post (October 19, 2001).
“Show the Evidence,” with Chaim Kaufman, New York Times (October 4, 2001).
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“Our Iraq Policy is Not Working,” New York Times (February 24, 2001).
“Lift Sanctions for Concessions on Acquiring Weapons,” Los Angeles Times (December 18,
1998).
“A Workable Policy for Iraq,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (April 1998).
“A Surgical Strike that Could Backfire,” New York Times (April 27, 1996).
“US Air Power: The Key to Containing Saddam,” with James Feldman, Boston Globe
(November 17, 1994).
“Air Power Cannot Rollback Serbia,” Los Angeles Times (September 2, 1992).
Book review of William Kaufmann, A Thoroughly Efficient Navy, Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists (March 1988).
Media/Video Projects
Contributor, "The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs," Showtime, (November 28, 2015)
Teaching Experience
1994-present Undergraduate/graduate courses in theory of international relations,
qualitative methods of social science, military strategy, suicide terrorism,
politics of unipolarity, nationalism and ethnic conflict, and introduction to
world politics.
1992-1993 Conventional and nuclear air power theory.
1990 Graduate seminar on deterrence and coercion theory.
1996-1997 Supervised Marshall pre-doctoral fellow, Harvard Ph.D. awarded spring
1997.
1995-1999 Freshman advisor, 5 student seminar papers published in World Outlook
Presentations at Professional Meetings
“National Security and the U.S. Travel Ban,” Panel participant in Only Through Us conference,
Washington D.C., April 19, 2018.
“Days of Action or Restraint? How the Islamic Calendar Impacts Violence,” Presentation for
Oakton Community College, Chicago, April 13, 2018.
“Coercion: The Power to Hunt in International Politics,” Panel participant for International
Studies Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, April 6, 2018.
“The Militant Propaganda Revolution: Presentation to Emerging Leaders,” Presentation for the
Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Chicago, February 21, 2018.
“The Changing Domestic Threat of Islamic Terrorism: How ISIS Impacts the Heartland,”
Presentation for Ladies Who Lunch, Chicago, February 15, 2018.
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“Do Nuclear Weapons make the World Safe or More Dangerous?” Presentation for Nuclear
Weapons in Today’s global community panel, Chicago, January 29, 2018.
“How America’s Coalition Defeated ISIS in Iraq & Syria” Congressional Hearing, January 17,
2018.
“Why ISIS out recruits AQC: The Militant Propaganda Revolution,” Presentation for Anti-
Terrorism Advisory Council at the US Attorney’s office, Chicago, January 11, 2018.
“ISIS and the Hero as Mobilizing Narrative,” Presentation for Program on International Security
Policy, Chicago, January 9, 2018.
Presentation for National Security Delegation to Qatar hosted by the Qatar-America Institute,
Doha, Qatar, December, 2017.
“Over the Horizon Project: Defeating Militants from Above,” Presentation for Oakton
Community College, Chicago, December 7 &8, 2017.
“Media Wars: The Militant Propaganda Revolution,” Presentation for the Monday’s Class,
Chicago, December 4, 2017.
“Symposium on Countering the Militant Video Revolution: Prospects for Community-Academic
Partnership,” Presentation, University of Chicago, November 28, 2017
“Media Wars: The Militant Propaganda Revolution,” Presentation for the Intelligence
Community Studies Board, Washington D.C., November 15, 2017.
“US Power and Constraints in Northeast Asia and the Middle East,” Presentation and discussion
with Secretary Chuck Hagel and a discussion with Michael Morell, November 15, 2017.
“How ISIS uses Western Culture against us,” Presentation for the National Conference on
Cultural Property Protection, Chicago, November 1, 2017.
“US Power and Constraints in Northeast Asia and the Middle East,” Presentation and discussion
with Michael Morell, Chicago, October 2, 2017.
“Changing Nature of Terrorism,” Presentation for Oakton Community College, Chicago,
September 22 & 23, 2017.
“The Changing Terrorist Threat to the U.S.,” Presentation for Illinois Security Professionals
Association, Chicago, July 13, 2017.
“Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Chicago Quarterly Community Engagement Roundtable,”
Presentation for Department of Homeland Security, Chicago, June 6, 2017.
“The Changing Terrorist Threat to the US,” Presentation with DHS Secretary General John Kelly
and former CIA and NSA director General Michael Hayden, University of Chicago, May
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16, 2017.
“Homegrown Violent Extremism Counterterrorism Practitioner Conference,” Panelist for
National Counterterrorism Center, Mclean, Virginia, May 10, 2017.
“How ISIS Changed the World Again,” Presentation for Australian Strategic Policy Institute,
Canberra Australia, February 22nd, 2016.
“How ISIS has Changed the World Again,” Presentation at Conference at Deakin University,
Melbourne Australia, February 17th, 2016.
“How ISIS Has Changed the World Again,” Presentation at The Monday Class, Chicago,
January 25th, 2016.
“Why Civilians are Still Vulnerable in the Precision Age,” Presentation at Conference at Science
Po, Paris, France, December 17, 2015.
“ISIS Violence in Iraq,” Presentation for Oakton Community College, Chicago, December 3rd
and 4th 2015.
“How ISIS Has Changed the World Again,” Presentation at the University of Chicago Institute
of Politics, November 23rd, 2015.
“China Needs the US in East Asia,” Presentation at China Ministry of Culture Symposium on
China Studies 2015, Beijing, China, October 27th, 2015.
“Smart Strategies to Diffuse Terrorism,” Presentation for Parliament of the World’s Religions,
October 18th, 2015.
“Defense Cooperation on Response to Violent Extremism,” President Park’s Seoul Defense
Dialogue, Seoul, South Korea (September 10, 2015).
2nd Annual Peking U – UChicago Summer Institute on International Relations, organized by
Pape, Beijing, China August 3-6, 2015: Co-sponsored with Peking University and the
University of Chicago Beijing Center.
“Avoiding the Rise of Another ISIS,” presentation to Special Operations Command, Central via
skype, June 19. 2015.
“Greatest War of Our Time,” moderator for discussion with Michael Morell, University of
Chicago, May 21, 2015.
“Global Terrorism and ISIS,” Presentation for the Latin School of Chicago, May 15, 2015.
“The Strategic Costs of U.S. Torture,” Presentation for Oakton Community College,
Chicago, April 16-17, 2015.
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“Implementing Responsibility While Protecting in Libya,” Presentation at Conference at
Columbia University, New York, April 10, 2015.
“Suicide Terrorism and the Threat from ISIS,” Presentations at Emory University and
University of Georgia, March 24, 2015, Georgia.
“The Strategic Costs of U.S. Torture,” Presentation and Workshop at Georgia State
University, March 23, 2015, Georgia.
“U.N. Sanctions,” Chaired Panel at International Studies Association (ISA) Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, February 18, 2015, New Orleans.
“Is the US Indispensable?” moderator for discussion with Robert Kagan, University of
Chicago, February 12, 2015.
“The Future of Guantanamo Bay,” Presentation at the University of Chicago Institute of
Politics, Chicago, February 6, 2015, Chicago.
“Research by Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism,” panel discussion a
Metropolitan Club, Washington, DC, January 28, 2015.
“Global Terrorism and ISIS,” Presentation for the University of Chicago Laboratory
Schools, Chicago, December 16, 2014.
“The Future of Great Powers and World Order,” Presentation for Oakton Community
College, Chicago, October 30-31, 2014.
“The Evolution of Humanitarian Intervention,” conference organized by Pape, New York City,
New York October 24, 2014: Co-Sponsored with the Council on Foreign Relations.
“The Domestic Threat from ISIS,” Presentation for Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Chicago, October 23, 2014.
“Targeting Patterns of Militant Groups,” Book Workshop Conference sponsored by
CPOST, with Roger Petersen, Jenna Jordan, and Seth Jones, October 14, 2014,
Chicago.
“The Targeting Patterns of Militant Groups,” Presentation/Workshop at California,
Berkeley, October 6, 2014.
“The Domestic Threat from ISIS,” Presentation for Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Chicago, September 16, 2014.
“Global Terrorism and ISIS,” Presentation at Conference at St. Andrews in Scotland,
September 18-19, 2014.
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“Managing Crises in East Asia,” Presentations for Deputy Defense Minister and
Taiwanese Government, Taipei, Taiwan, August 24-25, 2014.
Moderated “Discussion with His Excellency Jalil Abbas Jilani Pakistan Ambassador to the
United States,” University of Chicago Institute of Politics, Chicago, May 22, 2014.
“The Changing Threat of Terrorism Since 9/11,” Presentation given to Robert J. Holley (Chicago
Special Agent in Charge, FBI), Niagara Foundation, Chicago, IL May 30, 2014.
“The Surprising Stability of Sino-American Crises,” presented at “Dynamics of Crises in Asia,”
conference organized by Pape, the University of Chicago Program on International
Politics, Economics and Security (PIPES), Chicago, May 1, 2014.
“Potential Mechanisms of Crisis Escalation in Asia,” presented at “Beyond the Pivot:
Managing Asian Security Crises,” presented at U.S. Senate Hart Building,
Washington, April 30, 2014.
Organized “Beyond the Pivot: Managing Asian Security Crises,” conference on Capitol Hill
organized by Pape involving three members of Congress and twelve American and
Chinese scholars, held at the U.S. Senate Hart Building, Washington, April 30, 2014, and
at the University of Chicago Program on International Politics, Economics and Security
(PIPES), Chicago, May 1, 2014.
“When Terrorists Target Civilians,” Oakton Community College, Passport Lecture, Skokie, IL
April 12, 2014.
“Terrorism and Stolen Passports,” press conference with Senator Mark Kirk, April 11, 2014.
Discussion with Senator Mark Kirk, March 26, 2014.
“U.S. Maritime Strategy and Policy,” lecture at Fudan University, Shanghai, March 19, 2014.
“U.S. Maritime Strategy and Policy,” lecture at Fudan University, Center for American Studies,
Shanghai, March 18, 2014.
“The Surprising Stability of Sino-American Crises,” Public Lecture, Tsinghua University, March
13, 2014.
“How to Write a Dissertation,” Seminar at Tsinghua University, March 12, 2014.
“The Surprising Stability of Sino-American Crises,” Policy Seminar, Tsinghua University,
March 10, 2014.
“The Surprising Stability of Sino-American Crises,” Faculty Lecture, Tsinghua University,
March 6, 2014.
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Moderated “Covert Affairs: Communicating Our Nation's Deepest Secrets,” discussion with
former NSC Spokesman Tommy Vietor and former Pentagon Press Secretary George
Little, University of Chicago Institute of Politics, January 16, 2014.
“Sacred Time and Violence in Islamic Insurgency: Catalyst or Constraint?” presented with
Michael Reese and Keven Ruby, University of Chicago Program on International
Politics, Economics and Security, Chicago, January 16, 2014.
“Can the U.S. and China Cooperate on the Persian Gulf,” Fudan University, Shanghai,
November 4, 2013.
“Building a New Framework for Sino-American Relations,” Tsinghua University, Beijing,
November 1, 2013.
“Why a U.S.-Chinese Cold War is Implausible,” University of Chicago Beijing Center, Beijing,
October 30, 2013.
Organized “Beyond Geopolitics: Building a New Framework for Sino-American Relations,”
major international conference involving 20 American and Chinese scholars of
international relations, at Tsinghua University in Beijing, November 2-3, 2013 and Fudan
University in Shanghai, November 4, 2013.
“Opportunities for a ‘Special Security Relationship’ between the US and China,” University of
Chicago Beijing Center, October 31, 2013.
“Why a Future US-Chinese Cold War is Implausible,” Oakton Community College, Passport
Lecture, Skokie, IL October 17-18, 2013.
“US Bombing of Syria?” Four days of extensive commentary on Al Jazeera America, New
York, August 30-September 2, 2013.
“Cross-Cultural Logic of Martyrdom,” Oakton Community College, Skokie, IL April 25, 2013.
“Libya, Syria and the Moral Logic of Humanitarian Intervention,” Harper Lecture, Chicago, IL
April 18, 2013.
“Workshop on Preliminary New Ideas on US-Chinese Strategic Cooperation,” University of
Chicago Beijing Center, March 18-19, 2013.
“Expanding the Role of US and Chinese Security Scholars in Developing Ideas for US-Chinese
Strategic Cooperation,” University of Chicago Beijing Center, January 14-20, 2013.
“Libya, Syria and the Moral Logic of Humanitarian Intervention,” Lecture to Cadets, Westpoint,
NY October 17, 2012.
“Limits of Economic Sanctions vs Iran,” Lecture to Faculty, Westpoint, NY, October 17, 2012.
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“America’s Decline, China’s Rise and the Prospects for Cooperation,” lectures at multiple
universities in Shanghai and Beijing, September 18-28, 2012.
“NATO and Afghanistan,” NATO’s Chicago Summit and Greece, Strategy International
Conference, National Hellenic Museum, Chicago, May 4, 2012.
“Political Consequences of Oil Sanctions on Iran,” Passport Lecture, Oakton Community
College, Skokie, IL May 3-4, 2012.
“Strategic Vision,” dinner with Zbigniew Brzezinski, Chicago Council on Global Affairs,
Chicago Hilton, April 30, 2012.
“Global Trends 2030,” National Intelligence Council Workshop Sponsored by the University of
Chicago Program on International Security Policy and Notre Dame International Security
Program, South Bend, IN, April 27, 2012.
“Should Auschwitz Have Been Bombed? The Moral Issues at Stake,” Passport Lectures, Oakton
Community College, Skokie, IL, December 3-4, 2011.
“Moving Beyond the War on Terror,” Keynote Speech, Parents Weekend, Reed College,
Portland OR, November 3, 2011.
“A Pragmatic Standard for Humanitarian Intervention,” Political Science Department,
Dartmouth College, November 16, 2011.
“A Pragmatic Standard for Humanitarian Intervention,” International Politics Workshop, Yale
University, October 11, 2011.
“Iran and Economic Sanctions,” Congressional Briefing, “Impact of Sanctions on Iran, the US,
and World Economy,” 2237 Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Hill, October 4,
2011.
“The Coming Era of Off-Shore Balancing,” Keynote Address, Graduation Ceremonies for the
20th Class of the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB,
Montgomery, AL, June 14, 2011.
“Moving Beyond the War on Terror” Debate with Max Boot and Richard Betts, New York
Council on Foreign Relations, May 26, 2011.
“Terrorism After Bin Laden,” Australian Defence College Video Conference, Chicago, May 16,
2011.
“Libya and the New Standard for Humanitarian Intervention,” Passport Lecture, Oakton
Community College, Skokie, IL May 5-6, 2011.
“Understanding Suicide Terrorism,” University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, April 26, 2011.
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“Cutting the Fuse,” University of Minnesota, April 4, 2011.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Michigan League, University of Michigan, March 24, 2011.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Niagara Foundation of North Carolina, Duke University, March 23, 2011.
“Dying to Drive Foreigners Out,” Alworth Center for Peace and Justice, St. Scholastica College,
Duluth, Minn, March 17, 2011.
“CPOST Database on Suicide Terrorism,” Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat
Organization, Department of Defense, Washington DC, March 16, 2011.
“Afghanistan,” Briefing to Congressional Taskforce on Peace and Security, Rayburn House
Office Building, Capitol Hill, March 15, 2011.
“Dinner and Book Signing with Robert A. Pape,” Institute for Social Policy and Understanding,
South Barrington, IL, March 12, 2011.
“New Research at the University of Chicago,” Harper Lecture, University of Chicago Alumni
Association, Phoenix, AZ, March 6, 2011.
“Role of Religion in Terrorism,” Niagara Foundation, Indianapolis, IN, March 3, 2011.
“Cutting the Fuse,” University of Indiana Law School, Indianapolis, IN, March 3, 2011.
“Cutting the Fuse,” session with Journalists and Writers from Zaman (Turkey’s largest
newspaper), Istanbul, Turkey, February 26, 2011.
“The Root Causes of Terrorism,” “Historical Review of the Phenomenon of Suicide Terrorism,”
“Panel Discussion: What is the Answer?” Centre of Excellent against Terrorism”
conference sponsored by Turkish Military, Ankara, Turkey, February 24-25, 2011.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Northwestern University, January 31, 2011.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Bush School of Government and Foreign Service, Texas A & M University,
College Station TX, January 28, 2011.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Political Science Department, University of Houston, January 27, 2011.
“Cutting the Fuse,” World Beyond the Headlines Lecture Series, Center for International Studies
and International House, University of Chicago, January 24, 2011.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Lecture Series, Niagara Foundation, Chicago, January 13, 2011.
“New Chicago Research,” Meeting with U Chicago VP for Research Don Levy and staff,
University of Chicago, January 7, 2011.
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“Cutting the Fuse,” Meeting with staff members of Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator
Harry Reid, and State Department Policy Planning, Washington DC, December 7 and 9,
2010.
“Targeting Logic of Suicide Terrorists,” Risk Prediction Project Workshop, Department of
Homeland Security, Washington DC, December 9, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Council on Foreign Relations, Washington DC December 7, 2010.
“An Afternoon with Professor Robert Pape,” University of Chicago, Harper Lecture, Seattle,
WA, December 5, 2010.
“What Really Drives Transnational Suicide Terrorists,” Passport Lectures, Oakton College,
Skokie, IL, December 2 and 3, 2010.
“The Strategy of Off-Shore Balancing,” Strategic Action Group, Office of Chief of Staff, US Air
Force, Pentagon, November 19, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Meetings with Representatives Lynn Woolsey and Brian Baird, staff
members of Senate and House Foreign Relations/Affairs Committees, Washington, DC
November 19, 2010.
“The Role of Religion in Terrorism,” Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church, Oak Park, IL, November
21, 2010.
Chair, “The Hizmet Movement in Turkey,” International Conference on the Gulen Movement,
International House, University of Chicago, November 12, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Saltzman Institute of War & Peace Studies, Columbia University, New
York, November 11, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Round Table Discussion with journalists from Time Magazine, Wall Street
Journal, Daily Beast, New York, November 11, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse,” East-West Institute, New York, November 11, 2010.
“The Changing Global Strategic Landscape,” Leadership Greater Chicago Annual Conference,
November 5, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Rumi Forum, Washington DC, October 28, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington DC,
October 28, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Chicago, October 25, 2010.
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“Cutting the Fuse,” University of Chicago Alumni Insights Series, Orange Country, Pacific Club,
October 22, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse,” University of Chicago Alumni Insights Series, Sony Pictures, Los Angeles,
October 21, 2010.
“Understanding Homegrown Terrorism,” briefing to Dr. Paul Stockton, Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Homeland Security and staff, Pentagon, October 13, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse: Moving Beyond the War on Terror,” by invitation only conference sponsored
by Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism and New America Foundation, involving
70 government, think tank, and media and with keynote speeches by Paul Kennedy, Fred
Kagan, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, Washington DC, October 13, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse: Moving Beyond the War on Terror,” Capitol Hill Conference sponsored by
Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism and New America Foundation, involving 300
in attendance and keynote speeches by Congressman Brian Baird, Governor Thomas
Kean, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead, Nobel Laureate Thomas
Schelling, and others, Washington DC, October 12, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Annual National Banquet, Council on American and Islamic Relations,”
Washington DC, October 9, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Institute on US Foreign Policy, University of Florida, during trip to Chicago,
August 2, 2010.
“An Afghanistan Policy that Makes US Safer,” Bipartisan Congressional Briefing on Future US
Policy in Afghanistan,” Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC, July 29, 2010.
“Cutting the Fuse,” Strategic Action Group, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Pentagon,
Washington DC, July 29, 2010.
“Afghanistan and the Rise of Suicide Terrorism,” Rational Models Workshop, Economics
Department, University of Chicago, May 25, 2010.
“Vidcon Presentation on Global Patterns of Suicide Terrorism,” Australian Centre for Defence
and Strategic Studies, Chicago, May 17, 2010.
“Navy’s Role in Current Security Environment,” round table discussion with Chief of Naval
Operations and staff, Washington DC, May 13, 2010.
“First Friday,” discussion with Chicago undergraduates, South Campus Residence, University of
Chicago, May 7, 2010.
“Professional Life Seminar on Publishing,” panel discussion with Political Science Ph D
students, University of Chicago, May 7, 2010.
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“Culture and Suicide Terrorism,” US Army Training and Doctrine Command, Culture Center
Fourth Annual Education Summit, Tucson AZ, April 21, 2010.
“Afghanistan and Rise of Suicide Terrorism,” Elliott School of International Affairs, George
Washington University, Washington DC, March 30, 2010.
“Deterrence and Suicide Terrorism,” presentation to Michael Nacht, Assistant Secretary of
Defense, Washington DC, March 26, 2010.
“Afghanistan and Al Qaeda Martyr Videos,” Swords into Ploughshares conference, Qaddafi
Foundation, Tripoli, March 23, 2010.
“How to Educate a Competent Strategist,” Lecture to Faculty, National War College,
Washington, DC, March 17, 2010.
“What the Precision Revolution Means for Today’s Threats,” Lecture to Students, National War
College, Washington, DC, March 17, 2010.
“Afghanistan and the Rise of Suicide Terrorism,” New America Foundation, Washington, DC,
March 16, 2010.
“Why Suicide Terrorism is Rising in Afghanistan,” Annual Board Meeting, Carnegie
Corporation of New York, New York, March 4, 2010.
“Why Suicide Terrorism is Rising in Afghanistan,” New York Council on Foreign Relations,
New York, March 3, 2010.
“Afghanistan Study Group,” Conference sponsored by New America Foundation, Amelia Island,
FL, February 26-28, 2010.
“Why Terrorism is Rising in Afghanistan,” Oakton Community College, Skokie, IL, February
25-26, 2010.
“Re-Defining and Predicting Soft Balancing,” Chair, International Studies Association
Convention, New Orleans, February 19, 2010.
“Grand Strategy in the Middle East,” Chair, Organizer, Discussant of Chicago Project on
Security and Terrorism Workshop, Chicago, February 5-6, 2010.
“Occupation, Violence, and Religion,” Keynote Address, “Dialogue of Civilizations”
Conference, Gulen Institute, Houston, TX, January 23, 2010.
“Assessing the Afghan ‘Surge’,” New America Foundation workshop, Washington, DC,
November 23, 2009.
“The Obama Administration’s Strategy in Afghanistan,” American Muslim Alliance Annual
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Leadership Conference, Chicago, November 21, 2009.
“Interviewing Libya’s Released Terrorists,” Qaddafi Foundation, Tripoli, Libya, November 16-
20, 2009.
“Afghanistan and Terrorism,” Testimony to the House Armed Services, Subcommittee on
Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, Washington DC, October 22, 2009.
“America’s Relative Decline and Its Consequences,” Mershon Center, Ohio State University,
Columbus OH, September 25, 2009.
“America’s Relative Decline and Its Consequences,” Corinne Lyman Lecture, Ohio Wesleyan
University, Delaware OH, September 24, 2009.
“Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan,” College of Lake County, Vernon Hills, IL, July 15, 2009.
“Evaluating Theories of Social Support for Terrorism,” meeting of University of Chicago and
Northwestern international relations faculty, Evanston, IL, June 1, 2009.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Video conference presentation to Australian
Defence College, Chicago, May 18, 2009.
“The Crazy State Myth,” Passport Lectures, Oakton Community College, Skokie, IL, May 14-
15, 2009.
“Causes of Suicide Terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” Keynote Address, NATO
Conference on Causes of Suicide Terrorism, sponsored by COE-DAT Government of
Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, May 4, 2009.
“Is Religion Driving Today’s Terrorism,” Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, May 4, 2009.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey, May 1, 2009.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” public lecture, Golden Horn Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey,
May 1, 2009.
“America’s Relative Decline and Its Consequences in Asia,” Meeting with Consul General
Sung-Hwan, South Korean Consulate, Chicago, March 20, 2009.
“America’s Relative Decline and Its Consequences,” Program on International Security Policy,
University of Chicago, March 10, 2009.
“What Drives a Suicide Terrorist,” the Mitchell Hochberg Memorial Public Education Address,
American Group Psychotherapy Foundation Annual Conference, Chicago, February 18,
2009.
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Chair and Discussant, “Explaining Counterterrorism,” International Studies Association Annual
Conference, New York City, February 17, 2009.
“America’s Relative Decline and Its Consequences,” Defense Threat Reduction Agency visit to
Center for International Studies, University of Chicago, January 28, 2009. “Mumbai and
the Demonization of Islam,” “Terror in Mumbai” panel, International Student House,
University of Chicago, January 14, 2009.
“Root Causes of Terrorism,” “Counter-Terrorism Conference,” CATO Institute, Washington,
DC, January 12, 2009.
“Religion and Suicide Terrorism,” Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church, Oak Park, IL, November 23,
2008.
“America’s Relative Decline and Its Consequences,” Oakton Community College, Skokie, IL,
November 20-21, 2008.
“How the Next President Can Make America Safer,” Institute for Social Policy and
Understanding, Novi, MI, November 15, 2008.
“How to Win the War on Terrorism,” Council on American-Islamic Relations, Tulsa, Oklahoma,
November 8, 2008.
“Dying to Win,” Carnegie Mellon University, November 7, 2008.
“How the Next President Can Win the War on Terrorism,” Honor’s College, University of
Pittsburgh, November 7, 2008.
“How the Next President Can Win the War on Terrorism,” US Air Force Association Annual
Convention, Washington DC, September 15, 2008.
“The Global War on Terror: What We Have Learned,” Middle East Policy Council conference
for US Congressional Staff, US House Cannon Office Building, Washington DC,
September 12, 2008.
Participated “Counterterrorism Strategies 2008,” CATO Institute, Chicago, IL August 25-26,
2008.
Roundtable with Richard Posner and Steven Levitt on “Assessment of the Terror Threat to
America,” Aspen Institute Homeland Security Conference, Chicago, June 26, 2008.
“Dying to Win,” Video-presentation to Australian Defence College, Chicago, June 2, 2008.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Briefing to Congressman Patrick Murphy, Chicago,
June 2, 2008.
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“What Drives Suicide Terrorism,” International House, University of Chicago, May 28, 2008.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Dean of Student’s Lecture to College Advisors,
University of Chicago, May 9, 2008.
“CPOST – Phase II: Updating, Deepening and Analyzing the Knowledge Base,” Presentation to
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Department of Defense, Joint Threat Anticipation
Center Workshop, Center for International Studies, University of Chicago, May 8, 2008.
“The False Promise of Preventive War,” Passport Lecture Series, Oakton Community College,
Skokie, IL, May 1-2, 2008.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Political Science Department, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, April 25, 2008.
Guest Seminar, “Politics of Self-Sacrifice” Seminar, Political Science Department, University of
Chicago, April 23, 2008.
“Logic of Coercion in International Politics,” Law and Philosophy Workshop, University of
Chicago Law School, April 21, 2008.
Participated, Authors Roundtable for Charles Glaser’s book manuscript, Harris School of Public
Policy, University of Chicago, April 18, 2008.
“What Drives Suicide Terrorism?” University of Chicago Women’s Board, Chicago, April 17,
2008.
“Why Religion is Not Driving Suicide Terrorism,” Council on American-Islamic Relations and
Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Lauderdale, April 11, 2008.
“Why the War on Terrorism is Heading South,” Woman’s Athletic Club of Chicago, April 9,
2008.
“Dying to Win,” Argonne National Laboratories, Chicago, April 9, 2008.
“What Drives Suicide Terrorism?” Institute of Interfaith Dialog and Wimberly School of
Religion Conference, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, April 5, 2008.
Chair and discussant, “American Soft Power,” International Studies Association Convention,
San Francisco, March 28, 2008.
Chair, “New Research on Terrorism,” International Studies Association Convention, San
Francisco, March 29, 2008.
“What’s Wrong with the War on Terrorism?” Martin Louis Sears Lecture, Purdue University,
West Lafayette, Indiana, March 26, 2008.
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“Why the War on Terrorism is Heading South,” Harper Lecture, University of Chicago Alumni
Association, Washington DC, March 13, 2008.
Participated “Discussion on Terrorism,” National Science and Technology Council’s
Subcommittee on Human Factors, Department of Homeland Security, Washington DC,
March 13, 2008.
Participated “The Rise of International Courts,” University of Chicago and Northwestern faculty
seminar, January 14, 2008.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, MD, January
10, 2008.
Can the War on Terrorism be Won?” Passport Lecture Series, Oakton Community College,
Skokie, IL, November 15-16, 2007.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA,
November 13, 2007.
“The Mentality of Suicide Terrorism,” Sovereign Challenge, Special Operations Command,
MacDill AFB, Tampa FL, November 7, 2007.
“An Analysis of Suicide Terrorism and a Strategy for Its Defeat,” Chicago Fortnightly (the city’s
oldest women’s society, October 25, 2007.
Conference Director, “New Research on Terrorism,” Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism
Conference, University of Chicago, September 28, 2007.
“Winning the War on Terrorism,” plenary lecture, Air Force Association Annual Conference,
Washington DC, September 25, 2007.
“Why the War on Terrorism Goes South,” plenary presentation, Middle East and Central Asia
Politics, Economics and Society Annual Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
September 7, 2007.
Discussant, “Terrorism, the State and International Security,” Middle East and Central Asia
Politics, Economics and Society Annual Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
September 2, 2007.
Chair, “Big Threats from Small Actors, “American Political Science Association Annual
Convention, Chicago, IL September 2, 2007.
“Not in the Name of Islam – the Root Causes of Terrorism,” 44th Annual Conference of the Islamic
Society of North America, Chicago, IL September 1, 2007.
Discussant, “Terrorism and Its Consequences,” American Political Science Association Annual
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Convention, Chicago, IL August 31, 2007.
“Why the War on Terrorism is Heading South,” conference on Islamophobia.
Florida Council on American-Islamic Relations and International Muslim Association, Nova
Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, June 30, 2007.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Federal Bureau of Investigation, Northern Ohio
Division, Cleveland, June 4, 2007.
“Why the War on Terrorism is Heading South,” Keynote Address, Annual Banquet of the
Council on American-Islamic Relations, Ohio Chapter, Cleveland, June 3, 2007.
“Why the War on Terrorism is Heading South,” Harper Lecture, University of Chicago Alumni
Association, San Francisco, May 24, 2007.
“Iran and the Smart Bomb Trap,” Passport Lecture Series, Oakton Community College, Skokie,
IL, May 3-4, 2007.
“Why the War on Terrorism is Heading South,” Inaugural Garfield Institute Lecture, Hiram
College, Ohio, April 26, 2007.
“The Strategic, Social, and Individual Logics of Suicide Terrorism,” conference on “National
Security” sponsored by Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canada Border Services
Agency, Vancouver, BC, March 29, 2007.
“Why the War on Terrorism is Heading South,” Frank Covey Lecture, Loyola University,
Chicago, March 21, 2007.
“Iran and the Smart Bomb Trap,” Political Science Department, Loyola University, Chicago,
March 21, 2007.
“Causes of Suicide Terrorism,” Officers of 3rd Infantry Division (deploying to Baghdad), Fort
Stewart, Georgia, March 7, 2007.
“An Intellectual Exchange with Robert A. Pape about his Book, DYING TO WIN,” International
Studies Association Convention, Chicago, March 3, 2007.
37Chair, “Terrorism and Ethnic Politics,” International Studies Association Convention,
Chicago, March 3, 2007.
Chair, “Democracy and Terrorism,” International Studies Association Convention, Chicago,
March 2, 2007.
“Soft Balancing: How Major States Contain a Sole Superpower,” School of International
Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, February 1, 2007.
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“What Drives the Threat of Suicide Terrorism?” Keynote address, conference on “The War on
Terrorism: Where Do We Stand?” Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts
University, Cambridge, MA January 25, 2007.
“Role of Fundamentalism in Suicide Terrorism,” plenary panel discussion, conference on
“Global Communication of Fundamentalist Knowledge,” Norwegian University of
Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, December 16, 2006.
“Why the War on Terrorism is Heading South,” keynote address, conference on “Global
Communication of Fundamentalist Knowledge,” Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Trondheim, Norway, December 14, 2006.
“Air Power and Strategic Coercion,” Norwegian Royal Air Force Academy, Trondheim,
Norway, December 14, 2006.
“New Research on Terrorism,” workshop sponsored by the Chicago Project on Suicide
Terrorism, University of Chicago, December 9, 2006.
“The Growing Threat of Suicide Terrorism,” public lecture, University of Washington, Seattle
Washington, October 26, 2006.
“Religion: A Misleading Cause of Suicide Terrorism,” conference on “Religion and Democratic
Culture,” sponsored by the Comparative Religion Program, University of Washington,
Seattle Washington, October 26, 2006.
“Strategic Explanations for Suicide Terrorism,” Department of Homeland Security and Federal
Bureau of Investigation conference on “Suicide Attacks on the US Homeland,” Centra,
Arlington, VA, October 12, 2006.
“Trajectory of Anti-American Suicide Terrorism to 2015” Experts Workshop, Department of
Homeland Security, Washington DC, October 11, 2006.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” undisclosed Special Forces unit, Ft. Bragg, North
Carolina, September 29, 2006. “The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Air Force
Association Annual Conference, Washington DC, September 26, 2006.
“Dialogues on Martyrdom,” conference sponsored by Fondazione Giorgio Cini, San Giorgio,
Venice, Italy, September 13-15, 2006.
“War on Terrorism Five Years after 9/11,” CATO Institute Forum and C-SPAN, Washington,
DC, September 8, 2006.
“The Growing Threat of Suicide Terrorism,” Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and
Security, Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, September 5, 2006.
“Causes of Suicide Terrorism,” Address to Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra,
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Australia, September 5, 2006.
“Suicide Terrorism,” Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Canberra, Australia,
September 1, 2006.
“Suicide Terrorism,” Attorney-General’s Department and Department of Defence, Canberra,
Australia, September 1, 2006.
“Suicide Terrorism Workshop,” Australian Security Industry Association Conference, Sydney,
Australia, August 31, 2006.
“Understanding Suicide Terrorism,” Keynote Address to Australian Security Industry
Association Conference, Sydney, Australia, August 30, 2006.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” FBI Counter-Terrorism conference for FBI Senior
Executives from national field offices, US Military Academy, West Point, NY, August 9,
2006.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism” and panel discussion, International Symposium on
Suicide Terrorism for First Responders, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA, July
19-20, 2006.
“The Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism,” Visit of Ambassador Kenneth Brill, Office of the
Director of National Intelligence, Center for International Studies, University of Chicago,
June 22, 2006.
“The Growing Threat of Suicide Terrorism,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists conference on
“Doomsday Reconsidered,” MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, June 5, 2006.
“The Growing Threat of Suicide Terrorism,” Dean’s International Council, Harris Public Policy
School, Cultural Center of Chicago, May 18, 2006.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Passport Lecture Series, Oakton Community
College, Skokie, IL, May 11, 2006.
“US Bases and Arcs of Instability,” retreat sponsored by New America Foundation, Arabidda,
Portugal, May 4-7, 2006.
“Dying to Win,” part of ACritical Lectures in American Foreign Policy,” sponsored by the Earth
Institute at Columbia University, New York, April 27, 2006.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Joint Threat Anticipation Center Workshop, Center
for International Studies, University of Chicago, April 3, 2006.
“Soft Balancing and the Consequences of Serial Preventive War,” Conference on Unipolarity
and International Relations Theory,” Princeton University, March 31, 2006.
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“Dying to Win,” part of ARethinking Future Nature of Competition and Conflict Seminar
Series,” sponsored by Office of Secretary of Defense, Pentagon City Marriott,
Washington DC, March 30, 2006.
“Air Power and Modern War,” National War College, Fort McNair, Washington, DC, March 15,
2006.
“Dying to Win,” talks sponsored by the Political Science Departments of Oregon State University
and University of Oregon, and the Williamette Valley Forum, Corvallis and Eugene,
Oregon, March 9, 2006.
“The Growing Threat of Suicide Terrorism,” Institute for Comparative and International Studies,
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, March 2, 2006.
“The Causes of Suicide Terrorism,” IED Intelligence Summit, Joint Improvised Explosive
Device Defeat Organization, Fort Meade, Maryland, March 1, 2006.
“The Growing Threat of Suicide Terrorism,” Winnetka Community House, Winnetka, IL,
February 26, 2006.
“Debating Dying to Win,” with Peter Bergen and Stephen Holmes, Center on Law and Security,
New York University Law School, February 23, 2006.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Institute of International Studies, University of
California, Berkeley, February 16, 2006.
“Dying by Design: What Motivates Suicide Terrorists?” Dickey Center and War & Peace
Studies, Dartmouth College, February 10, 2006.
“Geopolitical Risks and Suicide Terrorism,” Eleventh Annual Emerging Markets Conference,
J.P. Morgan, Deer Valley, Utah, February 6, 2006.
“Dying to Win,” Walker Institute of International and Area Studies, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, SC January 26, 2006.
“Dying to Win,” Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, January
12, 2006.
“Dying to Win,” International Relations Faculty Colloquium, Princeton University, December 5,
2005.
“The Growing Threat of Suicide Terrorism,” Rational Models Workshop, Economics
Department, University of Chicago, November 22, 2005.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Liberty Caucus Lunch, House of Representatives,
Capitol Hill, Washington DC, November 17, 2005.
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“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” lecture for Congressional staff, House of
Representatives, Capitol Hill, Washington DC, November 17, 2005.
“The Growing Threat of Suicide Terrorism,” National War College, Washington DC, November
17, 2005.
“Causes of the Global Insurgency,” conference sponsored by Middle East Institute, National
Press Club, Washington DC November 8, 2005.
“Roots of Suicide Terrorism in the Middle East,” presentation with reply by Martin Kramer,
Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington DC, November 8, 2005.
“Dying to Win,” public lecture, University of Indiana Southeast Library, October 27, 2005.
Also, presentations to ROTC at University of Louisville, undergraduate seminar on
nationalism at IUS, and Mayor, Police Chief and other community leaders for New
Albany, Indiana.
“Religion and US Foreign Policy,” New York Council on Foreign Relations Congressional Staff
Roundtable, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC, October 21, 2005.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” International Seminar on Nuclear Security,
sponsored by International Atomic Energy Agency and Argonne National Laboratories,
Chicago, October 13, 2005.
“The Growing Threat of Suicide Terrorism,” Wayfarers’ Dinner, The Chicago Club, Chicago,
October 11, 2005.
“The Growing Threat of Suicide Terrorism,” Director’s Lunch, Belfer Center for Science and
International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School, Harvard, October 4, 2005.
“Questions and Answers on Suicide Terrorism,” session with research fellows, Belfer Center for
Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School, Harvard, October 4, 2005.
“Suicide Bombing: Is America Next?” Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit, State of
Hawaii, Honolulu, September 22, 2005.
“Who and Why of Suicide Terrorism,” Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church, Oak Park, IL, September
18, 2005.
Chair, discussion of PBS documentary ARoad to 9/11”, New York Council on Foreign Relations,
Chicago, September 13, 2005.
“Dying to Win,” Department of Justice, US Attorney’s Office and Secret Service, Chicago, IL,
September 8, 2005.
“The Rising Threat,” New America Foundation Conference on Terrorism and America’s Purpose
in the World, Washington, DC, September 6, 2005.
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Chair and discussant, ASuicide Bombing, Counter Terrorism, and Mobilizing a New Generation
of Bombers,” American Political Science Association, Washington DC, September 3,
2005.
“Dying to Win,” National Counter-Terrorism Center, undisclosed location, September 2, 2005.
“Dying to Win,” Department of Defense, Office of Transformation, Washington, DC, September
1, 2005.
“Dying to Win,” presentation to “Out of Iraq” Caucus, US Capitol, Washington, DC, July 26,
2005.
“Dying to Win,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, June 29, 2005.
“What Motivates a Suicide Terrorist?” presentation to Senators and Representatives, US Capitol,
Washington DC, June 23, 2005.
“Dying to Win,” Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Chicago, IL, June 20, 2005.
“Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Council on Foreign Relations, New
York, June 6, 2005.
“Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Bush School, Texas A & M
University, May 4, 2005.
“Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Mershon Center, Ohio State
University, April 27, 2005.
“Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism,” Workshop on Threat Anticipation: Social Science
Methods and Models,” conference sponsored by the University of Chicago and Argonne
National Laboratory, Chicago, April 8, 2005.
“A Guide to Precision Air Strategy,” National War College, Washington DC, March 16, 2005.
“Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism,” Department of Homeland Security mand National
Institute of Justice conference sponsored by the White House, Justice Department,
Washington DC, October 25/26, 2004, “Soft Balancing: How States Pursue Security in
a Unipolar World,” American Political Science Association Annual Conference Chicago,
September 3, 2004.
Chair, “Politics of Primacy and International Security,” American Political Science Association
Annual Conference, Chicago, September 3, 2004.
Chair, “Terrorism and International Security,” American Political Science Association Annual
Conference, Chicago, September 4, 2004.
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“Political Violence in an Era of Globalization?” MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, August 4-5,
2004.
“The Real Precision Revolution in Air Power” and debate with Elliot Cohen, SWAMOS
workshop on security affairs for graduate students, Cornell University, July 15-16, 2004.
“The Real Revolution in Precision Air Power,” Strategic Studies Institute, Army War College,
Carlisle Pa, June 8, 2004.
“Soft Balancing: How States Pursue Security in a Unipolar World,” Northwestern Law School,
June 3, 2004.
“The Real Revolution in Precision Air Power,” the Coercion Validation Conference, British
Ministry of Defence, London, May 17, 2004.
“Preventing ‘Soft Balancing’ against the United State,” International Studies Association 45th
Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada, March 19, 2004.
“Roundtable in Honor of John Mearsheimer,A International Studies Association 45th Annual
Convention, Montreal, Canada, March 19, 2004.
“Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” International Studies Association 45th Annual
Convention, Montreal, Canada, March 17, 2004.
“Testing Theories of Suicide Terrorism,” Qualitative Methods Seminar, University of Chicago,
February 4, 2004.
“Why They are Dying to Kill Us,” American Jewish Committee, Chicago, January 22, 2004.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Middle East Center Workshop, University of
Chicago, November 18, 2003.
“Soft Balancing: The Price of Aggressive Unilateralism by a Sole Superpower,” conference on
the Challenges of a Multipolar World, University of Quebec, Montreal, October 24,
2003.
Participated in American Primacy Task Force, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, September
18, October 6, November 18, December 15 2003.
“The Real Precision Revolution in Air Power” and AWhy Milosevic Surrendered,” SWAMOS
workshop on security affairs for graduate students, Cornell University, July 28-30, 2003.
“Soft Balancing against the United States,” Program on International Security Policy, University
of Chicago, May 13, 2003.
“Soft Balancing and Bush’s Preventive War Strategy,” International House, University of
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Chicago, April 17, 2003.
“Air Power and the Second Gulf War,” National War College, Washington DC, March 19, 2003.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Workshop on National Security, UCLA, March 7,
2003.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Georgetown School of Foreign Service,
Washington DC, February 19, 2003.
“The Risks of Fighting Iraq,” Parliamentary Debate Society, University of Chicago, February 17,
2003.
“The Risks of Fighting Iraq,” Lake Forest College, Chicago, February 13, 2003.
“The Risks of Fighting Iraq,” First Unitarian Church, Chicago, February 6, 2003. “The Strategic
Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Midwest Faculty Seminar, University of Chicago, January
23, 2003.
“Soft Balancing: How States will Respond to America’s Preventive War Strategy,” Triangle
Institute for Security Studies, Preemption Workshop, Duke University, January 17, 2003.
“Taiwan’s Security and Air Power,” National Security Council, Taipei, Taiwan, January 10,
2003.
Audience with President Shui-bian Chen, Presidential Palace, Taipei, on Taiwan’s Security and
Air Power, January 10, 2003.
“Why a Chinese Preemptive Strike would Fail,” at conference on Taiwan Security and Air
Power, Taipei, Taiwan, January 9, 2003.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” ACooperation and Conflict,” University of Chicago,
November 19, 2002.
“The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Program on International Security Policy,
University of Chicago, October 22, 2002.
“The Impact of the Precision Revolution on Air Power,” National War College, March 20, 2002.
Presented “Theory and Practice of Suicide Terrorism,” University of Chicago, lecture in J.
Mearsheimer, AStrategy,” March 5, 2002.
Participated “War on Terrorism” lunch sponsored by British Consulate General, University of
Chicago, November 19, 2001.
Participated “International Legal Systems and Regime Design,” University of Chicago and
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Northwestern faculty seminar, October 22, 2001.
Panelist “Economic Ties and Great Power Politics,” Patterson School of Diplomacy and
International Commerce, University of Kentucky, October 19, 2001.
Panelist “9/11: Causes and Consequences,” International House, University of Chicago, October
6, 2001.
Presented “Limits of Coercive Air Power,” SWAMOS workshop on security affairs for graduate
students, Cornell University, July 23-24, 2001.
Presented “NATO and the Balkans: What’s Next,” Hoffman Memorial Seminar, Watergate
Hotel, Washington DC, April 20, 2001.
Presented “Technological Decline and the End of the Cold War,” Center for International
Studies, MIT, Cambridge, MA, April 11, 2001.
Presented “Case against Ballistic Missile Defenses,” World Conference, University of Chicago,
April 7, 2001.
Presented “Economics and National Security,” Seminar XXI, an educational program for about
60 senior government officials and military officers sponsored by MIT, Washington DC,
April 2, 2001.
Presented “Air Power’s Hidden Risks,” ROTC, City of Chicago, April 3, 2001.
Presented “The Hidden Risks of Strategic Air Power” and “Air Power and the Balkans,”
National War College, Washington DC, March 20 and 21, 2001.
Presented “Why Structural Change Ended the Cold War Peacefully,” Russian Studies workshop,
University of Chicago, February 27, 2001.
Chair, “Domestic Sources of Compliance with Norms,” International Studies Association,
Chicago, February 22, 2001.
Panelist, “Future of Strategic Air Power,” International Studies Association, Chicago, February
21, 2001.
Presented “Understanding Coercion and the Limits of Force,” Perspectives on Cooperation and
Conflict, University of Chicago, November 21, 2000.
Presented “Kosovo and the Future of Coercive Air Power,” Program on International Security
Policy, University of Chicago, November 14, 2000.
Presented “The Limits of Military Force to Change Political Behavior,” Norwegian Military
Academy Symposium in on “From New World Order to New NATO?” Oslo September
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19, 2000. Roundtable on Bombing to Win.
Norwegian Air Force Academy, Trondheim, September 20, 2000. Presented “The Future of
Military Coercion,” Roundtable, American Political Science Association Conference,
Washington, DC, September 1, 2000.
Presented “The Limits of Precision-Guided Air Power in Iraq and Kosovo” and “Can
Punishment Coerce States?” SWAMOS workshop on security affairs for graduate
students, Cornell University, July 19-21, 2000.
Presented “The Kosovo Affair,” International Relations Club, Indiana University, Northwest,
Gary Indiana, April 26, 2000.
Presented “Dynamics of US Security Policy to group of Eastern European and Asian government
officials, International Visitors Center of Chicago, April 21, 2000.
Presented “The Limits of Strategic Air Power,” National War College, Washington, DC, March
15, 2000.
Presented “The Theory and Practice International Economic Coercion,” Air War College,
Maxwell AFB, Ala., February 7, 2000.
Presented “Explaining Costly International Moral Action,” Program on Political Economic and
Security, University of Chicago, January 27, 2000.
Presented “Why Milosevic Surrendered,” National War College, Washington, DC, December 13,
1999.
Presented “Air Power in Kosovo and NATO’s Future,” Round-table discussion, International
Strategic Studies Association Conference, Washington DC, November 12, 1999.
Presented “Kosovo and the Future of Coercive Air Power,” Institute of War and Peace Studies,
Columbia University, October 25, 1999.
Presented “Why Milosevic Surrendered,” Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC,
October 21, 1999.
Presented “Kosovo and the Theory and Practice of International Coercion,” International
Security Studies, History Department, Yale University, May 10, 1999.
Presented “The Determinants of International Moral Action,” International Relations Reading
Group, Political Science Department, Yale University, May 10, 1999.
Presented “Kosovo: A Test for Air Power,” We”Therhead Center for International Affairs,
Harvard University, May 4, 1999.
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Presented “Coercive Air Power and Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction,” Maxwell AFB, Ala.
February 25, 1999.
Presented “The Theory and Practice of International Coercion,” Universityof Chicago, December
11, 1998.
Participant, Workshop on International Human Rights, Sponsored by Dickey Center, Dartmouth
College, November 5, 1998.
Discussant, “Emerging International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Region,” workshop, Dickey
Center, Dartmouth College, October 24, 1998.
Presented “Coercive Air Power and Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction,” Center for Strategic
and International Studies, Washington, D.C., June 25, 1998.
Participant “Strategy and National Security,” John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies,
Harvard University, Wianno Club, Cape Cod, June 11-13, 1998.
Presented “Why the Cold War Ended,” Government Department, Dartmouth College, June 3,
1998.
Presented, “The Limits of Precision-Guided Air Power,” College of Aerospace Doctrine,
Research, and Education, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala., April 28, 1998.
Presented, “A Workable Strategy for Iraq,” School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Air
University, Maxwell AFB, Ala., April 27, 1998.
Moderated panel discussion, “Causes and Solutions of Ethnic Conflict,” sponsored by the Dickey
Center, Dartmouth College, April 18, 1998.
Participated in lunch discussion with Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor,
sponsored by the Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College, April 8, 1998.
Presented “Why Multipolarity Caused the End of the Cold War (and not the other way around),”
Program on International Security Policy, University of Chicago, March 3, 1998.
Presented “How the US Can Contain Iraq” at a public discussion sponsored by the Dickey
Center, Dartmouth College, February 23, 1998.
Participated in conference on “Precision Air Power from the Sea,” sponsored by MIT’s Security
Studies Program, December 8-9, 1997.
Presented “Coercion and Air Power,” at NATO conference sponsored by the Royal Netherlands
Air Force, The Hague, November 25, 1997.
Participated in conference on “Antisubmarine Warfare After the Cold War,” sponsored by MIT’s
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Security Studies Program, June 11-12, 1997.
Participated in “From Collective Security to Cooperative Security,” Dickey Center conference on
global governance, Dartmouth College, May 2-4, 1997.
Presented, “Why Economic Sanctions Still Don’t Work,” Center for International Studies,
Princeton University, February 28, 1997.
Participated in dinner seminar featuring Samuel Huntington and William McNeill debating
Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations, Harvard Faculty Club, February 20, 1997.
Presented “How to Control Weapons of Mass Destruction,” Dickey Center workshop on global
governance and the role of the United Nations, Dartmouth College, February 1, 1997.
Participated in panel discussion of Bombing to Win, Kings College, London, December 5, 1996.
Participated in “The Future Stability of Bosnia,” workshop sponsored by British Foreign Office,
London, November 7, 1996.
Presented “Which Future for the German Air Force,” workshop sponsored by the Luftwaffe in
Bonn, Germany, September 7-10, 1996.
Presented “Why Economic Sanctions Still Don’t Work,” conference sponsored by John M. Olin
Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University, Wianno Club on Cape Cod, June 16-
19, 1996.
Presented “Why Economic Sanctions Still Don’t Work,” seminar on international political
economy, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, May 13, 1996.
Presented, “Can America Fix Bosnia?” Kendall Lunch, Dartmouth College, January 18, 1996.
Classified debate on “What Air Power Really Mattered in the Gulf War,” with Office of Air
Force History at the request of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Ronald
Fogelman, April 16, 1995.
Presented “Strategic Air Power in Desert Storm and Beyond,” conference sponsored by MIT’s
Defense and Arms Control Studies Program, Harvard’s Center for International Affairs,
and Harvard’s Center for Science and International Affairs, April 19, 1995.
Presented “What Air Power Really Mattered Against Iraq” at Harvard’s Center for International
Affairs and MIT’s Center for International Studies, December 1994.
Presented “How Wars Escalate,” War and Nationalism Seminar, University of Chicago, May 18,
1994.
Presented “Strategies of Coercive Air Power,” Air Staff seminar, Pentagon, May 10, 1994.
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Briefed Newt Gingrich on “A Strategy for Bosnia,” Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama,
November 1992 and February 1993.
Briefed Air Staff on “A Strategy for Bosnia,” Pentagon, January 1993. Presented “Non-Lethal
Weapons and Coercive Air Power,” at conference sponsored by MIT’s Defense and
Arms Control Studies Program, May 1993.
Presented “Cruise Missiles and Coercive Air Power,” Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,
Calf. August 1992.
Presented “Coercive Air Power in the Vietnam War,” American Political Science Association,
San Francisco, August 1990.
Other Professional Activities
Member, Editorial Boards, American Political Science Review, 2007-2013; International
Security, 2003-present; Security Studies, 1992-present.
Interviews (partial list tracking only through 2010, afterwards too numerous) on Nightline” May
10, 2005; Defense News (June 9, 2004); “The World” (Matthew Bell, NPR Boston June
16, 2004); approximately 100 media interviews in June, July, and August 2005, including
CNN Anderson Cooper, CNN Aaron Brown, Fox News (8 times), NPR Morning
Edition” (4 times); CNN’s Anderson Cooper (Nov 10, Nov 14); CNN’s Wolf Blitzer
(Nov 14), PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (Nov 14), and many others. All major
papers, news TV/radio programs in Australia, August 29 to September 6, 2006; numerous
BBC/NPR radio interviews in August and September 2006. “Chicago Tonight,” Nov 20,
2006; NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” Jan 22, 2008; USA Today Feb 1, 2008; Economist Feb
7, 2008.
Interviewed in New Republic (Judis, June 9, 2003); Bruce Dumont Beyond Beltway” public TV
(June 22, 2003); Christian Science Monitor (Sept 2, 2003); NPT Boston “The
Connection” (Sept 11, 2003); AVoice of America” (Sept 23, 2003); Focus (Germany’s
Newsweek, Nov 24, 2003); Gordon Bathos, Toronto Star (Sept 25, 2003); Voice of
America” (October 28, 2003); Chicago Tonight” (Nov 3, 2003); Financial Times (Shlaes,
Nov 3, 2003); Canadian National Radio Sunday Edition” (November 9, 2003); Newsday,
AReality of Suicide Bombings” (Dec 28, 2003); The Economist (Jan 10, 2004); Reuters
(Feb 2, 2004); Forbes (Mar 3, 2004); “The World B BBC (April 6, 2004); The New
Scientist (Bond, May 15, 2004).
Interviewed on Chicago Tonight” (June 10, 2002), Milt Rosenberg Show WGN June 17, 2002;
July 26, 2002), Chicago Tribune (Chapman, Aug 28, 2002), NPR Odyssey (Sept 30,
2002 “Geopolitics of Oil”), Reuters (Oct 1); NPR “All Things Considered” Nov 4, 2002;
“Chicago Tonight” (Nov 14, 2002); Ch 2 News (Nov 15, 2002); Washington Post (Jan 6,
2003); Christian Science Monitor (Jan 28, 2003); Christian Science Monitor (Jan 30,
2003); Christian Science Monitor (Feb 2, 2003); Chicago Tonight” (Feb 5, 2003;
Chicago Tribune (Chapman, Feb 9, 2003); NPR “Worldview” (Feb 14, 2003); CNN
(John Vause, Feb 24, 2003); ABCNews.com (Feb 24, 2003); “All Things Considered”
(Mar 18, 2003); “To the Point” NPR (Mar 18, 2003); “Worldview” NPR (Mar 18, 2003);
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“On Point” NPR WBUR Boston (March 21, 2003); John Gipson, Fox News (March 24,
2003); Maria Bartiromo CNBC (March 24, 2003); Eric Schmitt NYT (March 26, 2003);
Air Force Times (March 31, 2003); ABC Radio (March 26, 2003); Boston Globe (March
26, 2003); Sun Times (29, 2003); Washington Post (March 29, 2003); “To the Point”
WBUR NPR Boston (March 28, 2003; LBC London radio (March 29, 2003); CNBC
Maria Bartiromo (March 31, 2003); Jerusalem Post (April 1, 2003); Bruce Dumont
“Beyond Beltway” public TV (April 6, 2003); NPR “Worldview” (April 9, 2003);
International Herald Tribune (Pfaff April 13, 2003); “All Things Considered” (May 25,
2003). Numerous regional papers. Interviewed on security affairs in Middle East on
Chicago Tonight (April 4, 2002) and NPR Odyssey (April 9, 2002).
Interviewed on 9/11 attacks on Chicago Tonight (Sept 11), Milt Rosenberg Show WGN (Sept
11, Nov 5, Jan 23), NPR Odyssey (Sept 13,Nov 28), Chris Kelly WVON (Sept 21),
Chicago Magazine (Nov 2001), Washington Post Oct 27, Dec 2), New York Times (Oct
27, Dec 24), Wall Street Journal (Nov 12), Chicago Tribune (editorial, Nov 16;
Chapman, Nov 29), Chicago Sun Times (Oct 9), WBUR (Boston, Nov 13), Boston Globe
(Dec 9), The New Yorker (Dec 23), Investor’s Business Daily (Jan 8), Liberation (Paris,
Oct 29), Bruce Dumont public TV (Feb 10,Feb 17, May 26), Kansas City Star, Dallas
Morning News and other regional papers/radio shows.
Interviewed on Kosovo, March 24- May 1999: ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings;
National Public Radio, All Things Considered; ABC Nightline; New York Times; Boston
Globe; other regional papers; Boston Public Radio, WBUR Connections; WSMN
Boston.
Interviewed, AStealth,” Discovery Channel documentary, March 4, 1999.
Dickey Center War and Peace program steering committee; chair of speakers and undergraduate
fellows program, January 1998-99.
Commentator on Bosnia, Canadian Broadcast Network News, 1993-94; Los Angeles Public
Radio, May 1993; on the Gulf War, Washington Post, USA Today, and numerous
regional papers, January 1991 to present.
Intern, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Washington D.C. 1986.
Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago, 1985-86; Lecturer, Political Science Department,
University of Illinois at Chicago, 1984.
Assistant to the Editor, Ethics, University of Chicago, 1983-84.
Founder, Pittsburgh Undergraduate Review, University of Pittsburgh, the first scholarly refereed
national journal for undergraduates.
