David Cortright, PhD Biography |
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President of the Fourth Freedom Forum |
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Con to the question "Should the US Have Attacked Iraq?" |
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"Having failed to understand how sanctions and inspections worked in Iraq, the United States risks repeating its mistake in the future. The crisis of intelligence that pundits and politicians should be considering is not why so many officials overestimated what was wrong in Iraq; it is why they ignored so much readily available evidence of what was right about existing policies. By disregarding the success of inspections and sanctions, Washington discarded an effective system of containment and deterrence and, on the basis of faulty intelligence and wrong assumptions, launched a preventive war in its place."
Cowritten with George A. Lopez, PhD, "Containing Iraq: Sanctions Worked," Foreign Affairs, July-Aug, 2004
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Experts
Individuals with PhD's, JD's, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. |
| Involvement and Affiliations: |
President, Fourth Freedom Forum, 1992–present
Research Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 1989–present
Senior Researcher, Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation
Senior Adviser, National Religious Partnership on the Nuclear Weapons Danger
Member, Advisory Board, National Council of Churches of Christ
Member and Treasurer, Board of Directors, Sojourners
Member, International Studies Association
Member, Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society
Member, Board of Directors, Peace Research Society
Member, Board of Directors, Peace Action Education Fund
Member, Board of Advisers, Global Studies Institute, Culver Military Academy
Adviser, Core Group for the Study of National Security, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Co-Director, SANE/FREEZE (now Peace Action), 1987–1988
Executive Director, SANE, 1978–1988
Research Associate, Center for National Security Studies, 1974–1977 |
| Education: |
PhD, Political Science, Union Graduate School (The Union Institute), 1975
MA, New York University, 1970
BA, University of Notre Dame, 1968 |
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Recipient, Gandhi Peace Award, 2004
Recipient, Annual Peace and Justice Award, SANE/FREEZE (now Peace Action) National Congress, 1991 |
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