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| Carolyn Lesorogol Assistant Professor of Social Work (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/657.html) Carolyn Lesorogol's main interests are in international social development and the dynamics of social change processes. She has studied these issues among African pastoralists in Kenya where she has conducted long term fieldwork examining the political and economic processes resulting in privatization ... Expertise: international social development, capacity building and participatory development, institutional change, political economy, ethnographic research Direct contact: (314) 935-8232 / clesorogol@wustl.edu |
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| Henry W. Berger Emeritus Professor of History (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/135.html)
Author of The United States, the PLO, and Stability in the Middle East, Henry Berger focuses on the history of American foreign relations, with particular interest in U.S. relations with the Middle East and Latin America. Berger, who has written on various aspects of U.S. foreign policy in the 20th ... Expertise: 20th-century U.S. history, U.S. foreign policy, Middle East, Latin America, Vietnam War, American labor unions, trade expansion, … Direct contact: (314) 935-8670 / hwberger@wustl.edu |
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| Victor Le Vine Professor Emeritus of Political Science (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/115.html)
Victor Le Vine is an expert on hostages, terrorism, guerrilla warfare and political problems of the Middle East and Northern Africa. Other areas of interest include international law and politics and ethnic politics. He has followed the situation in Iraq closely since well before the Gulf War and can ... Expertise: politics, terrorism, guerrilla warfare, Middle East, Iraq, Africa, Liberia, … Direct contact: (314) 935-5867 / vlevine@artsci.wustl.edu |
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| Leila Sadat Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law and Director of the Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/84.html)
Leila Sadat is one of the country's leading experts in international and comparative law. She is the author of more than three dozen articles and several books on international criminal law and justice, terrorism, crimes against humanity, French law and European Union Law. From May 2001 until September ... Expertise: war crimes, criminal law, criminal justice, European Community law, international law, U.S. constitution, foreign relations, … Direct contact: (314) 935-6411 / sadat@wulaw.wustl.edu |
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| Andrew Sobel Associate Professor of Political Science and Resident Fellow in the Center in Political Economy (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/442.html)
Sobel specializes in the politics of international finance with a focus upon domestic explanations of international behavior. His books include Domestic Choices, International Markets (1994), which examines the politics underpinning the liberalization and globalization of national securities markets ... Expertise: international relations, international political economy, globalization, foreign investment Direct contact: (314) 935-5856 / sobel@artsci.wustl.edu |
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| Chinese earthquake Earthquake may rattle China's hydropower plans, raising spectre of more coal-fired pollution, tighter energy markets (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/11802.html) May 15, 2008 -- The massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province last week may have dealt a huge blow to China's plans for a vast network of hydro-electric power dams, and the aftershock could mean more reliance on coal, more pollution and more competition for scarce global energy resources, suggests the author of a new book on the politics of China's epic dam-building campaign. |
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| Blue-ribbon steering committee drafting international treaty Harris World Law Institute kicks off landmark Crimes Against Humanity Project (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11641.html) April 25, 2008 -- The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute of Washington University School of Law announced a two-year project to study the international law regarding crimes against humanity and to draft a multilateral treaty condemning and prohibiting such crimes. Leila Sadat, J.D., the Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law and director of the Harris Institute, recently convened the first meeting of the project's steering committee. |
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| China's Water Warriors China's push for hydropower dams sparking grassroots backlash, suggests new book (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/10761.html) Jan. 7, 2008 --
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| A Climate 'Policy Wonk' in the Making
NPR Morning Edition April 14, 2008 -- WUSTL junior Kelley Greenman is featured is today's Morning Edition program on climate change with Richard Harris. Greenman is interested in cliimate change policy issues. The story included a segment about an advising appointment with career counselor Karen Morton and Kelley. Includes an audio link to the story. |
| Drug Informant Fights Deportation
NPR Day to Day Feb. 8, 2008 -- A Nigerian immigrant here facing deportation says he's going to be tortured and killed if he is, in fact, sent back home. Frank Enwonwu was caught smuggling heroin 22 years ago. Since then he's lived the dangerous life of an informant for federal drug authorities. He claims part of the deal was a promise to allow him to stay in the U.S. and escape revenge from the Nigerian drug dealers. Professor Stephen Legomsky, an immigration law expert at Washington University in St. Louis, comments. |
| A faith-based stop for the president
Chicago Tribune and 1 others Jan. 11, 2008 -- WUSTL American culture studies Professor Wayne Fields comments on President Bush's recent Mideast trip. "President Bush believes in a religion of dramatic revelations — his conversion and 9/11 being the most notable — in which a person's life is transformed or the world is changed," said WUSTL American culture studies professor Wayne Fields. "These moments ... are the sources of the important 'truths' which inform his understanding of life and shape his behavior as well as his rhetoric." |
| Microsoft's European experience troubling for U.S. companies
SiliconValley.com and 9 others March 15, 2007 -- WUSTL law professors Scott Kieff and Troy Paredes along with a Stanford colleague write that the latest regulatory actions by the competition unit of the European Union against Microsoft could have a profound impact on other U.S. companies doing business in Europe. Consumers may end up paying the freight for runaway regulation. |
| To set a pullout date or not: That is the question
Minneapolis Star Tribune online March 9, 2007 -- House Democrats propose a measure to require that U.S. troops be withdrawn from Iraq by fall of 2008. Minnesota's delegation, regardless of party affiliation, stays on the fence, in one instance citing that people's opinions are "all over the map." WUSTL political science professor Steven Smith comments on Nancy Pelosi's strategy. |
| Bush domestic proposals address some Democratic concerns but will still be a hard sell
Associated Press and 17 others Jan. 24, 2007 -- WUSTL presidential rhetoric specialist Wayne Fields is one of several experts analyzing the content and presentation of President Bush's State of the Union speech. |
| Bush speech lacks knockout blow: analysts
Agence France Presse -- English and 2 others Jan. 24, 2007 -- WUSTL political science professor Steven Smith is one of several experts analyzing the content and presentation of President Bush's State of the Union speech. |
| Baby boomers seen as source of global volunteers
The Washington Times Dec. 6, 2006 -- Volunteer agencies were urged yesterday to tap into the pool of aging and retiring baby boomers at a forum on international volunteerism at the Brookings Institution. The goal of the Brookings initiative is to double international volunteerism in three years, from 50,000 people to 100,000 people. Margaret Sherraden, researcher at WUSTL's Center for Social Development, comments on international volunteerism. |
| U.S. to Deploy Proven Technology on Borders
NPR - Morning Edition Sept. 22, 2006 -- The Department of Homeland Security today awards a multi-billion dollar contract to beef up border security. The anticipated winner is Boeing. Despite the aerospace giant's background, Boeing's border security plan is less high tech than you might expect. WUSTL computer science professor Robert Pless comments on surveillance technology. He is assistant director of WUSTL's Center for Security Technologies. |
| Secularism, the French & Alfred Dreyfus
The New York Sun July 7, 2006 -- Several hundred Parisians gathered at City Hall yesterday to pay tribute to a French army captain, Alfred Dreyfus,who was convicted wrongly of treason in a trial that divided France more than a century ago. Anti-Semitism and assimilation are still controversial subjects in France today. WUSTL anthropology professor John Bowen comments. |
| Hussein presents a spirited defense
Los Angeles Times and 3 others April 6, 2006 -- Article covers events from Wednesday in the Saddam Hussein trial. His savvy take on contemporary Iraqi politics took some observers by surprise. WUSTL international law professor Leila Nadya Sadat, who watched segments of the trial on the Internet, comments. |
| Bush pulls out the stops to save ratings
Forbes.com and 57 others March 23, 2006 -- In current and upcoming speeches, the president wants to convince Americans not only that there is reason for optimism about Iraq's future but that the situation now is better than the daily reports of strife make it appear. President Bush is drawing on his plainspoken manner to defend his Iraq strategy. WUSTL political rhetoric specialist Wayne Fields comments on Bush's strattegy. |
| Saddam on trial
PBS – NewsHour and 1 others Feb. 16, 2006 -- PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer features a discussion of the trial of Saddam Hussein. Following a background report from Independent Television News, two lawyers give their reactions to the proceedings. WUSTL law professor Leila Sadat is one of the lawyers. |
| Bush has hits, misses in annual speech
CBS News online and 32 others Jan. 27, 2006 -- WUSTL presidential rhetoric specialist Wayne Fields comments on President Bush's annual State of the Union address and looks back on his previous speeches. |
| China's B-School boom
BusinessWeek Dec. 30, 2005 -- BusinessWeek looks at the growth of business school programs in China that are being developed with the help of U.S. business schools, Including WUSTL's Olin School of Business. Patrick Moreton, who is the co-director of the executive MBA program offered by Fudan University and WUSTL's Olin School, comments. |
| Roundup of commentary on Saddam Hussein trial by Leila Sadat
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times and 2 others Dec. 8, 2005 -- Roundup of comments by Leila Nadya Sadat, WUSTL law professor and international criminal law expert, about the trial of Saddam Hussein. Defense strategy, the Iraqi war crimes tribunal, and the violence and turmoil surrounding the trial are all discussed. Professor Sadat also helped to train Iraqi jurists. |
| 2nd Hussein Trial Defense Lawyer Slain
Los Angeles Times Nov. 9, 2005 -- Gunmen killed a second defense lawyer in the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants on Tuesday, throwing the controversial proceedings into greater turmoil and casting new doubt on the credibility of the tribunal. WUSTL law professor Leila Nadya Sadat, who helped train Iraqi jurists, comments. |
| CIA leak queries look at disclosure of classified data
Wall Street Journal Oct. 21, 2005 -- Article updates the CIA leak case and suggests that Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald may be piecing together a case that White House officials conspired to leak various types of classified material in conversations with reporters -- including Ms. Plame's identity but also other secrets related to national security. WUSTL law professor and national security law expert Kathleen Clark comments. |
| Law Experts Divided Over Legitimacy of Tribunal
Los Angeles Times Oct. 21, 2005 -- WUSTL law professor Leila Sadat is one of the experts commenting on the legitimacy of the Iraqi war crimes tribunal that is prosecuting former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. |
| Colleges Scramble to Plan Events to Comply With Federal Mandate for Constitution Day
Chronicle of Higher Education Sept. 2, 2005 -- A new federal law that requires colleges to present educational programming about the U.S. Constitution every September 17 has many institutions scrambling to develop programs just as the academic year is getting under way. Reaction to the mandate has varied. Some colleges, like WUSTL, are using the occasion to organize major events. But most are simply playing host to a speech or holding a panel discussion. WUSTL will use the day as a chance to formally open the Richard A. Gephardt Institute for Public Service. The event will feature an Assembly Series lecture by economist Hernando de Soto and a speech by Mr. Gephardt, a former Democratic congressman from Missouri. WUSTL political science professor emeritus James Davis, director of the center, comments. |
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