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September 18, 2002
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U C SAN DIEGO FACULTY EXPERTS CAN COMMENT ON SITUATION IN IRAQ

The following University of California, San Diego faculty members can provide commentary on a broad range of issues related to the current situation in Iraq, including diplomatic efforts, military actions, foreign policy repercussions, international security, and international institutions and their role in the crisis.

Peter Cowhey is the dean of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) and director of the UCSD-based UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. As the head of IGCC, Cowhey directs the work of leading experts on international security and can provide commentary on the international and global repercussions of possible actions against Iraq. He can also discuss the politics of U.S. foreign policy and foreign policy options. Cowhey, the former chief of the International Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission, is also a leading expert on the international communications and information industries, and can discuss issues relating to cyber security. Cowhey can be reached at 858.534.1946 / 619.847.6447(cell) / pcowhey@ucsd.edu.
Miles Kahler is the director of the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS) and Rohr Professor of Pacific international relations at IR/PS. A former Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, he can comment on international politics post-September 11, U.S. foreign policy ramifications, and international institutions and their role in the crisis. He has recently completed a paper on the effects of September 11 on world politics: "Networks and Failed States: September 11 and the Long 20th Century," available at http://www-irps.ucsd.edu/faculty/mkahler/papers.html. Kahler can be reached at 858.534.3078 / 858-822-5295 / 619.296.0812(home) / 619.347.3255(cell) / mkahler@ucsd.edu.
Richard Feinberg is a professor of International Political Economy at IR/PS and director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Study Center. Feinberg is an authority on U.S. diplomacy and the U.S. foreign policy-making process. He is also an expert on trade and investment, globalization, democratization, and non-governmental organizations. Feinberg served on the National Security Council (1993-96) in the Clinton Administration and is a frequent commentator for national and international media. Feinberg can be reached at 858.337.3168(cell) / 858.534.7627 / rfeinberg@ucsd.edu.
Susan Shirk is an authority on U.S.-China relations, U.S. foreign policy, and U.S. diplomatic relations. A professor of politics at UCSD's IR/PS, Shirk served in the Clinton Administration as deputy assistant secretary of state for China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong (1997-2000). Shirk can comment on general foreign policy implications and on China's reactions to possible U.S. and U.N. actions. Shirk can be reached at 858.534.3352 / 858.272.1133(home) / sshirk@ucsd.edu.
Barbara Walter, a professor of international relations at IR/PS, is an authority on international security, with an emphasis on internal wars, conflict termination, and bargaining and cooperation. She has recently completed research on the politics of extremist violence. She can discuss the international security dimensions of possible U.S. action against Iraq. Walter can be reached at 858.822.0775 / bfwalter@ucsd.edu.
Ron Bee, a senior analyst at the statewide UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, has fifteen years of experience in Washington D.C. on international security issues. The author of "ACCESS Guide to the Gulf War" (1992), Bee can comment on the issues surrounding weapons of mass destruction, the International Atomic Energy Agency, arms control, and general foreign policy implications of any invasion of Iraq. Bee can be reached at 858.534.6429 / 858.457.2125(home) / 858.354.6327(cell) / rbee@ucsd.edu.
David Lake, a professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, is a renowned scholar of international relations theory, international politics, and American foreign policy. He has written widely on building security in the new world order, the international spread of ethnic conflict, and global power and international security issues. Lake can comment on the foreign policy repercussions of a sustained military attack against Iraq. To reach Lake, please contact Dolores Davies at 858.534.5994 / ddavies@ucsd.edu.
Stephan Haggard is professor of Korean Studies at IR/PS and the director of the Korea-Pacific Program. Haggard is conducting research on the social consequences of globalization and international economic relations. He can also comment on American foreign policy, international conflict and security developments on the Korean peninsula. Haggard can be reached at 858.534.5781 / 858.866.3401(home) / 619.665.6087(cell) / shaggard@ucsd.edu.
Ross Starr, a professor of economics, is an expert on the financial markets, the U.S. banking system, and general economic trends and conditions. Starr can comment on how a war against Iraq is likely to impact the financial markets and the current economic downturn, as well as the possible impacts on U.S. monetary and fiscal policy. Starr can be reached at 858.534.3879 / 858.455.1630 / rstarr@ucsd.edu.
Michael Bernstein, a professor of history, is an authority on the economic and political history of the U.S. since the Civil War. He is the author, most recently, of "A Perilous Progress: Economists and Public Purpose in 20th Century America," and can provide a historical perspective on the economic and political repercussions of waging a war on Iraq. Bernstein can be reached at 858.534.1070 / 619.294.3202 / mbernstein@ucsd.edu.
Neal Beck, a professor of political science, specializes in the politics of U.S. economic policy. He can provide commentary on the likely political repercussions of a war on Iraq and how this might impact the current economic downturn. Beck has studied the political implications of activity in the financial markets, including how economic fluctuations in the economy, including those precipitated by war, can impact presidential elections. Beck can be reached at 858.534.4296 / 619.625.8350 / nbeck@ucsd.edu.