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Dr. Jerry Pubantz

Professor of Political Science

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Executive Summary. Dr. Pubantz holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University and a B.S.F.S. degree

from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. His writings include works on the United

Nations, the Middle East, and American foreign policy. His most recent book, The New United Nations:

International Organization in the 21st Century, 2nd ed., was published by Routledge Publishers in 2017.

Among his other volumes are Is There a Global Right to Democracy? A Philosophical Analysis of

Peacekeeping and Nation Building and the Encyclopedia of the United Nations. He is also the co-author

of To Create a New World? American Presidents and the United Nations, honored with CHOICE

Magazine’s Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2000 by the American Library Association. Dr.

Pubantz appears regularly on television and radio to discuss American politics and international affairs. He

is a member of the Middle East Policy Council’s National Advisory Board, a former President of the North

Carolina Political Science Association, the co-founder of the Southern Association of Pre-law Advisers,

and the former Chairman of the National Collegiate Conference Association, corporate sponsor of the

National Model United Nations in New York City. He has lectured at universities and colleges across the

nation and internationally. He is also the founding dean of Lloyd International Honors College at UNCG.

Department of Political Science

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

317 Curry Building

1109 Spring Garden St., Greensboro, NC 27412

Phone (Main Office): 336-334-5989 | Fax: 336.334.4315

e-mail address: j_pubant@uncg.edu

Educational Background

Ph.D., Duke University, 1973

M.A., Duke University, 1972

B.S.F.S. (Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service), School of Foreign Service, Georgetown

University, 1969

Attended the Institut d'Études l'Européèn de l'Est, L'Université de Fribourg, 1967-68

Attended the Institut d'Études Françaises de Touraine, Université de Poitiers, 1967

Employment

University of North Carolina at Greensboro,

Professor of Political Science, 2006 -

Dean, Lloyd International Honors College, 2010 - 2015

Director, Lloyd International Honors College, 2008 - 2010

Salem College, 1976 – December 2005

Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor

Chairman, Department of History and Political Science, 1984-90; 1993-2000; 2004 - 2005

Concurrent Visiting Appointments since 1981:

Wake Forest University, Department of Politics

Guilford College, Department of Political Science

University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Department of Political Science

University of Prince Edward Island (Canada), Department of Government

North Carolina School of the Arts, Division of General Studies

Converse College, Assistant Professor of Politics, 1973-76

Graduate Faculty, 1974-76

Duke University, Part-time Instructor of Political Science, 1971

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Regular guest on radio and television as expert on Middle East, American, post-

Soviet/Russian Politics, and International Politics. Commentary presented on the following

stations: Iran National Television Networks (Sahar-TV and PRESS TV), Radio Canada

International (RCI), NewsTalk San Diego (KPSI), North Carolina Public Radio (WUNC) and

(WFDD), Wisconsin Public Radio (WHA), KTOK Radio (Oklahoma City), Sarasota Community

Radio (WSLR), WXLV-TV (Winston-Salem), WXII-TV (Winston-Salem), WFMY-TV

(Greensboro), WGHP-TV (High Point), WECT-TV(Wilmington), WSJS Radio (Winston-Salem),

ITV-Sarasota, Florida County Schools, UNCG Television, North Carolina State Government

Radio.

Guest Lectures given at the following Universities and Colleges: North Carolina State

University, Chautauqua Institution, New College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, The University

of Virginia, California State Polytechnic University, Elon University, University of North

Carolina at Pembroke, Winston-Salem State University, The University of North Carolina -

Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina - Wilmington, East Carolina University, Belmont

Abbey College, Wake Forest University, The University of North Carolina - Greensboro, The

University of Massachusetts - Amherst, The College of Charleston, Converse College, Salem

College, University of North Carolina – Asheville.

Awards, Grants and Honor Societies

Phi Beta Kappa, Member, Ralph Waldo Emerson National Book Award Committee, 2005-07;

National Committee Chair – 2007; UNCG Epsilon Chapter President, 2006-2009.

Honorary UNCG Marshal

Sears-Roebuck Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award

Biography, Who’s Who in America

Biography, Who's Who in the South and Southwest Biography, Who’s Who in American Education

Biography, Contemporary Authors

Nominee, Change Magazine National Teaching Award

Institute Fellow, Islamic and Arabian Development Studies, Duke University.

Global Engagement Course Development Award, UNCG, 2016

Grantee, NC Department of Public Instruction, Global Awareness Skills. 21st Century Skills

Conference for High School Teachers

U.S. Department of State Scholar-Diplomat Seminar Participant

Grantee, University of Arizona’s Southwest Institute for Research on Women.

Conference on “Undergraduate Education and the Middle East,” March 1994.

Phi Beta Delta – National International Educators Honor Society

Pi Sigma Alpha - National Political Science Honor Society

Pi Gamma Mu, International Social Science Honor Society

Fellowship, Center for European Studies, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

American Association of Colleges, Asheville Institute on General Education Participant

Fellowship, Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami

Exxon Educational Fund Grant, Shell Corporation Grant

NDEA-IV Fellowship, Georgetown University Scholarship

Professional Associations

International Studies Association

Academic Council of the United Nations System

Southern Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies

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North Carolina Political Science Association, Former President and other offices

UNCG Administrative, Institutional, and Educational Service, Previous and Current

Chair, Post Tenure Review Committee, Department of Political Science, 2017

Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Department of Political Science, 2016 –

Member, Undergraduate Studies Awards Committee, Department of Political Science, 2016 –

Invited Panel Presentation sponsored by Lloyd International Honors College for Keker First-

Year Read Program: Looking for Palestine, Fall 2016

Invited Discussion Leader for International & Global Studies Program on Keker First-Year

Read Program: Looking for Palestine, Fall 2016

Member, Center for Legislative Series, ongoing (Departmental)

UNCG War and Peace Steering Committee, 2016-2017.

Member, Budget and Planning Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, UNCG, 2016 - 2018

Member, War and Peace Steering Committee, 2016 -

Member, Research Excellence Award Committee, 2016

Dean/Director, Lloyd International Honors College, 2008 – 2015

Curricular Change Taskforce, 2014 - 2015

QEP Design Committee, Co-proposer of Winning QEP Submission, 2013 – 2015

Member, First-year Summer Read Steering Committee 2013 – 2015

Member, Galileo/Shakespeare Steering Committee, 2013 – 2015

Member, Enrollment Planning Council, 2012 – 2014

Persona Group Member, 2013

Member, Undergraduate Scholars Program Selection Committee, 2011 - 2014

Member, Aubrey Lee Brooks Scholarship program Central Committee, 2011 – 2015

Co-Chair, ACE Internationalization Collaborative Cohort at UNCG, 2010-2012

Co-Chair or Member of 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 3.3. and 5.3 Strategic Implementation Committees

Member, UNCG Guarantee Committee, 2010 – 2015

Member (ex officio), General Education Council, 2010 – 2015

Member, Institutional Effectiveness Committee, 2010 – 2015

Member, Deans Council, 2010 – 2014

Member, Provost Council, 2014 – 2015

Co-Chair, Excellence Day Committee

Chair, College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum and Teaching Committee, 2007-2008

Member, College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum and Teaching Committee, 2006-2008

Member, University Scholars at Risk Steering Committee, 2007 – present

President, North Carolina Epsilon Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, 2006 – 2009

Member, International and Global Studies Committee, 2006-2008

Member, Center for Legislative Studies, 2006 – 2008; 2016 -

Chair, University Fulbright Selection Committee, 2007 - 2010

Member, Research Assignment Committee, 2006-2007

Initiator and Adviser, UNCG Model Arab League delegation to the Southeastern Model Arab

League, 2006-2008

Member, Global Leadership Program Committee, 2007 - 2009

Chair, Honors Council, 2008 - 2015

Member, Advisory Committee, International Program Center, 2008 - 2015

Member, Study Abroad Committee, 2008 - 2015

National, Regional and State Activities

General Editor, American Politics and Global Affairs Series, Peter Lang Publishing, 2016 –

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Titles added to the Series:

The Embedding Apparatus : Media Surveillance during the Iraq War by Aimé-Jules

Bizimana (University of Toronto) – 2016

Jacqueline Kennedy and the Architecture of First Lady Diplomacy by Elizabeth J. Natalle

(University of North Carolina at Greensboro) -2017

Secretary, North Carolina State Conference of the American Association of University

Professors, 1999-2003; Treasurer and Newsletter Editor, 2005 – 2009.

President, National Collegiate Conference Association, (Corporate Sponsor of the

National Model United Nations in New York City annually), 1982-83.

Member, National Advisory Board, Middle East Policy Council, 1986 - present

National Education Consultant, Middle East Policy Council, 1986-1991. Director of

seminars on the Arab World and Islam conducted at Universities and Colleges across the

United States, including the University of Wisconsin, the University of Massachusetts, the

University of North Carolina, Marshall University, the University of Arkansas, Rhodes

College, and George Mason University.

President, North Carolina Political Science Association, 1986-87. Vice-President and

program Chairman, 1984-85. Secretary, 1983-84

Member of the Editorial Board, Politics and Policy, 1981-83

Co-Founder/ First President, Southern Association of Pre-law Advisors.

Publications

Books, Book Chapters and Sections:

The New United Nations: International Organization in the Twenty-First Century. Revised

Second Edition. Routledge Publishers, 2017.

Book Chapter, “George W. Bush and the United Nations: Idealism’s Departure from

Collective Security” in The George W. Bush Presidency: Foreign Policy, edited by

Meena Bose and Paul Fritz. Nova Science Publishers, 2016.

Book Chapter, “Getting from Mogadishu to Sarajevo: The ‘Maturing’ of the Clinton

Administration’s UN Policy” in Practical Internationalism? Foreign Policy in the

Clinton Administration, edited by Rosanna Perotti. Nova Science Publishers,

forthcoming.

Book Chapter. “International Organizations’ Democratic Governance Agenda and Its

Challenge to State Sovereignty,” co-authored with John Allphin Moore, Jr., in In Search

of Atlantica, edited by Kseniya Khovanova-Rubicondo and Richard R. Biondi. London:

Ashburn Institute, forthcoming.

Is There a Global Right to Democracy? A Philosophical Analysis of Peacekeeping and

Nation Building, co-authored with John Allphin Moore, Jr. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen

Press, 2012.

"United Nations." In International Encyclopedia of Political Science, edited by Bertrand

Badie, Dirk Berg-Schlosser, and Leonardo Morlino. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE

Publications, Inc., 2011.

“Chapter 4 – Introductory Essay: The United Nations and Human Rights,” in The United

Nations. Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of the 2007 Francis Marion University

UN Symposium, edited by Scott Kaufman and Alissa Warters. New York: Nova Science

Publishers, 2009, 49-51.

Book Chapter. “Of Heroes and Saints: The Promise of American Life and American Foreign

Policy,” in Herbert Croly’s Promise of American Life at the Centennial, edited by John

Allphin Moore,Jr. Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009,

129-151.

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The New United Nations: International Organization in the Twenty-first Century, South

Asia Edition, co-authored with John Allphin Moore, Jr. Delhi, India: Dorling Kindersley,

2008.

Second edition. The Encyclopedia of the United Nations, co-edited with John Allphin

Moore, Jr. New York: Facts on File Publishers, 2008.

Book Chapter. “Interpretive Essay: The Cold War, 1945-1991” Events That Changed Russia

Since 1855, edited by Frank W. Thackeray. Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press, 2007, 175-

188.

The New United Nations. International Organization in the 21st Century, co-authored with

John Allphin Moore, Jr. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 2006.

Book Chapter. “Promoting Peace through Global Governance,” co-authored with John

Allphin Moore. Jr., in Public Sociologies. Edited by Judith Blau and Keri Iyall Smith.

Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006, pp. 231-249.

Book Chapter. “Best of Times, Worst of Times: The Fortunes of the United Nations in the

Middle East,” coauthored with John Allphin Moore, Jr. in War in the Gardens of

Babylon, edited by Bülent Aras. New York: Tasam Publications, 2004, pp. 89-106. Also

published in Turkish as:

Book Chapter. “Zamanlarin En Iyisi, Zamanlarin En Kötüsü: Birlesmis Milletler’in Ortadogu

Kaderi,” coauthored with John Allphin Moore, Jr. in Irak Savasi Sonrasi Ortadogu,

edited by Bülent Aras. New York: Tasam Publications, 2004, pp. 89-106.

“The United Nations and World History.” The U.S. National Debate Topic 2004-2005: The

United Nations, co-authored with John Allphin Moore, Jr. Reference Shelf: Volume 76,

Number 2. Edited by Cullen Thomas, H.W. Wilson Company, 2004. pp. 27-38.

Book Chapter. “George Bush and the United Nations, A Prudent Journey From Realism to

Idealism, 1971-1993.” A Noble Calling. Character and the George H. W. Bush

Presidency. Edited by William Levantrosser and Rosanna Perotti. New York: Greenwood

Press, January 2004, pp. 195-218

The Encyclopedia of the United Nations, co-edited with John Allphin Moore, Jr. New York:

Facts on File Publishers, 2002.

“Moralism at the Millennium: American Manipulation of the United Nations and Other

International Organizations,” Negotiating Spaces on the Common Ground. Edited by

Krista Vogelberg and Raili Poldsaar. Tartu, Estonia: Tartu University Press, 2000, pp.

160-188.

To Create A New World? US Presidents and the United Nations, co-authored with John

Allphin Moore, Jr. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1999. Recipient of the 2000

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award, American Library Association.

“Democratizing the United Nations.” Proceedings of the Hofstra Conference Honoring

the100th Anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize, Greenwood Press, New York,

forthcoming.

"Succeeding in Lilliput, Pre-law Advising in the Small Liberal Arts Institution," revised

edition in The Pre-law Adviser's Handbook, third edition edited by Gerald L. Wilson.

Durham: Duke University Press, 2002, pp. 17-23. Earlier versions in 1st and 2nd editions.

Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History,

"RB-47 Incident," Vol. 52, pp. 39-45; "Korean Airliner Incident," Vol. 49, pp. 143-152;

"U-2 Incident," Vol. 40, pp. 132-138; "Strategic Arms Limitation Talks," Vol. 37, pp. 173-

198; "Peaceful Coexistence," Vol. 27, pp. 109-118; "Pancha Shila," Vol. 26, pp. 210-214;

"Nuclear Weapons Development in the Soviet Union," Vol. 25, pp. 136-141; "Non-

Proliferation Treaty of 1968," Vol. 25, pp. 46-51;"Moscow Agreement of 1963," Vol. 23,

pp. 82-85.

"Marxism-Leninism and Soviet-American Economic Relations Since Stalin," East-West

Trade, edited by Kazimierz Grzybowski. New York: Oceana Press, 1974.

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Articles:

“The US-UN Relationship and the Promotion of Democratic Nation-Building,” Societies

Without Borders, Volume 2, January 2007, 93-116.

Book Review. The United Nations Development Programme: A Better Way? by Craig

N. Murphy (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006) in Política y Gobierno, Vol.

XV, No. 1, Fall 2007, 201-205.

Book Review. Democracy as Human Rights: Freedom and Equality in the Age of

Globalization by Michael Goodhart (New York: Routledge, 2005) in Perspectives on

Politics, Vol. 5, No. 3, September 2007, 674-675.

Book Review. Secretary or General? The UN Secretary-General in World Politics, edited

by Simon Chesterman (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007) in Política y Gobierno

“Constructing Reason: Human Rights and the Democratization of the United Nations,” Social

Forces: An International Journal of Social Research Associated with the Southern

Sociological Society, Volume 84, No. 2, December 2005, 1291-1302.

Book Review. Middle East Policy, Volume XIII, Number 2, Summer 2006, pp. 185-187.

“Neo-Conned. Just War Principles: A Condemnation of War in Iraq and Neo-Conned

Again: Hypocrisy, Lawlessness, and the Rape of Iraq, edited by D.L. O’Huallachain and

J. Forrest Sharpe. Vienna, Virginia: Light in the Darkness Publications, 2005.”

“Best of Times, Worst of Times: The Fortunes of the United Nations in the Middle East,” co-

authored with John Allphin Moore, Jr., Alternatives, The Turkish Journal of

International Affairs, Volume 2, Number 2, Summer 2003, pp. 122-145.

“Best of Times, Worst of Times: United Nations Influence in the Middle East, Part I,”

reprinted in The Turkish Daily News, September 3, 2003.

“Best of Times, Worst of Times: United Nations Influence in the Middle East, Part II,”

reprinted in The Turkish Daily News, September 4, 2003.

“Immanuel Kant’s Perpetual Peace and the United Nations in the 21st Century,” International

Journal of the Humanities, Volume 1, 2003, 1587-1610.

“The Middle East and the United Nations,” ArabiesTRENDS, February 2001, Paris.

“The United States and the United Nations,” Peace in Action, Vol. X,No. 1, Fall 2000,15-18.

“Russia and the Middle East,” ArabiesTRENDS, November 1999, Paris.

“China and the Middle East,” ArabiesTRENDS, September 1999, Paris.

“Beyond Good and Evil, American Politics and Iran,” ArabiesTRENDS, No. 19, Ap.1999, 66.

Book Review of Soviet Policy Toward Israel Under Gorbachev, by Robert O.

Freedman, American-Arab Affairs, Spring 1991, No. 36, pp. 136-139.

“The U.N. Should Take Over in Lebanon,” co-authored with Senator George McGovern, The

Philadelphia Inquirer, September 18, 1989.

"Presidential vs. Parliamentary Government," Politics and Policy, Vol. VIII, 1988, pp. 81-99

"The Leadership Politics of Personality," The Journal of the North Carolina Political

Science Association, Vol. I, No. 1, 1979, pp. 118-122

"Marxism-Leninism and Soviet-American Economic Relations Since Stalin," Law and

Contemporary Problems, Autumn 1972, pp. 535-547

"The Soviets in the Mideast, 1982," Jewish Federation News, June 1982,p.4

Panels, Presentations, Invited Addresses, Interviews, Workshops:

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Paper Presentation. “Collective Security’s Twilight and the Revival of Pacific Settlement,”

International Studies Association – South Annual Meeting, Orlando, Fla., October,

2017.

Paper Presentation. “Pacific Settlement Mechanisms and the Great Powers: The PCA South

China Sea Decision and the Iran Nuclear Agreement,” Western Political Science

Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, April 2017.

Roundtable Participant, Presidential Campaigns and the Future of the Two-party System in the

United States, Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver,

Canada, April 2017.

Invited Lecture, “President Trump and the United Nations.” Presentation to approximately 300

faculty advisers and others at the National Model United Nations in New York City.

Delivered at two different sessions of the NMUN: March 20 and April 10, 2017.

Invited Lecture, “The New World Disorder,” Public Affairs Lecture Series, Fairleigh Dickenson

University, Morristown, N.J., September, 2016.

Paper Presentation, “A Group of Friends: Exploring Peace through UN Contact Groups,”

International Studies Association Annual International Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia,

March, 2016.

Paper Presentation, “Contemporary Efforts by International Organizations to Promote Holistic

Democracy,” International Studies Association-Northeast Annual Meeting,

Providence, Rhode Island., November, 2015.

Paper Presentation, “Contemporary Efforts by International Organizations to Promote Holistic

Democracy,” International Studies Association-South Annual Meeting, Tampa, Fla.,

October, 2015.

Invited Lecture, Emeritus Society, Dilemmas in American Foreign Policy. October 2015,

Greensboro, NC

Chair and Discussant, Panel on “Human Rights Challenges,” International Studies Association-

South Annual Meeting, Tampa, Fla., October, 2015.

Invited Lecture. “The Obama Legacy in American Foreign Policy: Will We Be Better Off or

Not?,” Public Affairs Lecture Series, Fairleigh Dickenson University, Morristown, N.J.,

September, 2015.

Invited Paper presentation on “George W. Bush and the United Nations: Idealism’s

Departure from Collective Security” at Hofstra University Conference on the

Presidency of George W. Bush, March, 2015.

Invited Lecture, “The U.S. and the Great Powers in the Wake of Congressional Elections,”

Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning, Sarasota, Florida, January, 2015.

Invited Lecture, “The U.S. and the Great Powers in the Wake of Congressional Elections,”

Community Talk, Venice, Florida, January, 2015.

Invited Lecture, “President Obama’s Foreign Policy Priorities for the Next Two Years,” The

Landings, Sarasota, Florida, January, 2015.

Seminar, “Is the United Nations Relevant to World Affairs Today?,” Sarasota Institute of

Lifetime Learning, Sarasota, Florida, January, 2015.

Invited Lecture. “1914-2014: The Consequential Role of the Fall of the Wall,” Looking Back,

Moving Forward, 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall Symposium, University

of North Carolina at Greensboro, November 2014.

Invited Lecture, “Amidst World Crises: American Foreign Policy Going Forward,” Public Affairs

Lecture Series, Fairleigh Dickenson University, Morristown, NJ, September 8, 2014.

Invited Keynote Address, International Crisis Conference, Elon University, Burlington, NC, April

2014.

Invited Lecture, “The Obama Doctrine on Peace and War,” Sarasota Institute of Lifetime

Learning, Sarasota, Florida, February, 2014.

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Seminar, “Ticking Time Bombs and America’s International Opportunities in 2014.” Sarasota

Institute of Lifetime Learning, Sarasota, Florida, February, 2014.

Invited Lecture, “Resetting Foreign Policy: The Path Forward after January 20th,” Community

Talk, Venice, Florida, February, 2014.

Invited Lecture, “Ticking Time Bombs and America’s International Opportunities in 2014.” The

Landings, Sarasota, Florida, February, 2014.

Invited Workshop Leader, “Promise and Progress of the UN Development Goals,” “Global Issues

and Global Solutions” Community College Symposium. UNC Chapel Hill, North

Carolina, November, 2013.

Selected TV Interviews

• WFDD Public Radio interview about western views of Muslim women in the Middle

East. http://www.wfdd.org/story/radio-101-challenging-western-views-muslim-women,

August 2016.

• WXII-TV News Interview concerning Hillary Clinton's Chances of Winning the Vote in

North Carolina, June, 2016.

• Analysis of Governor McCrory’s Appearance on Meet the Press to Defend HB2, WXII

12 News, April 2016.

• The Impact of Iran on Iraqi Politics, Gulan Media Magazine, Erbil, Kurdistan Region,

Iraq, March 1, 2016.

• The Impact of Belgian Terror Attacks on the 2016 US Presidential Elections. WXII 12

News Chronicle with Cameron Kent, March 2016.

• The Implications of the Voting Rights Trial in North Carolina, WXII 12 News, July

2015.

• The Significance of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Address to Congress. WFMY News 2

interview, March 2015.

• Three-part interview on the midterm elections over three nights, WXII 12 News, October

2014.

• ISIS and Social Media. Time-Warner Cable TV 14 News, September 10, 2014.

• The Threat of ISIS. WFMY News 2, August 20, 2014 Evening News.

• The Hagan-Obama Relationship and its Impact on her Reelection, WXII 12 News,

August 25, 2014, Evening News.

• The Israeli-Hamas War. WFMY News @ interview. November 19, 2012.

• Attack in Libya: Looking at Protesters’ Motives, WFMY News 2, September 13, 2012.

• The Decisions of the NC Republican State Legislature WXII 12 News, July, 2011.

• Interviews on Wikileaks, 2010 elections, crises in Egypt and Libya, WXII 12 News and

WFMY News 2, August 2010 – February 2011.

• Television Interviews, Local Politics, 8 interviews, WXII 12 News, Time-Warner

Cable News 14 and WFMY News 2, October 2009-May 2010.

• The Importance to North Carolinians of the Iranian Election Protests. WFMY News 2,

June 2009.

• Television Interviews, WXII and WFMY on Wikileaks, 2010 elections, crises in Egypt

and Libya, August 2010 – February 2011.

• UNCG Television, Interview on campus television network about the Human Rights

Film Festival, October 2007

• State Government Radio - WSJS Radio, WPTF Radio - on the new Scholars at Risk

Program at UNCG, October 2007

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• KPSI News Talk Radio 920, San Diego, on Russian President Putin's visit to

Iran, October 2007. • PRESS TV (Iran), hour-long live program on “Iran-Iraq-US Security Negotiations in

Baghdad.” August 2007.

• “The 2006 Congressional Elections.” Half-hour Live interview on Iranian National

Television, SAHAR-2 TV, September 2006.

• “The Crisis in Lebanon and Syria,” “US Foreign Policy in a Second Bush

Administration,” and “Prospects for the January 31st Elections in Iraq.” Three invited live

half-hour interviews on the Iranian National Television Network (SAHAR-TV),

December 2004 and March 2005.

Invited Lecture. “Ticking Time Bombs and America’s International Opportunities.” Public

Affairs Lecture Series, Fairleigh Dickenson University, Morristown, N.J., September,

2013.

Paper Presentation, “The European Union, the United Nations and the Arab Spring: The

Changing International Discourse and Practice Concerning Democracy Promotion in the

Arab World,” Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Hollywood,

California, March, 2013.

Invited Keynote Lecture, “The Invisible United Nations,” California State Polytechnic

University, Pomona. Lecture and Reception honoring Professor Emeritus John A. Moore,

Jr., May, 2013.

Invited Lecture, “Resetting Foreign Policy: The Path Forward after January 20th,” Sarasota

Institute of Lifetime Learning, Sarasota, Florida, January 2013.

Seminar, “So Who is Running Things Now?,” Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning, Sarasota,

Florida, January 2013.

Invited Lecture, “Resetting Foreign Policy: The Path Forward after January 20th,” Community

Talk, Venice, Florida, January 2013.

Invited Lecture. Republican and Democratic Prescriptions for our Foreign Policy following the

November Election. Public Affairs Lecture Series, Fairleigh Dickenson University,

Morristown, N.J., September, 2012.

Invited Keynote Address, “Democracy and the National Interest: Obama and the Arab Spring,”

Gibson and Mary Ana Grey Lecture Series, University of North Carolina at Pembroke,

April, 2012.

Luncheon Remarks, “The Origins of President Obama’s Approach to Foreign Policy,” Gibson

and Mary Ana Grey Lecture Series Luncheon by invitation only, University of North

Carolina at Pembroke, April, 2012.

Invited Lecture, “US Foreign Policy in the Current Political Climate,” The Landings, Sarasota,

Florida, March 2012.Invited Lecture. “The Obama Administration’s Response to the

Arab Upheaval: The Consequences for Our Interests and Our Values,” Public Affairs

Lecture Series, Fairleigh Dickenson University, Morristown, N.J., September, 2011.

Invited Lecture, “The Palestinian-Israeli Dispute in the Midst of the Arab Spring,” Kiwanis Club,

Greensboro, NC, July 2011.

Television Interview, WXII, on the decisions of the NC Republican State Legislature, July, 2011.

Invited Lecture, “Making Sense of Multilateralism,” Great Decisions Series, Wake Forest

University, March 2011.

Chair, Panel on “David Hume at 300: Implications for Political Science,” Western Political

Science Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, April, 2011.

Paper Presentation (forthcoming). “Global Governance and Democratization Within and Beyond

Borders: The Important Role of an Inclusive International Civil Society in Afghanistan.” Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, April, 2011.

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Paper Presentation. “Global Governance and Democratization Within and Beyond Borders: The

Important Role of an Inclusive International Civil Society.” International Studies

Association international annual meeting in Montreal, Canada., March, 2011.

Invited Keynote Lecture, “the Diplomacy of President Obama.” Sarasota Institute of Lifetime

Learning Sill-A-Bration honoring the 40th anniversary of the organization. January 2011.

Invited Lectures. “Obama and the middle East,” “Barack Obama’s Foreign Policy in the Second

Half,” Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning, Sarasota, Florida, January 2011.

Invited Lecture. “Obama and the middle East,” Community Talk, Venice, Florida, January 2011.

Invited Lecture. “Obama’s Foreign Policy Successes and Failures – What Do They add up to?,”

Public Affairs Lecture Series, Fairleigh Dickenson University, Morristown, N.J., October

2010.

Paper presentation. “The Strategy of Democratization: IGO’s Role in Creating a Global

Definition of Contemporary Democracy.” International Studies Association international

annual meeting in New Orleans, LA., February, 2010.

Paper presentation. “Challenges to the Realization of a Global Right to Democracy.” Western

Political Science Association. Annual meeting in San Francisco, California, April, 2010.

Invited Dinner Address. Annual Divan Turkish Cultural Center Banquet, Greensboro, NC, March

2009.

Invited Lecture. “What Was Old is New Again: The Return of Pragmatism to American Foreign

Policy,” Center for Legislative Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro,

Greensboro, NC, February 2009.

Workshop leader on Global Awareness Skills. 21st Century Skills Conference for High School

Teachers. Two-day Conference funded by the NC Department of Public Instruction and

private foundations. Greensboro, NC, February 2009.

Paper Presentation. “Defining Democracy in Practice: Closing the Definitional Divide in

International Organizations’ Democratization Programs by Finding Common Ground on

Human Rights.” Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver,

Canada, March 2009.

Invited Seminar Leadership: “Who Got It Right? Clash of Civilizations, End of history, or Jihad

vs. McWorld,” Seminar for selected participants, Sarasota Lifetime Learning, January

2009.

Invited Lectures. “What Does the World Mean by Human Rights?” “Since the End of the Cold

War America Has Had No Plan at All,” “Weak and Failed States,” Sarasota Institute of

Lifetime Learning, Sarasota, Florida, January 2009.

Invited Lecture. “Weak and Failed States.” Community Talk, Venice, Florida, January 2008.

Invited Lecture. “American Foreign Policy: What is Next?” Village Laguna, Sarasota, Florida,

January 2009.

Invited Lecture: “Rogue States that Want Nuclear Weapons – Can They be Stopped?” Fairleigh

Dickenson University, Madison, New Jersey, September 2008.

Invited Dinner Address: “Islam in Contemporary Turkey.” Central North Carolina Friendship

Force, Winston-Salem, NC, September 2008.

Paper presentation. “Defining Democracy in Practice: Closing the Definitional Divide in

International Organizations’ Democratization Programs by Finding Common Ground on

Human Rights.” Conference on Thinking (With)Out Borders, St. Andrews University, St.

Andrews, Scotland, June 2008.

Invited Lecture. “Us Defense and Security Policy.” UNCG’s Bryan School’s America in the

Global Economy Series. May 2008

Invited Seminar Leadership: “Religion and International Relations,” Seminar for selected

participants, Sarasota Lifetime Learning, January 2008.

Invited Lectures. “American Exceptionalism,” “Imposing Democracy: Is it Wise or Right for the

United States to promise Democracy in the Middle East?” “Rogue States that Want

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Nuclear Weapons: Can They Be Stopped?” Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning,

Sarasota, Florida, January 2008.

Invited Lecture. “American Exceptionalism.” New College, Sarasota, Florida, January 2008.

Newspaper Interview, The High Point Enterprise, “President Bush’s Visit to the Middle East,”

January 2008.

“Honoring This Year’s National Emerson Award Book Winner.” Phi Beta Kappa Society’s

National Book Awards Ceremony and Banquet, Washington, DC, December 2007.

Invited Leadership of UNCG Emeritus Society six-week lecture series on contemporary Middle

East Politics, September-November, 2007.

Invited Chair of the Panel on Human Rights (panel participants: David Forsythe, Kurt Mills,

Lawrence LeBlanc), Three-day Conference on the United Nations, Francis Marion

University, Florence, SC, October 2007.

Invited Conference Presentation: “Security and Global Governance: Democracy, Human Rights,

and the Role of International Organizations.” Second Istanbul Conference on Democracy

and Global Security, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2007.

Invited Lecture: “Changing Alliances in Changing Times.” Fairleigh Dickenson University,

Madison, New Jersey, September 2007.

Invited Panel presentation on “The US-UK Special Relationship.” The other panelist is Dr. James

Owen, Cambridge University visiting history scholar at Greensboro College. Greensboro,

NC, April, 2007.

“Global and National Definitions of Democratization and Their Consequences for Human

Rights.” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill., March, 2007.

Discussant: Panel on “academic Freedom, Human Rights, and Democratization,” International

Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill., March, 2007.

Roundtable Participant: “The Case of Egypt,” on “The ‘Democratic Peace’ Theory and the ‘New

Middle East’: Theory and Practice” Roundtable. North Carolina Political Science

Association Annual Meeting, Fayetteville, NC, March, 2007.

“World War III: Religious Conflict and Terrorism in the Middle East.” Invited lecture sponsored

by the New College Foundation at New College, Sarasota, Florida, March 2007.

“US Foreign Policy at the Crossroads: President Bush’s Last Two Years,” Invited Lecture to the

Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning, Sarasota, Florida, January 2007.

“Life After Kofi,” Invited Lecture to the Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning, Sarasota,

Florida, January 2007.

Invited Seminar Leadership: “Promoting Democracy Abroad: Penny Foolish and Pound Wise?,”

Seminar for selected participants, Sarasota Lifetime Learning, January 2007.

“The ‘New’ UN: Promoting Nation-Building, Human Rights, and Civil Society.” Invited

Presentation to the United Nations Association of Central Florida, Sarasota, October

2006.

“President Bush’s Foreign Policy and the Perfect Storm in the Middle East.” Invited Public

Address to the City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, October 2006.

“How George Bush Has Rearranged the World.” Invited Public Address to the Contemporary

Issues Forum, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, July 2006.

“American Foreign Policy at a Crossroads: Which Way to Go?” Invited Lecture for 9/11

Commemoration, Fairleigh Dickenson University, Madison, NJ, September 2006.

“American Preemption and UN Collective Security: Is There a Way Forward?,” Invited speaker

for the second annual John Fobes Memorial Lecture, United Nations Association,

University of North Carolina, Asheville, June 2006.

Chair and Discussant, “Issues in Foreign Policy” Panel, Annual Meeting of the North Carolina

Political Science Association, High Point University, March 2006.

Chair, Panel on “Making Space in Our World: Empowerment and Rights.” Western Political

Science Association Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, March 2006.

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Chair, Panel on “Islamic Legitimacy and Modern Middle East Politics.” North Carolina Political

Science Association Meeting, High Point, March, 2006.

“UN Reform,” Invited Lecture to the Great Decisions Series, North Carolina State University,

January 2006.

Invited Public Address for 9/11 remembrance, Fairleigh Dickenson University, scheduled for

September 11, 2006.

Invited Session Director, New College Library Foundation 14th Annual Colloquium scheduled

for March 2006, Sarasota, Florida. Topic: Freedom vs. Tyranny.

“UN Reform.” Invited lecture at North Carolina State University, January 2006.

“What Went Wrong with the United Nations, How Do We Fix It, or Do We Even Want to?”

Invited Public Lecture for the Sarasota Institute of Lifelong Learning, Sarasota, Florida,

January 2006.

“The New World Alliances.” Invited public lecture, Venice, Florida, January 2006.

“How George Bush has Rearranged the World.” Seminar leader, Sarasota Institute for Lifelong

Learning, Sarasota, Florida, January 2006.

“Iran, Iraq, and Israel: Nations in Turmoil.” Invited lecture at New College, Sarasota, Florida,

January 2006.

“Getting from Mogadishu to Sarajevo: The ‘Maturing’ of the Clinton Administration’s UN

Policy.” Invited paper presentation at the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential

Conference, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, November 2005.

“The New UN: Nation-Building, Human Rights, and Civil Society,” and “The Challenge of the

American Doctrine of Preemption to the Survival of the United Nations.” Invited Lectures

at the University of North Carolina Humanities Seminar, September 2005.

“Where Did the UN Go Wrong, and How Do We ‘Fix’ It, or Should We?” Invited Lecture at

Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey, October 2005.

“Constructing Reason: The UN Human Rights Regime, Past and Present.” Invited Lecture for

Human Rights Week, sponsored by departments and groups at the University of North

Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2005.

“The New US Foreign Policy.” Invited Lecture to the Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning,

Sarasota, Florida, January 2005.

“Unilateralism, Preemption, and the Death of the United Nations” Invited Public Address.

Venice, Florida, January 2005.

“Getting From Islam 101 to Islam 9/11,” Day-long Community Seminar. Sarasota, Florida,

January 2005.

“Whither the Middle East: Islam vs. Democracy.” Invited Lecture sponsored by the New

College Foundation. Sarasota, Florida, January 2005.

“The Bush Foreign Policy ‘Revolution’: The Implications of Preemption for American

Leadership in the World” Invited Lecture at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison,

New Jersey. September 2004.

“Reforming the UN to Meet the Challenges of Preemption” Invited Address to the Triangle

United Nations Association on the Occasion of UN Day, Raleigh, North Carolina, October

2004.

“Reforming the UN to Meet the Challenges of Preemption” Invited Address to the West

Triangle United Nations Association on the Occasion of UN Day, Chapel Hill, North

Carolina, October 2004.

“The United Nations as a Kantian Institution,” International Relations Theory Panel, Western

Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 2004.

Paper presentation. "Immanuel Kant’s Perpetual Peace and the United Nations in the 21st

Century,” International Humanities Conference, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece,

July 2003.

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“Enhancing Multilateral Responses to International Crises in Iraq and North Korea,” Invited

participant in consultation with 15 other forum discussants from 14 countries as guests of

Her Majesty’s Household at Windsor Castle, United Kingdom, October 2002.

“Ralph Bunche and the Development of the United Nations System,” Invited presentation at

Winston-Salem State University, November, 2002.

“Bush Foreign Policy Since 9/11 and the War with Iraq,” Invited lecture at Fairleigh Dickinson

University, September, 2002.

“The Impact of the War on Terrorism on Middle East Politics,” Invited presentation at the

University of North Carolina, Greensboro, September, 2002.

“The Four Middle Easts: Separate but Together,” Invited public lecture to the Sarasota Institute

of Lifetime Learning, Sarasota, Florida, March 2002.

“The Bush Foreign Policy, A First Year Review,” Invited public lecture, Venice, Florida,

March 2002.

Chair, Panel on “The United Nations and the Search for Peace,” 2001 Peace Odyssey

International Conference honoring the 100th Anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize, Hofstra

University, November 2001. Also presented a paper on “Democratizing the United

Nations.”

“A First Year Appraisal of the Bush Administration’s Foreign Policy,” Invited public lecture at

Fairleigh Dickinson University, November 2001.

“The Middle East and the US Elections of 2000,” Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the

International Studies Association-South, Wake Forest University, October 2001.

Chair, Researchers Roundtable: The United Nations and Emerging International Civil Society,

In Theory and Practice.” International Studies Association, South. Wake Forest

University, October 2001.

Director, “Advanced Seminar on American Foreign Policy: The U.S. and International

Organization Relations.” Sarasota Institute for Lifetime Learning, Sarasota, Florida.

January 2001, March 2002.

Chair, “Researchers’ Roundtable: Remaking the United Nations in the 21st Century.” Panel at

the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Political Science Association, February 2001.

“Remaking the United Nations in the 21st Century.” Chair and Panel Presentation at the Annual

Meeting of the International Studies Association – South, Montgomery, Alabama, October

2000.

“Situating Research on the United Nations into World History,” Paper delivered at the Annual

Meeting of the World History Association, Boston, Mass., June 2000.

“NATO Expansion vs. European Military Union.” Paper Delivered at the Annual Meeting of

the International Studies Association – South, Montgomery, Alabama, October 2000.

“Reflections on the Century: The 1990s.” Plenary Address and Chair at the Annual Conference

of the North Carolina Social Studies Association, Greensboro, February 2000.

“Globalization and Civic Duty: Evolving American Self-Perceptions of Citizenship.” Invited

Paper delivered at the Eighth North American Studies Conference, University of Tampere,

Finland, April 1999.

“Moralism at the Millennium: American Manipulation of the United Nations And Other

International Organizations.” Invited Paper delivered at the Fourth International

Conference on American Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia, April 1999.

“Presidents Bush and Clinton: The New Moralists.” Invited Lecture, The Miller Center, The

University of Virginia, July 1997.

“George Bush and the United Nations, 1971-1993, A Prudent Journey from Realism to

Moralism." Invited Paper for the 10th Presidential Conference, Hofstra University, April,

1997.

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Chair, "Technology and the History of American Foreign Policy," International Conference of

the World History Association, Pomona, California, June 1996.

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