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 With President Mikhail Gorbachev and former UN Under-Secretary General Jayantha Dhanapala
Education
University of California at Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall),
J.S.D., 2000
- Completed dissertation work on U.S. and international military
export control regulations
Yale Law School, New Haven CT, LL.M., 1996
- Wrote amicus brief for International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia
- Assisted as member of Lowenstein Clinic in human rights litigation
in federal court
- Received McDougal and Holtzmann fellowships for studies in international
law
Fribourg University Law School, Fribourg, Switzerland, J.D., 1994
- Graduated magna cum laude, top 10 percent of class
- Received Swiss Government fellowship for studies in international
law
Experience
University of California at Berkeley, Interdisciplinary Studies,
Lecturer, Aug. 2000 - present
- Teaching several courses related to globalization, ethics, and law
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Conducting seminar on research and writing in international law
and politics
- Supervising senior thesis projects
- Editing 6 departmental newsletters per school year
- Organizing two
film series per school year
CF Fund, Freestone CA, Consultant, Jan. 2007 - present
- Assisting in the evaluation of grant proposals relating to globalization, ethics, and democracy
Tri-Valley CAREs, Livermore CA, Consultant, Oct. 2004 - present
- Assisting in the writing of grant proposals
- Representing the group at international conferences
Global
Security Institute, San Francisco, Senior Consultant, Aug. 2002
- Oct. 2004
- Devicing and implementing international political strategies in
support of nuclear weapons abolition
- Assisting former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in proceedings
of annual World Summit of Peace Nobel Laureates in Rome.
Sonoma
State University, Lecturer, Aug. 2000 - Dec. 2002
- Teaching seminar on war and peace in international relations
Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco,
Consultant, May 2001 - April 2002
- Consulting on international legal matters
- Drafting legal memoranda and participating in strategic decisions
Swiss
National Research Foundation, Project Director, Aug. 1997 - March
1999
- Directed international research team
- Prepared study analyzing Swiss compliance with international military
export control regime
Princeton
University, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton NJ, Visiting Researcher,
1995
- Prepared study concerning international textile trade regulations
Selected
Publications
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Building Bridges: What Middle Power Countries Should Do To Strengthen
the NPT, Policy Brief, Middle Powers Initiative: San Francisco (April
2004).
- On NATO Nuclear Policy, MPI Policy Brief, Middle Powers Initiative:
San Francisco (September 2003).
- U.S. hard line will not curb North Korea's nuclear policy, in
THE PROGRESSIVE (April 22, 2003).
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Advancing the NPT 13 Practical Steps, Policy Brief, Middle Powers
Initiative: San Francisco (April 2003).
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Nuclear Weapons – An Obstacle to Human Security in the 21st
Century, in MPI CONSULTATION REPORT: PRIORITIES FOR PRESERVING THE
NPT (Nov. 30, 2002)
- Safety in Numbers: Bush needs a global approach to homeland security,
in THE RECORDER (Jan. 23, 2002).
- The Struggle Against Infectious Diseases: A Never-Ending Defeat,
95 AM. J. INT’L L. 989 (2001).
- Justice goes global: Are we finally moving beyond national interests?,
in THE RECORDER (July 18, 2001).
- The New Chemical Weapons Convention and Export Controls: Towards
More Multilateralism, 21 MICH. J. INT’L L. 393 (2000).
- Military Export Controls: A Critical Analysis of Switzerland's
Legislation concerning Military Export Controls, Swiss National
Research Foundation, Bern (2000).
- The New EC Directive concerning the Control of Abusive Clauses
in Consumer Contracts, EUROPATAG REV. 37, Fribourg (1993) [in German].
Languages
Business level fluency in written and spoken German and French;
oral proficiency in Italian and Spanish; reading Latin and Ancient
Greek
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