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April, 2021

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DAVID PION-BERLIN

630 Purdue Drive, Claremont, CA 91711

(909) 399-9844 (h)

(951) 827-4606 (w)

(909) 908-1965 (cell)

e-mail: david.pion@ucr.edu http://politicalscience.ucr.edu/people/faculty/pion-berlin/

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, 1984.

M.A. Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, 1981.

B.A. Colgate University, 1974.

ACADEMIC FIELDS OF INTEREST

Comparative Politics: Latin American Politics, Civil-Military Relations, Security and

Defense, Political Violence, Human Rights.

International Relations: Regional Security, International Influences on Latin America.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California at

Riverside, 2021-Present.

Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California at Riverside, 1997-

2021

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California at

Riverside, 1991-96.

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University,

1985-91.

Research Associate, Center for Latin American Studies, University of California at

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Berkeley, 1984.

Instructor, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado at Denver, 1983.

Research Assistant, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C., 1975.

Instructor, Peace Studies Program, Colgate University, 1974-1975.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Courses

Introduction to Comparative Politics

Comparative Politics of the Developing World

Modern Dictatorships

Comparative Politics of Latin America

The Armed Forces and Politics

Human Rights: Concepts and Cases

U.S. – Latin American Relations

Political Violence in Latin America

Political Science Internship

Graduate Courses

Comparative Politics Core Seminar

The Armed Forces and Politics

Latin American Politics

Qualitative Methods

AWARDS

2019 Alfred Stepan Lifetime Achievement Award in Defense, Public Security and

Democracy, Latin American Studies Association

2019 Giueseppe Caforio ERGOMAS (European Research Group on Military and

Society) Award for Best Book of 2017-18, awarded to Soldiers, Politicians and

Civilians: Reforming Civil-Military Relations in Latin America.

2019 Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de Administración, Award for best

book published in 2017-18, awarded to Soldiers, Politicians and Civilians: Reforming

Civil-Military Relations in Latin America.

2016 University of California, Riverside Dissertation Mentor Award.

2003 Best Paper Award, Conference, Research and Education in Defense and

Security Studies, October 27-30, 2003, Santiago, Chile. “A New Civil-Military

Pragmatism in Latin America,” selected among some 280 entries.

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1994-95 Fulbright, American Republics Research Program Award.

1985 American Political Science Association, Gabriel A. Almond Award for Best

Doctoral Dissertation in Comparative Politics, 1985.

1985 Western Political Science Association Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in

Region, 1984-85.

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS

COR Grant, Academic Senate, University of California, Riverside, 2014-2016,

$4,500.

Barcelona Knowledge Campus, Lecture and Research Fellowship, November 2013,

University of Barcelona, Spain, $4,000

Ford Foundation Grant, “Democratic Governance, Civilian Uprisings, and the

Military: Promoting a More Civil Engagement in South America,” 2007, $7,500.

Recipient, University of California, Riverside, Academic Senate Research Funds,

each year from 1991-present.

Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation, Research Grant, 2000-2001, $15,000

Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation, Research Conference Grant, 1998-99,

$15,000

Center for Ideas and Society, University of California, Riverside, 1998-99, $5,500.

American Philosophical Society Research Award, 1993-1994, $5,000.

Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Research Grant, 1993-1994, $3,546.

Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Speaker Series Grant, 1993-1994, $4,800.

Tinker Foundation, Field Research Grant, 1986-87, $2,000.

Ohio State University Seed Grant, 1986, $10,000.

Institute for the Study of World Politics, Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1984, $5,000.

National Science Foundation, Dissertation Research Grant, 1983-1984, $5,466.

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Editorial Board: Democratization, 2019- present; Armed Forces & Society 2009-

present (Associate Editor); Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review, 2009-

present; Comparative Political Studies, 1985-2014; Latin American Politics and

Society, 2002-2016; Security and Defense Studies Review, 2006-2011;

International Advisory Board: Defensa Nacional, 2020-present; GIGA German

Institute of Global and Areas Studies, 2018-present; Seguridad Estratégica Regional,

Revista de Ciencias Sociales, Red de Seguridad y Defensa de America Latina

(RESDAL) newsletter.

Article Manuscript Reviewer: American Political Science Review, American Journal

of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative

Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, Armed Forces &

Society, Security Studies, Studies in Comparative International Development, Latin

American Research Review, Journal of Latin American Studies, Journal of Inter-

American Studies and World Affairs (now Latin American Politics & Society), Journal

of Politics in Latin America, Bulletin of Latin American Research

Book Manuscript Reviewer: Cambridge University Press, Stanford University Press,

University of Chicago Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Penn State University

Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, University of Pittsburgh Press, University of

North Carolina Press, University of Texas Press, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Routledge,

Scholarly Resources, Palgrave MacMillan, Ashgate Publishers, Pearson Publishers.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Soldiers, Politicians, and Civilians: Reforming Civil-Military Relations

in Democratic Latin America (co-authored with Rafael Martínez). New York:

Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Awards: Giueseppe Caforio ERGOMAS (European Research Group on

Military and Society) Award for Best Book of 2017-18; Asociación Española

de Ciencia Política y de Administración, 2019 Award for Best Book published

in 2017-18.

Favorably reviewed in Democratization 25, 8, (2018); Perspectives on

Politics, March 2019, 17,1:294-295; Latin American Research Review 2020

forthcoming.

Military Missions in Democratic Latin America. New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2016.

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In paperback, 2018.

Favorably reviewed in Democratization 24, 5, (2017); Armed Forces &

Society 44,3 (2018), Foreign Affairs (December 2018). Extensive review

found at this site: https://democracyparadox.com/2020/12/05/military-

missions-in-democratic-latin-america/

Organización de la defensa y control civil de las Fuerzas Armadas en América Latina.

Buenos Aires: Ediciones Jorge Baudino, 2013 (co-edited with José Manuel Ugarte)

Broken Promises? The Argentine Crisis and Argentine Democracy. Lanham, MD:

Lexington Books, 2008 (co-authored with Edward C. Epstein).

Transforming Latin America: the International and Domestic Origins of Change.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005 (co-authored with Craig Arceneaux).

Favorable reviews in Development and Change, 37, 3 (May, 2006):663-665;

Perspectives on Political Science, September, 2005:230; Comparative Political

Studies, 39, 2006: 670-673; Journal of Latin American Studies, 38,3

(2006):664-666

Civil-Military Relations in Latin America: New Analytical Perspectives. Chapel Hill:

University of North Carolina Press, 2001.

Favorable reviews found in American Political Science Review 96,4 (December

2002)861-862; Journal of Military History (July 2002); The Americas 59,2

(October 2002): 246-247.

Through Corridors of Power: Institutions and Civil-Military Relations in Argentina.

University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 1997.

Favorable reviews found in the Latin American Research Review 34, 2 (1999):

198-213; Journal of Developing Areas 32, 4 (Summer 1998): 568-69; American

Political Science Review 92,4 (1999):965-66; Political Studies 47 (September,

1999):788; South Eastern Latin Americanist (Summer 2000):95-96.

Democracia y Cuestión Militar. Buenos Aires: Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, 1996

(co-authored with Ernesto López).

The Ideology of State Terror: Economic Doctrine and Political Repression in Argentina

and Peru. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1989.

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Journal Articles

"Explaining Military Responses to Protest in Latin American Democracies," co-

authored with Igor Acacio, Comparative Politics, January 2021 (forthcoming).

"Military Dissent in the United States: Are There Lessons from Latin America?," co-

authored with Andrew Ivey, Defense and Security Analysis 37, 2 (April 2021).

"The Return of the Latin American Military?" co-authored with Igor Acacio,

Journal of Democracy 31,4 (October, 2020):151-165.

“Democratically Consolidated, Externally Threatened, and NATO Aligned: Finding

Unexpected Deficiencies in Civilian Control,” co-authored with Andrew Ivey and

Igor Acacio, Democratization, 26,6 (2019): 1070-1087 https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2019.1594197

“Delegation or Dereliction? When Governments Assign Too Many Defense Posts to

Military Officials,” Democracy and Security, published online February 27, 2019.

https://doi.org/10.1080/17419166.2019.1582339.

“Military Use in Public Security Operations: Is it ever Advisable?” in Revista IUS:

Revista del Instituto de Ciencias Jurídicas del Pueblo,13,4, Julio-Diciembre,

2019. https://doi.org/10.35487/rius.v13i44.2019.475

“Power Relations, Coalitions, and Rent Control: Reforming The Military’s Natural

Resource Levies” co-authored with Collin Grimes, Comparative Politics 51, 4

(July 2019): 625-643. https://doi.org/10.5129/001041519X15647434970072

"The Military and Internal Security Operations in Latin America," Revista Política y

Estrategia, 130 (July – December 2017): 101-123.

https://doi.org/10.26797/rpye.v0i130.131

"Armed Forces, Police and Crime-fighting in Latin America," co-authored with

Miguel Carreras, Journal of Politics in Latin America 9,3 (2017): 3-26. http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4581A5A1DE1867AC7880

“A Tale of Two Missions: Military Police Patrols vs. High Value Targeted

Operations,” Armed Forces & Society 43,1 (2017):53-71.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327X16631084

“Staying Quartered: Civilian Uprisings and Military Disobedience in the Twenty First

Century,” co-authored with Diego Esparza and Kevin Grisham, Comparative

Political Studies 47, 2 (February 2014): 230-259.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414012450566

“Cumprimento de misões militar na América Latina” (Military Mission Compliance

in Latin America) in a special issue of Vária História 28, 48 (2013): 627-643.

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“The Study of Civil-Military Relations in New Democracies,” Asian Journal of

Political Science 19, 3 (December 2011): 222-232. https://doi.org/10.1080/02185377.2011.628143

“Turkish Civil-Military Relations: A Latin American Comparison,” Turkish Studies

12,2 (June 2011): 293-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/14683849.2011.572635

Latin America’s Growing Security Gap,” co-authored with Harold Trinkunas, Journal

of Democracy 22,1 (January, 2011): 39-53. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/412892

“Self Advertised Military Missions in Latin America: What is Disclosed and Why?”

co-authored with Antonio Ugues Jr., and Diego Esparza, Political and Military

Sociology: An Annual Review 38 (2010): 101-127.

“Neither Military Nor Police: Facing Heterodox Security Challengers and Filling the

Security Gap in Democratic Latin America, Democracy and Security 6,2 (August,

2010): 109-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/17419161003715710

“Civilian Praetorianism and Military Shirking During Constitutional Crises in Latin

America,” co-authored with Harold Trinkunas, Comparative Politics 42,4 (July

2010): 395 416.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25741373.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A4f8159417a7

c148a5ed03f212c062b7d

“Informal Civil-Military Relations in Latin America: Why Politicians and Soldiers

Choose Unofficial Venues,” Armed Forces & Society 36, 3 (2010): 526-544.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0095327X09352961

“Defense Organization and Civil-Military Relations in Latin America,” Armed Forces

& Society 35,3 (April 2009): 562-586.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0095327X08322565

“Militares y Democracia en el Nuevo Siglo: Cuatro Descubrimientos y Una Conclusión

Sorprendente,” in Nueva Sociedad, 213 (Enero-Febrero, 2008): 50-63.

“Attention Deficits: Why Politicians Ignore Defense Policy in Latin America,” co-

authored with Harold Trinkunas, Latin American Research Review 42, 3 (Fall 2007):

76-100. http://doi.org/10.1353/lar.2007.0031

“Issues, Threats and Institutions: Explaining OAS Responses to Democratic

Dilemmas in Latin America,” co-authored with Craig Arceneaux, Latin American

Politics and Society, 49, 2 (Summer 2007): 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-

2456.2007.tb00405.

“The Defense Wisdom Deficit in Latin America: A Reply to Thomas C. Bruneau,”

in Fuerzas Armadas y Sociedad 20,1 (2006): 53-65.

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“Democratization, Social Crisis, and the Impact of Military Domestic Roles in Latin

America,” (co- authored with Harold Trinkunas), Journal of Political and Military

Sociology 33,1 ( Summer 2005): 5-24.

“Political Management of the Military in Latin America,” Military Review, January-

February 2005: 19-31.

“Authoritarian Legacies and Their Impact on Latin America,” Latin American Politics

and Society, 47,2 (July 2005): 159-170.

“The Pinochet Case and Human Rights Progress in Chile: Was Europe a Catalyst, Cause

or Inconsequential?” Journal of Latin American Studies 36 (August, 2004): 479-505

“A New Civil-Military Pragmatism in Latin America,” in Security and Defense

Studies Review (online) 4, no.1 ( Spring 2004): 44-65.

"As Relações Civis-Militares na Argentina num Período Pós-Transição," Nação e

Defesa 94 (Fall 2000):19-47.

“Decision-Makers or Decision-Takers? Military Missions and Civilian Control in

Democratic South America,” co-authored with Craig Arceneaux, Armed Forces &

Society 26, 3 (Spring 2000): 413-436.

“Will Soldiers Follow? Southern Cone Economic Integration and the Regional Security

Issue,” Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 42 ( Spring 2000): 43-69.

“Tipping the Civil-Military Balance: Institutions and Human Rights Policy in Argentina

and Chile,” co-authored with Craig Arceneaux, Comparative Political Studies 31

(October 1998): 633-661.

“The Limits to Military Power: Institutions and Defense Budgeting in Democratic

Argentina,” Studies in Comparative International Development 33 (Spring 1998): 94-

115.

"In the Balance: Argentina's Delicate, Civil-Military Equilibrium," Hemisphere 7, No.

2 (1996): 30-33.

"The Armed Forces and Politics: Gains and Snares in Recent Scholarship," Latin

American Research Review 30 (1995): 147-162.

"To Prosecute or to Pardon? Human Rights Decisions in the Latin American Southern

Cone, "Human Rights Quarterly 16 (February, 1994): 105-130.

Reprinted in Neil J. Kritz, ed. Transitional Justice: How Emerging Democracies

Reckon with Former Regimes, Vol 1: General Considerations. Washington,

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D.C.: U.S. Institute for Peace, 1995, pp. 82-103.

"Military Autonomy and Emerging Democracies in South America," Comparative

Politics 25 (October, 1992): 83-102.

"Autonomía Militar y Democracias Emergentes en América del Sur," Revista

de Ciencias Sociales 3 (Noviembre de 1995): 119-155.

"Between Confrontation and Accommodation: Military and Government Policy in

Democratic Argentina," Journal of Latin American Studies 23 (October, 1991): 543-

571.

“Entre la Confrontación y la Adaptación: los Militares y la Política

Gubernamental en la Argentina Democrática," in Ernesto López y David Pion-

Berlin, Democracia y Cuestión Militar (Buenos Aires: Universidad Nacional de

Quilmes, 1996).

"Of Victims and Executioners: Argentine State Terror, 1975-1979," (Co-authored with

George Lopez) International Studies Quarterly 35 (March, 1991): 63-86.

"Return to the Barracks: Recent Studies on Military Withdrawal from Power," Journal

of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 32 (Spring, 1990): 137-145.

"The Latin American National Security Doctrines: Hard and Softline Themes," Armed

Forces and Society 15 (Spring, 1989): 411-429.

"The National Security Doctrine, Military Threat Perception and the Dirty War’ in

Argentina," Comparative Political Studies 21 (October, 1988): 382-407.

"Theories on Political Repression in Latin America: Conventional Wisdom and an

Alternative," PS 18 (Winter, 1986): 49-56.

"The Fall of Military Rule in Argentina: 1976-1983," Journal of Interamerican Studies

and World Affairs 27 (Summer, 1985): 55-76.

"Political Repression and Economic Doctrines: The Case of Argentina," Comparative

Political Studies 16 (April, 1983): 37-66.

Chapters

"Conclusion" in Thomas Bruneau and Cris Matei, editors, Routledge Handbook on

Civil-Military Relations, Second Edition, 2022 (forthcoming).

"Argentina: The Journey from Military Intervention to Subordination." In Oxford

Encyclopedia of the Military in Politics. Oxford University Press, March 2020,

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doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1793. https://oxfordre.com/politics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.00

1.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-1793?rskey=H2eRn9&result=2

"Civil-Military Relations: What is the State of the Field?" (co-authored with Danijela

Dudley), in Anders McD Sookermany, ed. Handbook of Military Sciences, Springer

2020, https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-02866-4_37-1

"Argentina: Old and New Military Missions, Security and Democracy," in L.

Weinberg, E. Francis and E. Assoudeh eds., Democracy and Security: A Handbook.

Routledge, 2019.

"Military," in Olak Kaltmeier, et al. The Routledge Handbook to the Political

Economy and Governance of the Americas, New York: Routledge, 2019. file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/9781351138444_Ch37.pdf

“Making the Military Accountable," in Dolores Trevizo, and Joe Foweraker, eds.

Democracy and its Discontents in Latin America. Lynne Rienner, 2016.

“Military Relations in Comparative Perspective,” in Aurel Croissant, Holger Albrecht,

and Fred Lawson, eds. Armies and Insurgencies in the Arab Spring University of

Pennsylvania Press, 2016.

“Introduction,” in Organización de la defensa y control civil de las Fuerzas Armadas

en Latinoamérica. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Jorge Baudino, 2013 (co-edited with

José Manuel Ugarte)

“Latin American Civil-Military Relations: What Progress Has Been Made?” in Rafael

Martínez and David Mares, eds. Debating Civil-Military Relations in Latin America.

Sussex: Sussex Academic Press, 2013.

“Military Dictatorships in Brazil and the Southern Cone.” World Scholar: Latin

America & the Caribbean. Gale, Cengage Learning, 2012.

“The Latin American Military,” in Peter Kingstone and Deborah Yahsar, eds.

Handbook on Latin American Studies, Routledge Press, 2012.

“Military Constitutions in Latin America,” RESDAL Atlas Comparativo de la

Defensa en América Latina, 2011, pp. 36-38.

“Military Security and Development Missions in Latin America,” in Leticia Heras

and John A. Booth, eds., Perspectivas para la democracia en America Latina,Toluca:

Instituto Electoral del Estado de Mexico, 2009, pp. 305-326.

“The Challenge to Reform Defense,” in Thomas Bruneau and Harold Trinkunas, eds.,

Global Politics of Defense Reform, Palgrave, 2008.

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“The Crisis of 2001 and Argentine Democracy’” in Ed Epstein and David Pion-Berlin,

eds. Broken Promises? 3-26. The Argentine Crisis and Argentine Democracy

(Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2006).

Foreword to Thomas Bruneau and Scott Tollefson, eds. Who Guards the Guardians

and How: Modern Civil-Military Relations Austin, TX: University of Texas Press,

2006, ix-xiii.

“Security in the Southern Cone: Managing New and Old Threats,” in Louise

Fawcett and Mónica Serrano, eds. Regionalism and Governance in the Americas:

Managing Unequal Power (New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Press, 2005).

"Methodological Bias in the APSR," co-authored with Dan Cleary, in Kristen

Monroe, ed. Perestroika!The Raucous Rebellion in Political Science, New Haven,

CT: Yale University Press, 2005, pp. 304-322.

"Tri-border Region: Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay," in Encyclopedia of World

Terrorism, edited by Frank Shanty and Ray Picquet (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe,

2003).

“Introduction,” in David Pion-Berlin, ed. Civil-Military Relations in Latin America:

New Analytical Perspectives (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001),

1-35.

“Civil-Military Circumvention: How Argentine State Institutions Compensate for a

Weakened Chain of Command,” in David Pion-Berlin, ed. Civil-Military Relations in

Latin America: New Analytical Perspectives. Chapel Hill: University of North

Carolina Press, 2001, 135-160.

"From Confrontation to Cooperation: Democratic Governance and Argentine Foreign

Relations," in David R. Mares, ed. Civil-Military Relations: Building Democracy and

Regional Security in Latin America, Southern Asia and Central Europe. Boulder:

Westview Press, 1998, pp. 79-100.

"A House Divided: Crisis, Cleavage and Conflict in the Argentine Army"

(Co-authored with Ernesto López) in Edward C. Epstein, ed. The New Democracy in

Argentina: The Search for a Successful Formula. New York: Praeger Publishers,

1992, pp. 63-96.

"Una Casa Dividida: Crisis, Fractura, y Conflicto en el Ejército Argentino," in

Ernesto López y David Pion-Berlin, Democracia y Cuestión Militar. Buenos

Aires: Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, 1996.

"The Ideological Governance of Perception in the Use of State Terror in Latin

America: The Case of Argentina," in Vladimir Shlapentokh and Christopher

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Vanderpool, eds., State Organized Terror: The Case of Violent Internal Repression.

Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1991, pp. 135-152.

"Military Breakdown and Redemocratization in Argentina," in George A. Lopez and

Michael Stohl eds. Liberalization and Redemocratization in Latin America. Westport:

Greenwood Press, l987, pp. 209-230.

"The Defiant State: Chile in the Post-Coup Era," in Abraham F. Lowenthal and J.

Samuel Fitch eds. Armies and Politics in Latin America: Revised Edition. Holmes and

Meier Publishers, Inc., l986, pp. 317-334.

"The Political Economy of State Repression in Argentina" in Michael Stohl and

George A. Lopez, eds. The State as Terrorist: The Dynamics of Governmental

Violence and Repression. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984, pp. 99-122.

Online articles

"How much longer will Maduro's grip on power last? Look to the military," The

Conversation, August 16, 2017 https://theconversation.com/how-much-longer-will-maduros-grip-on-power-last-look-to-the-military-82360

Is Venezuelan President Maduro's fate in the hands of the armed forces?" The

GlobePost, January 27, 2019. https://theglobepost.com/2019/01/27/maduro-venezuela-armed-forces/

Will Venezuela's military back-or abandon-Maduro? Here are the 4 things it will

consider," (co-authored with Eva Bellin, Monkey Cage The Washington Post,

February 1, 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2019/02/01/will-

venezuelas-military-back-or-abandon-maduro-here-are-the-4-things-

theyll-consider/?fbclid=IwAR3Mv4L9ur57qNEOoPBgTgc-jH3H_AFmPigv-

xVQzG9GXgV2i4e87sOpj5I

Why President Evo Morales' Resignation was not a Coup," The Globepost,

November 13, 2019 https://theglobepost.com/2019/11/13/bolivia-no-coup/

Civil-Military Lessons from Latin America," co-authored with Andrew Ivey, War on

the Rocks, August 27, 2020.

https://warontherocks.com/2020/08/civil-military-lessons-from-latin-america/

Wikipedia Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pion-Berlin

Technical Papers

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“Civil-Military Relations and Post-Transitional Democracies in Latin America,” Report

prepared for the Organization of American States, included in La Agenda Informe para

la Democracia de Bienestar en America Latina, November 2008.

Book Reviews

Thomas Bruneau and Aurel Croissant, Aurel, eds. Civil-Military Relations: Control

and Effectiveness Across Regimes. (Lynne Rienner, 2019), in Armed Forces &

Society, 2020.

Brett J. Kyle, Recycling Dictators in Latin American Elections: Legacies of

Military Rule (Boulder & London, First Forum Press, 2016), in Democratization

2017.

Claudio Fuentes. Contesting the Iron Fist: Advocacy Networks and Police Violence

in Democratic Argentina and Chile, (Routledge Press, 2005), in Perspectives on

Politics, 3,4 (December 2005): 919-920.

Gregory Weeks, The Military and Politics in Postauthoritarian Chile. (Tuscaloosa,

Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 2003), in Perspectives on Politics 2,3

(September 2004):625-626

Alexandra Barahona de Brito. Human Rights and Democratization in Latin America:

Uruguay and Chile (N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1997), in American Political

Science Review, 93 (September, 1999):727-28.

Deborah Norden. Military Rebellion in Argentina: Between Coups and Consolidation

(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996), in The Political Science Quarterly, 112

(Summer,1997): 344-46.

Robert Potash. The Army and Politics in Argentina, 1962-1973: From Frondizi's Fall to

the Peronist Restoration (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996), in The Political

Science Quarterly, 112 (Summer,1997): 344-46.

Alison Brysk. The Politics of Human Rights in Argentina (Stanford: Stanford

University Press, 1994), in the American Political Science Review 89 (September,

1995): 775-776.

Dietz, Henry, Elkin, Jerrold, and Roumani, Maurice. Ethnicity, Integration, and the

Military (Boulder: Westview Press, 1991), in the American Political Science Review 87

(March, 1993): 234-35.

Zagorski, Paul. Democracy Vs. National Security: Civil-Military Relations in Latin

America (Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1992), in the American Political Science

Review 87 (March, 1993): 235.

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Hodges, Donald. Argentina's Dirty War: An Intellectual Biography. (Austin: University

of Texas Press, 1991), in Hispanic American Historical Review, 1992.

Lopez, George and Stohl, Michael, eds. Dependence, Development and State

Repression. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1989, in Studies in Comparative

International Development 25 (Fall 1990): 116-118.

Smith, William C. Authoritarianism and the Crisis of the Argentine Political Economy.

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1989, in The American Political Science Review

84 (March, 1990): 1434-35.

Wesson, Robert, ed. The Latin American Military Institution. New York: Praeger, 1986,

in Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 29 (Fall 1987): 148-149.

Muñoz, Heraldo and Tulchin, Joseph S. eds. Latin American Nations in World Politics.

Boulder: Westview Press, 1984, in American Political Science Review 79 (September

1985): 902.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

" The Latin American Military: Navigating Between Human rights and Civilian

Control," Web presentation for Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for

Latin American Studies, March 2, 2021.

Covid, and The Latin American Military Role," Presentation for Webinar Instituto

da Defesa Nacional, Portugal, November 18, 2020.

" Coup or No Coup? Bolivia, The Military and Civilian Uprisings in Comparative

Perspective," Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, University of California,

San Diego, December 2, 2019

"President Trump, Military Advisors and the Armed Forces," presented at Escola

Brasileira de Administração Pública e Empresarial (EBAPE), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,

August 8, 2019.

"Finding Unexpected Deficiencies in Civilian Control: A Five Nation Study,"

presented at Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército (ECEME) Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil, August 9, 2019.

"Book Presentation: Soldiers Politicians and Civilians: Reforming Civil Military

Relations in Democratic Latin America," Latin American Studies Association Section

Conference, Defense Public Security, and Democracy, Instituto Barcelona de Estudios

Internacionales, Barcelona May 22, 2018.

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"Military Missions and Human Rights: Mexican Police Patrols vs. High Value

Targeted Operations," Keynote Speaker at the Inter-American Defense College Class,

Anti-Submarine Warfare Base, San Diego, December 12, 2016.

“Military Missions and Human Rights: An Examination of Patrols vs. High Value

Targeted Operations in Mexico,” Global Connections Speaker Series, Naval Post-

Graduate School, Monterey, CA., January 28, 2016.

"Reforming Civil-Military Relations in Latin America: How do we Know if Progress

is Being Made?", presented at the Joseph Korbel School of International Studies, April

7, 2014.

Distinguished Speaker, “Reforming Civil-Military Relations in Latin America: How

do we Know if Progress is Being Made?” Presented at Department of Government,

University of Texas at Austin, September 18, 2013.

Distinguished Speaker , “The Political Management of the Military in Latin

America,” Inter-American Defense College, Washington, D.C., August 27, 2012.

Distinguished Speaker, “Defense Organization and Civil-Military Relations in Latin

America,” Inter-American Defense College, Washington, D.C., August 27, 2012.

Distinguished Speaker, “The Future of Military Institutions in Latin America,”

Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington,

D.C., September 19, 2012

Co-organizer, “Workshop on the Character of Military Obedience to Civilian

Control,” Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, University of California, San

Diego, May 4, 2012.

Distinguished Speaker, “Thinking About Civil-Military Relations,” Civil/Political

Military Relations Course, Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, Washington D.C.

October 31, 2011.

“Security, Violence and Drugs,” presented at Latin American Studies Program UCR

Conference, “ From Lula to Dilma: Achievements and challenges in Brazil,” May 24,

2011, University of California, Riverside, CA.

Discussant, “Workshop on Addressing the Structure-Agency Divide in the Study of

Civil-Military Relations in Democratizing Asia,” Institute of Political Science and

South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany, October 14-15, 2010.

“La Defensa y Relaciones Civiles Militares: Un Enlace Permanente,” presented at

the Seminario Internacional, Defensa Nacional: Desafíos y Perspectivas en el Siglo

XXI, Ministerio de Defensa Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 9-10,

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2010.

“Latin American Civil-Military Relations: What Progress Has Been Made?,”

International Seminar on Civil-Military Relations in Changing Societies: Latin

America and Europe,” CIDOB- RESDAL, Barcelona, Spain, July 15-16, 2010.

Chair, “Civilian Control Over the Armed Forces Redefined,” 21st World Congress of

the International Political Science Association, Santiago, Chile, July 12-16, 2009.

“ Lectures on Peru, Colombia, Latin American History and Civil-Military Relations,

aboard USS Boxer, April 28th to May 5th, 2008.

“Military Responses to Civilian Praetorianism in Latin America,” prepared for

delivery at the 2007 Annual Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies

Conference, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA. November 2-3, 2007.

“Citizen Trust in Government: A Comparative Perspective from Latin America,”

delivered at the United Nations Governance Center Symposium on Government

Performance and Trust in Government, Seoul, South Korea, May 7, 2007.

“Military Missions and Defense Organization in Latin America,” presented at the

Conference on “Prospects for Democracy in Latin America,” University of North

Texas, April 5-6, 2007.

“Latin America’s Move to the Left and its Relations with the U.S.”, featured speaker,

The Affiliates of UCR Luncheon Meeting, Riverside, CA., September 11, 2006.

“Civil-Military Relations in Latin America,” lecture delivered at U.S. Air Force

Special Operations School, Hurlburt Field, Fla., August 25, 2006.

Chair, “Exploring the Global Determinants of Defense Reform,” Naval Post-Graduate

School, Monterey, CA, September 9-10, 2005.

“El Nuevo Concepto de Seguridad, El Terrorismo, y la Gobernación del Cono Sur,”

Plenary address at The Conference on Security, Center for Hemispheric Defense

Studies, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 15-17, 2005.

“Commentary on the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005, delivered at the University of

California Riverside’s Nobel Laureate Conference, December 5, 2005.

Discussant, “Implications of Defense Restructuring for Democratic Regimes in Latin

America,” XXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association,

Las Vegas, Nevada, October 7-9, 2004.

"Understanding the New Civil-Military Relations in Latin America," lecture delivered

at Dickinson, College, Carlisle, PA , April 15, 2002.

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“Subregional Peace in Peril: How ‘New Threats’ and Hemispheric Responses to Them

may Harm the Southern Cone,” delivered at Conference on Competing Regionalisms

in the Americas, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, March 14-15, 2002.

“Human Rights Policy in Chile: The Case of Augusto Pinochet,” lecture delivered at

Cal Poly Technical University, San Luis Obispo, February 28, 2002.

“The Armed Forces and Economic Adjustment in Latin America,” lecture delivered at

the School of International Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,

February 19, 2002.

"What Does the Future Hold for Latin American Militaries," talk presented at U.S.

Department of State Roundtable on Civil-Military Relations in Latin America,

Arlington, VA., October 26, 2001.

"Argentina's Critical Juncture and its Civil-Military Pathways," prepared for the

Workshop on Militaries in Democratic Reform, Henry M. Jackson School of

International Studies, University of Washington, May 4-5, 2001.

“Civil-Military Relations in Post-Transitional Argentine with Portuguese

Comparisons,” presented at Forcas Armadas em Regime Democratico, Instituto da

Defesa Nacional, February 18, 2000, Lisbon, Portugal.

Discussant, State and Soldiers in Asia Conference, Part II, Bangkok, Thailand, April

1999.

Member, Consultative Workshop, "Strategic Outlook for Inter-American Security,"

Institute for National Strategic Studies and Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense,

National Defense University, September 16-17, 1999, Fort Lesley J. McNair,

Washington, D.C.

“Introductory Remarks,” delivered at the Soldiers and Democracy in Latin America

Conference, February 19-20, 1999, Mission Inn, Riverside California.

“Civil-Military Circumvention: How Argentine State Institutions Compensate for a

Weakened Chain of Command,” paper delivered at the Soldiers and Democracy in

Latin America Conference, February 19-20, 1999, Mission Inn, Riverside California.

“The Modern State and Force,” Keynote Address delivered at the State and Soldiers in

Asia Conference, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 26-30, 1998.

` “What Do We Need for Effective Civilian Control?, ”address delivered at the State

and Soldiers in Asia Conference, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 26-30,

1998.

“Civil-Military Relations in the Southern Cone: Institutional Perspectives,” lecture

delivered at the University of Colorado, Boulder, April 17, 1998.

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"Through Corridors of Power: Institutions and Civil-Military Relations in Argentina,"

lecture delivered at Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, May 3, 1996.

"The Causes of Human Rights Policy in the Democratic Southern Cone," paper

presented at the Politics and Society Colloquium, School of Social Sciences,

University of California at Irvine, May 20, 1994.

"Justice for the Generals?," lecture delivered at Pomona College, April 8, 1994.

"Poder Militar Institucional y Político, en el Cono Sur," lecture delivered to Defense

Specialists, Hotel Bauen, Buenos Aires, July 29, 1993.

Discussant, Conference on Institutional Design and Democratization in a Context of

Economic Crisis, University of California at San Diego, May 13-15, 1993.

"Civil-Military Relations and Regional Security in Latin America," paper presented at

the Conference on Regional Security Regimes, University of California at San Diego,

March 18-21, 1993.

Participant, Southern California Workshop on Economic and Political Liberalization,

University of Southern California, October, 1992 - May 1993.

"Civil-Military Relations in the Latin American Southern Cone," lecture delivered at

Connecticut College, November, 1990.

"The Ideological and Perceptual Causes of State Terror in Latin America: The Case of

Argentina," prepared for the International Conference on State Organized Terror,

Kellogg Center, Michigan State University, November 2-5, 1988.

“Ideology and Threat Perception: The Subjective Dimension of State Terror in

Argentina," presented to the Social Science Colloquium, Colgate University,

Hamilton, New York, October 21, 1988.

"The Fall of Military Rule in Argentina," lecture delivered at the University of

California, Berkeley, Fall 1984.

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

"Varieties of Military Behavior in Latin America," presented at the XXXVIII

International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, online, May 13,

2020.

"Militarization of Security," presentation at the XXXVIII International Congress of

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the Latin American Studies Association, online, May 14, 2020.

Discussant, "New Research Agendas on Brazil's Armed Forces and Civil-Military

Relations in Comparative Perspective, XXXVII International Congress of the Latin

American Studies Association, Boston, MA, May 25, 2019.

Discussant, "Fuerzas armadas en Latinoamérica: cuestiones y problemas," XXXVII

International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Boston, MA, May

24, 2019

Chair, "New Threats and Their Consequences for Security and Defense Institutions,"

XXXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Barcelona,

May 23-26, 2018.

Discussant, "Fuerzas Armadas Latinoamericanas: Entre las tradicionales pero

persistentes cuestiones relativos a sus roles, los efectos políticos y el control civil,"

XXXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Barcelona,

May 23-26, 2018.

Discussant, "Latin America in the 21st Century: Politics, Economy Policy and

Foreign Affairs," International Studies Association West, September 22, 2017,

Pasadena Ca.

Discussant, "Military Subordination and Leadership Politics in Authoritarian

Regimes," International Studies Association 58th Annual Convention, February 22-25,

2017, Baltimore, MD.

"The Efficacy of Military Internal Security Missions: A Look at Mexico," Latin

American Studies Association, XXXIV International Congress, May 27-30, 2016,

New York, New York

Discussant, "Los desafíos para la definición y ejecución de políticas públicas en

defense y seguridad en América Latina," Latin American Studies Association,

XXXIV International Congress, May 27-30, 2016, New York, New York

Discussant, “Police Power, Institutions and the State,” American Political Science

Association Annual Meeting, August 29-September 1, 2013, Chicago Ill.

Discussant, “Redefining Coup d’etats: Parliaments, Presidents and the Military in

Fragile Democracies,” Latin American Studies Association, XXXI International

Congress, Washington, D.C., May 29- June 1, 2013.

Chair, Roundtable, “Debating Military Influence in Latin America,” Latin American

Studies Association, XXXI International Congress, Washington, D.C.,

May 29- June 1, 2013.

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Chair and Discussant, “Latin American Politics,” panel at the Western Political

Science Association Conference, Portland Oregon, March 22, 2012.

Participant, Roundtable on “When Militaries Disobey,” Western Political Science

Association Conference, Portland Oregon, March 22, 2012.

Discussant, “Bureaucratic Reform, Political Will and Accountability in New

Democracies,” panel at Western Political Science Association Conference, Portland

Oregon, March 22, 2012.

“Between Military and Policy: Responses to Intermediate-level Security Threats in

Post Authoritarian Latin America” (co-authored with Harold Trinkunas), presented

at the Conference of the Research Committee on Armed Forces and Society,

International Political Science Association, ” Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey,

17- 19 June 2011.

Chair, Roundtable Discussion, Defense Organization and Civil-Military Relations in

Latin America,” XXIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies

Association, Toronto, Canada, October 6-9, 2010.

Chair and Discussant, “Bullets & Ballots in Latin American Democracy,” panel at the

XXIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Toronto,

Canada, October 6-9, 2010.

“Military Shirking of Civilian Authorities During Crises in Democracies,” co-

authored with Harold Trinkunas,” 21st World Congress of the International Political

Science Association, Santiago, Chile, July 12-16, 2009.

Discussant, “Civil-Military Relations: Middle East, European Union and Latin

America in a Comparative Perspective,” 21st World Congress of the International

Political Science Association, Santiago, Chile, July 12-16, 2009.

Chair, Business Meeting, Defense, Public Security and Democracy Section of LASA,

XXVIII International Congress, LASA, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, June 11-14, 2009.

Chair, Workshop on Defense Organization in Latin America XXVIII International

Congress, LASA, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, June 11-14, 2009.

“Civilian Praetorianism, Regime Crises and Military Responses in Comparative

Perspective,” co-authored with Harold Trinkunas, Prepared for Delivery at the

International Political Science Association Conference on Armed Forces and

Society: New Challenges and New Environments, Santiago, Chile June 25-28,

2008.

“Military Responses to Civilian Praetorianism in Latin America,” prepared for

delivery at the XXVII Congress of the Latin American Studies Association,

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September 5-8, 2007, Montréal, Canada.

“Democratization, Social Crisis, and the Impact of Military Domestic Roles in Latin

America,” paper co-authored with Harold Trinkunas and delivered at the American

Political Science Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 30-September 2,

2006.

“Attention Deficits: Why Politicians and Scholars Ignore Defense Policy in Latin

America,” co-authored with Harold Trinkunas, paper presented at the XXVI

International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto

Rico, March 15-19, 2006.

“Civil-Military Relations in Latin America: Sources of Stability in an Era of Growing

Instability,” paper presented at the XXV International Congress of the Latin

American Studies Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 7-9, 2004.

“Democratic Defense vs. Democratic Deepening: the Role of the OAS,” paper co-

authored with Craig Arceneaux and presented at the XXV International Congress of

the Latin American Studies Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 7-9, 2004.

“Transforming Latin America: the International and Domestic Origins of Change,”

poster session presented at the International Studies Association Conference,

Montreal, Canada, March 17-19, 2004.

“Between Regional Strength and Domestic Stress: A New Civil-Military Pragmatism

in Latin America,” prepared for the XXIV International Congress of the Latin

American Studies Association, Dallas, Texas, March 27-29, 2003.

Chair, "The Military and Democracy in Latin America," Latin American Studies

Association XXIII International Congress, Washington D.C., September 6-8, 2001.

Discussant, "Civil-Military Relations, Democracy and the Use of Force Abroad,"

American Political Science Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, August

30-September 2, 2001.

Discussant, "Civil-Military Relations," Midwest Political Science Association

Conference, Chicago, Ill., April, 2001.

“Strong Tests of Civilian and Military Power in South America,” paper to be

delivered at the Latin American Studies Association XXI International Conference,

Chicago, Ill., September 24-26, 1998.

“Of Missions and Decisions: Military Roles and Civilian Controls in South America,”

paper presented at the Western Political Science Association, Los Angeles, CA.

March 19-21, 1998.

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Chair, Panel on Democratic Transitions, Pacific Coast Conference on Latin American

Studies, Fullerton, Ca. February 12-13, 1998.

“Will Soldiers Follow? Regional Economic Integration and the Quest for a Security

Alliance,” paper delivered at the International Studies Association Regional

Conference, Las Hadas, Mexico, December 10-13, 1997.

"Tipping the Civil-Military Balance: Human Rights Policy and Institutions in

Democratic Argentina and Chile," paper prepared for the Latin American Studies

Association XIX International Congress: Washington, D.C., September 28-30, 1995.

"The Limits to Military Power: Issues, Institutions and Defense Budgeting in

Democratic Argentina," prepared for the joint 1995 Rocky Mountain and Pacific

Conference on Latin American Studies, Las Vegas, March 5-9, 1995.

"Modeling Civilian Control Strategies in the Southern Cone," presented at the Latin

American Studies Association, XVIII International Congress, Atlanta, GA., March 10-

12, 1994.

"Crafting Allegiance: Civil-Military Relations in Uruguay, Argentina and Chile,"

paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association XVII International

Conference, Los Angeles, CA., September 24-27, 1992.

Discussant, "Cono Sur: Transición y Consolidación Democrática," Latin American

Studies Association XVII International Congress, Los Angeles, CA., September 24-

27, 1992.

Discussant, "The Armed Forces and Politics: Latin America and the Philippines,"

Latin American Studies Association XVI International Congress, Washington, D.C.,

April 4-6, 1991.

Chair, "Roundtable on Violence and the State," Annual Meeting of the American

Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30 - September 2, 1990.

Discussant, "Professionalization and Democratization: Political Dynamics of Military

Cleavages in South America, Midwest Political Science Association Convention,

Chicago, April 5-7, 1990.

"A House Divided: Segmented Professionalism and Security Ideology in the

Argentine Army, 1984-1989," paper presented at the Latin American Studies

Association XV International Congress, Miami Fla., December 4-6, 1989.

"A Game Theoretic Analysis of the Civilian-Military Relationship in the Process of

Democratic Consolidation: The Case of Brazil and Argentina," presented at the 1989

Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia,

August 31 - September 3.

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"Civil-Military Relations in Argentina: An Unstable Equilibrium," presented at the

Ibero-American Studies Conference on "Argentina and Chile at the

Crossroads," University of Wisconsin at Madison, April 15, 1989.

"Civil-Military `Games' and Democratic Consolidation: A Theoretical Inquiry,"

prepared for delivery at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science

Association, Washington, D.C., September 1-4, 1988.

“The Latin American National Security Doctrine, Military Views and

Redemocratization," Chair of Breakfast Roundtable Session at the Latin American

Studies Association Meeting, New Orleans, March 17-19, 1988.

"Testing Theories of Repression and Gross Violations of Human Rights: The Case of

Argentina," presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association,

St. Louis, March 30 - April 2, 1988.

"Technocratic Beliefs in the Policy Process," Chair of Breakfast Roundtable Session

at Latin American Studies Association Meeting, Boston, October 23-25, l986.

"The Role of Ideas: The International Monetary Fund and Third World Policy

Choices," presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, New

Orleans, Louisiana, August 29 - September 1, 1985.

"The Fall of Military Rule in Argentina; 1976-1983," presented at the Latin American

Studies Association Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 18-20, 1985.

"The Defiant State: Chile in the Post-Coup Era," presented at the American Political

Science Association Conference, Denver, Colorado, September 2-5, 1982.

"Economic Stabilization and Political Repression in Argentina: Some Theoretical and

Empirical Considerations," presented at Midwest Political Science Association

Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 29-May 1, 1982.

NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS

“Why go to War with Iraq?” San Mateo County Times, 2002

RADIO INTERVIEWS

Radio Barcelona, Spain, February , 2003, Iraqi War

Radio Bilingual, California, August 31, 2016, Colombian Peace Deal

KCBS Radio News San Francisco, September 25, 2016, Colombian Peace Deal

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FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE

Buenos Aires, Argentina, June-July, 1984

Santiago, Chile, July, 1984

Buenos Aires, Argentina, July-August, 1986

Buenos Aires, Argentina, June-July, 1989

Buenos Aires, Argentina, June-August, 1993

Buenos Aires, Argentina, October, 1994

Montevideo, Uruguay, October 1994

Santiago, Chile, July-August, 1995

Montevideo, Uruguay, November, 1995

Santiago, Chile, October, 2001

Washington, D.C. July, 2002

La Paz, Bolivia, June-July, 2007

Buenos Aires, Argentina, July, 2007

FOREIGN RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

Barcelona Knowledge Campus, Research Fellowship, University of Barcelona

Buenos Aires, Argentina- Centro de Estudios de Desarrollo y Estado (CEDES)

Montevideo, Uruguay - Centro Latinoamericano de Economía Humana (CLAEH)

Santiago, Chile - Centro de Estudios sobre Desarrollo (CED)

UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE SERVICE

Member, Committee on Academic Personnel, 2017-2020

Member, Planning and Budget Committee, 2011-2014

Member, Committee on Sales and Services Activities, 2011-2013

Chair, Committee on Research, 2010-2011

Fulbright Screening Committee Member, UCR, 2007-2009

Co-Chair, UCIE-UOEAP Task Force on Study Center Directorships, 2006

Member- Search Committee for EAP Campus Director, 2006.

Member, Search Committee, Latin American Studies, UCR, 2005-06

Member, University of California International Education Committee, 2004- 2007

Chair, International Education Committee, 2004- 2007

Member, Global Studies Committee, 2003-2004

Member I.R./Comparative Search Committee, 2000-2001

Member, University Graduate Council, 1999-2001

Member, University Library Committee, 1993-94

Member, Committee on Latin American Studies, 1991-2012

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DEPARTMENT SERVICE

Member, Committee on Revamping the Graduate Colloquium, 2019

Chair, Search Committee, Lecturer with Possibility of Security of Employment, 2017

Member, Comparative Politics Search Committee, 2014-2015

Chair, Search Committee, Comparative Politics, 2013-2014

Director, Political Science Internship Program, 2013

Undergraduate Advisor, Political Science Department, 2005-2013

Chair, Committee to Revamp Undergraduate Political Science Major, 2009-2010

Chair, Department Task Force on Devising Learning Objectives, 2008-09

Devised Department's first Learning Assessment Outcome Measures 2009

Co-Chair, Comparative/IR Search Committee, 2007

Chair, Comparative/I.R. Search Committee, 2006.

Chair Comparative Search Committee, 2003-2004

Chair, I.R. Search Committee, 2001-2002

Member, Comparative Politics/Latin America Search Committee, 1998-1999

Graduate Advisor, 1996-2001

Chair, I.R. Search Committee, 1995-96

Chair, I.R. Search Committee, 1993-94

Member, I.R. Search Committee, 1991-1992

Member, Department Graduate Studies Committee, 1991-2001

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Section Chair, Comparative Politics, Western Political Science Association

Conference, 2011-2012

Section Chair for Democracy, Defense and Security, Latin American Studies

Association, 2007-2009

Member, National Screening Committee, Fulbright-Hays Program, 2007-2011.

Section Chair on Interpretation and Methods, Western Political Science Association,

WPSA Conference, 2007.

Member, Program Committee, Defense and Democracy Section of the Latin

American Studies Association, March 2006-present.

Co-Chair, UCIE-UOEAP Task Force on Study Center Directorships, U.C. Education

Abroad Program

Member, University of California, System-wide International Education Committee,

2004- present

Member, Steering Committee, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, 1995-

1998.

Member: American Political Science Association's Gabriel Almond Award

Committee, 1988-89.

Member: Latin American Studies Association, 1985-present; LASA section on

Defense and Democracy, 2004-present; Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces &

Society, 1990-present; Red de Seguridad y Defensa de America Latina 2000-present

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MENTORING OF Ph.D, MASTERS AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Dissertation Chair or Co-Chair

Michele Weber (1996)

Pamela Stricker (1996)

Craig Arceneaux (1997)

Deborah Tompsett-Makin (1998)

Soleiman Kiasatpour (1998)

William Aviles (2001)

Jamilya Ukudeeva (2002)

Maurice Webb (2003)

Gary Goodman (2006)

Kevin Grisham (2009)

Liang-chih Evans Chen (2009)

Shaun Schulenberg (2010)

Christina Caldwell (2010)

Chris Metaxas (ABD)

Cameron Hastings (2011)

Cristina Nicolescu-Waggoner (2012)

Antonio Ugues (2013)

Danijela Dudley (2014)

Diego Esparza (2015)

Sean Brown (2019)

Collin Grimes (2019)

Richard Crespo (2019)

Christina Gregory (2021)

Andrew Ivey (ABD)

Ignacio Acacio (ABD)

Gabriel Pimenta (ABD)

Dissertation Committee Member

Makarim Wibisono (1987 Ohio State U.)

Hisaofen Hemstock (1990, Ohio State U.)

Chang Hun Oh (1991, Ohio State U.)

Jeanne Hey (1991, Ohio State U.)

Jennifer Abbassi (1994)

O. Ronny Lindstrom (1996)

Michael McLean (1996)

Eric Stener Carlson (2003 UCSB)

Joseph Staats (2005)

Hasan El-Hasan (2005)

John Bawden (2009, History Dept. UCR)

Master’s Theses

Ku-pyo Lee (1987, Ohio State U.)

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David A. Kellough (1988, Ohio State U.)

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Miranda Jasper (2006)

Ivan Gustavo Krimker (2010)

Jessica Cobian (2012)

Danyelle McNeary (2012)

Natalie Nicolas (2012)

Brooke Elizabeth Bishop (2012)

Lourdes Vanessa Rodriguez (2012)

Ryan Weeks (2012)

Aica Dizon (2014)

Mark A. Forde (2015)

Khirin Attila Joseph Bunker (2015)

Stephanie Daniela Herrera (2015)

Mina Hanin (2018)

Karina Tapia (2018)

Samuel Roberts (2020)

Alexa Arevalo (2021)

SPECIALIZED SKILLS

Language: Spanish, fluent reading and speaking. Portuguese, reading proficiency.