January, 2018

VITA

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

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

Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California at Riverside, 1997-Present. 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 Berkeley, 1984. Instructor, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado at Denver, 1983. Research Assistant, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C., 1975.

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

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Courses Introduction to Comparative PoliticsComparative Politics of the Developing WorldModern DictatorshipsComparative Politics of Latin AmericaThe Armed Forces and PoliticsHuman Rights: Concepts and CasesU.S. – Latin American RelationsPolitical Violence in Latin America

Graduate Courses Comparative Politics Core SeminarThe Armed Forces and PoliticsLatin American PoliticsQualitative Methods

AWARDS and GRANTS

UCR Dissertation Mentor Award, 2016.

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.

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.

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

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

Fulbright, American Republics Research Program Award, 1994-95.

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, l986-87, $2,000.

Ohio State University Seed Grant, 1986, $10,000. American Political Science Association, Gabriel A. Almond Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in Comparative Politics, 1985. Western Political Science Association Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in Region, 1984-85. Institute for the Study of World Politics, Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1984, $5,000. National Science Foundation, Dissertation Research Grant, 1983-1984, $5,466.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Editorial Board: Comparative Political Studies, 1985-2014; Latin American Politics and Society, 2002-2016; Armed Forces & Society 2009-present; Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review, 2009- present; Security and Defense Studies Review , 2006-2011. International Editorial Board: 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)

Book Manuscript Reviewer: University of Chicago Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Penn State University Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, Stanford University Press, University of Pittsburgh Press, University of North Carolina Press, University of Texas Press, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Scholarly Resources, Palgrave MacMillan,

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Ashgate Publishers, Pearson Publishers.     

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Soldiers, Politicians, and Civilians: Reforming Civil-Military Relationsin Democratic Latin America (co-authored with Rafael Martínez). New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017.

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

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

“Power Relations, Coalitions, and Rent Control: Reforming The Military’s Natural Resource Levies” co-authored with Collin Grimes, Comparative Politics 51 (July 2019), forthcoming.

"The Military and Internal Security Operations in Latin America," Revista Política y Estrategia, 130 (July – December 2017): 101-123.

"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.

“A Tale of Two Missions: Military Police Patrols vs. High Value Targeted Operations,” Armed Forces & Society 43,1 (2017):53-71.

“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.

“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.

“The Study of Civil-Military Relations in New Democracies,” Asian Journal of Political Science 19, 3 (December 2011): 222-232.

“Turkish Civil-Military Relations: A Latin American Comparison,” Turkish Studies 12,2 (June 2011): 293-304

Latin America’s Growing Security Gap,” co-authored with Harold Trinkunas, Journal of Democracy 22,1 (January, 2011): 39-53.

“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.

“Civilian Praetorianism and Military Shirking During Constitutional Crises in Latin America,” co-authored with Harold Trinkunas, Comparative Politics 42,4 (July 2010): 395-416.

“Informal Civil-Military Relations in Latin America: Why Politicians and Soldiers Choose Unofficial Venues,” Armed Forces & Society 36, 3 (2010): 526-544.

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“Defense Organization and Civil-Military Relations in Latin America,” Armed Forces & Society 35,3 (April 2009): 562-586

“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.

“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.

“The Defense Wisdom Deficit in Latin America: A Reply to Thomas C. Bruneau,” in Fuerzas Armadas y Sociedad 20,1 (2006): 53-65.

“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.

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“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, 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.

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"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

“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 (forthcoming).

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

“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).

Preface 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-

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“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 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.

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"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.

Technical Papers

“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

Brett J. Kyle, Recycling Dictators in Latin American Elections: Legacies of Military Rule (Boulder & London, First Forum Press, 2016), in Democratization 2017 forthcoming.

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.

Works In Progress

“Reforming Civil-Military Relations: A Cross-Regional Comparison,” co-authored with Andrew Ivey and Igor Acacio, book length project, to be completed in 2020.

 INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

"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, “Military Disobedience and Civilian Uprisings in Latin America,” Inter-American Defense College, Washington, D.C., August 27, 2012.

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

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

Distinguished Speaker, “Neither Military Nor Police: Filling The Security Gap 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, 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.

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“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.

“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

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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.

"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

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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

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, September 5-8, 2007, Montréal, Canada.

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“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.

Chair, Panel on Democratic Transitions, Pacific Coast Conference on Latin American Studies, Fullerton, Ca. February 12-13, 1998.

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“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.

"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.

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"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 WarRadio Bilingual, California, August 31, 2016, Colombian Peace Deal

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

FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE

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Buenos Aires, Argentina, June-July, 1984Santiago, Chile, July, 1984Buenos Aires, Argentina, July-August, 1986Buenos Aires, Argentina, June-July, 1989Buenos Aires, Argentina, June-August, 1993Buenos Aires, Argentina, October, 1994Montevideo, Uruguay, October 1994Santiago, Chile, July-August, 1995Montevideo, Uruguay, November, 1995Santiago, Chile, October, 2001Washington, D.C. July, 2002La Paz, Bolivia, June-July, 2007Buenos Aires, Argentina, July, 2007

FOREIGN RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

Barcelona Knowledge Campus, Research Fellowship, University of BarcelonaBuenos 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 DEPARTMENT SERVICE 

Chair, Lecturer with Possibility of Security of Employment Search, 2017Member, Comparative Politics Search Committee, 2014-2015Chair, Comparative Politics Search Committee, 2013-2014Member, Planning and Budget Committee, 2011-2014Member, Committee on Sales and Services Activities, 2011-2013Chair, Committee on Research, 2010-2011Fulbright Screening Committee Member, UCR, 2007-2009Chair, Committee to Revamp Undergraduate Political Science Major, 2009-2010Chair, Department Task Force on Devising Learning Objectives, 2008-09Co-Chair, Comparative/IR Search Committee, 2007

Chair, Comparative/I.R. Search Committee, 2006.Co-Chair, UCIE-UOEAP Task Force on Study Center Directorships, 2006Member- Search Committee for EAP Campus Director, 2006.Member, Search Committee, Latin American Studies, UCR, 2005-06Chair, Undergraduate Committee, Political Science Department 2005-2013Member, University of California International Education Committee, 2004- 2007Chair, International Education Committee, 2004- 2007Member, Global Studies Committee, 2003-2004Chair Comparative Search Committee, 2003-2004Chair, I.R. Search Committee, 2001-2002Member I.R./Comparative Search Committee, 2000-2001Member, University Graduate Council, 1999-2001

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Member, Comparative Politics/Latin America Search Committee, 1998-1999Graduate Advisor, 1996-2001Chair, I.R. Search Committee, 1995-96Chair, I.R. Search Committee, 1993-94Member, University Library Committee, 1993-94Member, Committee on Latin American Studies, 1991-2012Member, I.R. Search Committee, 1991-1992Member, Department Graduate Studies Committee, 1991-2001

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Section Chair, Comparative Politics, Western Political Science Association Conference, 2011-2012Section Chair for Democracy, Defense and Security, Latin American Studies Association, 2007-2009Member, 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 ProgramMember, University of California, System-wide International Education Committee, 2004- presentMember, 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

MENTORING OF Ph.D AND MASTERS 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)

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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 (ABD)Collin Grimes (ABD)Christina Gregory (ABD)Richard Crespo (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.)David A. Kellough (1988, Ohio State U.)

Undergraduate Honors Theses Miranda JasperJessica 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)

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SPECIALIZED SKILLS

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

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