Shoulder to Shoulder--Views from Governments and Civil Society on Cooperative Security--is an interview series by the "Cooperative Security Program" at the Center, directed by Loretta Bondi. Loretta Bondi Reform, Change and Security: the League of Arab States, July 2004 Interviews with League of Arab States Secretary General Amre Moussa, and Marina Ottaway, Senior Associate and Co-Director of the Rule of Law and Democracy Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sanctions Against Al Qaeda, March 2004 Interviews with Florika Fink-Hooijer and Albertus Straver, sanctions experts with the European Commission, and Jonathan Winer, counsel to the law firm Alston and Bird and formerly US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, discussing sanctions against the financing of terrorism and the travel ban against individuals associated with al Qaeda.
Preview of the European Union Warrant of Arrest Newsletter, December 2003 Interviews with the EU Commissioner of Justice and Home Affairs, António Vitorino; and Susie Alegre, Executive Officer of Amnesty International EU Office. Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference Newsletter, November 2003 Interviews with Dario Rivolta, Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Parliament's Chamber of Deputies; Abdelwahab Biad, Professor of International Law and Head of International Relations and the European Cooperation Office at the University of Rouen; Samir A. Makdisi, Professor of Economics, Director of the Institute of Financial Economics at the American University of Beirut and former Minister of National Economy of Lebanon; and Bassam Tibi, Professor of Islamology at the University of Goettingen and Distinguished Professor at the California EU Center. Special Conference on Hemispheric Security, October 2003 Interviews with Ambassador Miguel Ruiz-Cabanas, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the OAS; and Ambassador Carmen Moreno, fomer Deputy Foreign Minster of Mexico. UN Comprehensive Convention Against Terrorism , September 2003 Interviews with Ambassador Vijay K. Nambiar, India's Permanent Representative to the UN; and Jeffrey Laurenti, Senior Advisor at the United Nations Foundation. The 2001 UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons, July/August 2003 Interviews with Ambassador Kuniko Inoguchi of Japan and Rebecca Peters, the Director of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). The US/EU Treaty on Extradition, June 2003 Interviews with Dr. Athanassios Papaioannou, Special Counsel to the Greek Minister of Jusitce; and Dick Oosting, Director of the European Union Office of Amnesty International. Inter - American Convention Against Terrorism , May 2003 Interviews with Ambassador Paul Durand, Permanent Representative of Canada to the OAS; and Miguel Vivanco, Executive Director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch.
The Cooperative Security Program Opinions Series presents the views of renowned scholars and practitioners on key cooperative security topics and how these are viewed in various regions of the world. These in-depth pieces complement Shoulder to Shoulder, the Program's interview series. | 
