Georgetown Journal of Law and Policy in International Business
& The Georgetown Asia Forum

present a symposium on

Sanctions Reform?
Evaluating The Economic Weapon in Asia and The World

Wednesday, February 23, 2000
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Moot Courtroom

PROVISIONAL AGENDA
8:00-8:25	Registration/Coffee
8:25-8:30	Welcome/Opening Remarks
8:30-10:00	Panel I: "Legal and Political Problems of Unilateral Sanction Regimes"
Panelists	Ms. Dianne Rennack, Congressional Research Service On unilateral sanctions and reform-the view from the Hill
	Professor Barry Carter, Georgetown University Law Center On the legal problems of relaxing sanctions on "terrorist" states
	Mr. Art Downey, Baker Hughes Incorporated Critique of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
	Professor Richard Parker, University of Connecticut Law School Critique of the methodology used in evaluating the effectiveness of sanctions
10:00-10:15	Coffee Break
10:15-11:45	Panel II: "Policy Alternatives to Sanctions"
Moderator	Professor Don Wallace, Georgetown University Law Center
Panelists	Dr. Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics On the use of "smarter sanctions"
	Dan O'Flaherty, U.S.A. ENGAGE On the implications and use of sanctions against South Africa
	Dr. Meghan O'Sullivan, The Brookings Institution On economic engagement strategies
11:50-1:40	Luncheon
Introduction	Associate Dean Charles Gustafson, Georgetown Law Center
Keynote Address	Dr. Richard N. Haass, Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
1:45-3:15	Panel III: "Sanctions, Commerce, and Human Rights in Asia"
Moderator	Dr. David Steinberg, Director of Asian Studies, Georgetown School of Foreign Service
Panelists	Mr. Mike Jendrzejczyk, Washington Director, Human Rights Watch, Asia On Burma, Indonesia, Vietnam, and other regional hot-spots
	Professor Robert Stumberg, Georgetown University Law Center Defending state and local sanctions-the Massachusetts Burma Law
3:15-3:30	Coffee Break
3:30-5:00	Panel IV: "Sanctions and Weapons Proliferation in Asia"
Moderator	James Clad, Research Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Georgetown School of Foreign Service
Panelists	Mr. Joseph Cirincione, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace On U.S. policy and mandatory sanctions against Pakistan and India
	Professor James Feinerman, Georgetown University Law Center On curbing China's proliferation through sanctions regimes
	Mr. Dan Poneman, Partner, Hogan & Hartson On Iraq, North Korea & combating proliferation

 

Revised July 21, 2003 (MD)