Peter Romaniuk

Department of Government

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

445 W 59th St.

New York, NY 10019

 

Ph. (W) 212-237 8189

Fax (W) 212-237 8742

promaniuk@jjay.cuny.edu

 

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor (tenure track), 2006 – present

Department of Government, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

Education

Brown University, Providence, RI

Ph.D., Political Science, 2006

A.M., Political Science, 2003

University of Adelaide, South Australia

B.A. (Hons.)(Politics), 1997

LL.B. (Hons.), 1996

B.A. (Juris.), 1995

Research and Teaching Interests

International Relations; International Security; International Organizations; Terrorism and Counter-terrorism; Sanctions; Regional Security in South and South East Asia; Australian Politics and Foreign Policy.

Courses

International Relations (GOV 260)

Terrorism and International Relations (GOV 298)

Publications

Book chapters

“International Initiatives to Combat the Financing of Terrorism,” co-author with Thomas J. Biersteker and Sue E. Eckert, in Countering the Financing of Global Terrorism, edited by Thomas J. Biersteker and Sue E. Eckert, New York and London: Routledge (forthcoming, 2007).

“Consensus From the Bottom Up? Assessing the Influence of the Sanctions Reform Processes,“ co-author with Thomas J. Biersteker, Sue E. Eckert, and Aaron Halegua, in International Sanctions, edited by Peter Wallensteen and Carina Staibano, London: Frank Cass (2005), pp. 15-30.

“Sanctions and State Capacity: Towards a Framework for National Level Implementation,” co-author with Thomas J. Biersteker, Sue E. Eckert, and Aaron Halegua, in International Sanctions, edited by Peter Wallensteen and Carina Staibano, London: Frank Cass (2005), pp. 57-64.

"The Return of the State? Financial Re-regulation in the Pursuit of National Security After September 11," contributing author with Thomas J. Biersteker, in John Tirman (ed.) Maze of Fear, New York: The New Press (2004), pp. 59-75.

Articles and reports

“Suspicious Activity Reporting: Regulatory Change and the Role of Accountants,” co-author with Jeffry R. Haber and Gary Murray. The CPA Journal (forthcoming, 2007).

“Appendix C: Comparative Assessment of Saudi Arabia with other Countries of the Islamic World,” An Update on the Global Campaign Against Terrorist Financing Second Report of an Independent Task Force Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, written contributions with Thomas J. Biersteker, Sue E. Eckert, Jesse Finkelstein, Elizabeth Goodfriend and Aaron Halegua (June 2004).  Available at: http://www.cfr.org/pdf/Revised_Terrorist_Financing_AppendC.pdf

“Report of the Workshop on UN Sanctions Reform (2-3 May, 2003),” with Thomas J. Biersteker, Sue E. Eckert, and Aaron Halegua, Watson Institute for International Studies, Providence RI.

“Supporting Member State Capacity to Implement Targeted Sanctions,” Part III of Making Targeted Sanctions Effective: Guidelines for the Implementation of UN Policy Options, written contributions with Thomas J. Biersteker and Sue E. Eckert, edited by Peter Wallensteen, Carina Staibano, and Mikael Eriksson, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, 2003.

Targeted Financial Sanctions: A Manual for Design and Implementation (Contributions from the Interlaken Process), with Thomas J. Biersteker, Sue E. Eckert, Natalie Reid and Aaron Halegua, Watson Institute for International Studies, Providence RI, 2001.

“A Guide to the Development and Implementation of Targeted Financial Sanctions,” with Thomas J. Biersteker, Sue E. Eckert, Aaron Halegua, and Natalie Reid, Prepared for the Targeted Financial Sanctions Workshop hosted by the Swiss Mission to the United Nations in New York (July 2001).

Book reviews

Review of Subrata K. Mitra, Mike Enskat and Clemens Spieb (eds.), Political Parties in South Asia, (Praeger, 2004), in Perspectives on Political Science, Vol. 34 No. 2 (2005), pp. 112-13.

Review of Allan Gyngell and Michael Wesley, Making Australian Foreign Policy, (Cambridge, 2003), in Perspectives on Political Science, Vol. 33 No. 3 (2004), p. 181.

Awards and Honors

Joukowsky Family Fellowship, Watson Institute, Brown University, 2004-05

Summer Fellowship, Graduate School, Brown University, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002

Travel Grant, Graduate School, Brown University, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002

Tinline Scholarship in Politics, University of Adelaide, 1997

Dean’s Certificates of Merit, Law School, University of Adelaide, 1995

Chancellor’s Commendations for Academic Excellence, Flinders University of South Australia, 1992

University Service

Department representative to Faculty Senate and College Council, 2006 – present

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

Conference Presentations

“How Northern Norms Affect the South: Adopting, Adapting and Resisting the Global War on Terror in South and Southeast Asia,” International Studies Association Annual Convention 2006, San Diego, CA, March 2006.

“Exporting Homeland Security; US Power, Local Resistance, and Maritime Security in South-East Asia,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 2005.

“Counter-terrorism, Global Governance and Human Security: Assessing the Impact,” Academic Council on the United Nations System/American Society of International Law Summer Workshop, New Delhi, July 2004.

“Responding to Non-State Violence: Global Counter-Terrorism, State-Building and Human Rights,” International Studies Association Annual Convention 2004, Montreal, QC, March 2004.

“Beyond Senders and Targets: The Enforcement of Multilateral Sanctions,” International Studies Association Annual Convention 2003, Portland, OR, March 2003.

“Institutional Effects on State Behavior are State Effects on Institutional Behavior: The Refugee Regime in the 1990s,” International Studies Association Annual Convention 2002, New Orleans, LA, March 2002.

Invited Talks

“Global and Local Wars on Terror: International Counter-terrorism Cooperation Five Years After 9/11.” Presentation as part of the Friday Seminar Series, Center on Terrorism, John Jay College of Criminal Justice. October 2006.

“More or Better Regulation? Global and Local Perspectives on the Suppression of Terrorist Financing,” Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Committee, New York State Society of CPAs, May 2006.

“The ‘Asian Way’ of Cooperating: Five Puzzles About Regional Security Institutions,” Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia, April 2005.

“Combating Maritime Terrorism: Global and Regional Responses,“ Kelab Rotary Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, March 2005.

“The Re-election of George W. Bush: Prospects for the War on Terror and Security in South Asia,” Seminar on “Bush’s Re-election and its impact on Indo-US relations,” Observer Research Foundation (Mumbai Chapter), December 2004.

“International Organizations and the Global War on Terror,” Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai, December 2004.

Visiting Appointments

Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, April 2005.

Institute for Strategic and International Studies, Kuala Lumpur, March-April 2005.

Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, November-December 2004.

Professional Experience

Consultant to Oxford Analytica. Since 2004 I have acted as a consultant for Oxford Analytica’s Daily Brief service, including publishing and reviewing issue briefs on terrorist financing and maritime security.

Refugee Policy Officer, Refugee and Humanitarian Division, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Canberra, Australia, 1998-2000.

Scholarly Associations

Academic Council on the UN System

American Political Science Association

Australasian Political Science Association

Australian Institute for International Affairs

International Studies Association

Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honors Society)