Dr. Susan E. Penksa is an international security specialist and Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California (1997-present). With fifteen years of applied research and field experience, Dr. Penksa has a consulting practice with national governments, the EU, NATO, UN, and NGO’s. Her record of publications and invited presentations focus on transatlantic security; capability development; EU foreign, security and defense policies; security system reform; civil-military relations in peace support operations; conflict prevention and crisis response; organized crime and terrorism; threat and stability assessment; and gender as a cross-cutting issue of security and development. Recent projects include advising the U.S. Mission to the EU on US-EU crisis management cooperation and security system reform in Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). In her work as an independent consultant for the US Mission to the EU, Dr. Penksa conceptualized the strategy for stimulating USEU/NATO support for deployment of a EU police mission to Afghanistan. In 2007, she served as a consultant for USAID-Pakistan on gender and economic development, advising USAID on gender mainstreaming the actions of the U.S. government in Pakistan and conceiving new programs for Pakistani economic empowerment. Dr. Penksa is a frequent contributor to strategic dialogue on global security and defense. In cooperation with a colleague from the European Commission, Dr. Penksa developed and directed a program to train international officials about EU Peacebuilding and Crisis Management policies. In January 2006, she was invited by the Austrian Presidency of the EU to address EU officials on lessons identified from EU civil and military operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dr. Penksa was a panelist at the June 2008 EU Slovenian Presidency/EUPM Seminar on Police Reform. In a 2008 briefing session for staff of the ICO/EUSR in Kosovo, she recommended strategies for increasing the sustainability of security governance in Kosovo. In September 2008 she addressed European Parliament officials on enhancing opportunities for US-EU Security Cooperation and spoke at a European Parliament conference on the future of the European Security Strategy. Most recently, Dr. Penksa spoke at a Washington, D.C. policy workshop on “Building a Strategic US-EU Partnership on Defense and Security Aspects”, hosted by the UK Embassy and sponsored by the Atlantic Council, SAIS and CSIS. Dr. Penksa is a graduate of Miami University of Oxford, Ohio (M.A. 1994 and Ph.D. 2000). From 2000-2003, she co-directed the Miami University (OH) Transatlantic Seminar on European Integration. She is the recipient of the 2004 Westmont College Teaching Award and the 2005 Westmont College Faculty Research Award. In 2005, she served as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels, Belgium. In 2007-2008, Dr. Penksa received a United States J. William Fulbright Fellowship to Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Penksa taught the first course on the European Union at the University of Sarajevo and conducted a research project on security system reform. Since 2007, she has continued her affiliation with the University of Sarajevo as an Adjunct Professor and has advised the Political Science department on the development of a M.A. program in European integration and transatlantic studies. Currently, Dr. Penksa is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for European Studies (IES), the Free University of Brussels, Belgium where she is writing a book (with Roy Ginsberg) on The European Union in Global Security: The Politics of Impact, to be published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2011.

Roy H. Ginsberg and Susan E. Penksa, The EU in Global Security: The Politics of Impact, Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics, Palgrave Macmillan Publishers, Forthcoming 2011. Susan E. Penksa, “Security Governance, Complex Peace Support Operations and the Blurring of Civil-Military Tasks” in Christopher Daase and Cornelius Friesendorf (eds.), Rethinking Security Governance: The Problems of Unintended Consequences, book chapter, Routledge Publisher, forthcoming 2010. Susan E. Penksa, “Lessons Identified from Bosnia and Herzegovina: Strategies for Developing Domestic Reform Agendas”, in the seminar report from the Seminar on Police Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Security Sector Reform and the Stabilisation and Association Process, Centre for European Perspective, 2009 Cornelius Friesendorf and Susan E. Penksa, “Militarized Law Enforcement in Peace Operations: EUFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, International Peacekeeping, (November 2008: 15,5) Nabeel Goheer and Susan E. Penksa, Gender Intelligent Economic Growth Work in Pakistan, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), (February 2007) Susan E. Penksa, Creating the Conditions for an Effective Rule of Law Mission in Afghanistan, Policy Paper and Action Plan, U.S. Mission to the European Union and NATO, Brussels, Belgium, (July 2006) Susan E. Penksa, “Policing Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003-2005: Issues of Mandates and Management in ESDP Missions”, Centre for European Policy Studies, (December 2006) Susan E. Penksa, “Defining the Enemy: EU and US Threat Perceptions After 9/11” in Heinz Gartner and Ian Cuthbertson (eds.), European Security After September 11 and the War in Iraq (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) Susan E. Penksa and Warren L. Mason, “EU Security Cooperation and the Transatlantic Relationship,” Cooperation and Conflict, (September 2003: 38,3) INVITED EXPERT PRESENTATIONS AND CONSULTANCIES Speaker, “US-EU Cooperation in Conflict Resolution and Stabilization” for the policy workshop on Building a Strategic US-EU Partnership on Defense and Security Aspects, hosted by the UK Embassy and sponsored by the Atlantic Council, SAIS and CSIS, 21 October 2009, Washington, D.C. Speaker, “Ingredients for a Comprehensive Strategy-the Way Forward,” The Green Conference: The European Security Strategy revised, A Greens/EFA Conference, Hosted by MEP Angelika Beer, 17 September 2008, Brussels, Belgium (presentation published in German). Expert Consultant, The European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 10-11 September 2008. • Provided a briefing on US-EU Security Relations for an informal meeting at The European Parliament, 10 September 2008, Brussels, Belgium and a presentation on EU Operations in the Balkans for the Subcommittee on Security and Defense, The European Parliament, 11 September 2008, Brussels, Belgium Expert Consultant, The International Civilian Office/EU Special Representative, Pristina, Kosovo, June 19, 2008. • Advised ICO/EUSR staff on identified lessons from international and European stabilization efforts in Bosnia-Herzegovina and recommended strategies for increasing the sustainability of reforms in Kosovo Speaker, “Lessons Identified from Bosnia and Herzegovina: Strategies for Developing Domestic Reform Agendas”, The Slovenian Presidency of the EU and The EU Police Mission, Seminar on Police Reform in BiH: Security Sector Reform and the Stabilization and Association Process, 5-6 June 2008, Sarajevo, BiH (presentation published in English and Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian). Security and Defense Policy Consultant, U.S. Mission to the European Union, Brussels, May-June 2008; May-June 2007 and June-July 2006. • Advisor on security sector and rule of law reforms in Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina • Advisor on U.S.-EU-NATO capability development and security and defense cooperation in crisis response and stabilization • Designed strategic action plan for “Creating the Conditions for an Effective Rule of Law Mission in Afghanistan”, 2006 Speaker, “The Operational Development of ESDP”, Centre for Security Studies-BiH, Conference on ESDP and BiH, BiH Institutions Building, 4-5 December 2007, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Gender and Economic Development Consultant for USAID-Pakistan/ JE Austin Associates, Balakot, Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore, January and February 2007. • Conducted and co-authored a Scope of Work (SOW) on Gender Mainstreaming in USAID-Pakistan and Gender Intelligent Work of the Economic Growth Department (EG) for USAID-Pakistan • Provided an assessment of the obstacles and constraints inhibiting women’s economic participation and evaluated the opportunities for engendering economic growth projects in the Pakistani context Speaker, “Police Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Strengthening the Capacity of BiH to Fight Crime”, HUMSEC Second Annual Conference on Human Security, Terrorism and Organized Crime in the Western Balkans Region, 4-6 October 2007, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Speaker, “The Politics of Enlargement: EU-Western Balkans Relations”, Young European Federalists, Balkan Training Days, 4 October 2007, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Speaker, “Lessons from EU Security Operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina”, The Austrian Presidency of the European Union Workshop on The Role of the EU in Civilian Crisis Management, 12 and 13 January 2006, Vienna, Austria. Co-Director and Trainer, (With Javier Nino Perez, the European Commission), INCORE (International Conflict Research Project co-sponsored by the United Nations University and the University of Ulster), Northern Ireland, 13-17 June 2005. • Developed and directed a week long training program for international officials regarding “EU Policies and Activities in Peace Building, Crisis Management and Resolution” Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management Policy Advisor, European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO), Brussels, Belgium, July, 2005. CONFERENCE PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS Beyond Regional Security to International Peacebuilding: The Case of the EU Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, presented at the 47th Annual International Studies Association Convention, March 22-25, 2006, San Diego, CA. The Variable Geometry of Security Cooperation: A Policy Framework for European Integration, co-authored with Warren L. Mason, presented at the 45th Annual International Studies Association Convention, March 17-20, 2004, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Defining the Enemy: EU and US Threat Perceptions After 9/11, presented at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs International Workshop on “European Security after September 11 and the War in Iraq,” February 19-21, 2004, Vienna, Austria. EU Security Cooperation and the Transatlantic Relationship, co-authored with Warren L. Mason, presented at the European Union Studies Association 8th International Conference, March 27-29, 2003, Nashville, TN. The State of the Union: Understanding the European Union as a Security Actor, presented at the 44th Annual International Studies Association Convention, February 26-March 1, 2003, Portland, OR. Security Cooperation within the European Union: Theoretical and Operational Characteristics of a Variable Geometry Model, co-authored with Warren L. Mason, presented at the 42nd Annual International Studies Association Convention, February 21-24, 2001, Chicago, IL. The European Union as a Structure for Security Cooperation, co-authored with Warren L. Mason, presented at the 40th Annual International Studies Association Convention, February 16-29, 1999, Washington, D.C. The NATO-UN-WEU Institutional Triangle in the Changing European Security Domain: The Case Study of Bosnia, presented at the 38th Annual International Studies Association Convention, March 18-22, 1997, Toronto, Canada. Italian Foreign Policy in an Era of International Change, presented at the annual International Studies Association Midwest Conference, October 1, 1994, Ohio State University.