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Doug Brooks is President of the International Peace Operations Association (IPOA), a nongovernmental, nonprofit, nonpartisan association of service companies dedicated to improving international peacekeeping and stabilization efforts through greater privatization. He is a specialist on private sector capabilities and African security issues and has written extensively on the regulation and constructive utilization of the private sector for international stabilization, peacekeeping and humanitarian missions. Mr. Brooks has testified before the U.S. Congress, South African Parliament, appeared on numerous TV and radio programs including the BBC, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, CNN International, National Public Radio, Voice of America, SABC in South Africa and the Lehrer News Hour. He has lectured at numerous universities and colleges, including Georgetown University, the South African Defense College, and the Inter-American Defense College at Ft. McNair. Mr. Brooks is originally from Indiana and has a BA in History from Indiana University, an MA in History from Baylor University, with additional doctoral studies at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. He has worked as a teacher in Kambuzuma Township in Harare, Zimbabwe, at the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the Institute of International Education, the International Management Development Institute in Pittsburgh and was an academic fellow at the South African Institute for International Affairs in 1999-2000 Dbrooks@IPOAonline.org - www.IPOAonline.org IPOA: The International Peace Operations Association (IPOA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nongovernmental association of service companies dedicated to improving peacekeeping, peace enforcement, humanitarian rescue, stability operations and disaster relief worldwide. Member companies provide critical post-conflict services such as helicopters, heavy lift aviation, mine action, medical services, logistics, disaster relief operations, security sector reform, training, development and humanitarian security. The association was founded to institute industry-wide standards and a code of conduct, maintain sound professional and security practices, educate the public and policy-makers on the peace and stability industry's activities and potential, and ensure the humanitarian use of private peacekeeping services for the benefit of international peace and human security.