David Cortright David Cortright is chair of the Board of Directors of the Fourth Freedom Forum and professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books on issues of peace, conflict prevention, and disarmament. With Anna Romandash, he is a co-author of recent research, \”Defunding the War against Ukraine: Economic Strategies for Countering Russian Aggression\”