{"id":2784,"date":"2025-06-17T01:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backerinlaw.com\/Site\/?page_id=2784"},"modified":"2025-07-24T13:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:28:09","slug":"larry-cata-backer-cv-10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.backerinlaw.com\/Site\/larry-cata-backer-cv-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Cat\u00e1 Backer CV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Interviews, News, Commentary, and Testimony&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview, &#8220;US expert talks of threats, opportunities of US proposal for Zangezur Corridor for regional states,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabnak.ir\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tabnak News Service <\/a>&nbsp;Iran&#8221; interview with Payman Yazdani, 22 July 2025. The text of the interview may be accessed from the Tabnak News Agency website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabnak.ir\/en\/news\/6628\/us-expert-talks-of-threats-opportunities-of-us-proposal-for-zangezur-corridor-for-regional-states-iran\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/lcbackerblog.blogspot.com\/2025\/03\/text-of-interview-with-payman-yazdani.html\">&#8220;US interests shift makes changes to NATO structure and goals necessary,&#8221;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabnak.ir\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tabnak News Service<\/a> (Iran); interview with Payman Yazdani, 5 March 2025. The text of the interview may be accessed from the Tabnak News Agency website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabnak.ir\/en\/news\/6089\/us-interests-shift-makes-changes-to-nato-structure-and-goals-necessary\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opinion Essay: &#8220;What awaits Sino-US ties in Trump 2.0 era&#8221;: China Daily (16 November 2024) available <a href=\"https:\/\/lcbackerblog.blogspot.com\/2024\/11\/what-awaits-sino-us-ties-in-trump-20.html\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/202411\/16\/WS6737f050a310f1265a1cdb81.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview: &#8220;BRICS can discipline strategic interventions in international organs&#8221;&nbsp; <em>Mehr News Agency<\/em>, Tehran, (interview with Payman Yazdani), 14 September 2024. The text of the interview may be accessed from the Mehr News Agency website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview: The States of US-China Relations on Dynamic Pathways of Global (Re)Ordering [\u8bbf\u8c08\u6587\u672c\uff1a\u5168\u7403\u79e9\u5e8f\u91cd\u5851\u4e2d\u7684\u4e2d\u7f8e\u5173\u7cfb\u73b0\u72b6], <em>The Paper<\/em> (Shanghai, China)&nbsp; (Interview by \u6731\u6da6\u5b87 (Runyu Zhu)) 30 August 2024 (English and Chinese version <a href=\"https:\/\/lcbackerblog.blogspot.com\/2024\/09\/text-of-online-interview-states-of-us.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview: \u201cDiscussing Challenges to Democracy, Cultural Responsibilities, and Constitutional Law in Kurdistan (Interview by Ferhad M. Hassan, editor in chief); <em>Gulan Media<\/em> (1 August 2023. Available [https:\/\/www.gulanmedia.com\/en\/story\/306433\/gulan-media-exclusive:-expert-larry-cat%C3%A1-backer-discusses-challenges-to-democracy,-cultural-responsibilities,-and-constitutional-law-in-kurdistan].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Zhao Jia, \u201cScholars Around the World Praise China\u2019s Shared Future Vision,\u201d People\u2019s Daily (Beijing); 30 September 2022. Access <a href=\"https:\/\/global.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/202209\/30\/WS6336ec8fa310fd2b29e7ab32.html\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview: \u201cOverturning Roe v. Wade; and the Leak of the Draft Opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Org.\u201d The Crossover Podcast (hosted by Ricardo Kometar); 19 May 2022. The&nbsp; entire interview may be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cdvy_ScAtsT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a><strong><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview: \u201cSecularism and Privatization,\u201d MNT Network (India) (21 November 2021) (Interview by Ravi Prakash (Advocate on Record at Supreme Court of India)). Available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YYmvFckmbPY\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YYmvFckmbPY<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview: \u201cLiberal democracy would have to conform itself to new facts,\u201d Mehr News Agency (20 July 2021) (Interview by Payman Yazdani).&nbsp; Available <a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/176338\/Liberal-democracy-would-have-to-conform-itself-to-new-facts\">https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/176338\/Liberal-democracy-would-have-to-conform-itself-to-new-facts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Payman Yazdani, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/146662\/Why-should-China-fully-support-Iran-in-Persian-Gulf-tensions\">Why should China fully support Iran in Persian Gulf tensions<\/a>.\u201d Mehr News Agency (20 June 2020). Available <a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/146662\/Why-should-China-fully-support-Iran-in-Persian-Gulf-tensions\">https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/146662\/Why-should-China-fully-support-Iran-in-Persian-Gulf-tensions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/156860\/COVID-19-revealing-little-parts-of-fundamental-shifting-of-global\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 revealing little parts of fundamental shifting of global ordering: Prof. Larry Backer<\/a>,\u201d <em>Mehr News Agency<\/em>, TEHRAN, 18 March 2020 (Interview with Payman Yazdani).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Work quoted in Philip P. Gura, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.natlawreview.com\/article\/majority-report-your-social-credit-score-showing\">The Majority Report \u2013 Your Social Credit Score Is Showing<\/a>,\u201d The National Law Review (8 October 2019).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Pan Mengqi, Ren Qi, and Dong Leshuo, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/cndy\/2019-08\/05\/content_37498554.htm\">US exit from INF a &#8216;great blow&#8217; to global security<\/a>,\u201d <em>ChinaDaily<\/em> Aug. 5, 2019, p. 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview: &nbsp;&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/media.mehrnews.com\/d\/2018\/04\/06\/0\/2752814.pdf\">No Trade War Likely<\/a>&#8221; <em>Tehran Times<\/em> (April 7, 2018, pp. 1, 7) (also appears on line on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/133193\/Prof-says-US-China-trade-war-not-likely\">Mehr News Agency Website<\/a> under the same title) (Interview by Payman Yazdani).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/419642\/Prof-Backer-Nothing-in-NSS-suggesting-a-strategic-objective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prof. Backer: Nothing in NSS suggesting a strategic objective to reject JCPOA<\/a>, Teheran Times 24 December 2017 (Interview by Payman Yazdani). Available &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/419642\/Prof-Backer-Nothing-in-NSS-suggesting-a-strategic-objective\">http:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/419642\/Prof-Backer-Nothing-in-NSS-suggesting-a-strategic-objective<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview: \u201cMotives behind Trump\u2019s systematic unilateral decisions,\u201d <em>Mehr News Agency<\/em> (Iran) Nov. 6, 2017.&nbsp; Available <a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/129196\/Motives-behind-Trump-s-systematic-unilateral-decisions\">https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/129196\/Motives-behind-Trump-s-systematic-unilateral-decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Colleen Flaherty, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2017\/11\/03\/how-two-institutions-are-trying-strengthen-shared-governance\">It\u2019s a Tough Job, But Somebody\u2019s Got to Do it,\u201d<\/a> <em>Insider Higher Education<\/em> November 3, 2017.&nbsp; Available at&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2017\/11\/03\/how-two-institutions-are-trying-strengthen-shared-governance\">https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2017\/11\/03\/how-two-institutions-are-trying-strengthen-shared-governance<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview: \u201cGlobalization of power components to change world\u2019s polarization,\u201d Mehr News Agency (Iran) (26 August 2017) (interview by Payman Yazdani), available <a href=\"http:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/127252\/Globalization-of-power-components-to-change-world-s-polarization\">http:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/127252\/Globalization-of-power-components-to-change-world-s-polarization<\/a>; Farsi language version (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mehrnews.com\/news\/4066264\/%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%AB%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%25\">\u0644\u0631\u06cc \u0628\u06cc\u06a9\u0631 \u062f\u0631 \u06af\u0641\u062a\u06af\u0648 \u0628\u0627 \u0645\u0647\u0631 \u0645\u0637\u0631\u062d \u06a9\u0631\u062f\u061b<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mehrnews.com\/news\/4066264\/%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%AB%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%25\">\u062a\u0623\u062b\u06cc\u0631 \u062c\u0647\u0627\u0646\u06cc\u200c\u0633\u0627\u0632\u06cc \u0628\u0631 \u0642\u0637\u0628\u200c\u0628\u0646\u062f\u06cc\u200c\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u062c\u062f\u06cc\u062f \u062c\u0647\u0627\u0646\/\u0633\u0642\u0648\u0637 \u0648 \u0638\u0647\u0648\u0631 \u0647\u0698\u0645\u0648\u0646\u200c\u0647\u0627<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Katie Johnston, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegian.psu.edu\/news\/campus\/article_16825b2a-0ab2-11e7-92a8-2f6642041321.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Penn State Law hosts panel on diversity in legal education<\/a>,&#8221; <em>The Daily Collegian<\/em> March 16, 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interviewed: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/124018\/China-would-replace-US-in-global-trade\">China would replace US in global trade<\/a>\u201d Mehr News Agency (March 5, 2017) (with Payman Yazdani).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview, \u201cU.S.-Cuba Relations After the Death of Fidel Castro,\u201d WWL First News With Tommy Tucker, New Orleans, La, Nov. 29, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Michael Brush, \u201cOpinion: What Fidel Castro\u2019s Death Could Mean for Investors,\u201d <em>Market Watch<\/em>, Nov. 28, 2016, available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/what-fidel-castros-death-means-for-doing-business-in-cuba-2016-11-26\">http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/what-fidel-castros-death-means-for-doing-business-in-cuba-2016-11-26<\/a>. Translated and reported in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u5361\u65af\u7279\u7f57\u7684\u53bb\u4e16\u5bf9\u6295\u8d44\u8005\u610f\u5473\u7740\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1f<a href=\"http:\/\/finance.ifeng.com\/a\/20161128\/15038116_0.shtml\">http:\/\/finance.ifeng.com\/a\/20161128\/15038116_0.shtml<\/a>; and \u5361\u65af\u7279\u7f57\u7684\u53bb\u4e16\u5bf9\u6295\u8d44\u8005\u6765\u8bf4\u610f\u5473\u7740\u4ec0\u4e48, available <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.qq.com\/a\/20161129\/015016.htm\">http:\/\/finance.qq.com\/a\/20161129\/015016.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in \u0645\u0646\u0637\u0642\u0647\u200c\u06af\u0631\u0627\u06cc\u06cc \u0646\u0634\u0627\u0646 \u0634\u06a9\u0633\u062a \u0646\u0638\u0627\u0645\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u0627\u0645\u067e\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u0644\u06cc\u0633\u062a\u06cc \u0627\u0633\u062a Mehr News Agency (Iran)&nbsp; (13 January 2016). <a href=\"http:\/\/mehrnews.com\/news\/3023540\">http:\/\/mehrnews.com\/news\/3023540<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Payman Yazdani, China may negotiate entry into TPP once it is confirmed by U.S. Congress: legal scholar &nbsp;Teheran Times, Nov. 14, 2015, available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/PDF\/12416\/12416-1.pdf\">http:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/PDF\/12416\/12416-1.pdf<\/a>; full article here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/index_View.asp?code=250828\">http:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/index_View.asp?code=250828<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in \u0627\u062d\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u0639\u0636\u0648\u06cc\u062a \u0686\u06cc\u0646 \u062f\u0631\u00ab\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0646\u0633 \u067e\u0627\u0633\u0641\u06cc\u06a9\u00bb\/ \u0627\u062e\u062a\u0644\u0627\u0641 \u0627\u06cc\u062f\u0626\u0648\u0644\u0648\u0698\u06cc\u06a9 \u0622\u0645\u0631\u06cc\u06a9\u0627 \u0648 \u0686\u06cc\u0646 Mehr News Agency (Iran), November 8, 2015, available <a href=\"http:\/\/mehrnews.com\/news\/2961756\/\">http:\/\/mehrnews.com\/news\/2961756\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussed in Chung Peng, \u201cChina and Magna Carta,\u201d The Diplomat July 23, 2195, available <a href=\"http:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2015\/07\/china-and-magna-carta\/\">http:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2015\/07\/china-and-magna-carta\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Ashwani Kumar, \u201cDignity for all, This right is the test of true democracy,\u201d The Tribune India, August 17, 2015.&nbsp; Available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/comment\/dignity-for-all\/120336.html\">http:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/comment\/dignity-for-all\/120336.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Richard Teitelbaum, \u201cFor SWFs, is \u2018Doing Good\u2019 Bade for Stakeholders,\u201d&nbsp; Institutional Investor\u2019s Sovereign Wealth Fund Center, March 23, 2015. Available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovereignwealthcenter.com\/Article\/3438746\/For-SWFs-is-Doing-Good-Bad-for-Stakeholders.html\">http:\/\/www.sovereignwealthcenter.com\/Article\/3438746\/For-SWFs-is-Doing-Good-Bad-for-Stakeholders.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Richard Teitelbaum, \u201cAt GPFG, Norway\u2019s Roster of \u2018Excluded\u2019 Companies Grows, Institutional Investor\u2019s Sovereign Wealth Fund Center, February 27, 2015. Available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovereignwealthcenter.com\/Article\/3431504\/At-GPFG-Norways-Roster-of-Excluded-Companies-Grows.html\">http:\/\/www.sovereignwealthcenter.com\/Article\/3431504\/At-GPFG-Norways-Roster-of-Excluded-Companies-Grows.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in John Lauerman and Sophia Pearson, \u201cPenn State Names Eric Barron Leader After Sandusky Scandal,\u201d Bloomberg News 18 Feb. 2014.&nbsp; Available&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-02-17\/penn-state-names-barron-leader-after-spanier-ousted-in-scandal.html\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-02-17\/penn-state-names-barron-leader-after-spanier-ousted-in-scandal.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Jack Stripling, \u201cThe Fixer President: Leading a University Out of Turmoil,\u201d Chronicle of Higher Education, \u201d Nov. 22, 2013.&nbsp; Available <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.texterity.com\/chronicle\/20131122a?pg=3#pg3\">http:\/\/chronicle.texterity.com\/chronicle\/20131122a?pg=3#pg3<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Bill Toland, Penn State gets tough on staying healthy, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, August 11, 2013.&nbsp; Available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/stories\/business\/news\/penn-state-gets-tough-on-staying-healthy-698933\/#ixzz2bmEgoQNF\">http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/stories\/business\/news\/penn-state-gets-tough-on-staying-healthy-698933\/#ixzz2bmEgoQNF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Karen Heller, Penn State\u2019s Unpalatable Policy on Health, Philly Inquirer, July 25, 2013.&nbsp; Available <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2013-07-25\/news\/40773924_1_penn-state-health-incentives-health-care\">http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2013-07-25\/news\/40773924_1_penn-state-health-incentives-health-care<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Colleen Flaherty, \u201cWeigh in or Pay,\u201d <em>Inside Higher Education<\/em>, July 22, 2013.&nbsp; Available&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.207elmp02.blackmesh.com\/news\/2013\/07\/22\/penn-state-faculty-object-details-new-preventive-health-care-plan#ixzz2ZnS3J2cC\">http:\/\/www.insidehighered.207elmp02.blackmesh.com\/news\/2013\/07\/22\/penn-state-faculty-object-details-new-preventive-health-care-plan#ixzz2ZnS3J2cC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Susan Snyder, \u201cGroup Says Faculty Reps Should be Added to PSU Board of Trustees,\u201d Philly.com, March 13, 2013,&nbsp; available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/blogs\/campus_inq\/Group-says-faculty-reps-should-be-added-to-PSU-board-of-trustees.html\">http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/blogs\/campus_inq\/Group-says-faculty-reps-should-be-added-to-PSU-board-of-trustees.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Peter Hall, \u201cPenn State faces long road in putting Sandusky scandal behind: In 2013, university will face a slew of challenges stemming from the Sandusky case,\u201d <em>Chicago Tribune<\/em>, December 26, 2012.&nbsp; Available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/mc-penn-state-sandusky-rebuilding-20121226,0,4769307,full.story\">http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/mc-penn-state-sandusky-rebuilding-20121226,0,4769307,full.story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Bill Pennington, \u201cOnce Ubiquitous on Campus, \u2018Paterno\u2019 is No Longer Uttered\u201d<em>,<\/em> <em>The New York Times<\/em>, Nov. 24, 2012.&nbsp; Available&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/25\/sports\/ncaafootball\/paterno-once-ubiquitous-at-penn-state-is-no-longer-uttered.html?pagewanted=all\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/25\/sports\/ncaafootball\/paterno-once-ubiquitous-at-penn-state-is-no-longer-uttered.html?pagewanted=all<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted on Debra Erdley, \u201cLeader Searches Look to be Arduous at Penn State, Carnegie Mellon<em>,<\/em>\u201d <em>Pittsburgh Tribune<\/em>, Nov. 22, 2012, available <a href=\"http:\/\/triblive.com\/news\/allegheny\/2921828-74\/president-university-penn-search-state-cmu-universities-schools-candidates-research\">http:\/\/triblive.com\/news\/allegheny\/2921828-74\/president-university-penn-search-state-cmu-universities-schools-candidates-research<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Charles Thompson, \u201cFormer Penn State President Graham Spanier, ex-Athletic Director Tim Curley Still Draw Pay,\u201d <em>The Patriot News<\/em>, Aug. 6, 2012.&nbsp; Available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/midstate\/index.ssf\/2012\/08\/former_penn_state_president_gr_4.html\">http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/midstate\/index.ssf\/2012\/08\/former_penn_state_president_gr_4.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Eleanor Chute, \u201cPenn State University: \u2018More Than a Football Team,\u2019\u201d <em>Pittsburgh Post Gazette<\/em>, July 29, 2012.&nbsp; Available&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/stories\/news\/education\/penn-state-university-more-than-a-football-team-646640\/?p=2\">http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/stories\/news\/education\/penn-state-university-more-than-a-football-team-646640\/?p=2<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Mike Armstrong, \u201cSanctions Not a Death Blow to State College Economy,\u201d <em>Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em>, July 28, 2012.&nbsp; Available <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2012-07-28\/business\/32890182_1_tripp-umbach-penn-state-mount-nittany-medical-center\">http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2012-07-28\/business\/32890182_1_tripp-umbach-penn-state-mount-nittany-medical-center<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Nicole Radzievich, Peter Hall and Christina Gallagher, \u201cPaterno statue removed from Penn State stadium,\u201d <em>Allentown Morning Call<\/em>, July 22, 2012.&nbsp; Available <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.mcall.com\/2012-07-22\/sports\/mc-penn-state-removes-paterno-statue-20120722_1_statue-joe-paterno-paterno-library\">http:\/\/articles.mcall.com\/2012-07-22\/sports\/mc-penn-state-removes-paterno-statue-20120722_1_statue-joe-paterno-paterno-library<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Susan Snyder, \u201cSpanier&#8217;s faculty status at PSU under scrutiny,\u201d <em>Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em>, July 20, 2012.&nbsp; Available<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2012-07-20\/news\/32747915_1_sandusky-case-tenure-professor\">http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2012-07-20\/news\/32747915_1_sandusky-case-tenure-professor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Mike Jensen, \u201cColleges Look at Management of Sports Programs in Wake of Freeh Report<em>,\u201d<\/em> <em>Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em>, July 15, 2012, available &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/sports\/colleges\/penn_state\/162493536.html?viewAll=y\">http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/sports\/colleges\/penn_state\/162493536.html?viewAll=y<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted inJessica VanderKolk, Matt Carroll, Chris Rosenblum and Matt Morgan<em>, <\/em>\u201cRegion &#8216;trying to process&#8217; findings<em>,\u201d Centre Daily Times, <\/em>July 13, 2012<em>, available <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/2012\/07\/13\/3259849\/region-trying-to-process-findings.html\">http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/2012\/07\/13\/3259849\/region-trying-to-process-findings.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Anne Danahy, \u2018There May Be a Smoking Gun\u2019 in Freeh Report, <em>Centre Daily Times<\/em>, July 10, 2012.&nbsp; Available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/2012\/07\/10\/3256573\/there-may-be-a-smoking-gun.html\">http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/2012\/07\/10\/3256573\/there-may-be-a-smoking-gun.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Adam Smeltz and Debra Erdley, Cracks have begun to form in the legacy of coach Joe Paterno, <em>Pittsburgh Tribune Review<\/em>, July 8, 2012, available <a href=\"http:\/\/triblive.com\/news\/2157736-74\/paterno-state-penn-leaks-sandusky-legacy-university-report-former-freeh\">http:\/\/triblive.com\/news\/2157736-74\/paterno-state-penn-leaks-sandusky-legacy-university-report-former-freeh<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Peter Hall, \u201cPenn State, Sandusky questions could be answered in Freeh Report, Which Will Likely Fuel Lawsuits,\u201d <em>The Allentown Morning Call<\/em>, July 8, 2012, available <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.mcall.com\/2012-07-07\/news\/mc-penn-state-sandusky-freeh-report-20120706_1_state-president-rodney-erickson-larry-backer-sandusky\">http:\/\/articles.mcall.com\/2012-07-07\/news\/mc-penn-state-sandusky-freeh-report-20120706_1_state-president-rodney-erickson-larry-backer-sandusky<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Jeremy Roebuck and Susan Snyder, \u201cIndependent Penn State Investigation Could Go Beyond Sandusky,\u201d <em>Sacramento Bee<\/em>, July 8, 2012. Available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/2012\/07\/08\/v-print\/4617069\/independent-penn-state-investigation.html\">http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/2012\/07\/08\/v-print\/4617069\/independent-penn-state-investigation.html<\/a>. Also published as Freeh Probe May Go Far Beyond Sandusky, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 8, 2012. Available&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/news\/20120708_Freeh_probe_may_go_far_beyond_Sandusky.html?viewAll=y\">http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/news\/20120708_Freeh_probe_may_go_far_beyond_Sandusky.html?viewAll=y<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Juan O. Tamayo, \u201cCuban universities cut enrollment; foreign investors are leaving,\u201d <em>McClatchy Washington Bureau<\/em>, May 17, 2012, available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2012\/05\/16\/v-print\/149071\/cuban-universities-cut-enrollment.html\">http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2012\/05\/16\/v-print\/149071\/cuban-universities-cut-enrollment.html<\/a><em>. &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Andrew McGill, \u201cAnalysis: Corbett not afraid to exercise muscle on Penn State board: The governor, guaranteed a seat on Penn State&#8217;s board of trustees, is one of only a few governors in history to be active participant,\u201d <em>Herald Mail.com<\/em>, February 13, 2012.&nbsp; Available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.herald-mail.com\/news\/mc-penn-state-corbett-trustee-20120211,0,3601131.story\">http:\/\/www.herald-mail.com\/news\/mc-penn-state-corbett-trustee-20120211,0,3601131.story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Jeff Gammage and Susan Snyder, \u201cBurden of College Costs Falling More and More on Students,\u201d <em>Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em>, February 13, 2012.&nbsp; Available&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2012-02-13\/news\/31055055_1_state-aid-joni-finney-higher-education\">http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2012-02-13\/news\/31055055_1_state-aid-joni-finney-higher-education<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Chris Arsenault, \u201cCuba\u2019s Old Guard Faces New World,\u201d <em>Al-Jazeera<\/em>, Jan. 29, 2012, available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/features\/2012\/01\/20121282049195108.html\">http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/features\/2012\/01\/20121282049195108.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in J. Brady McCollough, \u201cDeath of Paterno Created Deep Void for Penn Staters,\u201d <em>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/em>, Jan. 29, 2012; A1, 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Andrew McGill, \u201cPenn State Faculty Says Its Time for Healing,\u201d <em>The Morning Call<\/em> (Allentown, PA) Jan. 24, 2012, available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idahostatesman.com\/2012\/01\/24\/1966887\/penn-state-faculty-says-its-time.html\">http:\/\/www.idahostatesman.com\/2012\/01\/24\/1966887\/penn-state-faculty-says-its-time.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in&nbsp; Mike Jensen, \u201cProfessors Call for Basic Changes as Response to Sandusky,\u201d&nbsp; <em>Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em>, Nov. 18, 2011, available <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2011-11-18\/sports\/30414948_1_trustees-college-sports-penn-state-s-faculty-senate\">http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2011-11-18\/sports\/30414948_1_trustees-college-sports-penn-state-s-faculty-senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in Juan O. Tamayo, \u201cCorruption Investigation Reported in Cuba,\u201d <em>The Miami Herald<\/em>, Aug. 8, 2011. Available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/2011\/08\/07\/2350047\/corruption-investigation-reported.html\">http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/2011\/08\/07\/2350047\/corruption-investigation-reported.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussed in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegian.psu.edu\/staff\/mike_hricik.aspx\">Mike Hricik<\/a>, Professor explains international business law, The Daily Collegian (Penn State University), Feb. 24, 2011, available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegian.psu.edu\/archive\/2011\/02\/24\/Law_school_event.aspx\">http:\/\/www.collegian.psu.edu\/archive\/2011\/02\/24\/Law_school_event.aspx<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referenced in Alice Barrett, Christina DeFeo, &amp; Stephanie Lloyd<em>,<\/em> Hillary Clinton Visits Latin America: A Renewed Opportunity for Regional Cooperation or an Intensification of the kind of Neo\u2013Cold War Rhetoric that has Categorized U.S Latin American Policy toDate? <em>Council on Hemispheric Affairs<\/em>, <em>June 6,2010. Available <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coha.org\/hillary-clinton-visits-latin-america-a-renewed-opportunity-for-regional-cooperation-or-an-intensification-of-the-kind-of-neo%E2%80%93cold-war-rhetoric-that-has-categorized-u-s-latin-american-policy-t\/\">http:\/\/www.coha.org\/hillary-clinton-visits-latin-america-a-renewed-opportunity-for-regional-cooperation-or-an-intensification-of-the-kind-of-neo%E2%80%93cold-war-rhetoric-that-has-categorized-u-s-latin-american-policy-t\/<\/a><em>; and <\/em>Secretary of State Clinton in Latin America,<em>&nbsp; Scoop World Independent News (New Zealand), June 7, 2010.&nbsp; Available <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.co.nz\/stories\/WO1006\/S00131.htm\">http:\/\/www.scoop.co.nz\/stories\/WO1006\/S00131.htm<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quoted in Scott Jaschik, No More Early Vacations, Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 28, 2010, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2010\/01\/28\/vacation\">http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2010\/01\/28\/vacation<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quoted in Vivian Wai-yin Kwok, China Finally Arrests Rio Workers, Forbes.com, Aug. 12, 2009.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quoted in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonobserver.org\/financial_information_show.aspx?id=3237\">\u5c0f\u5fc3\u4f4e\u8c03\uff0c\u529b\u62d3\u6848\u7684\u4e2d\u56fd\u542f\u793a\u5f55<\/a> (Washington Observer Aug. 19, 2009), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonobserver.org\/financial_information_show.aspx?id=3237\">http:\/\/www.washingtonobserver.org\/financial_information_show.aspx?id=3237<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Appearance on WHTM (ABC Affiliate) Channel 6, Harrisburg, PA on the nomination of Judge Roberts to the Federal Supreme Court, July 20, 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solicited testimony on the effects of the proposed constitutional treaty for the European Union, to the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee, published at House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee, Aspects of the E.U.\u2019s Constitutional Treaty, 14<sup>th<\/sup> Report of Session 2004-05, HC 38-xiv-II (April 6, 2005) at Vol. II, pages 119-122.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted in David Luhnow, <em>A Mexican Media Millionaire Now Faces Investigation in U.S<\/em>., The Wall Street Journal, January 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backerinlaw.com\/Site\/my-cv-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Back to Larry Cat\u00e1 Backer CV Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Rowlandson_-_The_Preacher_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Rowlandson_-_The_Preacher_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">credit here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interviews, News, Commentary, and Testimony&nbsp; Interview, &#8220;US expert talks of threats, opportunities of US proposal for Zangezur Corridor for regional states,\u201d Tabnak News Service &nbsp;Iran&#8221; interview with Payman Yazdani, 22 July 2025. 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