{"id":6152,"date":"2013-09-03T08:20:31","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T13:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=6152"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:24:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:24:51","slug":"syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=6152","title":{"rendered":"Intervention in Syria roundtable Sept. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"syria-SOURCE<\/a>UNC-Chapel Hill\u2019s Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense and the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations will host the roundtable discussion \u201cIntervention in Syria?: Problems, Prospects and Contexts\u201d from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3, in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium at the FedEx Global Education Center.<\/p>\n

The panel will address increased global tensions over the ongoing conflict within Syria and the likelihood that the U.S. and some of its allies will intervene militarily. The United Nations has estimated that up to 100,000 people have been killed since the conflict began in 2011, and more than 1.7 million refugees have fled to neighboring countries.<\/p>\n

Panelists include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sarah D. Shields, Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor of History and specialist in the history of the Middle East and the long-term colonial effects<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cemil Aydin, associate professor of history and specialist in modern Middle Eastern history and the Ottoman empire<\/p>\n

\u2022 Michael Morgan, assistant professor of history and specialist in modern international relations and the history of human rights<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mark Weisburd, Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law and specialist in international law and international human rights<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ali Reza Eshraghi, doctoral student in communication studies and journalist and editor specializing in Iran<\/p>\n

\u2022 Patricia Sullivan, assistant professor of public policy and specialist in major power military interventions<\/p>\n

\u2022 LTC Bob Curris, U.S. Army, a UNC-Triangle Institute for Security Studies National Security Fellow and specialist in psychological operations<\/p>\n

\u2022 COL Richard Menhart, U.S. Army, a UNC-Triangle Institute for Security Studies National Security Fellow and specialist in logistics<\/p>\n

A Q&A session will follow the discussion.<\/p>\n

The FedEx Global Education Center is at 301 Pittsboro Street at the corner of Pittsboro and McCauley streets. Parking may be available in the garage under the building beginning at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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