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Baker Peace Panel | Making Sense of Today’s Middle East, March 25

Baker Peace Panel | Making Sense of Today’s Middle East, March 25

The 2016 Baker Peace Conference features a panel on Making Sense of Today’s Middle East on Friday, March 25, at 3 p.m. in Baker Ballroom A, The theme of the 2016 conference, held March 24 and 25 at Ohio University, is “History, War, and the Shaping of the Modern Middle […]

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March 2, 2016 at 6:00 pmEvents

Faculty Panel: Syrian Refugees and the Question of Responsibility, Sept. 16

Faculty Panel: Syrian Refugees and the Question of Responsibility, Sept. 16

An inter-disciplinary panel of five Ohio University faculty members share their thoughts and insights on the current context and conditions of Syrian refugees and the regional and international responses thus far. The panel is Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, at 6 p.m. in Grover Center W125. In recent weeks, U.S. and international media attention has […]

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September 1, 2015 at 8:15 pmEvents

The Syrian Tragedy Four Years On | Bassam Haddad, April 9

Bassam Haddad

Four years after the start of the Syrian uprising, most Syrians find their fate hijacked by one of many undesirable options, where the lesser evil reigns supreme. In a lecture on “The Syrian Tragedy Four Years On,” Dr. Bassam Haddad addresses the causes and dynamics of the Syrian uprising turned […]

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April 1, 2015 at 10:00 pmEvents

Abu-Rish Interviewed on ISIS, Developments Across Middle East

Abu-Rish Interviewed on ISIS, Developments Across Middle East

Recent developments in the Middle East, including the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, the U.S. bombing campaigns and ISIS in Syria and Iraq, and the situations in Egypt, Yemen, and Libya were all discussed as Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of Middle East History at Ohio University, was […]

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February 10, 2015 at 10:21 amFaculty in the News In the News

WOUB: History Professor Discusses Russia’s Role In Syrian Conflict

Dr. Steven Miner

Last Monday it appeared the United States was marching toward possible military action against Syria. Fast forward just four days, and top diplomats from the United States and Russia are in Geneva trying to hammer out an agreement about how to secure Syria’s chemical weapons – the success of which […]

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September 17, 2013 at 8:47 amNews

Commentary: The New Historical Link between Vietnam and Iraq

Commentary: The New Historical Link between Vietnam and Iraq

Matt Jacobs, a Ph.D. student in History at Ohio University who studies 20th century U.S. foreign policy, wrote a commentary for History News Network on the debate over the U.S. role in Syria. His area of study is 20th century foreign relations and his research interest is U.S. Public Diplomacy […]

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September 16, 2013 at 7:41 amIn the News News Students in the News

Brown: A Look at Obama’s Red Line and Sen. McCain’s Crusade

“Now that the White House has acknowledged that the Assad regime in Syria did use sarin gas on several occasions in March, killing 100-150 people, a couple of questions are immediately obvious. What will Obama’s next step be? What role should the United States play in this increasingly bloody conflict?” […]

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June 17, 2013 at 12:59 pmIn the News Students in the News