Why Syria Matters: The Moral Imperative of Toppling the House of Assad.
Seminar with Nader Hashemi (Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver)
Nader Hashemi is author of 'The Syria Dilemma' (MIT Press, 2013), 'Islam, Secularism and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies' (Oxford University Press, 2009) and co-editor of 'The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future' (Melville House, 2011). He is frequently interviewed interviewed by PBS, NPR, CNN, Al Jazeera, Pacifica Radio and the BBC and his writings have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) among other media outlets.
This seminar is presented by the Lebanon and Syria Research Group at King's College London
Taking place in the War Studies Meeting Room (K6.07), 6th Floor, King's Building, Strand Campus