Dr. Nader Entessar will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department on Monday, April 8, 2019 from 12:00pm-1:30pm. Talk title: “US Policy Towards Iran: The Trump Administration's Strategy of Compellence” Nader Entessar (University of South Alabama) 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm in ten Hoor 257 Dr. Nader Entessar is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of South Alabama. He is author of Kurdish Politics in the Middle East (2009) and co-author of Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Accord and Détente Since the Geneva [...]
Dr. Steve Niva will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 from 1:00pm-2:30pm. Talk title: “US Special Operations Forces, Drones and the New American Way of War in the Middle East” 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm in ten Hoor 113 Abstract: With the withdrawal of most US ground forces from the Middle East, there has been a growing reliance upon drone strikes and targeted operations outside conventional war zones. While many suggest these developments [...]