Russia’s Increasing Presence in the Mideast... What are Putin’s Goals?

World Affairs Council Inland Southern California and University of Redlands,
in cooperation with the Kennan Institute (Washington, DC)

is proud to announce the upcoming "Kennan Conversation"

With Mark N. Katz

Russia’s Increasing Presence in the Middle East
What are Putin’s Goals?

January 14, 2020
6:00 – 8:00 pm
University of Redlands, Casa Loma Room
E. Brockton Avenue, parking free
https://www.redlands.edu/contact-us/campus-map/

Members = $20       Non members = $25
Includes light supper
Redlands Faculty and Students Free for talk only at 6:30 pm

To register, access https://www.wacinlandsocal.org/event-3656561/Registration

Call 909-558-7446 for questions
(office closed 12/23/19 to 1/2/20)

The Kennan Institute is the premier U.S. center for advanced research on
Russia and Eurasia. The Institute is committed to improving American
expertise and knowledge of Russia, Ukraine, and the region.

Riverside native and UCR graduate ('76) Mark N. Katz has been studying
and analyzing Soviet and then Russian policy toward the Middle East his
entire career.  After earning his Ph.D. at MIT in 1982, he worked as a 
Soviet Affairs analyst at the Department of State, was a Rockefeller
Foundation Fellow, and then a Kennan Institute Research Scholar. 
Since 1988, he has been a professor at George Mason University. 
In addition, he is currently a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic
Council and a member of the scientific advisory board of the Finnish
Institute of International Affairs.  Links to many of his publications can
 be found at
http://www.marknkatz.com

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