TONIGHT – Ahsan I. Butt: “Why Did the US Invade Iraq in 2003?”

Join us TONIGHT, March 19 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Benes Room B for an International Studies guest lecture with OWU alum Ahsan I. Butt. Butt’s lecture is titled “Why Did the US Invade Iraq in 2003?”

Ahsan I. Butt (OWU ’06) is an Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. His main research interests lie in nationalism, political violence and South Asia. His book, “Secession and Security: Explaining State Strategy Against Separatists,” was published by Cornell University Press in 2017. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in peer-reviewed journals such as International Organization, Journal of Global Security Studies, Journal of Strategic Studies, Politics and Religion and Security Studies, and has received generous support from the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School, the Mellon Foundation, the Stanton Foundation and the United States Institute of Peace.

This lecture is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!

OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: International Studies Program.
Contact: Pam Laucher at pllauche@owu.edu.