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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute’s Middle Eastern Studies Program will ho
 st Mehrzad Boroujerdi (Missouri University of Science and Technology) and 
 Raz Zimmt (Institute for National Security Studies) for a virtual panel di
 scussion.The enduring proxy warfare between Israel and Iran has now evolve
 d into a direct military conflict. This panel of experts will discuss the 
 domestic and international political dimensions of the escalating tensions
  between the two countries.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;Panelists:Mehrzad Borouje
 rdiVice Provost and Dean of the College of Arts\, Sciences\, and Education
 Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMehrzad Boroujerdi is vice pr
 ovost and dean of the College of Arts\, Sciences\, and Education at Missou
 ri University of Science and Technology. Previously\, he was a professor o
 f government and international affairs and director of the School of Publi
 c and International Affairs at Virginia Tech\, professor of political scie
 nce at Syracuse University\, and president of the Association for Iranian 
 Studies.Raz ZimmtSenior ResearcherInstitute for National Security Studies 
 (INSS)Raz Zimmt is a senior researcher at the Institute for National Secur
 ity Studies (INSS). He holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. in Middle Easte
 rn history from Tel Aviv University. He is also a research fellow at the A
 lliance Center for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University and a veteran Ir
 an watcher in the Israeli Defense Forces. His main research interests are 
 politics\, foreign relations\, and society in the Islamic Republic of Iran
 .&nbsp\;This event is open to Syracuse University faculty\, staff\, and st
 udents. Please use your Syracuse University email address when registering
 .
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SUMMARY:The Israel-Iran Conflict:  The Domestic and International Context
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Moynihan Institute’s Middle Eastern Stu
 dies Program will host Mehrzad Boroujerdi (Missouri University of Science 
 and Technology) and Raz Zimmt (Institute for National Security Studies) fo
 r a virtual panel discussion.<br><br>The enduring proxy warfare between Is
 rael and Iran has now evolved into a direct military conflict. This panel 
 of experts will discuss the domestic and international political dimension
 s of the escalating tensions between the two countries.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbs
 p\;</p><h3>Panelists:</h3><div><strong style="background-color: initial\; 
 font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; word-
 spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">Mehrzad Borouj
 erdi</strong><br></div><div>Vice Provost and Dean of the College of Arts\,
  Sciences\, and Education</div><div>Missouri University of Science and Tec
 hnology</div><div><br></div><div>Mehrzad Boroujerdi is vice provost and de
 an of the College of Arts\, Sciences\, and Education at Missouri Universit
 y of Science and Technology. Previously\, he was a professor of government
  and international affairs and director of the School of Public and Intern
 ational Affairs at Virginia Tech\, professor of political science at Syrac
 use University\, and president of the Association for Iranian Studies.</di
 v><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: initial\; font-size
 : inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; word-spacing: 
 normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">Raz Zimmt</strong><br><
 /div><div>Senior Researcher</div><div><p>Institute for National Security S
 tudies (INSS)</p><p><span style="background-color: initial\; font-family: 
 inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inher
 it\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">Raz 
 Zimmt is a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studie
 s (INSS). He holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern history
  from Tel Aviv University. He is also a research fellow at the Alliance Ce
 nter for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University and a veteran Iran watcher
  in the Israeli Defense Forces. His main research interests are politics\,
  foreign relations\, and society in the Islamic Republic of Iran.</span></
 p><p><span style="background-color: initial\; font-family: inherit\; font-
 size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; word-spaci
 ng: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">&nbsp\;</span></p><
 p>This event is open to Syracuse University faculty\, staff\, and students
 . Please use your Syracuse University email address when registering.</p><
 /div>
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