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DESCRIPTION:As the United States withdraws its combat troops from Iraq and 
 Afghanistan\, politicians\, foreign policy specialists\, and the public wo
 rry about the consequences of leaving\, Neither nation can be considered s
 table and progress toward democracy — a principal aim of America and the W
 est — is fragile at best. International relations scholar Mark N. Katz ask
 s: Could ending both wars actually help the United States and its allies o
 vercome radical Islam in the long term? Mark N. Katz (Ph.D.\, Political Sc
 ience\, MIT\, 1982) is professor of government and politics at George Maso
 n University. He is the author of The Third World in Soviet Military Thoug
 ht (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 1982)\, Russia and Arabia: Soviet For
 eign Policy toward the Arabian Peninsula (Johns Hopkins University Press\,
  1986)\, Gorbachev's Military Policy in the Third World (Center for Strate
 gic and International Studies\, 1989)\, Revolutions and Revolutionary Wave
 s (St. Martin's Press\, 1997)\, Reflections on Revolutions (St. Martin's P
 ress\, 1999)\, and Leaving without Losing: The War on Terror after Iraq an
 d Afghanistan (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2012). Speaking: Mark N. K
 atz Ph.D.\, Political Science George Mason University Sponsor: Moynihan In
 stitute of Global Affairs\, Co-Sponsor Maxwell School of Citizenship and P
 ublic Affairs\, Co-Sponsor Middle Eastern Studies\, Co-Sponsor Maxwell Dep
 artment of International Relations\, Co-Sponsor
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SUMMARY:International Relations and MES present: Mark N. Katz 
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:As the United States withdraws its combat troo
 ps from Iraq and Afghanistan\, politicians\, foreign policy specialists\, 
 and the public worry about the consequences of leaving\, Neither nation ca
 n be considered stable and progress toward democracy — a principal aim of 
 America and the West — is fragile at best. International relations scholar
  Mark N. Katz asks: Could ending both wars actually help the United States
  and its allies overcome radical Islam in the long term? Mark N. Katz (Ph.
 D.\, Political Science\, MIT\, 1982) is professor of government and politi
 cs at George Mason University. He is the author of The Third World in Sovi
 et Military Thought (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 1982)\, Russia and A
 rabia: Soviet Foreign Policy toward the Arabian Peninsula (Johns Hopkins U
 niversity Press\, 1986)\, Gorbachev's Military Policy in the Third World (
 Center for Strategic and International Studies\, 1989)\, Revolutions and R
 evolutionary Waves (St. Martin's Press\, 1997)\, Reflections on Revolution
 s (St. Martin's Press\, 1999)\, and Leaving without Losing: The War on Ter
 ror after Iraq and Afghanistan (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2012). Sp
 eaking: Mark N. Katz Ph.D.\, Political Science George Mason University Spo
 nsor: Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Co-Sponsor Maxwell School of 
 Citizenship and Public Affairs\, Co-Sponsor Middle Eastern Studies\, Co-Sp
 onsor Maxwell Department of International Relations\, Co-Sponsor
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