Ohio State is in the process of revising websites and program materials to accurately reflect compliance with the law. While this work occurs, language referencing protected class status or other activities prohibited by Ohio Senate Bill 1 may still appear in some places. However, all programs and activities are being administered in compliance with federal and state law.

Symposium on Syria and Afghanistan

Image of marine conducting security on Afghan village road for Operation Enduring Freedom. 
February 7, 2018
All Day
Location: The Mershon Center (not the Auditorium) for International Security Studies, 1501 Neil Ave.

Come hear analysis on current developments in Syria and Afghanistan from top scholars who can speak from experience in the field. Register here.

Featured experts:

Amr Al-Azm, Associate Professor of Middle East History and Anthropology, Shawnee State University
 
Alam Payind, Director, Middle East Studies Center, The Ohio State University
 
Richard Herrmann, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University
 
Overview:
 
From 1979 to 1989, Soviets occupied Afghanistan to prevent its client state form collapsing. Currently Russia is treating Syria as a client state in some similar ways. Afghanistan remains a struggling democracy, often falling into "failed state" category since that time. The Syrian state - perhaps even worse - is currently almost nonexistent in terms of functional centralized institutions.
 
This symposium will dig deeper into the two countries' situations, answering such questions as:
 
How is Turkey's recent intervention changing the dynamics in Syria?
 
Why is the security in Afghanistan deteriorating even more rapidly?
 
 


For more information about this or other activities, please get in contact with the Middle East Studies Center, (614) 292-5897  To support our programs please go to our development page or consider joining our team! 
 

Parking and Accessibility

Parking is available in the 9th Ave (East) Garage, and meters on Neil Avenue.  Payment for parking can be made by meters or through the campus parc smartphone app (note that any visitor spot can be made into a disability spot if paid for through the app). Further parking accessibility information is located here.

Please let us know if you have questions concerning access, or need to request accommodations for a disability. Early requests are encouraged, and a week will generally allow OSU units to provide seamless access.