Syrian opposition and ending the conflict

The Conflict Management Program and the Center for Transatlantic Relations
at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University

cordially invite you to a presentation followed by Q and A with

Dr. Najib Ghadbian

Special Representative to the United States for the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces

Syria’s Moderate Opposition: Challenges to Ending the Conflict

 

Daniel Serwer,Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations,

and

Senior Research Professor of Conflict Management

 

Friday, October 18, 2013

11 am – 12:30 pm

Kenney Auditorium

1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Washington, DC  20036

Please RSVP to itlong@jhu.edu

Dr. Najib Ghadbian is a Syrian pro-democracy activist and academic. He served on the Board of the Day After Project, a cooperative movement by members of the Syrian opposition to outline a plan to rebuild the country and end the Syrian conflict once Bashar al-Assad is ousted from power. An Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle East Studies at the University of Arkansas, he is the author of Democratization and the Islamists Challenge in the Arab World (English 1997 & Arabic 2002). His second Arabic book, The Second Assad Regime: Bashar of Lost Opportunities was published in 2006. He has contributed political commentaries to several US, European, and Middle East media outlets. Dr. Ghadbian’s research interests include democratization and leadership in the Arab world, Syrian politics, and US-Mideast relations. He serves as a Board member of the Syrian Center for Political and Strategic Studies, and is a founding member of the Democratic Network in the Arab World. Dr. Ghadbian is a signatory to the Damascus Declaration (2005), and was a founding member of the Syrian National Council (SNC).

 

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