The World Today: America
It can feel overwhelming to try to make sense of what is going on in the world today. Politics has become dramatically more polarised; climate change is an ever-increasing threat and terrorism seems to be spreading – and that’s just what we see on the news – what else might be going on that we’re yet to hear about?
Our event features three speakers who have their finger on the international pulse and will bring you up to date with both national and worldwide events.
Join journalist and business executive, Richard Lambert; Professor Paul Rogers, journalist and social commentator Mona Eltahawy and Saeed Khan, Lecturer in the Department of Near East & Asian Studies at Wayne State University-Detroit, Michigan, for a truly global update on current affairs, as they discuss how what’s happening today might affect us all tomorrow.
About the Speakers
Professor Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford, and an Honorary Fellow of the UK Defence Academy. He is a biologist by original training, lecturing at Imperial College and also working in tropical crop research in East Africa. From later lecturing in environmental science, he moved to Bradford in 1979 and has worked primarily on the changing causes of international conflict, especially in relation to political violence. A fourth edition of his book, Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century, was published by Pluto Press last July.
Saeed Khan
Saeed Khan is Senior Lecturer in Near East & Asian Studies and Global Studies at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. He is also the co-founder of the Institute for Social Policy & Understanding, and a panelist on Turning Point for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Mona Eltahawy
Mona Eltahawy is a freelance Egyptian-American journalist and social commentator based in New York City. She has written essays and op-eds for publications worldwide on Egypt and the Islamic world, on topics including women’s rights, patriarchy, and Muslim political and social affairs.
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