Dr. Minzner traced the political history of the People’s Republic of China through three eras: Pre-Reform, Reform, and the current Post-Reform. He began by briefly comparing the norms in each era to demonstrate the political, social, and economic trends that indicate a shift from the Reform Era toward the…

The lecture began with Dr. Bayar’s introduction of a brief timeline of the emergence of the Kurds, Kurdistan movement, and Kurdistan region of Iraq, and a description of the United States’ developing role since 1990 in becoming a dynamic tool in the formation of Kurdish politics in the region. Dr.…