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ROGERS CITY – On Thursday at 7 p.m., the Rogers City Zonta is sponsoring a free livestream program titled “Middle East Instability & National Security.” The speaker is Javed Ali, formerly with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI. He is currently a professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the
University of Michigan. Ali will discuss the current events in the Middle East including the war in Iraq and its effect on U.S. policy.
Ali has a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Michigan, a master's degree in international relations from the University of Maryland, and a law degree from the
Detroit School of Law. He held senior positions at the National Intelligence Council, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the National Security Council. He has published in
the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Hill, and Newsweek, as well as being interviewed on radio and television.
The program is moderated by retired Marine Corps Major General Mike Lehnert. Lehnert held 13 separate commands in Panama, Kuwait, and Iraq. Besides graduating from the Navel War College, he has a master's degree in international relations from the University of Maryland.
This event is sponsored by Rogers City Zonta through The International Affairs Forum of Traverse City in conjunction with Northwestern Michigan College. The free event is in the
meeting room of the Presque Isle District Library in Rogers City. Light refreshments are available prior to the event.
The next program through the International Affairs Forum is on Thursday, November 12 titled Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine. All of the programs begin at 7 p.m.
in the library. Free parking is available.
Zonta is an international women's service organization working to build a better world for women and girls. The Rogers City chapter meets alternate Wednesdays at the Lighthouse
Restaurant and is always seeking new members.