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Tribune News Network
Doha
AS the race to the White House heats up, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) is offering new insight into the process.
The research institute will be hosting a public discussion on the 2016 presidential elections, featuring two renowned experts on politics and electoral behaviour in the United States.
As part of CIRS monthly dialogues series, Professors Joshua Mitchell and Clyde Wilcox will offer their perspectives and insight into the current presidential race. The event will be held at GU-Q Auditorium at 6pm on Tuesday (October 18).
"This is an election in which two deeply flawed candidates battle over the post-1989 order, in which 'globalisation' and 'identity politics' have been the central concerns," said Mitchell.
He explained how the audience at the CIRS event can"expect to hear two decidedly different takes on the current election: one from a political scientist concerned with data; another from a political theorist concerned with ideas".
"Every day, this election gets stranger and stranger," said Wilcox. At this event, audience members can gain greater insight into the strangest election in American history."
A Professor of Political Theory at Georgetown University, Mitchell is an author of numerous books, including on religion and freedom in the US.
Wilcox is a professor in the government department at Georgetown University, with a research background in a number of topics in American politics, including campaign finance, public opinion and electoral behaviour.
