Iran expert to speak in Madison

UW-Madison will host one of the country’s experts on Iran at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25, for the speech “Is a U.S. Military Strike on Iran Inevitable?”

Gary Sick was the principal White House aide for Iran during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis. He also served on the National Security Council for presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan.

Today, Sick is a senior research scholar and adjunct professor of international affairs at Columbia University. He also is executive director of Gulf/2000, an international research project on political, economic and security developments in the Persian Gulf.

“A visit from Dr. Sick at this point in U.S. foreign affairs is as close as we come to having a crystal ball,” says Jennifer Lowenstein, associate chair of the Middle East Studies Program.

The event will be held in the Morgridge Auditorium (Room 1100) of Grainger Hall and is free and open to the public.