Ohio Wesleyan Professor to Discuss Iraq on Radio Program
Sean Kay, Ph.D.
DELAWARE, Ohio – Ohio Wesleyan University professor Sean Kay, Ph.D., will discuss the continuing conflict in Iraq and the United States’ decision to intervene with air strikes on Aug. 14 when he is a guest on WOSU radio’s “All Sides with Ann Fisher.”
Kay, author of the newly published “America’s Search for Security: The Triumph of Idealism and the Return of Realism,” will appear on the NPR-affiliated talk show from 10:20 a.m. to 11 a.m. Aug. 14. “All Sides” is broadcast on 89.7 FM and archived online afterward for on-demand listening.
In his new book, Kay explains how the United States reached its current position in the world with extensive analysis of major turning points in America’s search for security. He then details the post-Cold War rise of idealist foreign policy goals and the costs of abandoning realist roots, analyzing in-depth the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
At Ohio Wesleyan, Kay, Ph.D., has been a member of the Department of Politics and Government since 1999. He currently is chair of the university’s International Studies Program and director of its Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs, which oversees the Wesleyan in Washington internship program.
Kay also is an associate of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University and a fellow at the Eisenhower Institute in Washington, D.C. He previously has worked at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in the U.S. Department of Defense.
Founded in 1842, Ohio Wesleyan University is one of the nation’s premier liberal arts universities. Located in Delaware, Ohio, the private, coed university offers more than 90 undergraduate majors, minors, and concentrations, and competes in 23 NCAA Division III varsity sports. Ohio Wesleyan combines a challenging, internationally focused curriculum with off-campus learning and leadership opportunities to connect classroom theory with real-world practice. OWU’s 1,850 students represent 42 states and 37 countries. Ohio Wesleyan is featured in the book “Colleges That Change Lives,” listed on the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, and included in the U.S. News & World Report and Princeton Review “best colleges” lists. Learn more at www.owu.edu.