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Putin and Xi: Twin Killers or World Leaders?

Instructor
Robert G. Rabil
FPL12141
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Course Description

The moment American President Joseph Biden Jr. affirmed during an interview with ABC that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a killer, whispers flooded Washington’s societal and bureaucratic corridors that Putin has a twin brother in “killing,” President Xi Jinping of China. Real, inappropriate or illusory, this view obscures the fact that these two leaders, whose world outlooks have been shaped by the history of their nations, are shaping our geopolitical world. This lecture questions the “morality” of their leadership in an amoral geopolitical world, their relationship, and probes why and how American leaders should view them.

Course Info

  • Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Date: Tuesday, December 14
  • Location: Friedberg Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Building
  • Fees: Member - $30
    $75 for any combination of three events, members only
    Non-member - $35
    One-time guest pass, Member or Non-member at the door - $35.

About the Instructor

  • Robert G. Rabil, Ph.D., is an internationally renowned scholar. His books have been highly commended and reviewed by major academic journals. He is considered one of the leading experts on Salafism, radical Islam, and U.S.-Arab-Israeli relations. He earned a doctoral degree in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University. In May 2012, he was conferred with an honorary doctoral degree in humanities from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and in 2022 he won the FAU Scholar of the Year award. He is a professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University.

    Lifelong Learning Professorship of Current Affairs, 2018-19
    Lifelong Learning Professorship of Current Affairs, 2012-13
    Recipient of the 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award