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Date & Time
Tuesday, Mar 31, 2026 7:00 PM
Department
School of Leadership Studies
Location
Wolff Auditorium
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About This Event
Open Maritime Societies versus Closed Continental Societies: From Thucydides to the Iran Conflict
Geography shapes power. Governance shapes strategy. In a world of rising great power competition, discover how maritime democracies compete with continental autocracies, and what it means for the leaders of tomorrow.
Dr. Mihai Murariu is a political scientist and Lecturer at West University of Timișoara, Romania where he researches extremism, ideology, and political modernity. He earned his PhD from the University of Münster and has published widely on global security and political movements. Dr. Murariu is visiting Gonzaga through an Erasmus+ fellowship, a European Commission fund that supports international academic exchange.