Two experts to speak on US election at CIRS event today

The Centre for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar will today host a public discussion on the 2016 US presidential elections, featuring two experts on politics and electoral behaviour in the United States.
As part of the 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 6pm in the Auditorium, Georgetown University in Qatar building, Education City.
“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 and another from a political theorist concerned with ideas.”
“Every day, this election gets stranger and stranger,” said Wilcox. “The Trump candidacy defies a lot of our political science wisdom, but there are many reasons why the race remains much closer than it should be. 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. His research interests lie in the relationship between political thought and theology in the West.
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. He has authored or co-authored books on interest groups in American elections, fundraising in presidential campaigns and the intersection of religion and politics.
The CIRS monthly dialogue series is an opportunity for members of the public and research community in Qatar to meet with respected scholars to discuss topical issues and recent academic endeavours.