Serfaty to Discuss the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy at Senior Scholar Lecture Today

Simon Serfaty, eminent scholar and professor of U.S. foreign policy in Old Dominion University's international studies graduate program, will discuss "The Audacity of Renewal: A Changed U.S. Role in a Changed World" at the College of Arts and Letters Senior Scholar Lecture to be held today at 4 p.m. in Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center. A reception will precede the lecture at 3:30 p.m.

Serfaty, who also holds the first Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., is the author of many books and publications. His most recent book, "Architects of Delusion: Europe, America and the Iraq War" (University of Pennsylvania Press), was released in January.

Additionally, he frequently is invited to be a guest lecturer and has been a frequent expert witness for the U.S. Congress and an occasional witness for national legislatures in Europe. In March, Serfaty was invited to join former French prime minister Edouard Baladur for a discussion/debate on US-EU relations at the French National Assembly in Paris.