Voices on Peace and War
Student Moderators
2025 Military Writers Symposium
| Blythe McQuade is a freshman at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ from Poughkeepsie, New York, studying Criminal Justice. She is a member of the Corps of Cadets as well as on the women's basketball and soccer teams. |
| Dimitris Meintanas is a Freshman at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ from Athens, Greece. He is majoring in Studies in War and Peace, with a minor in Information Warfare. He plans to commission in the Marine Corps through the PLC program, and later aspires to serve within a federal intelligence agency. At ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, he is an active member of the Model United Nations and aims to become a dedicated member of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Emergency Medical Services (NUEMS). His academic interests center heavily on intelligence analysis, international security, and military strategy. Outside of academics, Dimitris enjoys practicing the martial art of MMA (mixed martial arts), playing soccer, and reading. |
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Voices on Peace and War
Whatever Happens in Syria Does Not Stay in Syria
At the center of all of this is the inescapable imprint of the United States — entangled with every state and nonstate actor mentioned above, its role more complex and omnipresent than ever, even as Washington’s rhetoric insists on a desire to disengage from the Middle East.
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