At the beginning of every week, we provide a list of opinion-worthy events to expect during the coming week.

On Monday at 12:15 in Sid Richardson Hall room 3.122, the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law presents “The Iraq Legacy: Learning the Right Lessons,” a talk by Yale University Senior Fellow Emma Sky. The talk will enumerate those lessons and emphasize their importance for future foreign policy.

On Monday from 3-4:30 p.m., Columbia University professor Hamid Dabashi gives a talk connecting Iran’s 2009 “Green Revolution” with the subsequent Arab Spring movements. The talk will be held in the Student Activity Center Auditorium.

Also on Monday from 4-6 p.m. in Sid Richardson Hall room 1.313, Ricardo Ainslie, a UT educational psychology professor, gives a talk concerning the lasting implications of the violence in Ciudad Juárez, the epicenter of Mexico’s ongoing drug war.