A video/discussion series

produced by the Foreign Policy Association

You may choose to attend any or all of these weekly video/discussions:

June 13-    The New Energy Economy

    As Americans increasingly turn to renewable energies, 

     what are the implications for U.S. foreign policy?

June 20-    Justified Force: Preventing Genocide in the 21st Century

    Armed intervention or peaceful negotiation?  A look at

     preventing genocide.

June 27-    The Dark Side of Globalization

     Learn how drug cartels, human traffickers and online

     scam artists benefit from a “flattened” world.

July 4-     Red Army Rising: China’s Military

     While relations between the U.S. and China have

     focused on the economy, dues China’s rapidly forming

     military pose a threat?

July 11-     No Class – Church Picnic at Cook Park

July 18-     Wall Street and the World: The Global Financial Crisis

    Expert guests on how the financial crisis emerged and

     the international response.

July 25-     Moscow’s Long Reach

    A Look at Russia’s cherished “sphere of influence”.

August 1-   Power, Politics and the Persian Gulf

    Withdrawal from Iraq.  Unrest in Iran.  What challenges

      does the U.S. face in this volatile region?

August 8-   Peace Building and Statecraft

     What tools does the U.S. have to counter ongoing

      violence in Afghanistan and Iraq?

August 15- The World’s Bottom Billion

     What progress towards the Millennium Development Goals

                      ten years on?

August 22- An  Army of Envoys

     Special envoys are once again in vogue to advance

      U.S. interests.  But are there simply too many cooks in the

      kitchen?

Facilitators: Allen and Joella Schroeder

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