Professor Christopher McKnight Nichols will kick off the Great Decisions Series with "American Foreign Policy at a Global Crossroads" on Friday, Feb. 21st at Noon. The event is free and open to the public.
The U.S., polarized and divided, faces a world overflowing with challenges, dangers, and uncertainties. Conflict and disorder have become the defining features of world politics. This talk explores some of the most pressing current threats and opportunities to situate them in terms of the historical context that has shaped today's U.S foreign relations global crossroads.
This event is a subprogram of the World Affairs Council and the Foreign Policy Association's annual "Great Decisions" program, the largest foreign relations conversation series in the U.S. Find out more about the series via the article, "Great Decisions Ready for Spring Slate," in The Delaware Gazette.
Future discussions planned for Great Decisions of Delaware include:
Feb. 28 — “Competition, Cold War, of Conflict: US-China Relations in Tense Times” (TBA)
March 7 — “International Climate Cooperation in an Era of Geopolitical Turmoil” — (Laurie Anderson, Ph.D., Shanklin Family Fellow of Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Environment and Sustainability, Ohio Wesleyan University)
March 14 — “The Evolution of U.S. Leadership in the Global Economy: Dilemmas and Choices” (Goran Skosples, Ph.D., Robert L. and Mary C. Milligan Associate Professor of Economics and Business, Ohio Wesleyan University)
March 21 — “American Policy in the Middle East: Taking Stock/Looking Ahead” (Ori Yehudai, Ph.D., Saul and Sonia Schottenstein Chair in Israel Studies, Department of History, The Ohio State University)
March 28 — “AI and American National Security” (TBA)
April 4 — “The Future of NATO and European Security” (Major Cecilia Kinney, USAF and Ph.D. candidate, Department of Political Science at The Ohio State University)
April 11 — “India — Between China, the West, and the Global South” (Wendy Singer, Ph.D., Roy T. Wortman Professor of History, Kenyon College)
Each Friday discussion will begin at noon at the William Street United Methodist Church and run until 1 p.m. Light snacks and coffee will be served during the discussions.
