Great Decisions: Monday April 9, 2018, 7pm-8:30pm: The waning of Pax Americana?: Facilitator James Ketterer

Boardman Road Library: During the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency, the U.S. began a historic shift away from Pax Americana, the liberal international order that was established in the…

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Monday, April 23, 2018, 5pm: Careers in Diplomacy: Usha E. Pitts at Bard Campus Center, Weis Cinema

Please join us for a lecture by Usha E. Pitts, Diplomat in Residence for the State Department and Career Foreign Service Officer, on Careers in Diplomacy.  High School and College…

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Great Decisions: Monday, May 14, 2018, 7pm-8:30pm: China and America: The new geopolitical equation: Facilitator Jean Claude Fouere

Boardman Road Library: In the last 15 years, China has implemented a wide-ranging strategy of economic outreach and expansion of all its national capacities, including military and diplomatic capacities. Where…

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Great Decisions: Monday, June 4, 2018, 7pm-8:30pm: US Global Engagement and the Military: Facilitator Martin Charwat

Boardman Road Library:  The global power balance is rapidly evolving, leaving the United States at a turning point with respect to its level of engagement and the role of its…

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Great Decisions: Monday, November 13 at 7 p.m.: Conflict in the South China Sea. Facilitator: Matthew Murray, WACMHV and Dutchess Community College

The South China Sea is a locus of competing territorial claims, and China its most vocal claimant. Beijing’s interest has intensified disputes with other countries in the region in recent…

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Speaker: Wednesday, November 8 at 6pm. “Rally Point: Five Tasks to Unite the Country and Revitalize the American Dream.” Chris Gibson

Join us for a talk by Chris Gibson, former member of Congress and faculty member at Williams College, as he discusses his new book. Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 6pm…

Continue ReadingSpeaker: Wednesday, November 8 at 6pm. “Rally Point: Five Tasks to Unite the Country and Revitalize the American Dream.” Chris Gibson

Speaker: Monday, October 30 at 6pm. “False Dawn: Protest, Democracy and Violence in the New Middle East.” Steven A. Cook

Steven Cook, Council on Foreign Relations, discusses why the recent Arab uprisings failed and have led to more repression and conflict, and the role that the U.S. can and should…

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Great Decisions: Monday October, 16 at 7p.m.: The Future of Europe: Coping with the Crisis. Facilitator: Jean-Claude Fouere, WACMHV and Marist College

The outcome of the United Kingdom referendum on EU membership sent shockwaves across the globe. It even caught British voters by surprise. The European Union has helped secure peace in…

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