2023 Delaware Great Decisions Calendar – Topics and Presenters

Delaware Great Decisions 2023 Calendar  Fridays 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Via Zoom Register in advance for these programs

1. Energy Geopolitics   Feb 10    Will Georgic, Assistant Professor of Economics, Ohio Wesleyan University

2. War Crimes   Feb 17   Dakota S. Rudesill Associate Professor of Law, Mohamed S. Helal Associate Professor of Law, Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law 

3. China and the U.S.  Feb. 24  Galal Walker  Professor Galal Walker is recruiting a panel presentation.              

4. Global Famine   March 3   Erin Lin Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Food Politics, Ohio State University

5. Politics in Latin America   March 10   James Franklin Political Science, Dept. Chair, Ohio Wesleyan University

6. Economic Warfare   March 17   Ji Young Choi, Associate Professor of Politics and Government, East Asia Studies, International Studies, Ohio Wesleyan University

7. Iran at a Crossroads   March 24   Mehrak Kamali-Sarvestani Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, Persian Studies Senior Lecturer, Ohio State University

8. Climate Migration   March 31 Georgeta Pourchot Coordinator of the International Refugee Research Project, Virginia Tech

Great Decisions Briefing Book: The foreign Policy Association offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics. A few are available through our local Great Decisions program for $35 each. Contact Skip Cornett:  wcornettIII@gmail.com or order from the Foreign Policy Association: https://www.fpa.org/great_decisions/?act=gd_materials   Another option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E- Reader through these sources:  Amazon, Apple, Kubo, Barnes and Noble.

Friday, Feb. 25th at Noon. Programs offered by Zoom

Great Decisions 2022 Starts Friday, Feb. 25th at Noon. Programs offered by Zoom

Delaware Great Decisions 2022 Calendar
Fridays 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Via Zoom
Register in advance for this series of programs

Feb. 25 — Climate Change – Laurel J. Anderson – Morris Family Professor of
Natural Sciences, Ohio Wesleyan University; and Marianne Gabel, a longtime
environmental advocate who co-founded the Delaware chapter of Citizens’
Climate Lobby in 2014. She has served on the board of The Nature
Conservancy in Ohio, including 3 years as its chair.
March 4 – Russia – Steven Tull – Previously Resident and Humanitarian
Coordinator, Political Advisor, United Nations; International Affairs Educator
March 11 — Myanmar and ASEAN – Dishari Rakshit, Ph.D. Student,
Department of Political Science, Wayne State University
March 18 — The Quad Alliance – Irfan Nooruddin, Professor & Hamad bin
Khalifa Al Thani Chair in Indian Politics, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown
University
March 25 — Industrial Policy – M. Saif Rahman,
 Robert Bauman Associate
Professor of Economics, Ohio Wesleyan University
April 1 — Drug Policy in Latin America – Kendra McSweeney, Professor,
Distinguished Scholar, Department of Geography, Ohio State University
April 8 — Biden’s Agenda – Franchesca V. Nestor – Assistant Professor of Politics
& Government, Ohio Wesleyan University
April 22 — Outer Space and War – Robert O. Harmon, Perkins-Howard
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio Wesleyan University

Great Decisions Briefing Book
The Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics. A few are available through our local Great Decisions program for $30 each. Contact Skip Cornett: wcornettIII@gmail.com or order from the Foreign PolicyAssociation: https://www.fpa.org/great_decisions/?act=gd_materials Another option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E- Reader through these sources: Amazon, Apple, Kubo, Barnes and Noble.

Delaware Great Decisions 2022 Starts Friday, Feb. 25th at Noon. Programs offered by Zoom

Delaware Great Decisions 2022 Calendar
Fridays 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Via Zoom
Register in advance for this series of programs

Feb. 25 — Climate Change – Laurel J. Anderson – Morris Family Professor of
Natural Sciences, Ohio Wesleyan University; and Marianne Gabel, a longtime
environmental advocate who co-founded the Delaware chapter of Citizens’
Climate Lobby in 2014. She has served on the board of The Nature
Conservancy in Ohio, including 3 years as its chair.
March 4 – Russia – Steven Tull – Previously Resident and Humanitarian
Coordinator, Political Advisor, United Nations; International Affairs Educator
March 11 — Myanmar and ASEAN – Dishari Rakshit, Ph.D. Student,
Department of Political Science, Wayne State University
March 18 — The Quad Alliance – Irfan Nooruddin, Professor & Hamad bin
Khalifa Al Thani Chair in Indian Politics, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown
University
March 25 — Industrial Policy – M. Saif Rahman,
Robert Bauman Associate
Professor of Economics, Ohio Wesleyan University
April 1 — Drug Policy in Latin America – Kendra McSweeney, Professor,
Distinguished Scholar, Department of Geography, Ohio State University
April 8 — Biden’s Agenda – Franchesca V. Nestor – Assistant Professor of Politics
& Government, Ohio Wesleyan University
April 22 — Outer Space and War – Robert O. Harmon, Perkins-Howard
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio Wesleyan University

Great Decisions Briefing Book
The Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics. A few are available through our local Great Decisions program for $30 each. Contact Skip Cornett: wcornettIII@gmail.com or order from the Foreign PolicyAssociation: https://www.fpa.org/great_decisions/?act=gd_materials Another option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E- Reader through these sources: Amazon, Apple, Kubo, Barnes and Noble.

Delaware Great Decisions 2022 Starting Friday Feb. 25th at Noon Programs offered each week by Zoom

Delaware Great Decisions 2022 Calendar
Fridays 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Via Zoom
Register in advance for this series of programs

Feb. 25 — Climate Change Laurel J. Anderson, Morris Family Professor of
Natural Sciences, Ohio Wesleyan University; and Marianne Gabel, a longtime
environmental advocate who co-founded the Delaware chapter of Citizens’
Climate Lobby in 2014. She has served on the board of The Nature
Conservancy in Ohio, including 3 years as its chair.
March 4 – Russia – Steven Tull, Previously Resident and Humanitarian
Coordinator, Political Advisor, United Nations; International Affairs Educator
March 11 — Myanmar and ASEAN – Dishari Rakshit, Ph.D. Student,
Department of Political Science, Wayne State University
March 18 — The Quad Alliance – Irfan Nooruddin, Professor & Hamad bin
Khalifa Al Thani Chair in Indian Politics, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown
University
March 25 — Industrial Policy – M. Saif Rahman, Robert Bauman Associate
Professor of Economics, Ohio Wesleyan University
April 1 — Drug Policy in Latin America – Kendra McSweeney, Professor,
Distinguished Scholar, Department of Geography, Ohio State University
April 8 — Biden’s Agenda – Franchesca V. Nestor, Assistant Professor of Politics
& Government, Ohio Wesleyan University
April 22 — Outer Space and War – Robert O. Harmon, Perkins-Howard
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio Wesleyan University