TITLE:  Great Decisions 2008

AREA:  Political Science

COURSE LEADER:  Jane Hukill

DAY AND TIME:  Thursdays, March 20 – April 24

4:00-5:30 PM Six Weeks

FORMAT:  Discussion

Great Decisions 2008 will cover the following topics:  Talking to Our Enemies; Latin America:  Shift to the Left; Iraq:  Endgame; Russia; U.S. – China Trade Policy; The European Union at 50; U.S. Defense and Security Policy; and Private Philanthropy.  Six of these topics will be chosen by the class for priority discussion.  Global challenges have increasingly become domestic challenges with events in the remotest parts of the world affecting our lives in myriad ways.  Join us in this annual course enlisting active discussion and participation by all class members.  You will need to purchase the book published by the Foreign Policy Association for $18.00 at the WC-ALL Office.  

The reading for the first class will be “U.S. Defense and Security Policy.” 

Jane  Hukill has coordinated this series for a number of years.  Volunteers from the class will lead five of the six sessions.