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During this eight-week course we will explore some of the great issues of the day and will develop our individual positions on U.S. foreign policy direction and actions. Each week, participants will focus their broad range and depth of life knowledge and experience on one of eight current foreign policy topics furnished by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA).

This is a very active discussion course. Each week, all participants will read the brief background material provided by the FPA, and one or two volunteers from the group will prepare a more in-depth, five- to 10-minute introduction to the issue. The presentation is followed by a vigorous but controlled discussion of the background and options leading to positions on U.S. policy actions. A guest specialist will join the group each week.

This year’s topics include: U.S. Changing Leadership of the World Economy; U.S. China Relations; India: Between China, the West and the Global South; International Cooperation on Climate Change; The Future of NATO and European Security; AI and American National Security; and American Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead.