UNCW Presents the Great Decisions Discussion Program
2/10/2004 12:00:00 AM
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WILMINGTON, N.C.—The Political Science Department of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington presents the Great Decisions Discussion Program, a spring lecture series. Each lecture is at 8 p.m. in Cameron Hall auditorium, Room 105. The series begins Tuesday, Jan. 27 and continues through Tuesday, March 23. The lectures are free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
The Great Decisions Discussion Program is the longest-standing and largest grassroots world affairs educational program of its kind. It is the core of the Foreign Policy Association’s civic education outreach efforts and works to bring millions of Americans together in communities across the country to discover, discuss and decide their opinions on foreign policy issues. This lecture series presents experts in foreign policy on a variety of current global affairs. Web site addresses are provided for each speaker who offered one. The event Web site is www.greatdecisions2004.com/ or contact the head of the UNCW Great Decisions Discussion Program student steering committee Zeb Wright at 910/297-2987.
Schedule:
Jan. 27 CANCELLED – Rescheduled for March 30
Media and Foreign Policy
Ole Holsti, Duke University
www.poli.duke.edu/people/faculty/holsti.html
Feb. 3 The Philippines
Paul Rodell, Georgia Southern University
http://class.gasou.edu/history/facultydir/rodell.htm
Feb. 10 Weapons of Mass Destruction
Lt. Col Doug Smith, Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
Feb. 17 The United States and Europe
Charles Kegley, University of South Carolina
www.cla.sc.edu/poli/facbio/kegely/html
Feb. 24 Diversity in Islam
Walid Phares, Florida Atlantic University
www.defenddemocracy.org/biographies/biographies_show.Htm?attrib_id=7535.
March 2 Latin American Overview
Carol Wise, University of Southern California
www.usc.edu/assets/college/faculty/profiles/600.html.
March 16 Reform in the Middle East
Amy Hawthorne, Associate Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
www.ceip.org/files/about/Staff.asp?r=160
March 23 Public Diplomacy
Walter Andrusyszyn
March 30 Media and Foreign Policy
Ole Holsti, Duke University
www.poli.duke.edu/people/faculty/holsti.html
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Media Contact: For information, contact the head of the UNCW Great Decisions Discussion Program student steering committee Zeb Wright at 910/297-2987.
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