WKTV Staff
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The World Affairs Council of Western Michigan’s 2020 Great Decisions series of local discussions has already tackled issues such as the current political unrest in “The Philippines under Duterte”, the unfolding idea of “Green Peacebuilding” and “Human Trafficking: Global and Local Perspectives”.
But over the next few weeks, the series will continue it global issue informational efforts with more “issues of national an international importance,” including the India and Pakistan powder keg, China’s power in the Americas, and the present and future of American immigration policy.
The discussions are held Monday evenings and Tuesday noontimes, and will continue through the week of March 30. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these presentations will be available live on YouTube, with the typical World Affairs Council ability to send in a question of the speaker-experts. Presentations will be archived as well. Go to World Affairs Council YouTube channel link at one of the two times listed above to participate: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz_-CQkZ3VwjGkysvMu-P3g.
Coming lecture dates, titles and speakers are:
March 16-17, “The Future is Now: Artificial Intelligence and National Security”, with Lindsey Sheppard, fellow at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS).
March 23-24, “China’s Road into Latin America”, with Margaret Myers, director of Asia & Latin America at Inter-American Dialogue.
March 30-31, “Central American Immigration and U.S. Foreign Policy”, with
Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer-winning journalist and author of “Enrique’s Journey”.
For more information on the Great Decisions 2020 series visit here.
