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SUMMARY:2026 Thursday Great Decisions: Community Conversations about Curre
 nt World Affairs
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DTSTART:20260205T200000Z
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LOCATION:Main Library - Traverse City, 610 Woodmere Ave., Traverse City, M
 I 49686, United States
ROOM: Thirlby Room
DESCRIPTION:Registration for this current events and world issues 8-part d
 iscussion series will open at 9am on January 2, 2026.Want to talk about ma
 jor world issues with others in our TC community? Join us for an eight wee
 k series to discuss current affairs topics that are timely and important t
 alking points for our society. When you register for this program, please
  understand that you are expected to attend all 8 weeks of discussion, or 
 as many as are left in the series.Once you have registered, please obtain 
 a copy of the Great Decisions Briefing book. You can either check out a co
 py from the library (Click here to place a hold - Books are coming soon!
 ) or you can order your own personal copy suitable for taking notes.Disc
 ussion Topics for 2026 are, in order:America and the World: Trump 2.0 For
 eign PolicyTrump Tariffs and the Future of the World EconomyU.S.-China Rel
 ationsRuptured Alliances and the Risk of Nuclear ProliferationUkraine and 
 the Future of European SecurityMultilateral Institutions in a Changing Wor
 ld OrderU.S. Engagement of AfricaThe Future of Human Rights and Internatio
 nal LawAbout Great Decisions: Great Decisions is America's largest 
 discussion program on world affairs and is organized by the Foreign Policy
  Association. The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Brie
 fing Book, watching the video series and meeting in a discussion group 
 to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. Each year
 , eight topics are chosen by a panel of experts. The grassroots, face-to-f
 ace model adopted by Great Decisions more than 60 years ago continues toda
 y, with tens of thousands of participants taking part in discussions natio
 nwide annually.
URL:https://www.tadl.org/event/great-decisions-2026-community-conversation
 s-about-current-world-affairs-26082
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