{"id":75719,"date":"2019-02-15T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=75719"},"modified":"2019-01-22T16:52:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T21:52:34","slug":"now-announcing-2019-great-decisions-speakers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/now-announcing-2019-great-decisions-speakers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Announcing &#8211; 2019 Great Decisions Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Great Decisions Discussion Program, a free community discussion series, is designed to encourage debate and discussion of the role of the United States in world affairs. The program provides materials that help people reach informed opinions on issues and encourages them to participate in the foreign-policy process. All discussions will take place from noon to 1 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall of Williams Street United Methodist Church, 28 W. William Street, Delaware. Attendees are welcome to bring a brown bag lunch and complimentary coffee and tea will be provided.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 2019 speakers are:<\/p>\n<p>Feb. 22\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;The Middle East: Regional Disorder&#8221; with\u00a0Richard Herrmann, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social and Behavioral Sciences Distinguished Professor and Chair, Political Science Department, The Ohio State University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>March 1 &#8211;\u00a0&#8220;Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics&#8221; with\u00a0Cantay \u00c7ali\u015fkan, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science, Ohio Wesleyan University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>March 8\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;State of the State Department and Diplomacy&#8221; with\u00a0Alexander Thompson, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Associate Professor, Political Science and Faculty Associate, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>March 15\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;Refugees and Global Migration&#8221; with\u00a0Nadia Kasvin, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Director and Co-Founder, US Together, a Refugee Resettlement Agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>March 22\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;The Case for Complacency and Appeasement&#8221; with\u00a0John Mueller, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Woody Hayes Senior Research Scientist at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies; Adjunct Professor, Political Science, The Ohio State University; Senior Fellow, Cato Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>March 29\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;The Rise of Populism in Europe&#8221; with\u00a0Benjamin McKean, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assistant Professor, Political Science, The Ohio State University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>April 5\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;De-coding U.S.-China Trade&#8221; with\u00a0Saif Rahman, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Robert Bauman Associate Professor, Economics, Ohio Wesleyan University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>April 12 &#8211;\u00a0&#8220;The United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested&#8221; with\u00a0Jeremy Baskes,<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Professor, History, Ohio Wesleyan University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greatdecisionsdeloh\">www.facebook.com\/greatdecisionsdeloh<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great Decisions Discussion Program, a free community discussion series, is designed to encourage debate and discussion of the role of the United States in world affairs. 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