The group will meet on Wednesday, Nov 7, 3 p.m., at Stauffer’s Café & Pie Shoppe, 5600 S. 48th Street. No registration. No fee. Just drop in, listen and participate in some stimulating discussion.

Peter Levitov, who will moderate this month, has offered the following topics and links to relevant reading:

Reprehensible acts by a sovereign nation: At what point, if any, should others intervene?

http://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/about-responsibility-to-protect.html

http://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/response.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/08/when-sanctions-go-too-far/566771/

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/syria-trump-intervention-moral-philosophy/557750/

http://www.genocidewatch.org/images/AboutGen_International_Intervention_and_the_Severity_of_Genocides_and_Politicides.pdf [very long]

Israel v. The Arab Middle East: Is a solution getting closer? What might we propose?

https://www.vox.com/cards/israel-palestine/two-state-one-state
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/16/the-real-reason-the-israel-palestine-peace-process-always-fails

Giving foreign aid only to allies and friends: Sensible or foolish? What types of aid, if any, should be unrestricted as to recipient?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/world/europe/trump-foreign-aid.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-depetris-pakistan-commentary/commentary-the-white-house-is-right-to-suspend-aid-to-pakistan-idUSKBN1FD34T