Activity
Time:
International Affairs Discussion Group
Date:
3:00 pm
Stauffer’s Cafe and Pie Shoppe
5600 S. 48th St.
Lincoln Ne 68516
Lincoln Ne 68516
The OLLI International Affairs Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, March 6, 3 p.m., at Stauffer’s Cafe and Pie Shoppe, 5600 S. 48th St.
David Forsythe, professor emeritus in political science at UNL, will moderate the discussion. He has provided the following topics and brief reading suggestions:
The US and the Western Hemisphere : Venezuela; and the Central American Caravans
https://www.irinnews.org/fr/node/260577
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/19/central-america-migrants-us-foreign-policy
The US and the Middle East: Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Syria
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/05/congress-yemen-psychology-222759
https://www.dw.com/en/syria-conflict-what-do-the-us-russia-turkey-and-iran-want/a-41211604
The US and Europe: Munich Security Conference; Warsaw Conference
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/mutual-distrust-2019-munich-security-conference/583015/
https://www.vox.com/world/2019/2/15/18225218/warsaw-summit-2019-iran-meeting-conference
David Forsythe, professor emeritus in political science at UNL, will moderate the discussion. He has provided the following topics and brief reading suggestions:
The US and the Western Hemisphere : Venezuela; and the Central American Caravans
https://www.irinnews.org/fr/node/260577
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/19/central-america-migrants-us-foreign-policy
The US and the Middle East: Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Syria
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/05/congress-yemen-psychology-222759
https://www.dw.com/en/syria-conflict-what-do-the-us-russia-turkey-and-iran-want/a-41211604
The US and Europe: Munich Security Conference; Warsaw Conference
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/mutual-distrust-2019-munich-security-conference/583015/
https://www.vox.com/world/2019/2/15/18225218/warsaw-summit-2019-iran-meeting-conference