Great Decisions - St. Norbert College

Great Decisions is a nationally presented lecture series that addresses world topics of our time. The Foreign Policy Association of America chooses the topics each year in November with an eye to international economic, political and social subjects that are current and provocative.

St. Norbert College is one of three institutions of higher learning in Wisconsin that offers the entire series. Lectures are held Wednesdays starting in February running to April. All lectures are open to the public. Speakers come from the Federal Government, foreign embassies, the international business community, academia and International agencies and organizations such as the United Nations and the Organization of American States.

REVISED SCHEDULE / Fifth Lecture of Winter/Spring 2008:

IRAQ -- End Game!

Presented: 7:30 pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Location: Fort Howard Theater, Bemis International Center

Dr. Hassan Abbas, BBC Correspondent and Harvard Law School Visiting Professor

We are honored to have Dr Hassan Abbas, an internationally renowned expert on the Middle East and Pakistan, join us for our final segment of the Great Decisions Speaker Series. Dr. Abbas is a BBC Correspondent on the Middle East and has appeared on a variety of American news shows, including CSNBC and CNN. Rather than discuss early or late pull-out strategies for Iraq, he will discuss the far more interesting question of what will happen within Iraq when the United States Armed Forces finally pull out of the country, as well as the "ripple effect" that such action will have on the economics, politics, and religious balances in the rest of the Middle East.

The Revised Great Decisions Lecture Series 2008: At a Glance!

Feb. 13, 2008 -- Future US Defense & Security Policy, Dr. Al Stolberg, Chair of the Department of Strategic and Defense Policy, U.S. Army War College.

Feb. 20, 2008 -- International Views of the Presidential Candidates, Dr. Wendy Scattergood, St. Norbert College

Feb. 27, 2008 -- Latin America: Shift to the Left?, Ex-President of Ecuador Jamil Mahuad Witt.

Mar. 5, 2008 -- US-China Trade Policy, Dr. Barret McCormick,Marquette University.

Mar. 12, 2008 -- Talking With the Enemy, Hon. Stephen Dachi, Retired Foreign Service Officer, US Department of State.

Mar. 26, 2008 -- The Future of US-Russian Relations, Dr. Ian Kelly, Director of Russian Affairs, US Department of State.

Apr. 2, 2008 -- Private Philanthropy and International Relief, Dr. Arthur Cyr, Director of the International Business Center, Carthage College.

Apr. 9, 2008 -- The European Union at 50, Mr. Anthony Smallwood, Director General of External Relations, EU Delegation to Washington, D.C.

April 16, 2008 -- Iraq:Endgame, Prof. Hassan Abbas, Visiting International Fellow to Harvard Law School

For past Great Decisions lectures, visit the archive.
Other lecture series at St. Norbert College.