Great Decisions: U.S. Changing Leadership of the World Economy with Pablo Toral, PhD

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is a grassroots world affairs education program which brings together Americans from across the nation to discover and discuss foreign policy issues. Over the course of eight weeks, scholars will introduce each issue, and participants may explore their own views and those of the group.

February 3 - U.S. Changing Leadership of the World Economy: Over the past two presidential terms, the U.S. has strongly pivoted away from neoliberalism as a foreign economic policy approach.

Great Decisions Schedule:

• February 3: U.S. Changing Leadership of the World Economy with Pablo Toral, PhD, Beloit College
• February 10: After Gaza: American Policy in the Middle East with Beth Dougherty, PhD, Beloit College 
• February 17: The Future of NATO and European Security with Martin Farrell, PhD, Retired, Ripon College
• February 24: International Cooperation on Climate Change with Elizabeth Wheat, PhD, UW Green Bay
• March 3: AI and American National Security with Dave Schroeder, MS, MA, CISSP, CEH, UW Madison
• March 10: U.S.-China Relations with Judd Kinzley, PhD, UW Madison
• March 17: India: Between China, the West, and the Global South with Amitabh Pal, Journalist/former Editor of The Progressive, Adjunct Professor at Edgewood College, Madison
• March 24: American Foreign Policy at a Crossroads with Martin Farrell, PhD, Retired, Ripon College

PLEASE NOTE: Great Decisions 2025 will be presented in a hybrid format—offered in-person in MPL’s Balkansky Community Room, as well as livestreamed simultaneously online on both our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/manitowoclibrary) and YouTube channel (unless otherwise indicated).