Great Decisions: High Seas Treaty with Elizabeth Wheat, 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.

PLEASE NOTE: Great Decisions 2024 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).

High Seas Treaty: Areas of the seas beyond national jurisdiction comprise the high seas, which are facing a degradation of ecosystems due to climate change and the increase in human activities, such as shipping, overfishing, pollution, and deep-sea mining. The recently negotiated High Seas Treaty, also known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction treaty, will attempt to address these issues. How difficult will it be to convince nations to participate?

Great Decisions Schedule

• February 5: Climate Technology with Pablo Toral, PhD
• February 12: Middle East Alignment (Part One) with Alise Coen, PhD, *ONLINE ONLY*
• February 19: Middle East Alignment (Part Two) with Beth Dougherty, PhD
• February 26: Science and AI with Matthew Friedel, PhD
• March 4: NATO's Future with Martin Farrell, PhD
• March 11: US-China Trade Rivalry with David Fields, PhD
• March 18: Understanding Indonesia with Eunsook Jung, PhD, *ONLINE ONLY*
• March 25: High Seas Treaty with Elizabeth Wheat, PhD