The course will cover the following topics of current American foreign policy: Israel, Palestinians and Gaza, tariffs and the world economy, U.S.-China relations, risk of nuclear proliferation, Ukraine and European security, U.S. and Africa, multilateralism, the future of human rights and international law. The course will also address current events such as the U.S. intervention in Venezuela. Most of these topics correspond to the chapters in the Great Decisions Booklet of the Foreign Policy Association, which will be the reading for the class. The class will proceed by discussion of these topics so everyone can learn from the comments of one another. The course instructor will encourage everyone to participate in the discussions and will do little lecturing.