Darren Zook on North America
Day Event | This program may be full; contact OLLI regarding waitlist at olli@dominican.edu.
From the moment of NAFTA onward, the hope had always been that Mexico, Canada, and the United States could act as a unit, in-step with one another on economic, social, and political issues. Not only has that not turned out to be the case, but also in the current moment, things seem to have devolved to their lowest, most estranged moment yet. This talk will explore anything and everything, including border tensions, culture clashes, and economic strains, to explain how things got to where they are and where they might go from here.
Darren Zook
Darren C. Zook, PhD has taught for 16 years at UC Berkeley, and has been recognized numerous times for his contributions to education on campus. He teaches courses on comparative politics, security studies, human rights, and conflict resolution, and has extensive field experience in nearly every part of the world, including two trips to North Korea. In 2012 he was a Fulbright Research Scholar based in Singapore, conducting research on cybersecurity threats in the Asia-Pacific region.