2025 Great Decisions
Zoom Video Conference | Available (Membership Required)
If you want to dig into and better understand the issues that challenge today’s world, many with serious implications for the United States, this course is for you! Great Decisions is a national civic education program sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. This year’s class covers eight issues:
- American Foreign Policy at a Crossroads
- U.S. Changing Leadership of the World Economy
- U.S.-China Relations
- India: Between China, the West, and the Global South
- International Cooperation on Climate Change
- The Future of NATO and European Security
- Artificial Intelligence and American National Security
- American Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead.
Format: Expect a lively, highly collaborative exchange of presentations, opinions, and perspectives. The 2025 Great Decisions Briefing Book, which provides a wealth of expert perspectives, background information, current data, and policy options, serves as a jumping off point for each discussion led by class members. Presentations are encouraged.
Resources/Expenses: Participants will need access to the Internet and will share articles and information drawn from newspapers, journals, books, magazines, and/or news releases with the group by email. NOTE: The $73 course fee includes $28 for the FPA Briefing Book (20% discount).
Coordinators: Dennis Flavin and Dave Hansen have coordinated many similar courses in the past and love nothing better than a good juicy discussion.
Dennis Flavin
Dennis Flavin has been an active member of LLC for several years and has co-coordinated Current Decisions (Summersession) and Great Decisions (Wintersession).
David Hansen
David Hansen is the Vice President of LLC. He has coordinated a number of LLC classes including the Current Decisions and two previous Secrets and Scandals courses.