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The Emerging New World De-Order
Greece & Turkey Cruises • Azamara Journey • May 26 - June 17, 2022
Great Decisions 2022
Azamara Journey - December 28, 2021 - January 8, 2022
The Creation of the American Century
Understanding the Southern Cone
America and the World: Dollars, Diplomacy, Democracy and Destiny
Great Decisions 2021
Scandinavia – Nearly Almost Perfect People
Greece: Birth of West & Botched Quests
Understanding The Modern World
Understanding America
Great Decisions 2020
The Reign and Wane of Western Europe - Nov. 2019
Silver Shadow Cruise Presentations, Aug-Sep 2019
Great Decisions 2019
Additional Reading
Lecture 3 Nuclear Negotiations • The National Intelligence Strategy outlines what the 17 federal agencies that make up the intelligence community see as the gravest threats facing the United States.
Lecture 5: Decoding US-China Trade
• Births - There were 15.23 million births in China in 2018, the country’s lowest level since 1961. The end of China’s draconian one-child policy has failed to bring an expected boom in births, adding yet another headwind to the country’s economy and compounding worries about its long-term growth potential.
• The Unpredictable Rise of China - Xi Jinping seeks national rejuvenation, but his nation’s mounting power masks increased instability.
• The New Beijing-Moscow Axis - A shared rivalry with the U.S. has reunited the two powers, as in the early days of the Cold War. By Yaroslav Trofimov, Feb. 1, 2019, Wall Street Journal.
Lecture 8 - State of the State Department and Diplomacy
• When Democracy Is No Longer the Only Path to Prosperity, by Roberto Stefan Foa and Yascha Mounk, WSJ, March 1, 2019,
• Americans Want a Less Aggressive Foreign Policy. It's Time Lawmakers Listened to Them, By Ian Bremmer, February 19, 2019, Time Magazine
• Walter Russell Meade, WSJ, March 5, 2019
• How to Save the Power of Diplomacy, By William J. Burns, former deputy secretary of state and ambassador to Russia. NY Times, March 8, 2019
Lecture 5: Decoding US-China Trade
• Births - There were 15.23 million births in China in 2018, the country’s lowest level since 1961. The end of China’s draconian one-child policy has failed to bring an expected boom in births, adding yet another headwind to the country’s economy and compounding worries about its long-term growth potential.
• The Unpredictable Rise of China - Xi Jinping seeks national rejuvenation, but his nation’s mounting power masks increased instability.
• The New Beijing-Moscow Axis - A shared rivalry with the U.S. has reunited the two powers, as in the early days of the Cold War. By Yaroslav Trofimov, Feb. 1, 2019, Wall Street Journal.
Lecture 8 - State of the State Department and Diplomacy
• When Democracy Is No Longer the Only Path to Prosperity, by Roberto Stefan Foa and Yascha Mounk, WSJ, March 1, 2019,
• Americans Want a Less Aggressive Foreign Policy. It's Time Lawmakers Listened to Them, By Ian Bremmer, February 19, 2019, Time Magazine
• Walter Russell Meade, WSJ, March 5, 2019
• How to Save the Power of Diplomacy, By William J. Burns, former deputy secretary of state and ambassador to Russia. NY Times, March 8, 2019