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Great Decisions 2023

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Foreign Policy & Energy Geopolitics

Carnival in Rio Voyage • Azamara Pursuit • Feb 10 - 25, 2023

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Voyage Intinery
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Underappreciated Uruguay
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São Palo Sizzling & Superlative
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Big, Bold & Baffling Brazil

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Buenos Aries Tangos & Tumult

Falklands & Fjords Voyage • Azamara Pursuit • Jan 24 - Feb 10, 2023

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Voyage Itinerary
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Underappreciated Uruguay
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Argentina: Dazzling & Diverse
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Straits of Magellan

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Patagonia: Land of Giants
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South America: Lungs & Breadbasket
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Buenos Aries: Tangos & Tumult

The Emerging New World De-Order

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Current/Emerging World De-Orders
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Declining Democracy & World Order
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Deglobalization and World Order
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Depopulation and Decarbonization

Greece & Turkey Cruises • Azamara Journey • May 26 - June 17, 2022

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Modern Greece Triumphs & Tragedies
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Greece to Turkey - Seas & Shores
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Ephesus
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Athens Cradle of Democracy

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Istanbul: Empire of the World

Great Decisions 2022

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Changing Demographics & Space Wars
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Renewed Climate Change Agenda
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Putin’s Russia & U.S.
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Myanmar’s Never-Ending Crisis

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Xi’s China Takes On The Quad
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A Century of Drug Wars
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Industrial Policy
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Biden's US & China Competition

Azamara Journey - December 28, 2021 - January 8, 2022

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Todays Dynamic Canary Islands
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Canary Islands Stone Age
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Madeira
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Spain and Portugal Pioneers

The Creation of the American Century

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1900-14 Progressivism & Imperialism
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1914-29 WWI & Roaring 20s
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1929-41 The Great Depression
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1941-50 World War II

Understanding the Southern Cone

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Understanding Chile
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Understanding Argentina
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Understanding Uruguay
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Understanding Brazil

America and the World: Dollars, Diplomacy, Democracy and Destiny

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America and the World
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China and Russia
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America's Allies: EU & Quad
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America Post Pandemic

Great Decisions 2021

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Global Supply Chains
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Persian Gulf Security
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Brexit
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The Arctic

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China's Role in Africa
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The Korean Peninsula
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The Role of WHO
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End Of Globalization

Scandinavia – Nearly Almost Perfect People

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Scandinavia
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Asian Miracles: 4 Tigers
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British Offshoots

Greece: Birth of West & Botched Quests

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Significance of Greece
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Yugoslavia: Creation and Collapse
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Communism in the Balkans
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Balkans & Post Cold War World

Understanding The Modern World

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Europe
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British Empire
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Soviet Union
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Latin America

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Middle East
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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India
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China

Understanding America

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American Exceptionalism
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Cycles
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Discord and Decline
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The Pandemic and America

Great Decisions 2020

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Climate Change & Global Order
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India and Pakistan
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Red Sea
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Human Trafficking

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Northern Triangle
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China's Road Into Latin America
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Philippines Pivot Toward China
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Artificial Intelligence and Data

The Reign and Wane of Western Europe - Nov. 2019

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The Gain (1492-1789): Making of European Age
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The Reign (1789-1914): Great Acceleration
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Wane and Pain (1914-1949): WW I & II and End of European Age
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Reclaim (1950-2019): EU Rises, USSR Collapses & Globalization Gallops

Silver Shadow Cruise Presentations, Aug-Sep 2019

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Portugal’s Prominence and Persistence
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The Riviera and Beyond
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Spain: The Reign, Wane, Pain and Reclaim
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Naples: City of Shock and Awe
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Barcelona: Beleaguered, Brazen and Brilliant
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Florence and Her Renaissance Geniuses
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The Mediterranean: The Greatest Sea

Great Decisions 2019

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Lecture 1 - Refugees and Global Migration
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Lecture 5 - Decoding U.S. - China Trade
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Lecture 2 - The Middle East - Regional Discord
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Lecture 6 - Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics
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Lecture 3 - Nuclear Negotiations
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Lecture 7 - United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested
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Lecture 4 - Rise of Populism in Europe
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Lecture 8 - State of the State Department and Diplomacy

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

Azamara Journey - June 2019

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11-Night London to Stockholm Voyage
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9-Night Baltic Capitals and Russia Voyage

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Amsterdam - City of Launched Freedom
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Saint Petersburg - "Paris of the East"
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Copenhagen: The Happy and Green City
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Tallinn - Sparkling and Spunky Middle Age City
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Finland and the Nordic Theory of Love
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Scandinavia - A Northern Light

Cruise Lectures 2018

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Azamara Quest Spice Road Cruise Lecture Series Nov 2018
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NCL South American Cruise Lecture Series Dec 9-23 2018
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