05 Jan Prior Great Decisions Programs 2005-2012
All Fearrington GREAT DECISIONS programs are free and open to all Fearrington and Galloway Ridge residents and their guests.
Prior Program Dates / Topic / Speaker
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| 09/2005 | Poverty | UNC Professor |
| 10/2005 | Poverty | Allan Smith |
| 11/2005 | Taiwan-Chinese Relations | Li-ling Hsia |
| 12/2005 | Iraq | Curt Jones |
| 01/2006 | Failed Nation States | Frank Crigler |
| 02/2006 | Turkey | Michael Cotter |
| 03/2006 | Nuclear Weapons | Alex Roland |
| 04/2006 | Pandemics | Phil Burke |
| 05/2006 | U.S. Future Role | Mickey West |
| 09/2006 | Brazil | A. Poihera-Poyastro |
| 10/2006 | Past Political Conventions | Walt Mears |
| 11/2006 | Storytelling in Mid-East | John Maier |
| 12/2006 | Vatican-US Relations | Michael Hornblow |
| 01/2007 | Kosovo,Bosnia, Yugosla. | Robert Jenkins |
| 02/2007 | Climate Change | Peter Robinson |
| 03/2007 | Global War on Terror | John Moellering |
| 04/2007 | A World Fit for Children | David Haxton |
| 05/2007 | Central Asia | Michael Cotter |
| 09/2007 | US State Department | Renee M. Earle |
| 10/2007 | War Crimes | Michael Struett |
| 11/2007 | Immigration | Linda Stryker |
| 12/2007 | Foreign Cleric/Policy | Sam Wells |
| 01/2008 | Effects of Atomic Bombs | Charles Waldren |
| 02/2008 | Talking to the Enemy | Michael Cotter |
| 03/2008 | Russia: Where headed? | David Griffiths |
| 04/2008 | Conflict Relief | Peter Maki |
| 05/2008 | Iraq Medical | Dr. Jim Lea |
| 09/2008 | European Union | David Griffiths |
| 10/2008 | Global Health | Margaret Bentley |
| 11/2008 | Middle East Tension | Akram Khater |
| 12/2008 | Habitat for Humanity Int’l | Mary Ellen Taylor |
| 01/2009 | Hostage – Iran | Cortlandt Barnes |
| 02/2009 | Cuba | Lars Schoultz |
| 03/2009 | Global Financial Crisis | Stanley Black |
| 04/2009 | Global Food Crisis | Guy Baird |
| 05/2009 | American Grand Strategy | Peter Feaver |
| 09/2009 | American Grand Strategy | Richard Kohn |
| 10/2009 | East Asia | Louisa Kilgroe |
| 11/2009 | Astronomy | Fred Chaffee |
| 12/2009 | World Music | Marzanna Poplawska |
| 01/2010 | Prospects for ME Peace | Gehardt Weinberg |
| 02/2010 | International Migration | Niklaus Steiner |
| 03/2010 | Mexico and Canada | Steve Kelly |
| 04/2010 | Arctic | Lada Kochtcheeva |
| 05/2010 | Darfur | Sarah Lischer |
| 09/2010 | Politics of Foreign Aid | Timothy McKeown |
| 10/2010 | Knowing Elie Wiesel | Martha Hauptman |
| 11/2010 | Homegrown Terrorism | David Schanzer |
| 12/2010 | Venezuela & Brazil | Patrick Duddy |
| 01/2011 | India | Jay Swaninathan |
| 02/2011 | National Security | Joseph Caddel |
| 03/2011 | Attitudes toward War | Christopher Gelpi |
| 04/2011 | China: A Global Player | G Clinton & D Kahler |
| 05/2011 | The Truth Deficit | Tony Oberschall |
| 10/2011 | Rembrandt | Hans Hageman |
| 11/2011 | Health Schemes | Stephen Barrett |
| 12/2011 | Afghanistan/Pakistan | Michael Cotter |
| 01/2012 | Arab Spring | Prof.Akram Khater |
| 02/2012 | Afghanistan | William Lucas / Diplomat in Residence |
| 03/2012 | Impeachment | Alan Baron, JD |
| 04/2012 | American Economic Competitiveness | Prof. Peter A. Coclones |
| 05/2012 | The EU and EURO | Hans Hageman |
| 09/2012 | No Program | —- —- — |
| 10/2012 | Political Change: Creeping Right | Prof. George Lankevich |
| 11/2012 | Analysis of the 2012 Elections | Prof. William Leuchtenburg |
| 12/2012 | Origins of WWI: Revisited/Revised | Prof. Sam Williamson |
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