This class has a limited enrollment of 40 students.  For more information see: Limited Enrollment Classes

Course Description:  Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs with content created by the Foreign Policy Association. If you are hungry for thought-provoking discussions on world issues, many with serious implications for America, this course is for you. The program covers eight timely topics, which will be presented by the study group facilitator, Carol Kunik. Sessions begin with the current situation including conflicting goals, benefits vs costs, opposing geopolitical interests, etc. and then move to implications for the future. Should U.S. policy be modified and if so, how? Some topics have sub-set topics appropriate for breakout group discussions and reporting key points back to the class. The reading for the class will be the Great Decisions 2025 Briefing Book in paperback, $35 from the Foreign Policy Association. PLEASE do not enroll unless you are sure you can attend almost all sessions and you are willing to read the Briefing Book prior to class so you can participate intelligently to the class discussion. Topics for 2025 will be: American Foreign Policy at a Crossroads; U.S. Changing Leadership of the World Economy; U.S. China Relations; International Cooperation on Climate Change; The Future of NATO and European Security; AI and American National Security; India: Between China, the West and the Global South; After Gaza: American Policy in the Middle East. We will have a guest speaker who is a specialist in U.S. China Relations for week number three.

Location:  Harbor Club

Dates/Times: Tuesdays Jan 21 to Mar 25, from 9:30 am - 10:45 am. (No class 02/11/25)

Instructor:  Carol Kunik

Carol Kunik is a clinical psychologist, leadership development coach, and skilled facilitator. She describes herself as a concerned citizen who wants to learn about the issues of the day. She took the Great Decisions course at Learning in Retirement at Tufts University and then taught it for two years at the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement.  This will be the fourth year that Great Decisions has been offered at Pelican Cove Univ.