Speakers are professors and foreign policy experts from across the country.
Great Decisions is a nationwide program sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association, a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational organization founded in 1918 to educate Americans about significant world issues that impact their lives. Each year, the association chooses eight topics relevant to current world affairs and publishes a text with related articles, said Amy Shey, a UNC-CH student organizer. Groups nationwide use the topics to design programs to heighten citizen awareness of international affairs. Each fall at UNC-CH, a student coordinating committee plans a spring semester lecture series. At Carolina, the Triangle Institute for Security Studies and the UNC-CH Parents' Association cosponsor the series.