Reference Guide to Discussions Foreign Policy Association Discussion Leader Henry J. (Harry) Stanton 1221 Underhill Avenue Yorktown, New York 10598 914-962-3756 harry1221@optonline.net Reference Archives A Short Walk Around the Caspian Sea Haiti: A Failed State Germany Ascendant North Korea Cybercrime and Cybersecurity ABOUT THE KATONAH CHAPTER OF THE GREAT DECISIONS PROGRAM Great Decisions Welcomes guests and new members to a lively and informative discussion. Developed by the Foreign Policy Association (a national, independent, nonpartisan, non-governmental and nonprofit educational organization), the Great Decisions Discussion Program is the oldest and largest grass-roots world affairs educational program of its kind in the United States. It is the core of FPA's civic education outreach efforts, bringing millions of Americans together in study groups to discuss, debate, and learn about foreign policy issues. Each year FPA publishes "Great Decisions," a Briefing Book and a related DVD on eight foreign policy issues as the basis for these discussions. THE KATONAH PROGRAM In 2000, a group of area residents who shared a common belief in the need for popular education in international affairs, organized a local discussion group. The KatonahVillage Library agreed to provide a room for the meetings. The day time program starts in the Fall and runs through late Spring. Meetings are held at the Katonah Village Library every two to three weeks from 10:15 A. M. until 12:30 P. M. Fall topics are selected by participants. Most of the Winter/Spring discussions follow the topics included in the FPA annual Briefing Book. Discussions are usually led by participants. Also, participants are encouraged to share recent experiences, readings, and/or acquired knowledge regarding the topic of the day or future topics. Typically, 25 - 30 participants attend the meetings. Most are retirees, hailing from diverse backgrounds. Most have either traveled and/or lived abroad and some have conducted business abroad. A number of participants hold advanced degrees. Participants pay an annual fee which covers the cost of the briefing book, a contribution to the Katonah Village Library and an administrative charge. Additionally, evening programs (which are open to the general public) supplement the daytime discussions. GUESTS/PROSPECTIVE PARTICIPANTS Both are welcome. To obtain more information, contact Harry Stanton, Discussion Leader 914-962-3756, harry1221@optonline.net See also: Guide to Discussions 2019-2020 Meeting Schedule Tuesdays 10:15 - 12:00 in the Katonah Library Meetings Suspended due to COVID-19 Restrictions September 10, 2019 The State of American Diplomacy and the U.S. State Department (Harry Stanton) • October 15,2019 World Water Supplies (Ken Krieger and Peter Kuniholm) • November 12, 2019 Korean Peninsula Update (Charles Kimball) • December 10, 2019 Mexico & Venezuela (Ann Marie Karl and Guest Jaime Chavez Alor) • January 14, 2020 Foreign Policy and the Presidential Election (Panel TBD) • January 28, 2020 Climate Change (Ken Krieger) • February 11, 2020 India and Pakistan (Tyler Beebe) • February 25, 2020 Brexit Update (Mike Kornfield) • September 11 2018 -- SOUTH AFRICA (Ponnambalam & Stanton) October 9 2018 -- INSIDE IRAN (M & N. Asgari, J. Condon) November 13 2018 -- EUROPEAN UNION (J. Adams & M. Kornfield) December 11 2018 -- HUMAN TRAFFICING (B. Kornfield & M. Cross) January 8 2019 -- TURKEY UPDATE (John Lucassen) January 22 2019 -- MIGRATION (Ken Krieger) February 12 2019 -- CHINESE TRADE (Charles Kimball) February 26 2019 Space Force: Arms in the New Frontier (Dick Ten Dyke) March 12 2019 -- MIDEAST REVIEW (Tyler Beebe) March 26 2019 Populism in Europe (Peter Kuniholm) April 9 2019 -- Inside Iran today (Joe Condon & Naazi Asgari) April 23 2019 -- Trade with China (Charles Kimball) May 7 2019 -- NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY Panel (C. Kimball & Others) May 14 SNOW DATE _____________________ September 12, 2017 North Korea Ken Krieger October 10, 2017 Iran, Turkey and the Middle East. November 14, 2017 The Future of Europe December 12, 2017 Foreign Aid. Joe Adams and George Roy January 9, 2018 The Media and Foreign Policy – Harry Stanton January 23, 2018 Turkey: Partner in Crisis John Lucassen February 13, 2018 Global Engagement & The Military – Doug Marino February 27, 2018 China & America: The New Geopolitical Equation – Charlie Kimball March 27, 2018 Global Health Issues Mike Kornfield April 10, 2018 North Korea’s Nuclear Challenge -- Tyler Beebe and Evans Revere April 24, 2018 Russia's Foreign Policy Tyler Beebe May 8, 2018 The Waning of Pax Americana – Joe Adams May 15, 2018 Inequality and Policy September 12, 2017 North Korea Ken Krieger October 10, 2017 Iran, Turkey and the Middle East. November 14, 2017 The Future of Europe December 12, 2017 Foreign Aid. Joe Adams and George Roy January 9, 2018 The Media and Foreign Policy – Harry Stanton January 23, 2018 Turkey: Partner in Crisis John Lucassen February 13, 2018 Global Engagement & The Military – Doug Marino February 27, 2018 China & America: The New Geopolitical Equation – Charlie Kimball March 27, 2018 Global Health Issues Mike Kornfield April 10, 2018 North Korea’s Nuclear Challenge -- Tyler Beebe and Evans Revere April 24, 2018 Russia's Foreign Policy Tyler Beebe May 8, 2018 The Waning of Pax Americana – Joe Adams May 15, 2018 Inequality and Policy Peter Kuniholm & Ken Krieger September 13 2016 Ken Krieger Population Growth October 11 2016 Mike Kornfield, Brexit and the E.U. November 8 2016 Charlie Kimball and Guest China, Japan and Korea December 13 2016 KenKrieger U.S. Military Strategy January 10 2017 Artificial Intelligence and Foreign Policy Richard Ten Dyke & John Lucassen January 24 2017 Russia, An Insider View Joe Condon and Guest February 14 2017 Nuclear Strategy Harry Stanton February 28 2017 Prospects for Pakiston and Afghanistan Mike Kornfield March 14 2017 POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER Conflict in the South China Sea Charlie Kimball and Tyler Beebe March 28 2017 Conflict in the South China Sea (rescheduled from 3/14 because of snow) April 11 2017 Trade, Jobsand Politics Mike Kornfield and Tyler Beebe April 25 2017 Latin America's Political Pendulum Fred Piker and Peter Kuniholm May 9 2017 Saudi Arabia in Transition Fred Piker May 16 2017: The Geopolitics of Energy Ken Krieger ______________ 2015-2016 Schedule Wednesday September 16, 2015 Iran – Joe Condon & Special Guest Maxwell Asgari October 13, 2015 Syria’s Refugee Crisis – Charlie Kimball November 10, 2015 Russia & The “Near Abroad” – Tyler Beebe December 8, 2015 State Corruption – Dick TenDyke and Mike Kornfield January 12, 2016 Topic and Discussion Leader TBD January 26, 2016 Climate Change Politics – Ken Krieger February 9, 2016 EU and NATO – Discussion Leader TBD February 23, 2016 Migration – Ken Krieger March 8, 2016 Chinese Expansionism – Tyler Beebe March 22, 2016 The Two Koreas – Charlie Kimball March 29, 2016 (Snow Day Make-up Date) April 12, 2016 Opening Cuba – George Roy April 26, 2016 Middle East Panel Discussion (Joe Condon, Peter Kuniholm, Fred Piker & Rick Shiels) May 10, 2016 Foreign Policy Implications of “Citizens United” – Joe Adams 2015 We will start the new year on January 13 with a discussion of the United Nations and other international treaty institutions that contribute to the International Legal Process or, as some would say, the current status of World Governance. The discussion will be lead by Joe Adams. On January 27, Tyler Beebe and others will lead a discussion on Russia and its relations with its neighbors, from Georgia and Ukraine to China. (Cancelled due to weather) On February 10, we plan to explore India at a time of substantial internal political and economic change, with the help of Charles Kimball as topic leader. On Febrary 24, Mid-East Sectarianism (Topic Leader Peter Kuniholm) On March 10, Climate Change (Debate Format, Topic Leader: Ken Krieger On March 24, Privacy in the Digital Age, Topic Leaders Richard Ten Dyke and Harry Stanton Refrence: Warren and Brandeis On April 14, U.S. Policy Toward Africa (Topic Leaders: Fred Piker, Tyler Beebe, Joe Adams) On April 28, Brazil (Topic Leader Peter Grunthal) On May 12, Human Trafficking (Topic Leaders Marian Cross and Melissa Vail) reference1 reference2(large file) Previous meetings: September 9 2014 we opened the season with a discussion of the role Human Rights plays (or should play) in U.S. foreign policy. Attorney Steven Kass, a member of the board of Human Rights Watch, joins us to brief us and lead the discussion Meeting Summary January 7, 2014 Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country Topic Leader: Charles Kimball January 21, 2014 Chinese Foreign Policy Topic Leader: Tyler Beebe Agenda February 11, 2014 Climate Change and Food Topic Leader: Ken Krieger March 4, 2014 Israel and the United States Topic Leader: Tyler Beebe Special Guest: Professor Dov Waxman, CUNY March 18, 2014 Japan and the Far East Topic Leader: Charles Kimball Special Guest: Devin Stewart, Carnegie Council April 1, 2014 Islamic Awakening Topic Leader: Fred Piker April 15, 2014 Foreign Policy Implications of U.S. Energy Independence Topic Leaders: Tyler Beebe& Charlie Kimball agenda April 29, 2014 Turkey’s Challenges Topic Leaders: Mike and Barbara Kornfield May 13, 2014 Russia October 8, 2013 Global Finance and the Erosion of the Nation State Topic Leader: Ken Krieger Reading List November 12, 2013 Syria Topic Leader: George Roy May 14, 2013 -- China in Africa Topic Leader: Joe Adams Agenda April 30, 2013 -- NATO Topic Leader: Tyler Beebe agenda April 16, 2013 -- Iran Topic Leader: Fred Piker agenda ... summary April 2, 2013 -- Egypt Topic Leaders: Mike Kornfield and Peter Kuniholm Agenda March 19, 2013 -- Threat Assessment Topic Leader: Gary Wenglowski Agenda March 5, 2013 -- Myanmar and Southeast Asia Topic Leader: Charles Kimball Agenda February 5, 2013 -- Humanitarian Intervention Topic Leader: Howard Jacobs Agenda January 22, 2013 -- The Future of the Euro Topic Leaders: Tyler Beebe and Peter Grunthal Agenda, Summary 1/8/13 Foreign Policy Implications of Climate Change Topic Leader: Ken Krieger, Moderator: Tyler Beebe Timeline, Impacts, Agenda, Summary 12/11/2012 The Challenge of Changing Leadership in China Topic Leader: Charles Kimball, Moderator: Peter Grunthal Reading 1 ... 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Reading 3 Agenda 12/4/12 Turkey Topic leader: Dr. Mehmet Fevzi Ozkaynak, MD, Moderator: Howard Jacobs: Summary 10/2/12 Strategic Vision and the World America Made, a discussion of recent books by Zbigniew Brzezinski and Robert Kagan, Moderators: Howard Jacobs and Tyler Beebe Summary 9/18/12 Forum on The Roles of Foreign Policy and Military Power Moderator: Tyler Beebe Panel Members: Dick Bailey and Rick Shiels Summary May 15, 2012 Mexico, the U.S and Central America, [Joe Adams and the Carpenters] summary May 1, 2012 Middle East Realignment [Mike Kornfield, George Roy] Summary-1 -2 -3 April 17, 2012 Exit from Afganistan[Tyler Beebe] Summary1 Summary2 April 3, 2012 Promoting Democracy [Harry Stanton] summary March 20, 2012 Cyber Security [Dick Ten Dyke] summary1 summary 2 March 6 2012 State of the Ocean [Howard Jacobs] summary February 7 2012 Energy Politics [Charles Kimball] summary1 summary2 January 24 2012 Indonesia [Fred Piker] summary January 10, 2012 China [Charles Kimball] summary1 summary2 December 6, 2011 The Atlantic Alliance: What's the Future? (Joe Adams & Mike Kornfield) summary November 8, 2011 Global Public Service (Teri Scachs and Demetrios Argyriades) summary October 4, 2011 Middle East Realignment (Tyler Beebe) summary1 summary2 summary3 September 20, 2011 Book Review, The Next 100 Years (Howard Jacobs) summary1 summary2 May 10, 2011 Making Sense of Multilateralism [Fred Piker & Harry Stanton] summary1 summary2 April 26, 2011 The Caucasus [Dick Ten Dyke & Fred Piker] summary1, summary2 April 12, 2011 Rebuilding Haiti [ George Roy] summary March 29, 2011 Germany Ascendant [Tyler Beebe & Mike Kornfield] summary March 15, 2011 Responding to the Financial Crisis [Charlie Kimball] summary March 1, 2011 Horn of Africa [Joe Adams] summary February 8, 2011 U. S. National Security [Fred Piker] summary January 25, 2011 Sanctions and Nonproliferation [ Fred Piker] summary January 11, 2011 U. S.-Japan Relationship: Stability? [Charlie Kimball] summary December 7, 2010: North Korea: Reclusive, Dynastic, and Very Dangerous [Tyler Beebe] (summary) November 9, 2010: Iran vs. The West: Will the World Continue to Wait? [Jane Wood & Fred Piker] (summary) October 12, 2010: Transnational Crime: [Dick Ten Dyke & Gary Wenglowski] (summary) September 28, 2010: The Special Envoy in American Foreigh Policy [Tyler Beebe & Fred Piker ] (summary) Website prepared by Richard Ten Dyke, Bedford, New York. Contact rptendyke@earthink.net