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Global Issues 2026
Venice
Lectures are held in the Venice Community Center
326 S Nokomis Ave

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  Tuesday 2:30 pm Friday 10:00 am
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6 China's Reordered World Order
Elizabeth Economy
9 Polarization and Democracy: Latin America in a Turbulent World Order
Kenneth Roberts
13 Russia, America and Ukraine in 2026: Where Do We Go From Here?
Eric Rubin
16 The Atomic Fault Line: U.S.–Iran Rivalry and the Nuclear Puzzle in the Middle East
Mohsen Milani
20 Understanding Nutrition in the Brain: B12 and Other Nutrients Role in Neurological Function
Ari Green
23 America and China: In a Cold War?
David Lampton
27 The Death of Expertise and the Danger to Democracy
Tom Nichols
30 Can Europe Cope with Challenges from East AND West?
Martin Walker
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3 U.S.-Canada Relations: Friends? Partners? Allies?
Laura Dawson
6 From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the War in Ukraine: What Happened to the "End of History"?
Jeremi Suri
10 The Future of Health: What's Technology got to do with it?
Chris Gibbons
13 Putin's Russia - The Man, The People, The War
Jill Dougherty
17 Artificial Intelligence: A Cognitive Revolution Is Upon Us
Anatoly Temkin
20 Upending Decades-long U.S. Policies in Middle East
Dennis Ross
24 This Means War!
Mike Plehn
27 Our Struggle for an Honest History: The Deep Roots of White Christian Nationalism
Robert Jones
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3 U.S.-Mexico Relations In Turbulent Times
Barcena Coqui
6 The Promise and Peril of Trump's America First
Charles Kupchan
10 Understanding Artificial Intelligence
John Blevins
13 Understanding the Arctic: Beyond the Headlines
Jennifer Spence
17 AI in Healthcare: What Patients Need to Know
Brooke McSwain
20 New Tariff Policies Upend Decades of the U.S. Approach: How's That Working Out?
Christine McDaniel
24 Will the Levant Finally See Calm?
Robert Ford
27 The Rise and Fall of the Mainstream Media: Reflections of a Recovering Journalist
Charles Lane
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