Sarasota Global Issues 2026

Global Issues 2026

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	GLOBAL ISSUES SERIES I		GLOBAL ISSUES SERIES II
J A N	6-7	China's Reordered World Order Elizabeth Economy	8-9	Polarization and Democracy: Latin America in a Turbulent World Order Kenneth Roberts
	13-14	Russia, America and Ukraine in 2026: Where Do We Go From Here? Eric Rubin	15-16	The Atomic Fault Line: U.S.–Iran Rivalry and the Nuclear Puzzle in the Middle East Mohsen Milani
	20-21	Understanding Nutrition in the Brain: B12 and Other Nutrients Role in Neurological Function Ari Green	22-23	America and China: In a Cold War? David Lampton
	27-28	The Death of Expertise and the Danger to Democracy Tom Nichols	29-30	Can Europe Cope with Challenges from East AND West? Martin Walker
F E B	3-4	U.S.-Canada Relations: Friends? Partners? Allies? Laura Dawson	5-6	From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the War in Ukraine: What Happened to the "End of History"? Jeremi Suri
	10-11	The Future of Health: What's Technology got to do with it? Chris Gibbons	12-13	Putin's Russia - The Man, The People, The War Jill Dougherty
	17-18	Artificial Intelligence: A Cognitive Revolution Is Upon Us Anatoly Temkin	19-20	Upending Decades-long U.S. Policies in Middle East Dennis Ross
	24-25	This Means War! Mike Plehn	26-27	Our Struggle for an Honest History: The Deep Roots of White Christian Nationalism Robert Jones
M A R	3-4	U.S.-Mexico Relations In Turbulent Times Barcena Coqui	5-6	The Promise and Peril of Trump's America First Charles Kupchan
	10-11	Understanding Artificial Intelligence John Blevins	12-13	Understanding the Arctic: Beyond the Headlines Jennifer Spence
	17-18	AI in Healthcare: What Patients Need to Know Brooke McSwain	19-20	New Tariff Policies Upend Decades of the U.S. Approach: How's That Working Out? Christine McDaniel
	24-25	Will the Levant Finally See Calm? Robert Ford	26-27	The Rise and Fall of the Mainstream Media: Reflections of a Recovering Journalist Charles Lane