Great Decisions Study Group

Great Decisions, a community discussion group focusing on foreign policy issues, is now forming in Blacksburg.  This annual nationwide, nonpartisan program is prepared by the Foreign Policy Association (New York) and has been offered for the past 56 years.  The program is free and open to the public and is being sponsored by the League  of Women Voters of Montgomery County, Virginia ,  again this year.   A study guide is available ($16.50) which provides impartial, thought-provoking analyses of 8 issues of concern to U.S. policymakers today.   (Also, a copy of the study guide will  be on reserve in the Blacksburg Library.)  The topics selected for discussion this year are the following:

     Special envoys

     Kenya and R2P

     Global crime

     U.S.--China security relations

     Global financial crisis

     Russia and its neighbors

     The Persian Gulf

     Peacekeeping

Additional information is available on the FPA website:

      http://www.fpa.org/info-url_nocat4705/info-url_nocat.htm

The first meeting of the Great Decisions Study Group will be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, from 11:30 AM to 1 PM at the Blacksburg Library  in the Community Room.  Participants should feel free to bring a bag lunch.

To sign up to participate in this discussion group and to reserve a study guide, please contact:

      Nancy Warren – phone: 951-1660; email: cnwarren@aol.com

      Jane Sprague – phone: 961-1532; email: janesprague@verizon.net