The OLLI International Affairs Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, October 4, 3 p.m. at Stauffer’s Café and Pie Shoppe, 5600 South 48th, just south of Highway 2. Just drop in. No registration. No fee. Peter Levitov will be the moderator.
Topics for discussion and a few resources include:
The Rocket Man versus the Dotard: Bluster or Preparation for Action?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/world/asia/north-korea-war-donald-trump.html?emc=eta1
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/10/politics/trump-north-korea/index.html
Can Autocrats and Dictators Ever be Benevolent Despots
Myanmar, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, North Korea, Syria, China,
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/aung-san-suu-kyi-the-ignoble-laureate
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/02/what-happened-to-myanmars-human-rights-icon
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/13/robert-mugabe-threatens-zimbabwes-white-farmers-wi/
https://www.economist.com/news/americas/21725831-nicol-s-maduro-emulates-latin-americas-bygone-dictators-venezuelas-shameless-and-colossal
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jun/19/syria-bashar-assad-opposition-suppression
https://www.internations.org/china-expats/guide/17755-safety-security/discrimination-and-racism-in-china-17752
Recent European Elections and the Future of the Continent
Brexit, France, Germany
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/hard-brexit-cost-europe-twice-many-jobs-uk-say-economists-102357152.html