The 2023 Great Decisions Program sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association has eight new topics this year for discussion. Our Chesapeake Forum discussion group meets on Wednesday afternoons through the semester at Snifters in Easton. The discussion group is limited in size with eight of the participants taking the lead on a subject of particular interest. Friendly, engaging discussions ensue!

  1. Energy Politics
  2. War Crimes
  3. China and the U.S.
  4. Economic Warfare
  5. Politics in Latin America
  6. Global Famine
  7. Iran at a Crossroads
  8. Climate Migration

Join this popular geo-political discussion group as they meet to discuss the important global topics highlighted in the 2023 Great Decisions Program. Anyone is welcome to join in!

What to expect: Small-group dynamics lead to enhanced learning about world topics and events you might not hear about on the nightly news.

Feedback from past courses Rich and Bob have led:

“This was a great learning experience, and I thank you very much for the great conversations.”

“A terrific set of course sessions for going deeper into geopolitical topics you only THOUGHT you knew about; contemporary issues facing the US and world. Learning develops from the professional materials, updated topic links, and the engaging course participants and discussion leaders. A must!”


“Great to have articulate people with differing opinions in the group who were willing to listen and learn from one another.”“This was one of the best, most engaging, GD programs I have ever participated in. Great civil discussion where we all learned from one another. It was great to be back In Person!”

Harrison

Rich Harrison

Rich Harrison is the retired Director of Research & Development for Baltimore Aircoil Co., a worldwide manufacturer of evaporative cooling equipment and ice thermal storage equipment. During his 39 years at BAC, he developed numerous innovative components of those products and received ten patents. He has a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech and a master’s degree from Purdue University. He resided in Columbia, Maryland, for 32 years and then found the light of the Eastern Shore.

Bob Degour

Robert DeGour

Bob DeGour: Since retiring, Bob DeGour has become a fixture at Eastern Shore schools as not only a U.S. Naval Academy Blue & Gold Officer but also the Founder/Director of a summer STEM camp for elementary school children whose instructors are middle and high school students. His never-tiring efforts to give back find him in and out of the schools mentoring young people and assisting with BioMed and Geopolitics courses. Since moving to the Eastern Shore, Bob has been invited to moderate the annual Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference roundtable on current strategic issues impacting the United States. Bob is a 1973 U.S. Naval Academy graduate and was the first midshipman to study concurrently in a civilian university post-graduate program. His classified thesis focused on socio-political systems in Pre-WWII Germany, the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China. He served in the Navy Intel community before transitioning to the private sector.

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