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  • Great Decisions 2026
  • with Rich Harrison
  • | Bob DeGour

Join in on engaging conversations regarding the world’s most challenging geopolitical issues.

Rich Harrison and Bob DeGour are back for Chesapeake Forum’s Great Decisions discussion of world affairs.  Known for their deft moderation of in-depth discussions, the two have been teaming up to moderate the popular discussion group since 2017.

Great Decisions provides a forum for engaging discussion regarding crucial global issues. The Foreign Policy Association provides course resources – a Briefing Book that details history, analysis, a forecast of future consequences, plus suggested roundtable questions.  Course leaders for each session add relevant current perspectives.

The topics for our Chesapeake Forum discussion group this year are:

  • America and the World: Trump 2.0 Foreign Policy
  • Trump Tariffs and the Future of the World Economy
  • U.S.-China Relations
  • Ruptured Alliances and the Risk of Nuclear Proliferation
  • Ukraine and the Future of European Security
  • Multilateral Institutions in a Changing World Order
  • U.S. Engagement of Africa
  • The Future of Human Rights and International Law

What to Expect:  

This discussion group tackles some of the most far-reaching issues confronting the international landscape. Improve your understanding of geopolitical challenges & conflict; with civil discussion gleaned from all perspectives.  

NOTE:  Cost for the course includes the briefing book produced by the Foreign Policy Association.

Feedback from past sessions of Great Decisions moderated by Rich and Bob:

“Excellent discussions. Always something to learn, discuss, and debate in a congenial atmosphere.”

“Topics and discussions were interesting, relevant, and informative. The facilitators did a great job of including all attendees in the discussions and providing meaningful background.”  

“Interesting and relevant topics …great background videos and informative background data. Well managed and interesting open discussion among knowledgeable class participants.”

Please note:  your registration fee includes the cost of the book purchased for this program plus a nominal Chesapeake Forum overhead contribution.  **Seats for this program are giftable but not refundable unless there is someone on the waitlist to take the seat.**

8 sessions | Tuesdays | February 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3, 10, 17, 24 | 3:30 – 5 pm | IN PERSON (at the Talbot Chamber of Commerce near Bagery on Marlboro Rd in Easton) | $80 

Rich 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.

Email: Rich Harrison
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Bob DeGour

Bob DeGour is Senior Advisor to the annual Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference and moderates the Conference’s 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.

Email: Bob DeGour
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  • Date(s): Tuesdays | Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 24 |
  • Time: 3:30-5pm
  • Cost: $80
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