Great Decisions: American Policy in the Middle East
April 9 @ 5:00 pm CDT
/ Free
This free event is being held in-person and is open to everyone. An optional dinner will start at 7:15 following the presentation. The dinner is $25 for Woman’s Club members and $30 for non-members (plus service fee and taxes).
The reignition of conflict in the Middle East has brought the region to a crossroads. War has devastated entire communities, sparked regime change, and forced regional powers to rethink their foreign policy strategies. What are the possible outcomes and how might the United States use its influence to shape a long-term resolution that leaves Israel, the Palestinians, and the wider region in a better position? How might other Arab states in the area be brought into a resolution?
This program is presented by the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis through a partnership with Global Minnesota.
The Great Decisions program addresses some of the most critical foreign policy issues facing the United States each year. Global Minnesota facilitates the statewide Great Decisions program by providing access to a roster of local foreign policy experts and to discussion materials produced by the Foreign Policy Association.
Henry Berman, presenter
Henry Berman is retired after working for 34 years at Ecolab, a global company based in St Paul. Henry has personal ties to the Middle East Region and has spent significant time there in the last decade. He has a strong interest in the ever-changing dynamics in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Henry is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations and is active in a local Great Decisions Group. He has given popular presentations throughout Minnesota on varied topics such as Saudi Arabia, Future of the Kurds, Egypt and the Arab Spring, Syrian Refugee Crisis and the U.S.- Israel relationship. Henry has a BA from Hamilton College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
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