Great Decisions: Global Economic Warfare

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).

How useful are sanctions and economic coercion in today’s financial environment? Hear about specific examples of economic warfare measures (i.e., sanctions, trade embargoes, travel restrictions, cyber attacks) taken by the U.S. and other countries, their effectiveness, and their impacts on the lives of citizens in targeted countries. This presentation will explore the theory behind implementing sanctions and will examine the decision-making process used in adopting economic warfare in the U.S. It will also encourage discussion around the question: Should countries always be left with the choice between outright war or the adoption of sanctions, or are other policy alternatives worth considering?

This program is presented by the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis and is open to ALL.

The Great Decisions program addresses several of the most critical foreign policy issues facing the United States each year and serves as the focal text for discussion groups across the country. Global Minnesota facilitates one of the largest statewide Great Decisions programs in the country by providing access to a roster of local foreign policy experts and to discussion materials produced by the Foreign Policy Association. Join Global Minnesota and the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis for an in-depth discussion of this important topic.

Rob Scarlett, presenter

Rob Scarlett has had a 40-year career in international sales and manufacturing; and although still active in business, has shifted more of his time into service as a director and/or advisor to several small and medium-size companies and philanthropic organizations. Shortly after graduating from Carleton College in 1966, he became part of a private NGO team that created some of Latin America’s first microfinance institutions. Building on that experience, he began a decades-long business career that kept him active throughout Latin America, Central America, Mexico,
and the Caribbean.

In recent years, Rob has served on many boards including serving as Board Chair for Global Minnesota and President of Minnesota-Uruguay Partners of the Americas. He grew up in Germany and acquired German as his second language. He later acquired fluency in Spanish and Portuguese and has also lived and worked throughout Europe, South Africa, and most countries in Latin America.

If you would like to register, please RSVP to [email protected] or click the link below.

Register