Great Decisions: The Future of NATO & European Security

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).

European security is more uncertain than it has been for decades. Russia has launched a war with Ukraine and America’s uncertain role as leader of NATO and security provider has been called into question. What are Europe’s options, and how might developments on both sides of Western Europe – in Ukraine and across the Atlantic – impact its choices? What are America’s stakes in NATO and Europe’s strategic dilemmas?

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. 

Alan Carlson, presenter

Alan is retired Foreign Service Officer (FSO), who served with the US State Department from 1987 to 2012. He was posted to Sarajevo, Montenegro, Geneva, and Jamaica and served as an advisor to seven annual U.S. delegations to the U.N. He grew up in Bloomington, MN, and has a B.A. (US History) and JD from the University of Minnesota, as well as a Master’s of Military Studies from the Marine Corps University (Quantico, VA).

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