Great Decisions Program
Sponsored by
World Affairs Council of
Eastern North Carolina and
East Carolina University
Great Decisions 2008
Jan 19 – March 8
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Iraq End Game
European Union at 50
US Defense and Security Policy
Russia
Latin America: Shift to the Left?
US-China Trade Policy
Talking to our Enemies
Private Philanthropy
Iraq End-Game
Dr. Timothy McKeown
Department of Political Science
UNC-Chapel Hill
European Union at 50
Jiri Ellinger
First Secretary,
Head of the Political Section,
Embassy of the Czech Republic,
Washington, DC
Member States of the
European Union
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Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
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Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
EU members and
when they joined.
1952 Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands
1973 Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom
1981 Greece
1986 Portugal, Spain
1995 Austria, Finland, Sweden
2004 Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,
Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia
2007 Bulgaria, Romania
Candidates for Membership
in the European Union
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Croatia
Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia
Turkey
U.S. defense &
security policy
Technical Sergeant Paralyn McClain
US Air Force
“Why We Serve” Program
and
Dr. Alethia Cook
Department of Political Science
Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
East Carolina University
Russia
Dr. Richard Ericson
Chair, Department of Economics
Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
East Carolina University
Latin America:
Shift to the Left?
Dr. E. Jeffrey Popke
Department of Geography
Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
East Carolina University
U.S.-China trade policy
Dr. Runying Chen
Department of Interior Design and
Merchandising
College of Human Ecology
East Carolina University
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World Affairs Council
or to renew your membership!
Talking to our enemies
Renee M. Earle
Diplomat in Residence
Duke University
Franklin Center for International Studies
Private philanthropy
Kenneth Morgan
Executive Director of the
North Carolina Association of Insurance and
Financial Advisors
Past member of the board of directors of
Rotary International and the Triangle
United Way