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• International Relations with Dr. Greig: Understanding the Conflicts in Today’s Headlines

• In these regular updates on global affairs, UNT Political Science Professor Michael Greig draws from his research interests in international conflict and conflict management to provide insight into critical events that are making headlines around the world. These sessions explore important concepts in political science that will help members better understand the foreign policy decisions facing U.S. policymakers and diplomats. The topic for this semester will be determined by current events and announced to members in advance of the session.

• Fee: $15.00

• Instructor: Michael Greig

  Capacity Remaining: 14

• Start Date - End Date: 7/30/2025 - 7/30/2025

  Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

• Sessions: 1

  Day(s) of Week: W

• Zoom Course: The link for this course will be included in your confirmation email once you've completed the check out process. The course will be recorded and made available to all members for later viewing.

• One Diplomat's Life: A Tale Told in Anecdotes
  

THIS COURSE/EVENT IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below. We will contact you if space becomes available.

• In this session, Steve Dubrow will tell his personal story of spending almost 30 years as an American diplomat. He will present this case study informally, recounting anecdotes sequentially. They will serve to illustrate memorable moments in his U.S. Foreign Service career. In order better to bring members to realize that a diplomat’s career is more a lifestyle choice than a job, he will encourage their questions and comments.

   

• Fee: $15.00

• Instructor: Stephen Dubrow

  Capacity Remaining: -7

• Dates: 6/17/2025 - 6/17/2025

  Times: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

• Sessions: 1

  Days: Tu

• Location: Keller Senior Activities Center

  Room: Multipurpose Room

• Religious Nationalism and the Challenge to Democracy

• This presentation will apply the framework of political culture to explore the challenge of American religious nationalism (RN) to American democracy. The presentation will explore the Old Testament biblically-based worldview that religious nationalists seek to implement in American society. The results of national survey research and the criticisms within American Christianity will be reviewed to further understand RN. Some of the current political inroads of RN will be described. It will be proposed that the authoritarian aspects of RN pose a threat to American democracy and that a civic values-based approach needs to be considered.

• Fee: $15.00

• Instructor: Rob Demski

  Capacity Remaining: 12

• Start Date - End Date: 6/27/2025 - 6/27/2025

  Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

• Sessions: 1

  Day(s) of Week: F

• Location: The Grove at Frisco Commons

  Room: Art Studio

• Solutions to America's Politics? Major Changes Without Amending the Constitution

• Public opinion surveys suggest that many Americans across the partisan divide express dissatisfaction with the state of American politics. In this session, members will explore the potential impacts of some ideas that could reshape American politics without amending the Constitution. As part of the session, members will explore how ideas like expanding the size of the U.S. Congress, changing how Americans vote, altering the Senate filibuster, among others could reshape the American political landscape. Dr. Greig will discuss the feasibility of these ideas as well as their potential for increasing Americans' satisfaction with their political system.

• Fee: $15.00

• Instructor: Michael Greig

  Capacity Remaining: 1

• Start Date - End Date: 6/30/2025 - 6/30/2025

  Time: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

• Sessions: 1

  Day(s) of Week: M

• Location: Flower Mound Senior Center

  Room: Shirley Voirin Ballroom A

• Update on Mexico 2018-2030: Economy, Public Safety, Politics, and Foreign Policy

• This session will include a review of developments during the presidential administration of Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), and possible change and continuity of President Claudia Sheinbaum (2024-2030). Topics will include economic development, law enforcement and public safety, national politics, and foreign policy.

• Fee: $15.00

• Instructor: John Booth

  Capacity Remaining: 71

• Start Date - End Date: 7/8/2025 - 7/8/2025

  Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

• Sessions: 1

  Day(s) of Week: Tu

• Location: The Point at CC Young

  Room: Auditorium

• Livestream and Recording Options: This in-person course will also be livestreamed on YouTube and recorded for later viewing. Enrollment is not required to view the livestream. Livestream and recording links are made available to all members in our weekly emails.