Author Archive | Kathy Kurosman

Join us on June 12, 7 p.m., at Board Road Branch Library for a discussion of U.S. Foreign Policy and Petroleum. What is the effect of U.S. petroleum security on foreign policy? For 45 years, the country has alternated between periods of energy security and insecurity. Despite the so-called “energy revolution,” the U.S. today is […]

James Ketterer, Director of International Academic Initiatives and Senior Fellow, Institute of International Liberal Education, Bard College, will facilitate the discussion.  Description:  As Saudi Arabia struggles to adjust to the drastic decline in oil revenue, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman attempts to boldly transform the country and shift more power to the younger generation.  […]

Weds., Dec. 7 , 6 pm.  Members Only Dinner with Maria Höhn, Marion Musser Lloyd Prof. of History and International Studies, and Chair, History Depart., Vassar College.   Founder and faculty mentor of Vassar College Refugee Solidarity.  American Bounty Restaurant, Culinary Institute of America.

Weds.,  Nov. 30, 7 pm.  Dr. Monica Parker, Director of the Bloodborne Viruses Laboratory and Faculty at Wadsworth Center School of Laboratory Sciences of the NYS Depart. of Health, will discuss the current state of global public health, how current concerns like Ebola, Zika, HIV/AIDS and others are being managed by state and federal governments, […]

Mon., Nov. 14, 2016, 7 pm at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Public Library.   Great Decisions Program Discussion, “Cuba and the U.S.” with Patricia Ferrer-Medina, Assist. Prof. of Spanish Literature and Language, Marist College, as facilitator.

Mon., Oct. 24, 2016, 7 pm at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Public Library.   Great Decisions Program Discussion, “Climate Geopolitics” with Steven Leibo, International History and Politics, The Sage Colleges. In the past few years, the American public has become more aware of the damage wrought by climate change. From droughts in […]

Weds,  Oct. 5, 7 pm.  Panel of experts on US foreign policy to discuss foreign policy challenges and opportunities the next US president will face and the positions of the current candidates. FDR Museum and Library. Stephen Pampinella, Asst. Prof. of International Relations, SUNY New Paltz Pavlina Tcherneva, Assoc. Prof. and Chair, Economics Dept.,and Research Scholar, […]

Mon. Oct. 19, 7 p.m.  Discussion Facilitator:  M. Glen Johnson, India expert and Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Vassar College.  Great Decisions discussions are a collaboration with Poughkeepsie Public Library District and are held at the Boardman Road Branch Library.

Wed. Sept. 9, 7 p.m.  Thomas M. Nichols, Professor of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I.  Henry Wallace Center, FDR Library, Hyde Park.