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The purpose of the club is to stimulate discussion and knowledge of global issues, geopolitics, geoeconomics, and geosocial issues. Narrated by academy award nominated actor david strathairn, great decisions in foreign policy brings long form analysis and competing perspectives to challenges facing america today. The foreign policy associations vice president roger mastrude launched the first great decisions discussion group in portland, oregon, in 1954. Great decisions program world affairs council jacksonville.
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