Great Decisions

Co-sponsored together with Charlotte Global at UNC Charlotte, the Great Decisions series highlights eight of the most thought-provoking foreign policy challenges facing Americans each year. Great Decisions provides background information, current data, and policy options for each issue and serves as the focal text for discussion groups.

What is Great Decisions?

Great Decisions is a national program of the Foreign Policy Association (FPA). In North Carolina, Charlotte Global at UNC Charlotte is the local coordinator. Great Decisions is the largest non-partisan citizen education effort of its kind and has provided quality information and tools for over fifty years.

Each year, the Foreign Policy Association publishes a Great Decisions Briefing Book. The book highlights eight of the year’s most significant foreign policy issues. The book provides facts, charts, and nonpartisan analysis of the “great decisions” facing the U.S. public and policymakers. Maps, online services, and other resources are available to complement programs. In addition, a DVD series and Teacher’s Guide are available for purchase on the Foreign Policy Association’s website.

What are the FPA topics for 2026?

1. Ukraine and the Future of European Security
2. The Future of Human Rights
3. Multilateral Institutions in a Changing World Order
4. U.S. Engagement of Africa
5. Tariffs and the Future of the World Economy

All lectures are FREE and will be held in a hybrid format (virtual or in person) from January 28- March 4, 2026 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in classroom 1104 on the 11th floor at the UNC Charlotte Dubois Center in Uptown Charlotte, 320 E. 9th Street, Charlotte, 28202.

Please utilize the parking facilities at The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City. For detailed information about parking, please visit The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City Parking. See “Event Parking.”

Register online to participate in person or virtually: Link