Great Decisions is the largest nonpartisan public education program on international affairs in the world. Created in the 1950s by the Foreign Policy Association, a sister World Affairs Council, Great Decisions engages citizens in learning about critical global issues and U.S. foreign policy.
Based on the Foreign Policy Association’s annual briefing book on eight critical foreign policy topics, WorldBoston’s Great Decisions Discussion Series presents analysis by leading experts in eight sessions throughout the year at the Boston Public Library. The series is free and open to the public thanks to the generous support of the Lowell Institute.
Every Great Decisions event is filmed and can be viewed at the WGBH Forum Network.
Learn more about the Great Decisions annual briefing book and DVD resources here, and take a look at recent Great Decisions events below.
Thank you to our sponsors, Boston Public Library and the Lowell Institute, who make this special program possible.

Dr. Evan Lieberman/South Africa’s Fragile Democracy
December 2018

ambassador ivo daalder / waning of pax americana?
November 2018

Dr. james lindsay / waning of pax americana?
November 2018

Dr. alexandra vacroux / Russia’s foreign policy
September 2018

dr. soner Cagaptay / turkey: a partner in crisis
June 2018

dan blumenthal / chinese Grand strategy
May 2018

Dr. susan moeller /
Media and foreign policy
April 2018

Major general (ret.) william rapp / U.S. global engagement and the military
March 2018

Dr. Jonathan Quick /
Global Health: Will the U.S. Continue to Lead?
January 2018

Erik Jones /
The Future of Europe
December 2017

Michael Shifter /
Latin America's Political Pendulum
November 2017

Karen Elliott House /
Saudi Arabia in Transition
September 2017

Husain Haqqani /
Pakistan and the UNited States
June 2017

Marty Durbin /
Petroleum and Foreign POlicy
May 2017

Gary Samore /
Nuclear Security: The Enduring Challenge of Nuclear WEapons
April 2017

Jeremy Haft /
Trade, Jobs and CHina
March 2017