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understanding Indonesia, the High Seas Treaty and pandemic preparedness. Purchase of the Great Decision Briefing Book is recommended. This is a hybrid-online course: one section meets on site; one is online only. See page 3 for details.
OVERVIEW OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY Trinity Faith Education Building, Lewes (IA220–01) Class limit: 25 UD OLLI Online (IA220–06) Class limit: unlimited Monday 9–10:15 a.m. 4/8/2024–5/6/2024 Instructor: Trudie Thompson Number of class sessions: 5 Course format: Discussion, Lecture This is a brief overview of the U.S. Intelligence Community, with which the instructor had considerable contact as a U.S. Army strategic intelligence officer and a U.S. State Department foreign service officer, and during a one-year tour with the Defense Intelligence Agency completing a Master of Strategic Intelligence degree. Retired from the U.S. government many years ago, the instructor uses open sources, including Wikipedia, to avoid anything that is likely to be classified. This is a hybrid-online course: one section meets on site; one is online only. See page 3 for details.
STUDY ABROAD STORIES: 100 YEARS UD OLLI Online: On Demand (IA216–07) Flexible—viewing is on your own schedule Instructor: Rebecca Worley Number of class sessions: 11 Course format: Discussion, Lecture For the academic year 2023–24, UD is celebrating 100 years of study abroad at UD, initially launched to promote crosscultural learning by Professor Raymond Kirkbride who garnered support from both public and private sources. On July 7, 1923, eight juniors set sail for a yearlong experience in France, beginning UD’s journey with study abroad. Speakers representing all of UD’s study abroad places, dates and experiences tell their stories. This is a prerecorded version of IA216 originally taught in fall 2023. View this class on your own schedule. Viewing link is emailed to participants prior to the semester start.
THE CHINA–RUSSIA CONVERGENCE IN A NEW GLOBAL ORDER UD OLLI Online: On Demand (IA217–07) Flexible—viewing is on your own schedule Instructors: Christopher Mark, Sergei Boboshko Number of class sessions: 5 Course format: Discussion, Lecture America’s chief geopolitical rivals, China and Russia, appear intent on establishing a radically revised global order. Following the invasion of Ukraine, their leaders made clear they share an animosity to the U.S.-led global order, which they see as inhospitable to their authoritarian political systems at home and their ambitions abroad. In this course, lectures and graphics provide geopolitical background and context. This is a prerecorded version of IA217 originally taught in fall 2023. View this class on your own schedule. Viewing link is emailed to participants prior to the semester start.
U.S.–CHINA RELATIONS IN CRISIS Trinity Faith Education Building, Lewes (IA218–01) Class limit: 40 UD OLLI Online (IA218–06) Class limit: unlimited Monday 9–10:15 a.m. 2/5/2024–3/4/2024 Instructor: Christopher Mark Number of class sessions: 5 Course format: Lecture A deepening crisis in relations between the U.S. and China is raising the risk of an unintended conflict between the two superpowers that could derail the global economy. In this course, which updates and extends a spring 2023 OLLI course, lectures and graphics provide historical, political and economic background and context, with time reserved at the end of each session for questions and open discussion. This is a hybrid-online course: one section meets on site; one is online only. See page 3 for details.
PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION THE UNIVERSAL CHRIST BY RICHARD ROHR** UD OLLI Online (J243–06) Monday 9–10:15 a.m. 2/5/2024–4/22/2024 Instructor: Deborah Brown Number of class sessions: 11 • Class limit: 20 Course format: Discussion Tech requirements: Audio and video—with monitor or screen of 12” or more Required text: The Universal Christ, Richard Rohr, 978-1-52476209-4 Together we explore what Father Richard Rohr of the Center
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