I Eat Red Meat but am Married to a Vegetarian: Personal Observations about U.S. Foreign Policy in an Election Year

Tuesday, March 8, 7 - 9 PM
Pomegranate Restaurant
18005 NE 68th St, Redmond, WA 98052

Our March topic is about foreign policy and national security and the 2016 political races (particularly for U.S. President). Differences between conservatives and progressives in their assumptions about how nations interact and how we can achieve our goals, are born of things like experience, age, and education, less so by greed or stupidity. All politics is personal but does not have to be mean. The Presidential election process in the U.S. seems to challenge both of these ideas, but it will, hopefully, be better by mid-November. Progressives can develop counterarguments by understanding where conservatives are coming from and what they are trying to achieve. That will enable progressives to make a better case for why the U.S. should pursue certain foreign policies and not others, to do certain things and not do other things.

Our speaker, Larry Fuell, is the Director of the Global Affairs Center (GAC) and Adjunct Professor of Political Science specializing in International Relations and Foreign Policy, at Shoreline Community College. Prior to joining Shoreline’s faculty in 2006, Larry served more than 20 years in the U.S. government, including as a Foreign Agricultural Affairs Officer in Peru, China and Guatemala. He has taught at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, and at the University of Jos in Nigeria, and has traveled in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Born in Cincinnati, Larry earned his B.A. degree at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) and his PhD in Political Science at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky). He currently lives in Edmonds with his wife; they have three children who have left the nest.

Drinking Liberally - Redmond gives like-minded progressives a place to talk politics. You don’t need to be a policy expert and this isn’t a book club - just come and learn from peers, trade jokes, vent in an informal, friendly environment.

See you there!