Manitowoc Public Library is proud to present Great Decisions 2023, our sixteenth year of hosting this preeminent eight-week grassroots lecture series that provides the citizens of the Lakeshore area with the opportunity to discover, discuss and decide how to meet some of the world’s greatest challenges head-on. Increasingly, global events have become domestic concerns and Great Decisions takes you beyond the headlines with essential background information, relevant facts, ever-shifting policy options and impartial analysis.

PLEASE NOTE: Great Decisions 2023 will be presented in a hybrid format—offered in person in MPL’s Balkansky Community Room, as well as livestreamed simultaneously online on both our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/manitowoclibrary) and YouTube channel (unless otherwise indicated)

The lecture schedule is as follows:

• February 6: Energy Geopolitics, Pablo Toral, PhD, Beloit College
• February 13: Climate Migration, Alise Coen, PhD, UW-Green Bay (online only)
• February 20: Iran at a Crossroads, Beth Dougherty, PhD, Beloit College
• February 27: Politics in Latin America, Martin Farrell, PhD, Ripon College (Retired)
• March 6: China and the U.S., David Fields, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• March 13: Economic Warfare, Pablo Toral, PhD, Beloit College
• March 20: War Crimes, Kevin Kelly, J.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School
• March 27: Global Famine, Elizabeth Wheat, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

The Great Decisions Series is FREE and open to the public. No registration is required.