Daytimers with Robert Lieber
March 9 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
United States Foreign Policy In Turbulent Times
Guest Speaker Robert Lieber, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Government and International Affairs, Georgetown University
America’s relations with allies and adversaries have displayed a dizzying series of changes. Longtime solidarity with European allies that had been a fixture of the US world role since the creation of NATO has been questioned, and relations with Asian allies are only slightly less troubled. A rearmed Russia and an increasingly powerful China pose strategic threats, yet the Trump administration’s policies have been ambivalent toward Moscow and seem to alternate between cooperation and conflict with Beijing. Despite a transactional approach to friends and foes, the reality is that not only are US national security and vital interests at stake, but also our values.
Robert Lieber is Emeritus Professor of Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University, where he previously served as Chair of the Government Department and interim chair of Psychology. He is author or editor of eighteen books on international relations and U.S. foreign policy, and his essays and op-eds have appeared in journals and newspapers in the U.S., Europe, and Israel. He also has served as an advisor to several presidential campaigns, to the State Department, and to the drafters of U.S. National Intelligence Estimates. His most recent book is INDISPENSABLE NATION: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN A TURBULENT WORLD (Yale University Press).
Join the Temple Sinai DayTimers for a Zoom program to learn more about United States foreign policy. There will be adequate time for questions, comments, and discussion following the presentation.