1. Sponsored by World Affairs Council of Eastern North Carolina and East Carolina University Great Decisions Program

2. Great Decisions 2008 Jan 19 – March 8 Iraq End Game Iraq End Game European Union at 50 European Union at 50 US Defense and Security Policy US Defense and Security Policy Russia Russia Latin America: Shift to the Left? Latin America: Shift to the Left? US-China Trade Policy US-China Trade Policy Talking to our Enemies Talking to our Enemies Private Philanthropy Private Philanthropy

3. Iraq End-Game Iraq End-Game Dr. Timothy McKeown Dr. Timothy McKeown Department of Political Science UNC-Chapel Hill

4. European Union at 50 Jiri Ellinger First Secretary, Head of the Political Section, Head of the Political Section, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington, DC

8. Member States of the European Union Austria Austria Belgium Belgium Bulgaria Bulgaria Cyprus Cyprus Czech Republic Czech Republic Denmark Denmark Estonia Estonia Finland Finland France France Germany Germany Greece Greece Hungary Hungary Ireland Ireland Italy Italy Latvia Latvia Lithuania Lithuania Luxembourg Luxembourg Malta Malta Netherlands Netherlands Poland Poland Portugal Portugal Romania Romania Slovakia Slovakia Slovenia Slovenia Spain Spain Sweden Sweden United Kingdom United Kingdom

9. EU members and when they joined. 1952 Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands 1973 Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom 1981 Greece 1986 Portugal, Spain 1995 Austria, Finland, Sweden 2004 Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia 2007 Bulgaria, Romania

10. Candidates for Membership in the European Union Croatia Croatia Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Turkey Turkey

11. U.S. defense & security policy Technical Sergeant Paralyn McClain US Air Force “Why We Serve” Program and Dr. Alethia Cook Department of Political Science Harriot College of Arts and Sciences East Carolina University

12. Russia Russia Dr. Richard Ericson Chair, Department of Economics Harriot College of Arts and Sciences East Carolina University East Carolina University

13. Latin America: Shift to the Left? Dr. E. Jeffrey Popke Department of Geography Harriot College of Arts and Sciences East Carolina University East Carolina University

14. U.S.- China trade policy Dr. Runying Chen Department of Interior Design and Merchandising College of Human Ecology East Carolina University

15. Now is a great time to join the World Affairs Council or to renew your membership!

16. Talking to our enemies Renee M. Earle Diplomat in Residence Duke University Franklin Center for International Studies

17. Private philanthropy Kenneth Morgan Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Past member of the board of directors of Rotary International and the Triangle United Way