Great Decisions is a Foreign Policy Association program designed to engage citizens in learning about the world. Our branch’s Great Decisions group reflects the interest of branch members in AAUW’s rich legacy of international work and its consultative status at the United Nations.

Each year a panel of experts chooses eight topics for study. The program model involves the following:

• Reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book
• Watching the short, related DVD
• Meeting in a group to discuss the selected critical topic facing America today.

The Vienna Area Branch group meets on the third Sundays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in a member’s home.

• Topics for 2025
• January 12: American Foreign Policy at a Crossroads
• February 16: U.S. Changing Leadership of the World Economy
• U.S.-China Relations
• India: Between China, the West, and the Global South
• International Cooperation on Climate Change
• The Future of NATO and European Security
• AI and American National Security
• American Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

To learn more about our Great Decisions group, please contact us and include “Great Decisions” in the Subject field.