How Global Geopolitics is Changing – and How It Isn’t

Date: Thursday, May 14
Time: 11am Doors Open | 11:30am Buffet Served | 12:00pm Program | 1:00pm Session Ends
Location: Illini Country Club, 1601 Illini Rd, Springfield, IL 62704
Cost: $50 (Lunch, Parking, and Gift to UIS included)

Intensifying strategic competition between the U.S. and China, Russia, Venezuela, Iran, and Europe are creating conditions of heightened tension and political uncertainty. America’s alliances, involvement in international institutions, and strategic priorities are shifting rapidly. But how many of these shifts have been predictable, and what isn’t changing at all?

Join Professor Brandon Bolte of the UIS School of Politics and International Affairs at UIS for an examination of how U.S. engagement in the world is evolving and whether it is indicative of a paradigmatic shift or geopolitics as usual.