World Events Discussion Group 1, Mondays
**Full with Waitlist**

World Events Discussion Group 1 focuses exclusively on international*** current events and related background issues. Members seek to broaden our knowledge and understanding about all regions of the world in a friendly, informal atmosphere.

We discuss three or four topics over 1-1/2 hours on Zoom. At each meeting, two members commit to each presenting a topic at the next meeting.

Accepted topics are recent world events and/or issues related to specific, explicit recent world events. No one is expected to be an expert on her/his chosen topic! The aim is for the group to share knowledge and thoughts.

By the Friday before a meeting, the two presenters send their topic titles, along with some questions for consideration, to the facilitator, who then forwards the list to all on Saturday. At the Monday meeting, each topic is introduced briefly (10 minutes max!), followed by about 20 minutes of discussion. Then after discussing those topics, we consider a few other recent events for the remainder of the time.

Recent topics explored include Israel-Hamas/Gaza/West Bank/Lebanon wars; US/Israel-Iran war; Climate change; Russian war against Ukraine; Ongoing world migrant and refugee crisis; Risks and benefits of AI; Elections in Brazil, US, and elsewhere; Political turmoil in Europe; China-US competition in Africa; Rise of India’s Cockroach Party