Great Decisions - Henry Berman Understanding Indonesia

Wednesday,  July 10 

5:30 PM Social

6:00 PM Presentation (FREE)

7:15 PM Dinner (Please indicate whether you'll be dining on your RSVP form)

Henry Berman - Understanding Indonesia

Despite its large size, Indonesia remains virtually invisible to most Americans. As one of  the world’s largest democracies, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, and an economic driver of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), why does it fly  below the radar? What are the current issues in U.S.-Indonesian relations, and what role  can the U.S. play in Asia? A perennially popular speaker at the Woman’s Club, Henry Berman worked for 34 years  at Ecolab, a global company based in St. Paul. He has personal ties to the Middle East  region, spending a great deal of time there in the last decade, and a strong interest in the  ever-changing dynamics in this turbulent part of the world, including the emerging continent of Africa. A member of the Council of Foreign Relations and an active participant in  a local Great Decisions group, he has given popular presentations throughout Minnesota  on such varied topics as Saudi Arabia, the future of the Kurds, Egypt and the  Arab Spring, the Syrian refugee crisis, and the U.S.-Israel relationship.  Henry has a BA from Hamilton College and an MBA from the Tuck  School of Business at Dartmouth.

 Price: $35 plus taxes and fees for the dinner.