{"id":111206,"date":"2026-02-11T16:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/111206\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:26:09","slug":"great-decisions-discussion-group-series-returns-to-reading-public-library-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/111206\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Decisions Discussion Group Series Returns to Reading Public Library in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Reading Public Library<\/p>\n<p>Reading Public Library is once again offering the \u201cGreat Decisions\u201d Discussion Group Series in 2026, presenting conversations on some of the most critical global issues facing America today.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 topics are:<\/p>\n<p>March 17: Trump Tariffs and the Future of the World EconomyMarch 24: America and the World: Trump 2.0 Foreign PolicyMarch 31: Multilateral Institutions in a Changing World OrderApril 14: Ruptured Alliances and the Risk of Nuclear ProliferationApril 21: U.S. Engagement of AfricaApril 28: U.S.-China RelationsMay 5: The Future of Human Rights and International LawMay 12: Ukraine and the Future of European Security (followed by a luncheon)<\/p>\n<p>The discussion group will meet from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in person at Reading Public Library Foundation Building, 113 S. 4th St., Reading.<\/p>\n<p>Topics are presented through a briefing book, a video presentation, and a facilitated discussion. The $35.00 registration fee includes a briefing book with expert papers on all topics. The fee for two people sharing a briefing book is $40.00. Scholarship opportunities are available.<\/p>\n<p>Register online at <a href=\"http:\/\/readingpubliclibrary.org\/great-decisions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">readingpubliclibrary.org\/great-decisions<\/a> or by contacting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bctv.org\/2026\/02\/11\/great-decisions-discussion-group-series-returns-to-reading-public-library-in-2026\/mailto:john.nelka@readingpubliclibrary.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">john.nelka@readingpubliclibrary.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Reading Public Library Reading Public Library is once again offering the \u201cGreat Decisions\u201d Discussion Group Series in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-111206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-reading-city","9":"tag-reading-city-headlines","10":"tag-reading-city-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}