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MCC Daily Tribune

Keeping America Safe: What is Our Greatest Threat? How Should We Respond?

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Registration is now open for this semester's final deliberative dialogue on U.S. foreign policy and national security. Please see below for more information and the registration link. These events are free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Location information is provided upon registration. 

Keeping America Safe: What is Our Greatest Threat? How Should We Respond?

In today’s rapidly changing world, Americans face a wide range of global threats—from terrorism and military aggression to climate change, pandemics, and economic competition. This forum invites you to join a thoughtful conversation about how the U.S. should respond.

  • Should we focus on strengthening our military?
  • Should we invest more in diplomacy and global partnerships?
  • Should our nation turn inward to focus on resilience here at home?

Together, we’ll weigh the trade-offs of each path and consider what kind of global role we want our country to play.

Deliberative Dialogues are sponsored by The Democracy Commitment at MCC, Department of Anthropology, History, Political Science, and Sociology, and the office of Global Education and International Services.

What are deliberative dialogues? Dialogues are opportunities for collaborative thinking about complex issues. Attendees drive the conversation in small groups facilitated by trained moderators. Dialogues are unlike panel discussions or debates. The objective of a dialogue is to be participatory, egalitarian, and non-adversarial. 

Joseph Scanlon
Anthrop/History/Poli. Science/Sociology
03/25/2026