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Endangered Democracy

“Can Democracy Survive The Geopolitical and Environmental Crises?”

by Bruce Knotts

Bruce is a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer with lots of diplomatic experience in Europe, Africa and South Asia. 1984-2007 and has a lifetime of public speaking and currently as a speaker and teacher at universities and at meetings in and around the United Nations, mostly at the Church Center of the UN.
He was the Executive Director of the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office 2007-2022. Bruce continues to be engaged with the UN on the UN Security Council Working Group that meets with all of the members on the UN Security Council in conversations with the ambassadors of each member state that they meet. He is also on the Israel Palestine Working Group. Bruce has a UN Grounds pass and works closely with the World Federalist Movement. He has been a trustee on the board of directors of the Parliament of the World’s Religions.

Bruce’s talk will dive into all his experience, past and present. He will talk about the similarities of the 1930s and the current world order that like the 1930s, is seeing the growth of authoritarianism, and signs of military confrontations between nations and internal unrest within many important counties. The important role of maintaining international stability that used to be the rile of the United States, has now defaulted to a collection of other nations such as Canada and the European Union.
He will also discuss areas of hope, which include strong action by civil societies around the world.
Bruce will be happy to have a robust question and answer session.

There will be time for interaction and Questions and Answers

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(“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

Margaret Mead)