Global Issues Colloquium

Take a tour of some of the world’s hottest issues! For more than a decade, Truman State University’s Global Issues Colloquium has been helping the Truman community understand many of the most challenging questions, conflicted responses and hopeful developments facing various governments and societies.

Please join us for the next Global Issues Colloquium talk, 7 p.m. Thursday April 24, Violette Hall 1010.

Why the U.S. Gives Overseas Aid: A Brief History

Dr. Quinn discusses the origins and nature of American and Western aid up to the present, and why it should continue.

7 p.m. Thursday April 24, Violette Hall 1010

John James Quinn, PhD (UCLA), is professor of political science at Truman State University. His primary research agenda centers on the political and economic effects of majority state ownership of industry, mining, or oil in sub-Saharan Africa. His latest book is Majority State Ownership of Oil and Mining Sectors in Africa: The Resource Curse Undermined (2025). He has also published articles in such journals as International Interactions, Party Politics, International Politics, and Journal of Asian and African Studies.  

Dr. Quinn will be speaking in-person in Violette Hall. For those who cannot attend, a Zoom link is available: https://zoom.us/my/global.issues

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