BREAKFAST CLUB OF GRAND RAPIDS
Established 1936 – John A. Collins, President
UNIVERSITY CLUB
10th Floor of the Fifth/Third Bank Building
111 Lyon St. N.W. #1025, Grand Rapids
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2022 – 7:15 a.m.
Putin made a strategic mistake when he attempted to roll over his neighbor to the South of Russia, little realizing that events would not be as easy to achieve. Retired Professor Paul Chardoul has put his geopolitical hat on once again and will delve deeper into his analysis of what happened and possibly what will happen.
Invocator: Stan Milanowski Introducer: James Booth Burr, Jr., Esq.
Geopolitics
“Most Americans are close to total ignorance about the world. They are ignorant. That is an unhealthy condition in a country in which foreign policy has to be endorsed by the people if it is to be pursued. And it makes it much more difficult for any president to pursue an intelligent policy that does justice to the complexity of the world.” ― Zbigniew Brzezinski
“International politics is never about democracy and human rights. It's about the interests of states. Remember that, no matter what you are told in history lessons.” ― Egon Bahr
"Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world." ― Henry Kissinger