Events › Great Decisions: Understanding Indonesia

Indonesia’s size, young population, and strategic location make it an important economic, trade and security partner. Additionally, as a member of the G20 and currently the chair of ASEAN it is a force within the Global South, a term that refers to various countries around the world that are sometimes described as “developing,” “less developed” or “underdeveloped.”

Henry Berman is a retired businessman, working for 34 years at Ecolab, a global company based in St. Paul. Berman has personal ties to the Middle East Region and has spent much time there in the last decade. He has a strong interest in the ever-changing dynamics in this turbulent part of the world, including the emerging continent of Africa. Berman is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations and is active in a local Great Decisions Group. He has given popular presentations throughout Minnesota on such varied topics as Saudi Arabia, Future of the Kurds, Egypt and the Arab Spring, Syrian Refugee Crisis and the U.S.- Israel relationship. Berman has a BA from Hamilton College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Collaborators: Minneapolis Community Education, Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Sponsor: Friends of the Hennepin County Library.