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WHAT’S NEXT AT THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL
2020
November 18-20, 2020 | National Conference of the World Affairs Councils of America | Washington, DC
May 14, 2020 | Cover to Cover: “All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon’s Perspective on Climate Change” Author Michael Klare | Teleconference
April 25, 2020 | CANCELED | TNWAC Academic WorldQuest team competes for the WorldQuest National Championship | Washington, DC [Non in-person competition being considered]
April 9, 2020 | Cover to Cover: China’s Geopolitics with Daniel Markey | Teleconference
April 2, 2020 | CANCELED | A Conversation with Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman | Belmont University
March 30, 2020 | CANCELED | International Careers/Jobs Panel | Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville
March 24, 2020 | Launching TNWAC’s Video Conference Global Town Hall | Interactive Video (Details TBD)
March 19, 2020 | Women and Diplomacy | Talk to the Author Susan Sloan | Teleconference
March 18, 2020 | Coronavirus Business Communications | Tracy Williams | Webinar
March 19, 2020 | CANCELED | U.S. Security Interests in the Middle East with Major General William Hickman | Belmont University
February 26, 2020 | Colombia Border Crisis with Felipe Munoz | Teleconference
February 23, 2020 | “Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest Challenge” Championship Match | Belmont University
February 14, 2020 | “Doing Business With and In Israel: Lessons from Israel and Nashville | Baker Donelson Event Center
January 14, 2020 | Squadering the Cold War Victory with Andrew Bacevich| Cover to Cover Teleconference
January 13, 2020 | General Wesley Clark, Gov Mike Huckabee | Belmont University, R. Milton and Denice Johnson Large Theater
January 8, 2020 | Consul General of Canada Nadia Theodore | Luncheon with IBC
2019
December 12, 2019 | “Cover to Cover” | “Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest” | Angela Stent, Jill Doherty | Teleconference
December 8, 2019 | “Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest Challenge” Practice Match | Belmont University
December 4, 2019 | Global Young Professional Group Meet Up – Von El Rod’s (Germantown) Trivia Night
November 25, 2019 | International Affairs Speaker Series | Congressman Jim Cooper | Perspectives on Global Issues | Belmont University
November 21, 2019 | “Cover to Cover” | A Tale of Four Worlds: The Arab Region After the Uprisings | Marina and David Ottaway | Teleconference
November 6-8, 2019 | National Conference of World Affairs Councils of America, Washington, DC
October 22, 2019 | International Careers Panel | Lipscomb University
October 13, 2019 | Amb Samantha Power – Luncheon and Booksigning | Location: Belmont University, Frist Lecture Hall
October 9, 2019 | “Cover to Cover” | “After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present” | Hope Harrison | Teleconference
September 30, 2019 | Global Dialogue | Amb Charles Bowers/LCDR Pat Ryan – War Clouds in the Gulf
September 25, 2019 | “Cover to Cover” | “From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future” | Tom Wheeler | Teleconference
September 21, 2019 | International Day of Peace Celebration (TBD) Look for a TNWAC event related to this celebration
September 20, 2019 | Deadline | College Student Scholarship – National Conference of World Affairs Councils of America (Nov 6-8)
September 19, 2019 | “Know Now” | Why the Tunisian Elections Matter | Oussama Romdhani
September 9, 2019 | Global Town Hall | Ambassador Christopher Hill | Trump-Kim and a Nuclear Deal: An Ambassador’s Take
September 4, 2019 | Discussion & Dinner | “Why Europe Matters” | Ambassador John Kornblum | Hillwood Country Club
August 28, 2019 | Global Dialogue | Transformation in National Security – LCDR Patrick Ryan | Belmont University
August 21, 2019 | Speaker Program | UK Consul General Andrew Staunton | IBC Breakfast | Baker Donelson Event Center
August 5, 2019 | Luncheon | US-China Relations with Chinese Embassy Minister Xu Xueyuan | Baker Donelson Event Center
August 13, 2019 | “Know Now” | Global Terror Networks | Dean C. Alexander
August 2, 2019 | Speaker Program | Embassy of China in USA Minister Xu Xueyuan | Luncheon | Baker Donelson Event Center
July 24, 2019 | “Cover to Cover” | “The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un” | Anna Fifield | Teleconference
July 16, 2019 | “Know Now” | U.S.-Iran Relations | Dr. Mehdi NoorBaksh | Teleconference
June 19, 2019 | Cover to Cover | “Japan Rearmed” | Sheila Smith | Teleconference
June 6, 2019 | Know Now | “Global Nuclear Threats” | Joe Cirincione and Patrick Ryan | Teleconference
May 15, 2019 | Cover to Cover | Marvin Kalb author of “Enemy of the People” | Teleconference
May 8, 2019 | Know Now | After the Arctic Ice Melts | Fran Ulmer | Teleconference
April 27, 2019 | Academic WorldQuest National Championship Match — Washington, DC
April 15, 2019 | Global Town Hall: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump | Amb Charles Bowers, Amb Ronald Schlicher | Belmont University
April 13, 2019 | Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival – Look for a TNWAC event related to this celebration.
April 10, 2019 | 1:00 pm | Cover to Cover Teleconference | Talk to Author Beth Gardiner, “Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution”
April 9, 2019 | International Careers & Jobs Panel – Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville
April 8, 2019 | International Careers & Jobs Panel – Belmont University, Nashville
March 28, 2019 | Global Eats! at Bavarian Bierhaus | TNWAC Members Benefit
March 28, 2019 | “Qatar Today” | H.E. Lolwah Al-Khater | Know Now Teleconference
March 21, 2019 | 1:00 pm | Cover to Cover Teleconference | Talk to Author and Distinguished Ambassador William Burns “Back Channels”
March 20, 2019 | 6:00 p.m. | Global Town Hall — “Kurdistan Today – No Friends But the Mountains?” — Michael McClellan | Belmont University | Massey Boardroom
February 27, 2019 | 12:00 p.m. | Global Dialogue — China Rising: Storm Clouds in the Western Pacific — LCDR Patrick Ryan, USN(Ret) | Belmont University, Massey Business Center Room 203
February 24, 2019 | 12:30 p.m. | Academic WorldQuest Tennessee Championship Match — registered teams, open to the public — Belmont University, Ayres Academic Center
February 19, 2019 | 6:00 p.m. | Global Eats! — TNWAC Members’ dining out experience — Seoul Garden Restaurant
February 11, 2019 | 8:00 p.m. | Private Dinner with Distinguished Visiting Speaker Joseph Cirincione — Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill (Limited)
February 11, 2019 | 6:00 p.m. | Global Town Hall — International Nuclear Weapons Developments — Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund — Curb Event Center, Beaman A/B — Belmont University
February 6, 2019 | 1:00 p.m. | Cover to Cover Teleconference | Talk to Author Thomas Bollyky
January 30, 2019 | 12:00 p.m. | Global Dialogue — Topic TBD | Belmont University, Massey Business Center Room 203
January 24, 2019 | 1:00 p.m. | Cover to Cover Teleconference | Talk to Author Francis Fukuyama [Register]
January 17, 2019 | 5:30 p.m. | Global Town Hall — Brexit 101: Unraveling A Thorny Issue — Dr. Adam Bronstone — Massey Board Room, Massey Bldg., Belmont University
2018
December 20, 2018 | Cover to Cover Teleconference | Talk to Author Stephen Tankel | “With Us and Against Us: How America’s Partners Help and Hinder the War on Terror”
December 11, 2018 | 11:00 a.m. | EU Nations Roundtable-Luncheon with Six Consuls-General | Baker Donelson Special Events Center, Nashville
December 2, 2018 | 12:30 p.m. | Academic WorldQuest Tennessee Practice Match, Knowledge Academy, Nashville
November 28, 2018 | 12:00 p.m. | Global Dialogue — “Brexit 101: Unraveling a Thorny Issue” with Dr. Adam Bronstone — Belmont University, Massey Business Center Room 203, Nashville
November 27, 2018 | #GivingTuesday — calling on global literacy “stakeholders” to support the World Affairs Council
November 26, 2018 | 6:00 p.m. | Global Town Hall — “U.S.-Saudi Relations and America’s Adventures in the Middle East” — Col David DesRoches, US Army (Ret), Associate Professor and Senior Military Fellow, National Defense University — Belmont University, Nashville
November 16, 2018 | 10:00 a.m. | Afshin Molavi — “International Economic Outlook” — Belmont University, Massey Boardroom
November 9, 2018 | 1:00 p.m. | Cover to Cover Teleconference | Talk to Author Peter Singer | “LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media”
November 7-9, 2018 | National Conference of the World Affairs Councils of America — Washington, DC — You’re Invited.
October 31, 2018 | 11:00pm | Lunch with Bob Corker – Baker-Donelson Event Center, Nashville
October 26, 2018 Friday 12:00pm | Global Dialogue — “Cyber-Security, National Security and the U.S. Elections” – Sarah Hughey, Think Tennessee – Belmont University
October 23, 2018 Tuesday 1:00pm | Cover to Cover Conversation with Dr. Sarah Igo author of “The Known Citizen” via Teleconference
October 8, 2018 5:30pm | China Global Town Hall | Secretary Condoleezza Rice | Dr. Thomas Schwartz | Belmont University
Sep 21, 2018 – International Day of Peace Observance
August 8, 2018 1:00pm | Cover to Cover Conversation with Author Jeffrey Lilley | “Have the Mountains Fallen: Two Journeys of Loss and Redemption in the Cold War”
Jul 10, 2018 – “The Edge of Chaos” – Dr. Dambisa Moyo – Talk to the Author Teleconference
Jun 12, 2018 – “Peace Works: America’s Unifying Role in a Turbulent World” — Rick Barton – Talk to the Author Teleconference
May 31, 2018 – “Inside Gaza” – Know Now teleconference with Yousef Bashir and Bill Clifford
May 15, 2018 – “Cold War to Hot Peace” – Former US Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul – Talk to the Author Teleconference
May 2 – The Big Payback “Day of Giving Back”. A 24 hour online giving event.
April 26-29 – TN Academic WorldQuest Champions compete at the National Competition & Tour DC
Apr 18, 2018 – Pakistan’s Struggle With Terror – Madiha Afzal – Talk to the Author Teleconference
Apr 10, 2018 – International Careers and Jobs Panel – Lipscomb University
Mar 28, 2018 – Global Dialogue – “Strengthening and Deepening the US-Africa Business & Trade Relationship” – Dr. Rubin Cockrell – Belmont University
Mar 1, 2018 – “Israeli National Security” – Chuck Freilich – Talk to the Author Teleconference
Feb 28, 2018 – Global Dialogue – “Iran and America’s Challenges in the Middle East” – Patrick Ryan – Belmont University
Feb 26, 2018 – Global Town Hall – “US-Iran Relations” with Ambassador Frank Wisner. Belmont University
Feb 25, 2018 – Academic WorldQuest – Championship Match – Belmont University
Feb 20, 2018 – Sudan: A Strategy for Re-engagement – Amb Mary Carlin Yates – “Know Now” Teleconference
Feb 14, 2018 – Speaker Program – Thomas Friedman – The Bell Tower, Nashville
Feb 13, 2018 – Talk to the Author Conference Call: “The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop it” – with Dr. Jonathan Quick
Jan 31, 2018 – Global Dialogue – “Trump Foreign Policy: 2018 Geopolitical Goals” with Mark Braden – Belmont University
Jan 30, 2018 – Know Now – “Control Risks 2018” – Webinar
Jan 10, 2018 – Talk to the Author Conference Call – “A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order” – Richard Haass
Dec 2, 2017 – Academic WorldQuest Practice Match – Belmont University
Oct 25, 2017 – Know Now Conference Call – Dr. Richard Wife – The Future of Democracies
Oct 24, 2017 – International Career/Jobs Panel – Lipscomb University
Oct 24, 2017 – China Town Hall – Webcast with Dr. Susan Rice; On site: James Lambert – Belmont University
Oct 5, 2017 – Talk to the Author Conference Call – Meghan O’Sullivan – “Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power”
Sep 27, 2017 – Global Dialogue – “Political-Military Dimensions of the Korea Crisis” – LCDR Patrick Ryan – Belmont
Aug 30, 2017 – Global Dialogue – “US-China Commercial Relations: The Way Forward” with John Scannapieco – Belmont University
Jul 18, 2017 – Talk to the Author Conference Call – Lisa Palmer – “Hot Hungry Planet”
Jul 12, 2017 – “Know Now” Conference Call Series – Susan Cohen – “Implications of President Trump’s Travel Ban”
Jun 20, 2017 – “Know Now” Conference Call Series – “USIP President on World Refugee Day: A Conversation with Nancy Lindborg” – Teleconference
Jun 13, 2017 – Talk to the Author Conference Call – Souad Mekhennet – “My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad”
Apr 17, 2017 – Town Hall – The Middle East: Opportunities and Disasters – Amb Ronald Schlicher, LCDR Patrick Ryan – Belmont University
Mar 27, 2017 – International Careers and Jobs Panel – Lipscomb University
Mar 23, 2017 – Know Now Teleconference – “Sharp Cuts for International Affairs Budget” – Linday Lee Black – US Global Leadership Council
Mar 21, 2017 – Know Now Teleconference – “The U.S., Japan and Asia” – James L. Schoff – Carnegie Endowment
Mar 8, 2017 – Talk to the Author Teleconference – Amani Al Khatahtbeh author of “Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age”
Feb 21, 2017 – Hot Topic Teleconference – “Know More About Ukraine and Russia’s Western Ambitions” with Anne Applebaum
Feb 15, 2017 – Business Luncheon – Update on Trade and Foreign Investment Under the New Presidential Administration – Baker Donelson Center
Feb 15, 2017 – Talk to the Author – “The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth’s Newest Age” – by David Biello – Teleconference
Feb 12, 2017 – Tennessee Academic WorldQuest Championship Match – Belmont University
Feb 7, 2017 – Hot Topics – Talk to Former Mexico President Vicente Fox – Teleconference
Jan 17, 2017 – Town Hall – Russian-American Relations: From Obama to Trump – Belmont University
Dec 15, 2016 – Public Affairs Briefing – Foreign Policy Challenges for the New Administration – WAC President Patrick Ryan – Nashville Amnesty International – Vanderbilt University
Nov 26, 2016 – Hot Topics Teleconference – US-Cuba Normalization Process
Nov 16-18, 2016 – National Conference of the World Affairs Councils of America
November 12 – Academic WorldQuest Practice Match – Belmont University
Sep 19, 2016 – 5:30-7:30pm – Town Hall – “The Iran Nuclear Deal: Prospects for Cooperation, Competition and Confrontation” – with Amb Thomas R. Pickering, USFS (Ret) and a local speaker – Belmont University, Frist Lecture Hall, Inman Health Sciences Building.
Sep 7 – 5:30p-7:30p – “America’s Diplomats” – Documentary film screening with Ambassador Charles Bowers, USFS (Ret) and Ambassador Ronald Schlicher, USFS(Ret) – Belmont Johnson Hall Large Theater
Aug 16 – 8:00-9:30am – “Brexit and the U.S. Economy: What to Expect” – Breakfast business panel – Nashville Chamber of Commerce
Aug 9 – Talk to the Author – Talmage Boston, “Cross-Examining History: A Lawyer Gets Answers from the Experts About Our Presidents” – 1:00-1:30 pm CT (Teleconference)
Jul 21 – 1:00-1:30p – Hot Topics Call – Teleconference – “Americans Against Terrorism, Hate and Violence” – Imam Muhammad Masri
Jul 13 – Talk to the Author – Jennifer M. Harris, “War by Other Means: Geoeconomics and Statecraft”– 1:00-1:30 pm CT (Teleconference)
2016 PROGRAMS
June 14, 2016 – Talk to the Author – Anja Manuel, “This Brave New World: India, China, and the United States” – 1:00-1:30 pm CT (Teleconference)
Apr 26, 2016 – Talk to the Author – Marc Lynch, “The New Arab Wars: Uprisings and Anarchy in the Middle East” – 1:00-1:30pm (Teleconference)
May 18, 2016 – Talk to the Author – Steven Radelet, “The Great Surge: The Ascent of the Developing World” – 1:00-1:30pm (Teleconference)
Apr 23, 2016 – National Championship, Academic WorldQuest, Washington, DC
Apr 12 – Town Hall & Book Signing – Thomas Lippman – What Shaped the Modern Middle East? – Lipscomb University – 5:30-7:30pm
Apr 11 – International Service Night – Jobs and Careers in the Global Arena
Apr 5 – Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the U.S. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman – Lipscomb University – Details Forthcoming
Mar 31 – Panel Discussion – Trans Pacific Partnership – Bass, Berry & Sims; International Business Council, Nashville Chamber; and US Commercial Service, Nashville – 11:30-1:00 p.m.
Mar 31 – WACA Spring Leadership Meeting (9a-3p) (WashDC)
Mar 30 – WACA Reception for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko – 1918 Society (WashDC)
Mar 30 – Women’s Leadership Forum and Networking Luncheon (10:45a-2:00p) – Cheekwood (Collaborating partner w/Japan-America Society of Tennessee)
Mar 18 – Briefing – “Rebuilding A Syrian Nation and State After Civil War: Prospects and Challenges” – (10-11a) – Belmont University, Lila D. Bunch Library, Multimedia Hall (Collaborating partner)
Mar 15 – Talk to the Author – Clyde Prestowitz, “Japan Restored: How Japan Can Reinvent Itself and Why This is Important for America and the World.” (1-1:30p) (Teleconference)
Mar 15 – Town Hall – Refugee Issues in the Post-Cold War Era with Dylan Irons (6-7p) – Green Hills Public Library (Promotional partner with UNA)
Feb 27 – Teacher Workshop – “Spotlight on Turkey” – day-long professional development workshop – Belmont University, Massey Room 304.
Feb 21 – Academic WorldQuest Tennessee Championship Match | (Belmont University)
Feb 18 – A Conversation with U.S. Ambassador Gentry O. Smith | Lipscomb University
Feb 1 – Community Program – Rotary Club of Nashville | US-Russian Relations with H.E. Sergey I. Kislyak, Ambassador to the U.S. from the Russian Federation (Wildhorse Saloon)
2015 PROGRAMS
Dec 8 – TNWAC/USGLC/USAID Event – “Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030” (Renaissance Nashville Hotel)
Nov 11-13 – National Conference – World Affairs Councils of America – Washington, DC
Nov 21 – Academic WorldQuest Warmup Match | Belmont University
Nov 5 – 6 p.m. – International Service Night – Jobs and Careers in the Global Arena – Amb Charles Bowers, Amb Ronald Schlicher, Melissa Eli, Beverly Lee, Andy Collier, Lisa Sherman-Nikolaus – Lipscomb University
Nov 5 – 1 p.m. – “Cover to Cover” Author Conversation – Rena Pederson “The Burma Spring: Aung San Suu Kyi and the Struggle for the Soul of a Nation” – WACA Teleconference
Oct 13 – “Cover to Cover” Author Conversation – Steven R. Weisman – “The Great Tradeoff: Confronting Moral Conflicts in the Era of Globalization”
Oct 7 – Global Dialogue – America in the World: What Direction – Belmont University
Oct 5 – China Town Hall – “Foreign Direct Investment” – National Web Cast and on-site speaker Mr. Jeremy Goldkorn | Belmont (Frist Lecture Hall)
Sep 30 – Global Dialogue – America in the World: What Direction – Frothy Monkey Downtown
Sep 29 – Global Dialogue – America in the World: What Direction – Green Hills Area Public Library
Sep 28 – Global Dialogue – America in the World: What Direction – Lipscomb University
Sep 14 – Town Hall – “Afghanistan in Context: Understanding Where We Are and What’s Ahead for the United States with LtGen Keith M. Huber, US Army (Retired) former Commander Joint Task Force 435, Afghanistan; Belmont University, Massey Boardroom
(as of June 22, 2016)