2022 World Affairs Council of the Year
Network of Independent World Affairs Councils of America

Events

Luncheon | Daniel Runde | American Global Leadership | Oct 3

"We're at a moment in this period of great power competition, whether or not you want to call it a second Cold War, where the national security imperatives of dealing with a resurgent China and a disruptor in Russia require us to go back to the drawing board on our soft power instruments to respond […]

Town Hall & Book Signing | American Global Leadership | Daniel Runde | Oct 3

"We're at a moment in this period of great power competition, whether or not you want to call it a second Cold War, where the national security imperatives of dealing with a resurgent China and a disruptor in Russia require us to go back to the drawing board on our soft power instruments to respond to this new challenge." -- Daniel F. Runde

China Town Hall | Amb to China Nicholas Burns, China Project’s Jeremy Goldkorn

REGISTER NOW The Tennessee World Affairs Council National Council on U.S.-China Relations Presents via Zoom China Town Hall Ambassador Nicholas Burns United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China with Jeremy Goldkorn Editor in Chief, The China Project Wednesday, October 11, 2023 VIA ZOOM 5:30 Local Broadcast with Jeremy Goldkorn 6:00-7:00 National China Town […]

UK Ambassador Conversation | Oct 23

The Nashville Chamber’s International Business Council, in partnership with the Tennessee World Affairs Council and Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, invites you to an exclusive conversation with Her Excellency Dame Karen Pierce, Ambassador of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland to the United States.

Luncheon | Gen David Petraeus | Book Signing | Nov 10

Register today for this special distinguished visiting speaker program featuring four star General David Petraeus, US Army (Retired), former CIA Director and Commander of U.S. military forces in the Central Command region. Lunch and book signing.

Luncheon | Former Amb to Ukraine William Taylor | Nov 29

Join Ambassador William Taylor, former U.S. Amb to Ukraine, at a luncheon organized by TNWAC and hosted by Alliance Bernstein in Nashville on Wednesday to talk about the situation in Ukraine and prospects for peace.

Webinar | Open A.I.: Data Access and Risks | Paul Maguire | Nov 30

Distinguished entrepreneur, inventor and founder and CEO of Knowmadics talks about A.I. and dual issues of democratization of data and access through these open source AI models and the risk open source AI models pose because in the wrong hands they are sufficient enough to defeat a number of systems to create mischief.