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SUMMARY:Global Dialogue | Dr. Mark Katz on Russia and Iran | May 4
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\, the George Mason University Schar School Policy and Government and the Wilson Center Kennan Conversations Series presents\nGlobal Dialogue | Russia & Iran\nA Conversation with Dr. Mark Katz\nProfessor\, Schar School of Policy and Government\n \nWith Host\n \n \n\nLt. Cmdr. Patrick W. Ryan\, USN(Ret)\nMay 4\, 2021 @ 7 pm CT\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nMark N. Katz is a professor of government and politics at George Mason University. He earned a B.A. in international relations from the University of California at Riverside in 1976\, an M.A. in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in 1978\, and a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982. \nHe is the author of The Third World in Soviet Military Thought (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 1982)\, Russia and Arabia: Soviet Foreign Policy toward the Arabian Peninsula (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 1986)\, Gorbachev’s Military Policy in the Third World (Center for Strategic and International Studies\, 1989)\, Revolutions and Revolutionary Waves (St. Martin’s Press\, 1997)\, Reflections on Revolutions (St. Martin’s Press\, 1999)\, and Leaving without Losing: The War on Terror after Iraq and Afghanistan (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2012). \nDuring 2017\, he was a visiting scholar first at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (January-March)\, and then at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs in Helsinki (April-September). During 2018\, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London (January-March)\, and was then the 2018 Sir William Luce Fellow at Durham University in the UK (April-June). In February 2019\, he was appointed a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. \nLinks to his recent articles can be found on www.marknkatz.com \n \nClick image for video \nForeign policy experts talked about the Middle East roles of China\, Russia\, Iran\, and Syria. Their remarks were part of a larger discussion on Middle East strategy at a day-long Atlantic Council event.The discussion took place in the wake of the Trump administration’s announcement that the U.S. would withdraw troops from northern Syria. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/global-dialogue-dr-mark-katz-on-russia-and-iran-may-4/
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Global Supply Chains and Nat'l Security | May 6
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nGlobal Supply Chains and National Security\nMay 6\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nJi Young Choi\nAssociate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone. It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone. It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs. The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D. Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 — China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 — Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 — The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security – Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore. Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources. Amazon Apple Kubo Barnes and Noble \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/great-decisions-seminar-global-supply-chains-and-natl-security-may-6/
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SUMMARY:World Affairs Council Business Programs | Global Competency Training
DESCRIPTION:Global Competency Training\nMay 19 and 26\, 2021 at 11:00PM CT\n \nDo you work on a global team? Do you interact with international clients or partners? Are you interested in working more effectively with people from other cultures? \nWHAT \nJoin TNWAC’s friends at the Cleveland Council on World Affairs for a two-part workshop series to develop skills for working more effectively internationally. \nLearning outcomes from the series include: \n\nLearn how to communicate more effectively across cultures\nUnderstand one’s own cultural perspective\nIdentify and gain awareness of underlying dimensions of culture\nRecognize the importance of approaching cultural interactions with an open mind\n\nThe workshop series is designed to build participants’ global competency. The workshops are intentionally interactive and self-reflective. We believe that self-awareness and a willingness to accept diversity and unfamiliarity are the foundation of truly successful cross-cultural interactions over the long-term. Our training is rooted in this philosophical approach\, and it combines interactive and experiential content to invite participants to approach cultural interactions with a more open mind\, while offering well-researched information about cultural nuances. \nWHEN \nThe workshop series will take place over Zoom. \nTraining dates: \n\nMay 19 from 12:00-1:30pm (ET): Understanding Cultural Norms\nMay 26 from 12:00-1:30pm (ET): Developing Cross-Cultural Strategies\n\nAdmission: $250 per person. Registration is required. \nRegistration: This event will be held as a Zoom meeting. Please register at THIS LINK. \nThanks to the Cleveland Council on World Affairs for welcoming TNWAC friends. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you for your support of global affairs awareness and education!\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/world-affairs-council-business-programs-global-competency-training/
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SUMMARY:Panel | "How Democracies Die" | May 20
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to be a promotional partner with our sister Council\, the World Affairs Council of Orange County to present this timely and important conversation. \n \nHow Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future\nThursday\, May 20\, 2021 @ 3:00 PM CST\n\n \n \nDaniel Ziblatt is Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University and resident faculty at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES). At CES\, he co-chairs the Seminar on Democracy – Past\, Present\, Future. \nSteve Levitsky is a professor of government at Harvard University and coauthor of the 2018 New York Times bestseller “How Democracies Die\,” with Daniel Ziblatt. In it\, they argue that democracies die not because of revolutions or military coups\, but due to the slow weakening of critical institutions and the gradual erosion of political norms. \nAnn L. Phillips is the senior advisor to the Nagorno-Karabakh Project\, part of the Inclusive Peace Processes program at the U.S. Institute of Peace. In addition to ongoing research and writing\, she has drafted a conflict assessment\, helped develop the workshop agenda for journalists from the region\, and worked on other options for engagement. \n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/wac-orange-county-how-democracies-die-may-20/
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SUMMARY:Global Dialogue | The Power of Diplomacy | Marshall | Jun 1
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present\nGlobal Dialogue\nThe Power of Diplomacy\n \nwith\nAmbassador Capricia Penavic Marshall\nAmbassador-in-Residence\, Atlantic Council and Former Chief of Protocol of the United States at the White House and Author of “Protocol: The Power of Diplomacy”\n\n\n \nWith Host\n \n\nKelly O’Connor\, CFRE\nMember of the Board\, Tennessee World Affairs Council\nJun 1\, 2021 @ 7 pm CT\nGlobal Dialogue | The Power of Diplomacy | Marshall | Jun 1\n \n\n\n\n\n \nChief of Protocol of the United States \nThe body of law\, customs and practices governing diplomatic conduct is called protocol. It is derived from the Greek words proto (first) and collon (glued)\, meaning that the first page of a manuscript\, often serving as a summary of a treaty or diplomatic dispatch\, must be glued to the outside of the document or volume. \nThe State Department first appointed a full-time protocol officer in 1916 and established the Office of the Chief of Protocol on February 4\, 1928. In 1946\, the President commissioned the State Department’s Chief of Protocol to also carry the title “Chief of Protocol of the White House.” Since 1961\, the Chief of Protocol has been commissioned an Ambassador\, requiring the President’s nominee to be confirmed by the Senate. \n\nProtocol: The Power of Diplomacy and How to Make it Work for you\n\nPresident Obama’s former United States chief of protocol looks at why diplomacy and etiquette matter—from the international stage to everyday life. \nHistory often appears to consist of big gestures and dramatic shifts. But for every peace treaty signed\, someone set the stage\, using hidden influence to effect the outcome. In her roles as chief of protocol for President Barack Obama and social secretary to President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton\, Capricia Penavic Marshall not only bore witness to history\, she facilitated it. From arranging a room to have an intended impact on the participants to knowing which cultural gestures earned trust\, her behind-the scenes preparations laid the groundwork for successful diplomacy between heads of state around the world and tilted the playing field in her team’s favor. \nIf there’s one thing that working at the highest levels of government for over two decades has taught Marshall\, it’s that there is power in detail and nuance—the micro-moves that affect the macro-shifts. When seemingly minor aspects of an engagement go missing or awry—a botched greeting or even a poorly chosen menu—it alters the emotions and tenor of an exchange\, setting up obstacles rather than paving a way forward. In some cases\, an oversight may put the entire endeavor in jeopardy. \nSharing unvarnished anecdotes from her time in office—harrowing near misses\, exhilarating triumphs\, heartwarming personal stories—Marshall brings us a master class in soft power\, unveiling the complexity of human interactions and making the case that etiquette\, cultural IQ\, and a flexible mind-set matter now more than ever. When the notion of basic civility seems to be endangered\, Protocol reminds us how critical these principles are while providing an accessible guide for anyone who wants to be empowered by the tools of diplomacy in work and everyday life. \n–Amazon.com \n\n\nAmbassador Capricia Penavic Marshall \nCapricia Penavic Marshall serves as Ambassador-in-Residence at the Atlantic Council in Washington\, DC. She is President of Global Engagement Strategies\, which advises international public and private clients on issues relating to the nexus of business and cultural diplomacy. She travels across the country speaking to organizations and corporations about her experiences\, lessons she has learned throughout her career in public service\, and how best to integrate cultural diplomacy into business. \nFrom 2009 to 2013\, she was Chief of Protocol of the United States\, bearing the rank of Ambassador and setting the stage for diplomacy at the highest levels. In this capacity\, she worked to leverage U.S. relationships with foreign governments developing strategies to transform global engagement. Ms. Marshall oversaw six State and Official Visits\, countless Working Visits\, the G20\, Nuclear Security\, APEC\, G8\, NATO and Sunnylands Summits\, and the protocol arrangements during travel with the President and Secretaries of State to forty-two countries. Moving beyond traditional methods of engagement\, Ms. Marshall fostered international goodwill through a new division in the protocol office\, Diplomatic Partnerships. With creative programming under this division she created sustained\, mutually beneficial partnerships between the foreign Diplomatic Corps and business\, government and community leaders across America. \nFrom 1997 to 2001\, Ms. Marshall served as Deputy Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary. From 1993 to 1997\, she was Special Assistant to the First Lady of the United States\, Hillary Rodham Clinton. In addition to her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Purdue University\, Ms. Marshall holds a Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University School of Law\, where she received the prestigious Society of Benchers award in 2012. \nMs. Marshall is a first-generation American of Croatian and Mexican descent. In 2013\, she was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Secretary of State and the Order of the Cross of Isabel La Católica from the Ambassador of Spain. She is a member of the Council of American Ambassadors. She has been named to ELLE magazine’s annual “Washington Power List\,” as one of DC’s most influential women. Ms Marshall is currently serves on the boards of the Case Western University International Advisory Board\, The Strategic Planning Board\, The Blair House Restoration Fund and The Council of American Ambassadors. \nHost Kelly O’Connor\, CFRE \nWith more than 20 years of nonprofit expertise\, K. Kelly O’Connor has served in nearly every facet of the of the nonprofit world. Kelly is a writer\, consultant\, conflict manager\, and has been the Development Director of Progress\, Inc.\, since 2013. O’Connor has served the Nashville community in a variety of roles. Her experience ranges from serving as the Board Chair of a multi-million-dollar charitable trust where she managed grant cycles and awarded grants\, to successfully directing a nonprofit organization where she designed programs and managed special events. She has lectured and written on philanthropy and provides consulting and training services to others in the field and is a passionate advocate for strategic philanthropy. \nO’Connor currently serves on several boards including the Tennessee World Affairs Council. She is an active member of the Rotary Club of Nashville\, the Junior League of Nashville and an alumna of the Young Leaders Council. Kelly has been appointed by Governors Haslam and Lee to serve on Tennessee State Regulatory Boards. \nKelly earned her bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from Washington State University and is currently completing her Master’s Degree at the Institute for Conflict Management at Lipscomb University. Her area of focus is cultural conflict and cultural competency. O’Connor is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) and a Tennessee Rule 31 certified civil mediator. She is the author of the novel\, Awaiting the Green Flash. Kelly enjoys travelling\, reading\, language studies\, and Argentinean rock music. \n\n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/global-dialogue-the-power-of-diplomacy-marshall-jun-1/
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SUMMARY:Global Dialogue | On Travel with Rick Steves | Jun 15
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia present\nGlobal Dialogue\nOn Travel: A Conversation with Rick Steves\nTravel Writer\, Author\, Activist and Television Personality\n\n \nWith Host\n \n\nAmanda Knarr\nMember of the Tennessee World Affairs Council Board of Directors \nJun 15\, 2021 @ 7 pm CT\n \n\n\n\n\n\nRick Steves in Sognefjord\, Norway\nRick Steves \n[NY Times Magazine profile of Rick Steves [Here]]\nRick Steves is a popular public television host\, a best-selling guidebook author\, and an outspoken activist who encourages Americans to broaden their perspectives through travel. But above all else\, Rick considers himself a teacher. He taught his first travel class at his college campus in the mid-1970s — and now\, more than 40 years later\, he still measures his success not by dollars earned\, but by trips impacted. \nWidely considered America’s leading authority on European travel\, Rick produces a best-selling series of guidebooks and is the author of Travel as a Political Act. He is dedicated to providing all Americans with access to travel information\, and has made extensive resources available for free on the Rick Steves’ Europe website\, via the Rick Steves Audio Europe™ app\, and in Rick Steves Classroom Europe™\, a searchable database of short\, teachable video clips. \nA longtime supporter of public broadcasting\, Rick produces and hosts public television and radio shows that air across the nation. \nRick is the founder and owner of Rick Steves’ Europe (RSE)\, a travel business with more than 100 full-time employees. RSE operates a successful tour program which brings more than 30\,000 people to Europe annually. The company contributes annually to a portfolio of climate-smart nonprofits\, essentially paying a self-imposed carbon tax. \nRick works closely with several advocacy groups and makes regular financial contributions to more than 170 organizations\, including annual contributions to Bread for the World. He is a board member of NORML and has been instrumental in the legalization of marijuana in several states. He has also provided $8 million in funding to build two new neighborhood centers in his community\, and has donated a 24-unit apartment building for homeless women and their children to his local YWCA. \nRick spends about four months a year in Europe\, researching guidebooks\, fine-tuning his tour program\, filming his TV show\, and making new discoveries for travelers. To recharge\, he plays piano\, relaxes at his family cabin in the Cascade mountains\, and spends time with his son Andy and daughter Jackie. He lives and works in his hometown of Edmonds\, Washington\, where his office window overlooks his old junior high school. \nhttps://www.ricksteves.com \n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/ricksteves/ \n\n\nAmanda Knarr is a member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council Board of Directors \nAmanda Knarr recently moved to Nashville from Washington\, DC. She is enjoying her now remote role as a global account manager at Forrester Research\, a market research and consulting company. \nPreviously\, Amanda led the Western Hemisphere for the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU)\, a nonpartisan\, U.S.-based organization that works to expand international trade and commerce. Ms. Knarr has been responsible for creating partnerships between business and U.S. government agencies on foreign policy initiatives. She has worked extensively with U.S. and foreign government departments and agencies- both federal and local. International affairs is in her blood and she is an alum of the United Nations\, the U.S. Government\, the Government of the Republic of Chile\, multiple internationally-focused think tanks and nonprofits. \nShe received a Masters of Arts from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University specializing in International Political Economy. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations from Washington & Jefferson College. She is a proud aunt\, girlfriend and cat mom. She’s also enjoying new socially-distanced hobbies like gardening and Peloton yoga. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\nTNWAC WELCOMES THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA AS A PROMOTIONAL PARTNER FOR THIS PROGRAM \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/global-dialogue-on-travel-with-rick-steves-jun-15/
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SUMMARY:Global Dialogue | US-Russia Conflict: Post Biden-Putin Summit | Jul 13
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Peoria Area World Affairs Council presents\nGlobal Dialogue\nU.S.-Russia Conflict: Post Biden-Putin Summit\nwith \n \nDr. Andrei Korobkov \nProfessor\, Political Science and International Relations\, Middle Tennessee State University \nand \n\n\n \nDr. Mark Katz \nProfessor\, Schar School of Policy and Government\, George Mason University \nWith Host \n \n\nLCDR Patrick Ryan\, USN (Ret) \nFounding President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nJuly 13\, 2021 @ 7 pm CT\nOpen and complimentary for all. We thank you for your donation and membership to make these programs possible. \nGlobal Dialogue | US-Russia Conflict: Post Biden-Putin Summit | Jul 13\n \nGlobal Dialogue | US-Russia Conflict: Post Biden-Putin Summit | Jul 13\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrei Korobkov\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor and Director of Russian Studies\, Department of Political Science and International Relations\, Middle Tennessee State University \n\n\n\n\n\nAreas of Expertise. Nationalism\, state- and nation-building. The socio-economic and political aspects of the modern trends in migration. Comparative migration policies. Inter-ethnic relations and minority politics with a regional emphasis on Russia\, the post-Soviet states\,and Eastern Europe. Economic reform and the issues of regional economic development\, energy policy\, social stratification and employment policy.\n\n\n\nPHD\, University of Alabama (1999)\nPHD\, Russian Academy of Sciences (1988)\nBS\, Moscow State University (1982)\n\n\n\n[More]\nCheck out our conversation from May with Professor Katz on the relationship between Russia and Iran [Here] \n\n\n\nMark N. Katz is a professor of government and politics at George Mason University. He earned a B.A. in international relations from the University of California at Riverside in 1976\, an M.A. in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in 1978\, and a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982. \nHe is the author of The Third World in Soviet Military Thought (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 1982)\, Russia and Arabia: Soviet Foreign Policy toward the Arabian Peninsula (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 1986)\, Gorbachev’s Military Policy in the Third World (Center for Strategic and International Studies\, 1989)\, Revolutions and Revolutionary Waves (St. Martin’s Press\, 1997)\, Reflections on Revolutions (St. Martin’s Press\, 1999)\, and Leaving without Losing: The War on Terror after Iraq and Afghanistan (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2012). \nDuring 2017\, he was a visiting scholar first at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (January-March)\, and then at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs in Helsinki (April-September). During 2018\, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London (January-March)\, and was then the 2018 Sir William Luce Fellow at Durham University in the UK (April-June). In February 2019\, he was appointed a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. \nLinks to his recent articles can be found on www.marknkatz.com \nPatrick Ryan \nPatrick Ryan is the founding President of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. In 2007 Mr. Ryan organized a group of concerned citizens to launch Tennessee’s first World Affairs Council\, to bring global awareness education programs and resources to communities and schools in the state. In 2009 Mr. Ryan’s contribution to building international understanding was acknowledged by receipt of the “Mandala Award” at the Window on the World Festival of Tennessee Technological University. The Council\, responding to the statewide interest in its programs\, has moved from its first home in Cookeville to Nashville where it is hosted on the campus of Belmont University. \nPatrick Ryan is the President and founder of Ryan & Associates\, an editorial consulting firm based in Nashville\, specializing in on-line global affairs information resources\, especially covering developments in the Middle East. His consulting firm\, established in 1999 in Washington\, DC and now based in Tennessee\, brings together writers\, researchers\, web design and development specialists and other professionals to deliver customized editorial solutions to an international client list. \nMr. Ryan was born and raised in New York City. At age 17 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served a 26-year career\, assigned first in the Persian Gulf in 1973 followed by assignments in the Submarine Service where he attained the rank of Chief Petty Officer. Mr. Ryan received a BA degree at the University of South Carolina\, in 1981\, majoring in International Studies followed by commissioning in the Navy as an Ensign. Mr. Ryan served aboard numerous ships\, headquarters staffs and overseas assignments before retiring in 1998 as a Lieutenant Commander. Among his assignments were the Joint Staff in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analyses\, and US Central Command headquarters. He has lived and worked in Bahrain\, Italy and Japan and has traveled to about 50 countries for work and leisure. \nMr. Ryan worked as a program manager at Autometric\, Inc. in support of technical development projects before taking the position as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Council on US-Arab Relations\, a non-profit educational organization in Washington. In 1999 he founded Ryan & Associates\, which moved to Tennessee in 2001. \nMr. Ryan was President of the Cookeville Breakfast Rotary 2008-2009. He was co-Chair of the Rotary Ghana Project\, which provides clean water\, school literacy and medical support humanitarian projects to villages in Western Ghana. He was award “Rotarian of the Year” for 2009-2010 for his work in Ghana. \nMr. Ryan met and married Connie Trisdale of Gainesboro while they both served in the military overseas. They have two children\, Bill and Colleen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/global-dialogue-us-russia-conflict-post-biden-putin-summit-jul-13/
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SUMMARY:Mexico Consul General Javier Diaz De Leon | In-person event | Aug 11
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\nis pleased to announce a program with our friends at\nThe Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\,\nThe Belmont University Center for International Business and Baker Donelson\nIBC Global Update with\nConsul General of Mexico in Atlanta\nJavier Diaz de Leon\n\n\n\n \nWednesday\, August 11\, 2021\n@ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm CST\n\n\nBelmont University: Massey Boardroom\n1900 Belmont Blvd. Jack C. Massey College of Business\, 4th Floor\nNashville\, TN 37212\n \nThe Nashville Chamber’s International Business Council\, in partnership with the Center for International Business at Belmont University\, TN World Affairs Council and Baker Donelson\, invite you to a Global Update featuring Consul General of Mexico in Atlanta\, Javier Diaz de Leon. We’ll discuss the latest in US-Mexico business connections. Moderating the event will be IBC advisory board member John Scannapieco. \nParking: Belmont University is located in Nashville on Wedgewood Ave. between 12th Ave. and 16th Ave. Here is a link to the campus map (Massey Business Center is Building #5).\nVisitor parking is in the North Parking Garage (below the Inman and McWhorter Buildings\, buildings #6 and #7). To access North Garage from Wedgewood Avenue\, turn onto 15th Ave. Then take your first right. This street will take you past the Law School Garage and in between Inman and the Wedgwood Academic Building. Turn into the garage on the left (North Parking Garage). Parking Level 1 (P1) has been reserved for guest parking. \nThere are two sets of elevators (one for the McWhorter Building and one for the Inman Building). Walk to the Inman elevator\, which was on your right as you entered the garage. Take the Inman elevator to Level 2 of the Gordon E. Inman Center. Exit the elevator and go left through the outside door\, across the walkway between buildings\, and enter the Massey Business Center. You will now be on the first floor of Massey Business Center. \nTake the elevator to the 4th floor. The Massey Boardroom is located on the 4th floor. \n\n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/mexico-consul-general-javier-diaz-de-leon-in-person-event-aug-11/
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SUMMARY:Governor Phil Bredesen and Guest Host Matt Kisber on "Global Nashville" | August 17
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\nGlobal Nashville\nGuest Host: Matt Kisber with Governor Phil Bredesen\nA conversation about the evolution of Japanese economic investment in Tennessee. \n \nFormer Governor of Tennessee Phil Bredesen \n \nFormer Commissioner of Tennessee Economic and Community Development \n\n\nAugust 17\, 2021 @ 7 pm CT\n\n\n\nMatt Kisber\nFormer Commissioner\, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\, Chairman of the Board\, Silicon Ranch\n\nMatt is a co-founder of Silicon Ranch and served as CEO of the company until becoming Chairman in July 2019. As Chairman\, Matt works closely with the company’s executive leadership to set and implement its ambitious growth strategy. Under his leadership\, Silicon Ranch has become one of the fastest-growing developers\, owners\, and operators of solar energy plants in the U.S.\, with a portfolio that includes more than 1.6 Gigawatts of PV systems that are contracted\, under construction\, or operating coast to coast. Matt brings a unique background to Silicon Ranch having been a business owner and having served eight years as Tennessee Commissioner of Economic Development. He has also worked with industry leaders from across the U.S. and around the globe to bring investments and jobs to Tennessee. A graduate of Vanderbilt University\, Matt served 10 terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives. \n\nPhilip Bredesen\n48th Governor of Tennessee (2003-2011)\, Founding Chairman\, Silicon Ranch\n\nPhilip Bredesen served as Tennessee’s Governor from 2003 until 2011 and Mayor of Nashville from 1991 until 1999. He is known for his bipartisan approach to problem-solving and his careful fiscal management. Among those who have served in senior elected positions\, Governor Bredesen has a unique depth of healthcare experience in both the private and public sectors. \nPrior to entering public service\, Bredesen worked in the healthcare industry. Between research trips to the public library\, he drafted a business plan at his kitchen table that led to the creation of HealthAmerica Corp. in 1980\, a Nashville-based healthcare management company. The company eventually grew to more than 6\,000 employees and was traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company was sold in 1986. Additionally\, Gov. Bredesen is considered a serial entrepreneur\, having helped start and mentor several successful companies\, many of which subsequently became publicly traded on various stock exchanges. \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “GLOBAL NASHVILLE” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with community leaders. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/governor-phil-bredesen-and-guest-host-matt-kisber-on-global-nashville-august-17/
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SUMMARY:"Global Nashville" | Guest Host Ralph Schulz with Convention and Visitor Chief Butch Spyridon
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGlobal Nashville\nGuest Host Ralph Schulz in Conversation with Butch Spyridon\nA conversation about Nashville’s “global brand” and the importance of tourism in building international bridges. \n \nButch Spyridon\, President/CEO\, Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. \n \nRalph Schulz\, President/CEO\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \n\n\nAugust 31\, 2021 @ 7 pm CT\n\n\n\n\n“Global Nashville” | Guest Host Ralph Schulz with Butch Spyridon\, Nashville Visitor Leader\n \nThe metrics were clear before the pandemic crushed global hospitality. Nashville and Tennessee were experiencing a boom in the tourism sector. The #1 leisure destination in the United States\, according to Global Traveler’s Leisure Lifestyle Awards. Reader’s Choice Award for Best Cities in the U.S.\, according to Conde Nast. A record-high $23 billion in visitor spending in the state in 2019 and trending higher\, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Travel in Tennessee generated 195\,000 jobs and $1.92 billion in state and local tax revenue — saving Tennesseans in costs for public services. \nNashville’s attraction to visitors is global. The daily attraction of world-class music venues\, cultural activities\, sporting events and more\, not to mention the city’s mega-events are magnets for foreign visitors. Among the main industries that drive the economy\, tourism is emblematic of international outreach and bridge building among the tens of thousands of foreign visitors who come to Tennessee and Nashville. \nThe Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. web site says it all: \nMusic is the universal language. Nashville – where music is inspired\, created\, recorded and performed. Music City is ready to be explored. Experience more music\, food\, and fashion than ever before. All are welcome to Music City! \nJoin us on August 31st at 7pm for our discussion\, and your questions\, as Nashville’s Chamber President Ralph Schulz asks Nashville’s visitor majordomo\, Butch Spyridon\, about the health of the region’s hospitality industry and the contribution of tourism to Nashville’s brand. \n\n\nButch Spyridon\nPresident/CEO\, Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation (NCVC)\n\nButch Spyridon has served as president and CEO of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation (NCVC) since 1991. Under his leadership\, Nashville’s hospitality industry has evolved from an industry largely based on theme park and summer leisure travel\, to a year-round destination for convention\, business and leisure visitors. Hospitality’s evolution has made it the city’s second largest industry and elevated annual revenues to $4 billion. \nSpyridon has guided the industry through many challenging times. In the early 1990s\, Branson\, Missouri’s budding music draw put an undo public relations pressure on Nashville\, long-known has a haven for country music talent. Spyridon and the industry collaborated throughout the challenge by embracing the city’s diverse music community and growing its profile as a meeting destination. \nIn the decade following\, Spyridon would lead the industry through the closing of Nashville’s famed Opryland theme park\, a devastating downtown tornado\, and the national tragedy of 9-11. With each challenge\, Spyridon and the industry seized the opportunity to assess\, examine\, and plan ahead for growth. And with each challenge Nashville emerged as a better destination and recovered quicker than its peer markets. \nThat planning prompted Spyridon and the NCVC to develop new and innovative marketing strategies to grow sales\, including establishing city-wide events like Nashville’s July 4th and New Year’s Eve celebrations. Spyridon also worked within the community to transform signature events\, such as the CMA Music Festival\, making them more appealing to a wider audience and increasing their capacity to host more visitors. \nIn 2006\, Spyridon spearheaded Nashville’s first-ever\, city-wide branding initiative to grow the image of Nashville as Music City. In support of the initiative\, Spyridon and the NCVC created “Heroes Behind the Hits\,” a monthly show on Sirius XM Radio featuring Nashville songwriters\, established the Music City Walk of Fame\, and developed a multi-faceted Live Music Venue campaign. Initiatives such as these have helped to keep Nashvillein the top 25 hotel markets nationwide. \nSpyridon most recently championed the construction of the Music City Center\, new downtown convention center and headquarter hotel. The $585 million facility and adjacent Omni Hotel are scheduled to open in 2013. \nThroughout his career Spyridon has served on the boards of Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI) and Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA). He’s also been active in the local community\, serving on the boards of the Adventure Science Center\, Nashville Hotel and Lodging Association\, the Downtown Partnership\, the Music City Bowl\, the Museum of African American Music Art and Culture\, and Conservancy of the Parthenon and Centennial Park. \nSpyridon’s achievements have garnered numerous awards and accolades including Nashville Sales Executive of the Year Award\, the President’s Award from Meeting Professionals International\, and the Stephen Foster Award from Nashville Songwriters Association International and the Community Leader Award from the Tennessee MPI Chapter. \nA native of Pascagoula\, Mississippi\, Spyridon graduated fromVanderbilt University with a B.A. in Business Administration. After serving as manager of Travel and Conventions Department at the Mobile Chamber of Commerce\, and as Executive Director of the Baton Rouge Area Convention & Visitors Bureau\, Spyridon returned toNashville where he has served as CEO for the last 20 years. \nSpyridon is a graduate of the Institute of Comparative Political and Economic Systems at Georgetown University. \nRalph Schulz\nPresident/CEO\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nRalph Schulz was named president and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce by the Chamber’s board of directors in November 2006\, following a 30-year career in nonprofit management\, marketing and fundraising. In taking the position\, he accepted a leadership role at one of Middle Tennessee’s oldest and largest business federations\, an organization dating back to its founding in 1847. \nDuring his tenure\, the Chamber has played a key role in helping the region emerge from the 2007 recession to a period of unprecedented growth with a business relocation and expansion strategy known as Partnership 2020. Additionally\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce was the lead organization in the creation of the nationally recognized Nashville Entrepreneur Center and the passage of a public referendum supporting construction of the Music City Center convention facility. Since Schulz has taken on the role of president and CEO\, the Chamber has also led the movement to improve public school performance through the creation of the Academies of Nashville\, established the Moving Forward initiative to ensure the creation of a regional transportation solution through a cohesive community effort and developed into a respected publisher of data on the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area with the annual publication of the Vital Signs report. \nIn 2009\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce was named “Chamber of the Year” by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE)\, recognizing the Nashville Chamber’s organizational excellence\, service to members\, development of leaders and volunteers and its impact on key community priorities. The ACCE award referenced the Nashville Chamber’s role in the creation of Nashville for All of Us\,a campaign made up of community leaders aligned to defeat a 2009 charter referendum which would have prohibited Nashville city government from conducting business in a language other than English. The Chamber was also praised for its creation of A Leading Edge\, a broad range of programs aimed at helping Chamber members navigate the turbulent waters of the recession. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “GLOBAL NASHVILLE” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with community leaders. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/global-nashville-guest-host-ralph-schulz-with-butch-spyridon-nashville-visitor-leader/
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SUMMARY:Competing for the Future | Announcing Global Security Forum | Oct 1-2
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE | OCT 1-2\, 2021\n \nAnnouncing Global Security Forum 2021: Competing for the Future \nFrom space to cyber\, the currency of power is changing. \nGSF2021 will bring you an all-star lineup of leaders who redefined their fields\, shattered barriers\, and will reveal the technologies\, strategies\, and domains that will define the next decade of security and global competition. \nFeaturing top leadership from the U.S. military\, key allies\, emerging tech innovators and more\, including: The first woman to become a four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy; former Commander of U.S. Pacific Command and Ambassador to South Korea; Advisor to the National Security Agency on Emerging Technologies; former U.S. Defense Attaché to China; the first female officer in U.S. history to command a major Unified Combatant Command\, and more. \nGSF has brought the world’s top leadership directly to you – from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to General Daniel Hokanson\, Chief of the National Guard. This October\, generals\, experts\, and foreign leaders will convene to address the most critical global security issues of today and the opportunities of tomorrow. \nInnovation isn’t optional. It’s imperative. \n
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/competing-for-the-future-announcing-global-security-forum-oct-1-2/
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SUMMARY:International Career Panel: Across the Spectrum of Professions | Oct 6
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\, the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement\, Lipscomb University and the Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages \nInternational Careers Panel – Fall 2021\nGlobal Affairs Professions Across the Spectrum\n \n\n\nOctober 6\, 2021 – 5:30-7:00 pm CT\n\n\nModerator \n\nProfessor Susan Haynes\nAssistant Professor of Political Science\, Lipscomb University \nDIPLOMACY \n\nAllen DuBose\nDiplomat in Residence\, U.S. Southeast \nNATIONAL SECURITY/INTELLIGENCE \n\nDeborah Monroe\nU.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (Retired) and Former Senior Defense Liaison to the United Kingdom \nNGO SECTOR \n\nProfessor Wayne Barnard\, Belmont University and Former International Justice Mission\, Director of Student Mobilization \nU.S. PEACE CORPS \n\nMeghan O’Donoghue\, Former PCV Burkina Faso\, UVA PhD Candidate \n\nU.S. GOVERNMENT | US AID \n*** \n \nBilly Woodward\, U.S. Agency for International Development Official \n\n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/hsP2SAkNthXdNPtG53M-Ag”>International Career Panel: Across the Spectrum of Professions | Oct 6</a><br />
\n \n\n\nDo you wonder what jobs and careers there are in international affairs? There’s more than you think. Every Fall and Spring the World Affairs Council assembles diplomats\, business people\, NGO officials\, returned Peace Corps volunteers and more to talk about their experiences and insights and to answer your questions at this very popular panel. We routinely add a second panel each season to do a deep dive into a specific occupational field. \nTNWAC’s career panel on the theme “Women in International Business” is set for October 27\, 2021 at 5:30pm-7:00pm CT. \nABOUT OUR PANEL \nModerator: Professor Susan Haynes\nMember\, TNWAC President’s Advisory Board \nSusan Turner Haynes joined Lipscomb University as an assistant professor in 2015. Prior to her doctorate\, Haynes was selected as a Public Policy and Nuclear Threat (PPNT) fellow at the University of California\, San Diego. Haynes research specializes in Chinese nuclear strategy (Chinese Nuclear Proliferation: How Global Politics is Transforming China’s Weapons Modernization\, 2016). \nIn addition\, Haynes has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals\, including Asian Perspectives\, Asian Security\, PS: Political Science and Politics\, Strategic Studies Quarterly\, The Nonproliferation Review\, and Comparative Strategy. She has also authored chapters in the Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy\, and has a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge volume on Nuclear Modernization. Haynes has been invited to present her research at the Department of Defense Strategic Multilayer Assessment Group and at the Air War College. Haynes is a member of the International Studies Association and American Political Science Association and serves as a board member for the Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC). She serves as sponsor of the Lipscomb Model UN club and co-sponsor of the political science honor society\, Pi Sigma Alpha. \nAllen DuBose\nDiplomat in Residence\, U.S. Southeast \nAllen DuBose is a career U.S. Foreign Service officer who began his career with the U.S. Department of State in 2005. Prior to joining the U.S. Foreign Service\, DuBose worked in both finance and business operations at private sector companies including IBM\, Digital Equipment Corporation\, and Iridium LLC. \nDuBose is a Management career track officer and has previously served as a Vice Consul and Management Officer in Hermosillo\, Mexico\, General Services Officer in Guayaquil\, Ecuador\, and Management Officer in Dubai\, United Arab Emirates. He also served domestically in Management and Human Resources assignments in support of U.S. Missions in Latin America\, Europe\, and the Middle East. \nDiplomat in Residence DuBose graduated with a B.A. in economics from the College of William and Mary\, and received his M.B.A. in finance from Atlanta University. He speaks Spanish and is married with three children. \nDeborah Monroe\nU.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (Retired) and Former Senior Defense Liaison to the United Kingdom \nMs. Monroe served as an intelligence officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency from 1994 to 2021. Most recently\, she was the Senior US Defense Liaison Officer at the Pathfinder Intelligence Collaboration Center\, Directorate for Intelligence (DI)\, UK Ministry of Defence. From 2013 to 2016\, she served as the Information Review Task Force (IRTF) Senior Intelligence Officer assessing the impact of the compromise classified information on Department of Defense (DoD) Intelligence and Operations capabilities. From 2011 to 2013\, Ms. Monroe served as Deputy Chief of the Middle East and North Africa Office\, and as the Deputy Director for the Middle East and Africa Regional Center. From August 2010 to March 2011\, she was Intelligence Chief for the first DoD Information Review Task Force which was charged with assessing the impact of the leak of classified reports to WikiLeaks. Ms. Monroe served in a number of positions within DIA: Acting-Chief of the Defense Intelligence Open Source Program Office; Deputy Chief of the 200-member Counterproliferation Support Office (CPT); Executive Assistant to VADM Jake Jacoby\, Director\, DIA; and in a variety of positions in the Joint Chiefs of Staff Directorate for Intelligence\, J2. \nMs. Monroe’s civilian awards include: Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Exceptional Achievement Medal; DIA Director’s Award; DIA Award for Exceptional Civilian Service; DoD Science\, Technology\, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Role Model Award; DoD Analysis and Production Award; and Two DNI Meritorious Unit Citations. Ms. Monroe received an MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in 1999; an MBA from St. Ambrose University in 1994; and a BS in Journalism from Texas A&M University in 1987. She retired from the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2021 and currently resides in Nashville\, Tennessee. \nProfessor Wayne Barnard\, Belmont University and Former International Justice Mission\, Director of Student Mobilization \nMeghan O’Donohue\, Former PCV Burkina Faso\, UVA PhD Candidate \nMeghan O’Donoghue grew up in East Tennessee and got her undergraduate degrees from Tennessee Tech University. Following graduation\, she spent two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Burkina Faso\, working primarily in community health. Upon completing her Peace Corps service\, she moonlighted as a national park ranger at Great Falls Park in Virginia before teaching English to middle schoolers for an academic year in Limoges\, France. She is particularly interested in the cultural implications of language exchange in Francophone countries\, as well as Francophone political identity. \nDr. Wayne Barnard \nDr. Wayne Barnard serves on the faculty of the Department of Psychological Science and Neuroscience at Belmont University in Nashville\, TN\, teaching courses in clinical\, abnormal\, and developmental psychology\, and advising students in their educational and professional goals. He leads students on Study Abroad trips to Northern Ireland\, England\, Italy\, France\, and Spain. He previously served in leadership roles with International Justice Mission\, the largest anti-slavery organization in the world\, including directing the Intern and Fellows Program\, selecting\, training\, and deploying recent graduates and mid-career professional to serve in field offices worldwide. Dr. Barnard has a varied career\, working in ministry\, prison chaplaincy\, counseling\, higher education administration and teaching\, and international non-profits. He and his wife\, Dr. Mimi Barnard\, Associate Provost at Belmont University\, have two adult children\, Katie\, an international museum designer in NYC\, who lives in Brooklyn\, and Colin\, a former U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer\, and now a U.S. Navy Foreign Area Officer serving in Flensburg\, Germany at the German Naval Academy. \nBilly Woodward \nBilly Woodward joined the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2008. His first 10 years with USAID included assignments to Serbia\, Hungary\, Afghanistan\, Bangladesh\, and Ethiopia. For the past three years\, Billy has served in Washington\, DC in USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance with his two teenage sons using this time to reacclimate to a US lifestyle after almost a decade spent living abroad. Billy and his wife are Returned Peace Corps Volunteers\, serving in Romania from 2000-2002. Originally from Clarksville\, TN\, Billy earned his BA from the University of South Alabama and a MPA from the University of Oregon \nTNWAC invites colleges and other institutions to partner on presentation of this special program. Contact Pat Ryan < pat@tnwac.org > for info. \nTNWAC invites businesses and other institutions to sponsor this program. \n\nCHECK OUT OUR SPRING 2021 CAREER PANELS \n \nWomen In International Law \n \nDiplomacy: U.S. Foreign Service & the State Department \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/international-career-panel-multi-disciplinary-professions-oct-6/
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SUMMARY:China Town Hall | Local Connections\, National Reflections | Oct 19
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present \n \nOctober 19\, 2021 – 5:00-7:30 pm CT\n\n\nFrom Washington\, DC\n Fareed Zakaria\nCNN Worldwide Host and Author \nFrom Nashville\, Tennessee\nModerator\nPatrick W. Ryan\nLCDR\, USN (Ret); Founding President\, TNWAC \nProfessor Thomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nJohn Scannapieco\nAttorney\, Womble Bond Dickson (US) LLP; Global Business Specialist \nJeremy Goldkorn\nEditor in Chief\, SupChina.com; Co-host\, Sinica Podcast \nChina Town Hall | Local Connections\, National Reflections | Oct 19\n \nCNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria will be the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2021\, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our cities\, towns\, and communities. From supply chains to national security\, new technologies to climate change\, the future of both countries will be determined by their relations with one another and the global community. \nJoin the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations on Tuesday\, October 19 for a virtual event and Q&A with one of America’s leading foreign policy commentators\, as he examines the challenges and opportunities for both countries as they confront the most critical issues of the 21st century. \nThe National Committee is proud to partner with a wide range of institutions and community groups\, including colleges and universities\, world affairs councils\, and trade and business associations to bring this important national conversation to local communities around America for the 15th consecutive year. \nThe “local connections” portion of the China Town Hall includes a panel of distinguished Nashvillians who are experts in U.S. foreign policy and U.S. China relations. Starting at 5:30pm CT they will provide background\, context\, and analysis\, and will take you questions during the half-hour program prior to the Zakaria virtual presentation. They will return to continue the conversation at 7:00pm CT. \nFareed Zakaria \nFareed Zakaria hosts Fareed Zakaria GPS for CNN Worldwide and is a columnist for The Washington Post\, a contributing editor for The Atlantic\, and a bestselling author. \nFareed Zakaria GPS is a weekly international and domestic affairs program that airs on CNN/U.S. and around the world on CNN International. Since its debut in 2008\, it has become a prominent television forum for global newsmakers and thought leaders. \nInterviews on Fareed Zakaria GPS have included U.S. President Barack Obama\, French President Emmanuel Macron\, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao\, Russian President Vladimir Putin\, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Other past guests include military officials such as Gen. David Petraeus and Adm. Michael Mullen; corporate leaders such as Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi; and other public figures like Bill Maher and Bono. The program earned the prestigious Peabody Award in 2011 and has received multiple Emmy nominations. \nZakaria has regularly hosted primetime specials for CNN Worldwide\, such as “Blindsided: How ISIS Shook the World\,” “Why Trump Won\,” and “Putin: The Most Powerful Man in the World.” He frequently contributes his thoughtful analysis of world events and public affairs to CNN.com; Fareed’s Global Briefing\, a daily digital newsletter; and other programming across CNN’s multiple platforms. \nMore about Zakaria \nThomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020). The book has received considerable notice and acclaim. Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.” Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nMore about Schwartz \nJohn Scannapieco\nAttorney\, Womble Bond Dickson (US) LLP; Global Business Specialist; Member of the Board\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nJohn Scannapieco assists both US and foreign businesses engaged in the global economy. For more than three decades\, he has provided strategic guidance and counsel to businesses and individuals regarding their existing global operations or to those contemplating global expansion. \nJohn’s practice is focused on cross-border transactions. He assists domestic and foreign clients in connection with the sale or disposition of assets\, as well as the negotiation and drafting of distribution\, manufacturing\, employment and agency agreements throughout the world\, including the United States\, Central and South America\, Europe and Asia. He also advises companies that are contemplating pursuing a strategy in China\, as well as companies that are currently doing business in China or with Chinese businesses. In addition\, John assists US manufacturing companies with their activities overseas and foreign companies desiring to expand operations to the US. He works with US-based health care companies in a number of foreign jurisdictions\, including China\, Europe\, Central and South America and the Caribbean. John has also worked with several companies in connection with the expansion of their global workforce. \nJohn serves as Honorary Consul from Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Tennessee. He has been involved in TerraLex and Mackrell International\, two leading international legal networks. Through his involvement in these organizations\, he routinely helps clients locate resources\, including legal\, financial accounting or other assistance\, to complete transactions or to resolve disputes throughout the world. \nJeremy Goldkorn\nEditor in Chief\, SupChina.com; Co-host\, Sinica Podcast \nJeremy Goldkorn is editor-in-chief of SupChina and co-host of the Sinica podcast. He moved to China in 1995 and became managing editor of Beijing’s first independent English-language entertainment magazine. In 2003\, he founded the website and research firm\, Danwei\, which tracked Chinese media\, markets\, politics\, and business. It was acquired in 2013 by the Financial Times. He has lived in a worker’s dormitory\, produced a documentary film about African soccer players in Beijing\, and rode a bicycle from Peshawar to Kathmandu via Kashgar and Lhasa. He moved to Nashville Tennessee in 2015 and is a board member of the Tennessee China Network and a President’s Advisory Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/china-town-hall-local-connections-national-reflections-oct-19/
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Belmont President Jones | "Global Nashville with Karl Dean"
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean\nA Conversation with Belmont University President L. Gregory Jones\nOctober 26 at 7:00pm CT \n\n\n \nKarl F. Dean \n \nBelmont President L. Gregory Jones \nGlobal Nashville | Belmont President L. Gregory Jones\n \n \nGlobal Nashville explores the issues and developments that mark the city and region as part of the global network. Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talks with community leaders about their insights and perspectives. \n Join him on October 26th as he talks with Belmont University’s new President\, Dr. L. Gregory Jones\, about his ideas on global engagement and the mission of Belmont to produce citizens ready for the world. \nAbout Dr. L. Gregory Jones \nKnown for his entrepreneurial leadership and fundraising ability\, Dr. Greg Jones served as the longtime dean of Duke Divinity School from 1997-2010 and again from 2018 until becoming Belmont’s president on June 1\, 2021. Between 2010 and 2018\, he served in a variety of roles\, including vice president and vice provost for global strategy at Duke University and also as provost and executive vice president of Baylor University. In addition\, he has served in advisory and strategic roles with several foundations and educational institutions in the United States as well as in Armenia. \nDuring his time at Duke Divinity\, Jones strengthened the School’s financial trajectory\, diversified the faculty and staff and led a strategic planning process that garnered great enthusiasm for the school’s future\, all while setting new records for gifts to the Annual Fund and to the Divinity School overall. In addition\, he currently serves as a senior fellow at Leadership Education\, which he founded\, and senior fellow at the Fuqua-Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics\, both at Duke University. He is passionate about re-shaping cultures within and across organizations and has coined the term “traditioned innovation” to capture how he re-frames complex challenges to seize significant opportunities. \nJones’ tenures as dean were marked by significant growth in Duke Divinity School. More than $102 million was raised under his leadership in The Campaign for Duke (1998-2003)\, and major new initiatives begun during his tenure include the Center for Reconciliation\, the Thriving Rural Communities Program\, the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation\, the Clergy Health Initiative\, the Reynolds Program in Church Leadership and numerous international partnerships\, especially with the Methodist Church of Southern Africa\, the United Methodist Church in Cote d’Ivoire\, and the Center for Reconciliation’s Great Lakes Initiative which embraces the central-east African region. As Duke’s Global Strategist\, he led initiatives in China and India as well as helped to engage work in Singapore. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/conversation-with-belmont-president-jones-global-nashville-with-karl-dean/
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SUMMARY:International Career Panel: Women in International Business | Oct 27
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council and the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\, Lipscomb University and the Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages \nInternational Careers Panel – Fall 2021\nWomen in International Business\nOctober 27\, 2021 \n6:30pm-8:00pm ET / 5:30pm-7:00pm CT \nMODERATOR\n \nLucy Buck\, Haslam Scholars Program\, University of Tennessee \n\n\n \nBeth-Ann Martorello\, Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Officer at AllianceBernstein (AB) \n \nMasami Tyson\, Global Director of FDI and Trade\, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD)\n \n\n\nLulu Lim Copeland\, Executive Director TN-China Network; Independent Economic and Workforce Development Consultant\n \nRobin Reliford\, Head of Health and Safety\, WorldStrides\n \n \n\n \n\n\nDo you wonder what jobs and careers there are in international affairs? There’s more than you think. Every Fall and Spring the World Affairs Council assembles diplomats\, business people\, NGO officials\, returned Peace Corps volunteers and more to talk about their experiences and insights and to answer your questions at this very popular panel. \nJoin us on October 27th for a conversation with a distinguished panel of women working in global business fields. They will share with you what preparation they undertook to pursue their careers\, what the day to day life is like in their jobs and the pros and cons of the work they undertake. \nOUR PANEL \nLucy Buck\, Moderator \nLucy Buck is a senior at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville studying supply chain management and business analytics with a concentration in international business. Lucy is a member of the Haslam Scholars Program\, the premier honors program at the university. She also serves as the President of the International Business Club and the Vice President of the Management Society. Having spent her childhood living in Singapore and Bangalore\, India\, Lucy is fascinated by foreign affairs and is working toward having an international career in her future. \nBeth-Ann Martorello\, Senior VP\, Chief Audit Officer\, Alliance Bernstein (AB) \nBeth-Ann Martorello is a Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Officer at AllianceBernstein (AB). There she directs the global internal audit activities (IA) of AB and its subsidiaries. With a global audit team (US\, Europe & Asia)\, she is responsible for identifying and evaluating the financial\, operational\, technological\, and regulatory risks associated with the firm’s buy-side and sell-side business activities. Beth-Ann also directs the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) testing process in support of the firm’s SOX 404 certification requirement. During her tenure at AB\, she has performed infrastructure\, application\, operational and financial audits\, has conducted several fraud investigations\, developed the Quality Assurance Program\, drafted the Internal Audit procedure manual\, performed internal quality assessment reviews of AB’s IA and other IA departments\, and developed/implemented training/on-boarding programs\, and IA applications. Beth-Ann is an Executive Sponsor of Synergy Nashville\, the Women’s Employee Resource Group at AB. \nBefore joining AllianceBernstein\, Beth-Ann was with Barclay’s Internal Audit Department\, where she served in various positions\, including Support and Development\, and as IT Audit Associate. She graduated from NYU with a BA in History. She holds a Certification of Control Self-Assessment\, Certification of Information System Audit\, Certification of Risk and Information System Control and is accredited in Quality Assurance. Beth-Ann serves on the board of Nashville Cares and as Vice President for the IIA Nashville Chapter. \nMasami Tyson\, Global Director of FDI and Trade\, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) \nMasami Izumida Tyson joined the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development in 2018 as the Global Director of FDI and Trade. Her primary duties include: managing the international offices which identify companies from around the globe interested in doing business in Tennessee; supporting the business development team to recruit international companies to Tennessee and cultivating relationships with such companies; and developing relationships with various international agencies\, diplomatic channels and organizations in order to promote economic development in the State of Tennessee. She is also the State’s contact for any issues relating to trade. \nMasami was born and raised in Yokohama\, Japan and has lived in Nashville\, Tennessee for most of her adult life. Prior to holding her current position\, Masami held various attorney positions at global companies including Nissan North America as well as at a law firm. She has her B.A. and M.A. from Johns Hopkins University and her J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School. She is married to Dr. Rich Tyson\, a native of the U.K. and they have three children\, Joel\, Julia and Mei. \nLulu Lim Copeland\, Executive Director TN-China Network; Independent Economic and Workforce Development Consultant \n\n\n\nLulu Lim Copeland is an independent economic and workforce development consultant and the executive director of TN-China Network. She was the Executive Director of Economic and Workforce Development at Chattanooga State Community College\, with more than twenty years of experience in workforce development projects. Prior to joining Chattanooga State\, Lulu was the Engineering and Documentation Manager at Olan Mills for 13 years\, she also served as adjunct faculty with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s School of Engineering and Computer Science. Lulu is very active in the Chattanooga-area business and education communities. Lulu supports Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce programs and projects\, including as a board member of the Chamber’s International Business Council. She received her MS in Engineering Management and BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a certificate of architecture design from City College of New York. \n\n\n\nLulu is originally from Taipei\, Taiwan. She immigrated to the US in 1971. She currently lives in Chattanooga\, Tennessee. \n\nRobin Reliford\, Head of Health and Safety\, WorldStrides\nRobin Reliford leads domestic and international health\, safety\, and crisis management for WorldStrides\, monitoring world events\, implementing emergency protocols and procedures and working closely with executive management on policy development and compliance. A lawyer by training\, Robin has been a key voice in international education risk management since she first entered the field. She is a sought-after presenter on health and safety topics at national and international conferences\, and regularly shares best practices through her participation as a member of groups like the Overseas Advisory Council (OSAC) Academic Working Group and Pulse: Higher Educational International Health and Safety Professionals. \nRobin works closely with WorldStrides’ Tour Central and field operations teams around the world\, as well as partners like George Washington University Department of Emergency Medicine and WorldAware\, who have helped us to build the best health and safety infrastructure in the field of educational travel and study abroad. She received her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and her B.A. from West Chester University. She resides in Austin\, Texas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTNWAC’s Professions Across the Spectrum — representing multiple occupational fields — is set for October 6\, 2021 at 5:30pm-7:00pm CT. \nTNWAC’s career panel on the theme “Women in International Business” is set for October 27\, 2021 at 5:30pm-7:00pm CT. \nTNWAC invites colleges and other institutions to partner on presentation of this special program. Contact Pat Ryan < pat@tnwac.org > for info. \nTNWAC invites businesses and other institutions to sponsor this program. \n\nCHECK OUT OUR SPRING 2021 CAREER PANELS \n \nWomen In International Law \n \nDiplomacy: U.S. Foreign Service & the State Department \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/international-career-panel-women-in-international-business-oct-27/
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SUMMARY:Japan's Ambassador Koji Tomita | Global Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\, the Japan-America Society of Tennessee and Sister Cities of Nashville \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL\nH.E. Koji Tomita\nAmbassador of Japan to the United States\n\n\n \nNovember 2\, 2021\nRegistration: 5:30pm CT\nProgram: 6:00-7:00pm CT \nIn Person \nBelmont University\nJanet Ayers Academic Center Fourth Floor Conference Space C\n1803 15th Ave S\, Nashville\, TN 37212 \nJoin us for this special presentation by the World Affairs Council. Ambassador Koji Tomita is a seasoned diplomat — 30 years in Japan’s foreign service — and he will talk about the U.S.-Japan relationship\, economic developments\, strategic challenges and much\, much more. \nDon’t miss this chance to hear his insights and perspectives and pose your questions to the Ambassador. \nCOVID Protection Measures \nVaccination OR negative Covid test within 72 hours. Distancing among audience seating as feasible. Masks per Belmont policy.\n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/B4dnexD2dek-BPkm1By4PA”>Japan’s Ambassador Koji Tomita | Global Town Hall</a><br/> \nRead about the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship in a column by TNWAC President Patrick Ryan\, in “The Tennessean.” [Link] \nExcerpt: \nThe United States has long been a Pacific power but is focusing new attention on the importance of the region – political\, economic and in defense and security. In our State\, meanwhile\, the relationship with Japan is flourishing to the great benefit of both Tennesseans and our Japanese partners… \n…On November 2nd\, Nashville will host the Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Koji Tomita and his wife in a visit hosted by the Tennessee World Affairs Council. That evening he will talk with the community at a Global Town Hall at Belmont University about the depth and breadth of the U.S.-Japanese relationship\, and everyone is invited. \nAmbassador Tomita is likely to speak to more than the importance of national security and business relations. A key strength is the people-to-people ties. Whether it’s the Southern hospitality shown Japanese business people and their families in Tennessee cities and towns\, the exchanges of students and teachers\, or the gift of cherry trees\, symbolizing the bonds of friendship\, there are scores of ways Tennesseans and Japanese are connected. \nOur welcome for Ambassador and Mrs. Tomita on November 2nd will be one more expression of that friendship and you should join us at the Town Hall to make that welcome. \nROOM LOCATION/PARKING — LINK \n\nMore About Ambassador Tomita \n\n\n\n2021\nPresent\n\n\n2019\nAmbassador\, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Korea\n\n\n2018\nAmbassador\, Representative of the Government of Japan for the G20 Summit\n\n\n2015\nAmbassador\, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Israel\n\n\n2013\nDirector-General\, North American Affairs Bureau\n\n\n2012\nMinister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Chief of Mission\, Embassy of Japan in Washington\, DC\n\n\n2012\nMinister for Political Affairs\, Embassy of Japan in Washington\, DC\n\n\n2009\nDeputy Director-General (North American Affairs Bureau and Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau)\n\n\n2006\nMinister (Head of Political Section)\, Embassy of Japan\, UK\n\n\n2004\nMinister (Head of Political Section)\, Embassy of Japan\, Seoul\n\n\n2003\nDirector\, Policy Coordination Division\, Foreign Policy Bureau\n\n\n2001\nDirector\, National Security Policy Division\, Foreign Policy Bureau\n\n\n1999\nDirector\, Second International Organizations (OECD) Division\, Economic Affairs Bureau\n\n\n1997\nCounsellor\, Permanent Delegation of Japan to OECD\, Paris\n\n\n1981\nJoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs\n\n\n\n\nSPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS FOR SUPPORTING THE VISIT OF AMBASSADOR TOMITA TO NASHVILLE \nPLATINUM LEVEL SPONSORS \n \n \nGOLD LEVEL SPONSORS \n \n \n \n \n \nSILVER SPONSORS \n \n \n \nHOSTING PARTNER \n \n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/japans-ambassador-koji-tomita-global-town-hall/
LOCATION:Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center Fourth Floor Conference Space C\, 1803 15th Ave S\,\, Nashville\, TN\, 37212\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Global Nashville with Karl Dean\," guest Ralph Schulz\, Nashville Chamber
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean\nA Conversation with Ralph Schulz\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce President\nTuesday\, November 9th at 7:00pm CT \n \nRalph Schulz\nPresident\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \n\n\n \nKarl F. Dean \nGlobal Nashville | Belmont President L. Gregory Jones\n \nGlobal Nashville explores the issues and developments that mark the city and region as part of the global network. Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talks with community leaders about their insights and perspectives. \nJoin him on November 9th as he talks with Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce President Ralph Schulz to talk about business developments in the region. We should mention here our thanks to Mr. Schulz for standing in as a guest host of the “Global Nashville” program. In August he interviewed Butch Spridon\, head of the Nashville Convention and Visitor Corporation. [Link] \nMr. Schulz was a “Global Nashville” guest in January 2021 [Link] and in April 2020 [Link]\, talking about Nashville businesses’ resilience in the face of Covid and new developments in the community from international investments to the prospects for immigration to the area. \nOn Tuesday\, November 9th\, Mr. Schulz will be back with updates on the broad array of business issues in the region and his insights and perspectives on the global agenda in Nashville. \n \n“Global Nashville with Karl Dean\,” guest Ralph Schulz\, Nashville Chamber\n \nABOUT RALPH SCHULZ \n\n\nPresident and CEO\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\n\n\n\n\n\nRalph Schulz was named president and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce by the Chamber’s board of directors in November 2006\, following a 30-year career in nonprofit management\, marketing and fundraising. In taking the position\, he accepted a leadership role at one of Middle Tennessee’s oldest and largest business federations\, an organization dating back to its founding in 1847. More HERE \n\n\n\nPREVIOUS GLOBAL NASHVILLE APPEARANCES \nGlobal Nashville | Guest Host Ralph Schulz with Convention and Visitor Chief Butch Spyridon \nAugust 31\, 2021 \nhttps://youtu.be/oyegJy7N018 \nThe metrics were clear before the pandemic crushed global hospitality. Nashville and Tennessee were experiencing a boom in the tourism sector. The #1 leisure destination in the United States\, according to Global Traveler’s Leisure Lifestyle Awards. Reader’s Choice Award for Best Cities in the U.S.\, according to Conde Nast. A record-high $23 billion in visitor spending in the state in 2019 and trending higher\, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Travel in Tennessee generated 195\,000 jobs and $1.92 billion in state and local tax revenue — saving Tennesseans in costs for public services. Nashville’s attraction to visitors is global. The daily attraction of world-class music venues\, cultural activities\, sporting events and more\, not to mention the city’s mega-events are magnets for foreign visitors. Among the main industries that drive the economy\, tourism is emblematic of international outreach and bridge building among the tens of thousands of foreign visitors who come to Tennessee and Nashville. \nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean – Ralph Schulz \nJanuary 19\, 2021 \nhttps://youtu.be/nHN_qGMJMSY \nThere’s no shortage of issues impacting Nashville’s and Middle Tennessee’s well-being. On Tuesday evening\, January 19th former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talked with Ralph Schulz\, community leader and head of the Nashville Chamber. Join us for this review of important issues affecting you and your neighbors: the impact of the pandemic on business and the economy; the 2nd Avenue bombing aftermath and effects on the hospitality industry and the downtown; effects of new policies in the Biden Administration on immigration\, trade and more; the situation for small businesses shuttered or in hibernation as a result of COVID; and much more. \n“Global Nashville with Karl Dean” talks with Nashville Chamber’s Ralph Schulz \nApril 14\, 2020 \nhttps://youtu.be/C7yhssJD3_A \nIn this episode Karl Dean\, former Nashville Mayor\, talks with Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Ralph Schulz about the business environment in Nashville during this time of pandemic. What sectors are impacted the most and in what ways? How has the global economy and business relocations that are important to the region be affected? How are Nashville businesses and Nashvillians looking at the prospects for recovery? \n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/global-nashville-with-karl-dean-guest-ralph-schulz-nashville-chamber/
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SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Practice Match | Dec 5
DESCRIPTION:Updated: Nov 19\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nPRACTICE MATCH\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 @ 1PM CT\nVIA ZOOM\nMatch details TBA \nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below. TNWAC will contact all schools that pledge teams about participation in the Practice Match. \n \n \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of November 1\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-JANUARY 14\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nJANUARY 15-JANUARY 31\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nJANUARY 23\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nFEBRUARY 6\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-29\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-practice-match-dec-5/
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SUMMARY:Russia's Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the American Council on Germany present \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL \nvia Zoom \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nJanuary 17\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\n\n\nModerator \n \nProfessor Thomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Ambassador John Kornblum on U.S. & Europe Response\n \nRussian President Vladimir Putin has placed crosshairs on Ukraine\, a country he sees as linked to Russia and the people of Ukraine as “one people” with Russians. To back up this fixation with repairing a “historic injustice” Moscow has amassed an invasion force of over 100\,000 troops and supporting armor and aircraft near the border with Ukraine. President Biden\, leading the West’s response\, has threatened “massive consequences” to a Russian invasion of Ukraine. \nAmerican and Russian diplomats are set to meet in Geneva on January 10th followed by discussions with NATO and then the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). However\, the lines are drawn. Putin is demanding an end to NATO’s eastward expansion\, to include Ukraine\, and Biden and the West say there will be a very high economic price to pay as well as increased deployments on NATO’s eastern flank. \nWhat is the context for this provocation and what are the U.S. and Allies prepared to do? TNWAC has asked Ambassador John Kornblum to join us from Berlin for a conversation about the crisis — how we got to where we are and what are the courses of action ahead for the U.S. and Europe. \nAmbassador Kornblum is a preeminent authority on America’s relationship with Europe\, and Germany in particular. \nThe conversation will be guided by Distinguished Professor of History\, Dr. Thomas Schwartz\, of Vanderbilt University. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nThomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020). The book has received considerable notice and acclaim. Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.” Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nMore about Schwartz \n \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/russias-threat-to-ukraine-the-west-responds-ambassador-john-kornblum-on-u-s-europe-response/
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SUMMARY:Germany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \nand Belmont University Center for International Business\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL \nvia Zoom \nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nFebruary 1\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith \n \nDr. Liana Fix\nResident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Washington office \nAnd Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: Germany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Ambassador John Kornblum
\n \nWhen President Joe Biden met the press on January 19th he was candid when addressing consequences for Russia if it attacked Ukraine. “It depends on what [Putin] does as to what extent we’re going to be able to get total unity on the NATO front.” The White House quickly cleaned up what he “meant” to say. In the days since official statements continue to stress NATO solidarity but questions remain. \nFor example British aircraft carrying weapons to Ukraine flew “around” Germany sparking media questions about Berlin being onboard for support to Kiev\, despite Defense Ministry denials it restricted the flights. That was followed by the resignation of Germany’s Navy chief over controversial remarks about the threat to Ukraine. Writing for the Center for European Policy Analysis\, Oxana Schmies spoke of “Germany’s paralyzing fear of war\,” and warned that for the new government it was “worryingly clear that forging a united Russia policy is difficult and marred by underlying disagreement. [Link] \nAs the prospects of Russian provocation and action against Ukraine reach the boiling point it’s a fair question to ask where Germany “is\,” as the United States and allies lean forward in deterrence and preparation for response. \nTo address this question we turn to Ambassador John Kornblum\, preeminent authority on America’s relationship with Europe\, and Germany in particular. \nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. \nThe conversation will be guided by the President of the American Council on Germany\, Steven Sokol. \nQUESTIONS? \nSend your questions for Ambassador Kornblum to Questions@TNWAC.org \n\nYou can view Ambassador Kornblum’s January 17th TNWAC conversation about the Ukraine crisis on our YouTube channel and you can read the transcript. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Liana Fix is a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office\, while on sabbatical from the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/germanys-response-to-the-ukraine-crisis-ambassador-john-kornblum/
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SUMMARY:Russia's Threat to Ukraine: The Crisis Unfolds | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support. Help us celebrate 15 years of TNWAC’s global awareness programs this month.\n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \nand Belmont University Center for International Business\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL \nvia Zoom \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: \nThe Crisis Unfolds\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nFebruary 15\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The Crisis Unfolds | Ambassador John Kornblum\n \n \nThe conversation will be guided by the President of the American Council on Germany\, Steven Sokol. \nQUESTIONS? \nSend your questions for Ambassador Kornblum to Questions@TNWAC.org \n\nYou can view Ambassador Kornblum’s January 17th and February 1st TNWAC conversations about the Ukraine crisis on our YouTube channel. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\n\n\nTHANK YOU TO PROGRAM SPONSOR \n \n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/russias-threat-to-ukraine-the-crisis-unfolds-ambassador-john-kornblum/
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SUMMARY:“Post-Olympic China's Standing in the World” with Jeremy Goldkorn
DESCRIPTION:Global Summit Series\nPresented by the Center for International Business (CIB) at Belmont University in association with the Tennessee World Affairs Council\n“Post-Olympic China’s Standing in the World”\nwith Jeremy Goldkorn\n \nand Moderator\n \nProfessor Marieta Velikova\nWhat: Seminar on “Post-Olympic China’s Standing in the World” \nWhen: Wednesday\, February 23\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. \nWhere: Via Zoom & In-Person at Belmont University\, Massey Business Center\, Room 103. \nHow: Register below for the Zoom session or for your in-person invitation. \nBelmont students should attend in person. \n“Post-Olympic China’s Standing in the World” with Jeremy Goldkorn
\n \n\nJeremy Goldkorn\nEditor in Chief\, SupChina.com; Co-host\, Sinica Podcast \nJeremy Goldkorn is editor-in-chief of SupChina and co-host of the Sinica podcast. He moved to China in 1995 and became managing editor of Beijing’s first independent English-language entertainment magazine. In 2003\, he founded the website and research firm\, Danwei\, which tracked Chinese media\, markets\, politics\, and business. It was acquired in 2013 by the Financial Times. He has lived in a worker’s dormitory\, produced a documentary film about African soccer players in Beijing\, and rode a bicycle from Peshawar to Kathmandu via Kashgar and Lhasa. He moved to Nashville Tennessee in 2015 and is a board member of the Tennessee China Network and a President’s Advisory Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \nMarieta Velikova \nDirector of the Center for International Business and Professor of Economics\, Jack C. Massey College of Business\, Belmont University and Member TNWAC Board of Directors Dr. Velikova received her undergraduate degree from the People’s Friendship University of Russia. Her M.A. in Financial Economics and Ph.D. in Applied Economics were both earned at Mississippi State University\, where she worked as a research assistant\, academic tutor\, and instructor of economics. She teaches economics and international business courses in Belmont University’s Jack C. Massey College of Business\, where she also advises members of SIFE\, Students in Free Enterprise\, and has been involved in the creation of the IB Society\, an organization for students interested in international studies. Her research interests include macroeconomics and monetary economics; however\, her primary area of specialization is the effectiveness of deposit insurance coverage in the international banking system\, including U.S. banks. An article she authored\, entitled “Real Deposit Insurance Coverage at U.S. Banks\,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business and Leadership: Research\, Practice\, and Teaching. \nSource and for more: Belmont.edu \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/post-olympic-chinas-standing-in-the-world-with-jeremy-goldkorn/
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SUMMARY:War in Europe | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nWar in Europe\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nFebruary 25\, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m. CT\n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \n \nQUESTIONS? \nInclude your questions for Ambassador Kornblum when you register. \n\nYou can view Ambassador Kornblum’s January 17th\, February 1st and February 25th TNWAC conversations about the Ukraine crisis on our YouTube channel. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/war-in-europe-ambassador-john-kornblum/
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SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Practice Match | Feb 27
DESCRIPTION:Updated: Dec 28\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nPRACTICE MATCH\nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 @ 1PM CT\nVIA ZOOM\nMatch details: Check the slide deck from the December 5th practice match (here). Email pat@tnwac.org for a Word Doc of the questions/answers/match details. \nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below. TNWAC will contact all schools that pledge teams about participation in the Practice Match. \n \n \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of December 28\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \nTNWAC will follow the Covid-19 measures in place for the National Championship Match in Washington\, DC. This includes proof of Covid-19 vaccinations and use of masks by all participants. Details here. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-MARCH 4\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nMARCH 5-MARCH 21\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nMARCH 27\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-MAY 1\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-practice-match-jan-23/
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SUMMARY:The Unfolding War in Europe | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nThe Unfolding War in Europe\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nMarch 2\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith moderator\n \n\nDr. Breck Walker\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Ambassador John Kornblum\n \n\nCheck out the video\, transcript or Podcast of Ambassador Kornblum’s February 25th program on the war in Europe. HERE \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Breck Walker \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/the-unfolding-war-in-europe-ambassador-john-kornblum/
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SUMMARY:The Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16 | Online
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nThe Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nMarch 16\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith \n \nDr. Liana Fix\nResident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Washington office \nAnd Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation to TNWAC.org/donate when you register. Thank you. \n\n\nThe Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine \nThe unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine slogs into a third week and the war criminal in the Kremlin is backed into a corner. Vladimir Putin’s likely hoped for lightning strike into Kyiv to decapitate the Zelensky government and subjugate the country has bogged down amid Russian military incompetence and Ukrainian resolve and heroism. Yet despite the failure of Moscow’s army to snatch its grand prize in short order it is resorting to brute force to move forward\, violating the laws regulating conduct of warring parties\, jus in bello. Over two million Ukrainians have fled to safety across their western border and civilians are being targeted raising comparisons to Russian brutality in Chechnya and Syria. \nThe West has shown unity and commitment to Ukraine that would not have been forecast a year ago. The post-Cold War institutions are proving resilient and Putin’s desire to divide the democratic Allies has paradoxically proven to have bolstered NATO and EU and the international community resolve. Sanctions upon sanctions have surpassed anything seen by any other country as the global economy severs ties to the country. The Russian economy is in a nose-dive. NATO has rejected calls for a “no-fly zone” as tantamount to a direct NATO-Russia war\, but piles of sophisticated Western munitions and fighters from around the world are ready to flow into the battle. Ukrainian resolve is steeled daily by a modern-day Churchill in a Kyiv bunker who said to Putin\, “I am not afraid\,” said Zelensky\, and appearing on TV from his office\, “Come and get me.” \nSo\, how does this end. There does not appear to be an off-ramp for Putin\, who was characterized by one pundit as having ten forward gears and no reverse gear. Indeed\, CIA Director Bill Burns told Congress\, “Putin is angry and frustrated right now.” He added\, “The challenge he faces … he has no sustainable political endgame in the face of what is going to continue to be fierce resistance from the Ukrainians … He’s likely to double down and try to grind down the Ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties.” \nTo aid our understanding of this war that has reached Europe and is transforming the international system and the fate of nations\, the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council have been fortunate to enlist the authority of Ambassador John C. Kornblum for several programs: conversations about the looming war\, the reaction of Germany\, and the opening days of the unfolding conflict. [Videos here] He is an eminent American diplomat and businessman\, having served the United States: as Ambassador to Germany and to the OSCE\, as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs\, and numerous other posts in NATO and Europe. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Liana Fix\, Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (invited). They will talk about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and put it in perspective by discussing the lasting consequences. \nWar in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16\n \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Liana Fix is a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office\, while on sabbatical from the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Championship | March 27
DESCRIPTION:Updated: Dec 28\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nCHAMPIONSHIP\nMARCH 27\, 2021 @ 1PM CT\n(New Date) \nIN PERSON AT Belmont University\nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below. \n \n \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of December 28\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \nTNWAC will follow the Covid-19 measures in place for the National Championship Match in Washington\, DC. This includes proof of Covid-19 vaccinations and use of masks by all participants. Details here. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-MARCH 4\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nMARCH 5-MARCH 21\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nMARCH 27\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-MAY 1\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-championship-feb-6/
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SUMMARY:Why Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield
DESCRIPTION:Global Summit Series\nPresented by the Center for International Business (CIB) at Belmont University in association with the Tennessee World Affairs Council\n“Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”\nwith Gary Garfield\nformer Chairman\, President & CEO\, Bridgestone Americas \n\nWhat: Seminar on “Why Climate Change is a Business Matter” \nWhen: Wednesday\, March 30\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. \nWhere: Via Zoom & In-Person at Belmont University\, Massey Business Center\, Room 103. \nHow: Register below for the Zoom session or for your in-person invitation. \nWhy Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield\n \n\nGary Garfield \nRetired Chairman\, CEO and President of Bridgestone Americas\, Inc. Garfield initially joined Bridgestone Americas in the legal department in 1991\, eventually rising to the position of Vice President\, General Counsel\, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Bridgestone Americas. In March 2010\, he was promoted to Bridgestone Americas’ CEO and President\, and in January 2016 he was named as Executive Chairman of Bridgestone Americas. Over the last years\, he also was promoted to a series of executive positions within Bridgestone Corporation\, ultimately culminating in the position of Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of Bridgestone Americas’ parent company\, Bridgestone Corporation. \nHe has been Director of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce since July 03\, 2014 and served as an Independent Director of Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. since June 2015. He serves as a Director of Firestone Diversified Products\, LLC\, the Tennessee Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation\, the Nashville Ballet and the Middle Tennessee Council\, Boy Scouts of America. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Nashville Bar Association. He has been the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s Board of Trustees since January 2011. Since 2011\, he has also served on the Board of Visitors for Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Business. \nIn 2012\, Mr. Garfield was named National Chair for the Take Steps Be Heard walk program for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. He was a 2013 member of the Greater Nashville Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart Association and is serving as the 2015 Heart Walk Chairman. \nMr. Garfield holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Wittenberg University and his Juris Doctor from Cincinnati University. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/calendar/why-climate-change-is-a-business-matter-gary-garfield/
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SUMMARY:In-Person | Russia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the U.S. | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL\nIN PERSON\nRussia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the United States\n \nDr. Roger Kangas\, Ph.D.\nAcademic Dean and Professor \nNear East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies\, National Defense University \nMarch 31\, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m. CT\nwith Moderator \n\nDr. Thomas A Schwartz\, Ph.D. \nDistinguished Professor of History of U.S. Foreign Relations\, Vanderbilt University \n\nVenue: Belmont University\, Ayres Conference Center\, 4th Floor\, Janet Ayres Academic Center\, 1501 Wedgewood Ave\, Nashville\, TN 37212 \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nIn-Person | Russia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the U.S. | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31\n \nParking: The Janet Ayers Academic Center is located at the corner of Wedgewood and 15th avenues on the northern front of Belmont University’s campus. There is free\, lighted\, parking in the garage located underneath the building\, with elevator access to all floors. Entrances are located off of Wedgewood Avenue via the alley entrance and 15th Avenue\, through both roundabouts. \nThe Ayres Conference Room is on the 4th floor of the Academic Center. \nCAMPUS MAP http://www.belmont.edu/campus-map/files/campusmap.pdf \n\nDr. Roger Kangas \n“I come at [issues] more from a policy side. I do like to see myself as an academic but my day to day world takes me into the practical world. So you may hear me use the term prac-ademia.” \nDr. Roger Kangas – Academic Dean and a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. Previously Dr. Kangas served as a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the George C. Marshall Center for European Security in Garmisch-Partenkirchen\, Germany; Deputy Director of the Central Asian Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington\, DC; Central Asian Course Coordinator at the Foreign Service Institute for the U.S. Department of State; Research Analyst on Central Asian Affairs for the Open Media Research Institute (OMRI) in Prague\, Czech Republic; and as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi. \nDr. Kangas has been an advisor to the Combatant Commands\, NATO/ISAF\, the US Air Force Special Operations School\, National Democratic Institute\, International Research and Exchanges Board\, American Councils\, Academy for Educational Development\, USIA\, USAID\, and other US government agencies on issues relating to Central and South Asia\, Russia\, and the South Caucasus. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. Dr. Kangas holds a B.S.F.S. in Comparative Politics from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Indiana University. \nDr. Thomas A. Schwartz \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020). The book has received considerable notice and acclaim. Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.” Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nProfessor Schwartz has held fellowships from the Social Science Research Council\, the German Historical Society\, the Norwegian Nobel Institute\, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars\, and the Center for the Study of European Integration. He has served as President of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations. He served on the United States Department of State’s Historical Advisory Committee as the representative of the Organization of American Historians from 2005-2008. Professor Schwartz received The Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching on April 3\, 2013 at the Spring Faculty Assembly\, Vanderbilt University. In 2008 Professor Schwartz received the Annual Alumni Education Award from the Vanderbilt Alumni Association. Schwartz is the recipient of the 2008 Book Award by Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order. This award is given to a faculty member who has been particularly influential in the lives and education of members of KAO. Professor Schwartz presented\, “The Arab Spring: Revolution in the Middle East\,” on April 19\, 2011\, as part of the Samuel L. Shannon Distinguished Lecture Series at Tennessee State University. Professor Schwartz has also presented lectures for the OAH Distinguished Lecturers Program. \n\nTNWAC needs your support now more than ever. With a suggested donation of $100\, you can help the Council continue to offer free\, public programming to discuss global issues of critical importance to Americans’ security and prosperity. \nThank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH – BELMONT UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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SUMMARY:The War in Ukraine: How Will this End? | Amb John Kornblum | Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nThe War in Ukraine: How Will This End?\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nWednesday\, April 13\, 2022 \n@ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith \n \nDr. Liana Fix\nResident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Washington office \nAnd Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation to TNWAC.org/donate. Thank you. \n\n\nThe War in Ukraine: How Will This End? \nAlthough there has been a withdrawal of Russian troops in the north of Ukraine\, the images of death and destruction from places like Bucha mark a grim turning point in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Join the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Liana Fix\, Program Director in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin\, about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and its lasting consequences. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Liana Fix\, Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (invited). They will talk about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and put it in perspective by discussing the implications and possible paths ahead. \nPreviously in this series: \n\nImplications and Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Mar 16 | Video | Transcript\nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Mar 2 | Video | Transcript\nWar in Europe | Feb 25 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine | The Crisis Unfolds | Feb 15 | Video | Transcript\nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Feb 1 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Jan 17 | Video | Transcript \n\n \nWar in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16\n \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Liana Fix is a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office\, while on sabbatical from the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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