The Tennessee World Affairs Council is proud to present Gaza and its Regional Reverberations: A Crucible for the Emerging Order in the Middle East?   via Zoom Tuesday, May 21, 2024 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. CT The Middle East is at a hinge moment. The old order is collapsing, and a new one has yet to...Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council is proud to present China Engagements in Africa and Latin America and the Implications for US Strategic Relations and Interests via Zoom Wednesday, April 17, 2024 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. CT This discussion will focus on Chinese engagements in Africa and Latin America, and the implications for US strategic relations and...Read More

PRESENTS In Person at Belmont University Monday, May 06, 2024 5:30 Registration and Networking6:00-7:00 Keynote Address Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 rattled the international order that the United States helped establish and lead since World War II. Today, the threat of further aggression in Europe continues to galvanize U.S....Read More

AND PRESENT In Person at Belmont University Thursday, April 11, 2024 5:30 Registration and Networking6:00-7:00 Keynote Address Eyewitness to History: Lessons from Two Decades Covering the World NPR’s Frank Langfitt has reported from more than 50 countries and territories since the late 1990s. In a video and audio presentation, Frank recounts the history he’s witnessed...Read More

AND PRESENT DISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER PROGRAM GLOBAL TOWN HALL In Person China and U.S. Interests in the Indo Pacific Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, USMC (Ret) at Belmont University Barbara Massey Rogers Center Board Room, 1900 Belmont Blvd., Nashville Thursday, March 14, 2024 5:30 Registration and Networking 6:00-7:30 Program The global security situation today is increasingly...Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council International Careers Panel via Zoom Wednesday, April 3, 2024 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. CT   PANELISTS:  Dr. Sarah F. Gardial, Louis Fintor, Penelope Thomas, Soo Koo MODERATOR: Dr. Gretchen Neisler   Do you wonder what jobs and careers there are in international affairs?  There’s more than you think.  Every Fall and...Read More

Join us for a conversation with distinguished historian Dr. Thomas Schwartz of Vanderbilt University and Dr. Breck Walker about U.S. foreign policy.Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council presents: Global Nashville with Karl Dean: Conversation with  Dr. Sarah Gardial Dean, Belmont University Massey School of Business   Friday, March 1, 2024 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.     About the Speaker: Sarah Fisher Gardial, PhD Dean, Jack C. Massey College of Business Sarah Fisher Gardial joined Belmont University...Read More

To mark the occasion of visiting distinguished speaker Ambassador Charles Ray’s Tuesday programs in Nashville, TNWAC Chairman Karl Dean and President Emeritus shared their perspective on American diplomacy and its preparation for America’s future on the world stage. This column, their own views, was published in The Tennessean on January 21, 2024. Is American diplomacy...Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council Board of Directors and staff are saddened to share that Ambassador John Kornblum has passed away. He was a member of the TNWAC Advisory Board and regularly shared his insights and expertise in the Council's distinguished speaker program.Read More