Global Perspectives U.S.-Japan Relations On the occasion of the visit of Ambassador of Japan Koji Tomita and Mrs. Tomita to Nashville, the World Affairs Council was invited to contribute a guest column to “The Tennessean.” It was a pleasure to share my perspective on the importance of the relationship to the security and prosperity of...Read More
Global Dialogue + Talking with Author Carla Power “Home, Land, Security: Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism” In “Home, Land, Security: Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism,” Carla Power explores what draws young people to violent extremism and what could bring them back to society. Through a series of interviews with mothers of...Read More
Do 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....Read More
A global affairs awareness service provided by the Tennessee World Affairs Council CLICK IMAGE FOR QUIZ Thanks to quiz masters McKinney Harwood and Patrick Ryan and @TNWAC News Editor Campbell Lahman for this week’s quiz. LAST WEEK’S QUIZ WINNERS David Hillinck, Huntsville, AL Lee Maki, Peoria, IL Patricia Miletich, Nashville, TN Steve Freidberg, Boston, MA...Read More
TNWAC This Week October 26, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: It’s a very busy week at the World Affairs Council. We have three programs for you this week and we’re readying for a reception and Global Town Hall next week with the Ambassador of Japan to the United States. In addition to tonight’s “Global Nashville...Read More
TNWAC This Week October 21, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: China… Earlier this week one email in the pile included a note from Foreign Affairs editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan with word of their new issue. In the tease he wrote this: “In September, in his first address to the UN General Assembly as president, Joe Biden...Read More
A global affairs awareness service provided by the Tennessee World Affairs Council CLICK IMAGE FOR QUIZ Thanks to quiz masters Keira Larson and Patrick Ryan and @TNWAC News Editor Campbell Lahman for this week’s quiz. LAST WEEK’S QUIZ WINNERS Patricia Paiva, Nashville, TN Deborah Monroe, Nashville, TN Donna Hefner, Ponte Vedrà Beach, FL Nancy Williams,...Read More
TNWAC This Week October 12, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: Thirteen million Venezuelans are about to arrive in American cities to be absorbed as refugees from a failing authoritarian nation. What would the social and political implications be? That’s what has happened, proportionally, in Colombia. The nation of 50 million is taking in two million...Read More
A global affairs awareness service provided by the Tennessee World Affairs Council CLICK IMAGE FOR QUIZ Thanks to quiz master Patrick Ryan and @TNWAC News Editor Campbell Lahman for this week’s quiz. LAST WEEK’S QUIZ WINNERS Guy Muhire, Nashville, TN Angela Weck, Peoria, IL Lee Gray, Sharjah, UAE Christine Laemmer-Faber, Brookfield, WI Nancy Williams, Rochester,...Read More
The Tennessee World Affairs Council in association with Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present a Global Dialogue Conversation with Ambassador Juan Carlos Pinzón Ambassador of Colombia to the United States Click on image for video Click on image for Podcast or look for the “Global Tennessee” series...Read More
