Weekly News | July 18, 2016
Your weekly summary of news and information from your World Affairs Council will keep you up to date.
Weekly News | July 18, 2016
Your weekly summary of news and information from your World Affairs Council will keep you up to date.
Postcard from Kurdistan
Kurdistan Regional Government Representative Bayan Sami Rahman, who was our April distinguished visiting speaker, shared a video from Erbil, Iraq, the capital city of the Kurdistan Region.
Weekly News | July 4, 2016
Your weekly summary of news and information from your World Affairs Council will keep you up to date.
Weekly News | Jun 27, 2016
Here’s a summary of what’s happening at your World Affairs Council.
Weekly News | Jun 27, 2016
Here’s a summary of what’s happening at your World Affairs Council.
Talking about the World Affairs Council | “Cumberland Viewpoint” Radio Show
Tennessee World Affairs Council President Patrick Ryan was interviewed for the “Cumberland Viewpoint” radio show by Dave Johnson on May 14, 2016. The show is broadcast across the Upper Cumberland and Middle Tennessee region of the state. They talked about the World Affairs Council’s programs such as Academic WorldQuest and the Distinguished Visiting Speaker Program, including visits by diplomats like the Ambassadors of Russia and Ireland. They also talked about the upcoming program calendar.
Commentary | Raising New Flags and Hopes in US-Cuba Relations
This week President Barack Obama is making the first visit of a U.S. head of state in 88 years as the thaw in US-Cuban relations reaches a new stage. On the occasion of the landmark visit The Tennessean asked the World Affairs Council’s president Patrick Ryan to share a perspective on developments in the relationship in an op-ed.
Commentary | Raising New Flags and Hopes in US-Cuba Relations
This week President Barack Obama is making the first visit of a U.S. head of state in 88 years as the thaw in US-Cuban relations reaches a new stage. On the occasion of the landmark visit The Tennessean asked the World Affairs Council’s president Patrick Ryan to share a perspective on developments in the relationship in an op-ed.
Martin Luther King High School Wins 2016 Tennessee International Affairs Championship
It took an intense, three and a half hour contest, answering 100 questions on ten global affairs topics in a competition among ten teams from three states for four students from Martin Luther King, Jr., Magnet High School in Nashville to emerge as the WorldQuest Tennessee State Champions and earn a trip to the World Affairs Councils of America national competition in Washington, DC.