In this episode recorded June 16, 2020, TNWAC President Patrick Ryan talks with Nancy Lindborg, President of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). They discussed: – Ms. Lindborg’s background and how she came to work in international affairs especially the world of peace and conflict. – The United States Institute of Peace, in its...Read More
Ambassador Charles “Dick” Bowers and LCDR Patrick Ryan tick through the top 5 items in the week’s news and provide analysis and commentary. This week the were joined by Gillian Sjoblom, guest co-host, to talk about the recent release of the 2020 Global Peace Index. Topics: 1 – Global Covid Update 2 – U.S.-Iraq Strategic...Read More
Designing an Economic Model for Nashville as a city of the Future Join former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean in his conversation with Amr El-Husseini, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, consultant, and business leader in what will be a stimulating conversation about the future of Nashville’s economy in the wake of current global events. As founder and...Read More
Ambassador Charles “Dick” Bowers and LCDR Patrick Ryan tick through the top 5 items in the week’s news and provide analysis and commentary. Topics: 1 – Global Solidarity BLM/George Floyd 2 – Troop Reductions in Germany 3 – China Propaganda Attacks 4 – Libya 5 – Israel West Bank Annexation Charles Richard (Dick) Bowers served...Read More
Karl Dean, former Nashville Mayor talks with Dr. James Hildreth about the Covid-19 global pandemic. James E.K. Hildreth, Ph.D., M.D. is the 12th president and chief executive officer of Meharry Medical College, the nation’s largest private, independent historically black academic health sciences center. He was born and raised in Camden, Arkansas. In 1975, he began...Read More
This Week’s Topics: 1 – Covid News – • The Numbers • UK – L’affaire Dominic • The Americas – New Global Hotspot • WHO and hydroxychloroquine – safety fears 2 – China – Two Sessions 3 – China – Hong Kong 4 – Brazil – Bolsonaro and Covid 5 – North Korea and Nuclear...Read More
IBC Global Update International Business Council of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Consul General Staunton provides an update on the UK response to Covid-19, Brexit and the U.S.-UK Trade Agreement negotiations that are just beginning. Moderating the event was British Honorary Consul and IBC advisory board member John Scannapieco. Americans and the British are...Read More
As part of Harvard’s American Diplomacy Project: A Foreign Service for the 21st Century, Americans who are “tuned in” to world affairs are asked to contribute their perspectives to this non-partisan national discussion of how to revitalize and modernize American diplomacy and the U.S. Foreign Service. The goal is to generate specific proposals to be...Read More
Today’s Topics: 1 – Covid News – World Health Assembly 2 – China – Belt and Road Trip 3 – Global Energy – Cheap Oil and the Outlook 4 – Afghanistan – Peace and Covid 5 – International Criminal Court in America’s Crosshairs Your Hosts: LCDR Patrick Ryan, USN (Ret), President, Tennessee World Affairs Council...Read More
