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SUMMARY:LTG ANTHONY HALE
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\n\n\n(Coming Soon)\n\n\nSpeaker:\nLTG ANTHONY HALE\n\nLieutenant General \nLieutenant General Anthony R. Hale is the current Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (G-2) of the United States Army. Prior to his current role\, LTG Hale served as the Commanding General and Commandant of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence at Fort Huachuca\, Arizona\, from August 2020 to July 2023. He also held the position of Director of Intelligence\, J-2\, at the United States Special Operations Command and served in various intelligence capacities during operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. LTG Hale holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from North Carolina State University and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. \n  \n  \n\n\nRegister Now\nInternational Career Panel | April 3\, 2024\n \n\n\n\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.
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SUMMARY:NATO’s Ambitious Agenda—Preparing for the Future
DESCRIPTION:“NATO’s Ambitious Agenda—Preparing for the Future”\n\nAs NATO celebrates its 75 years of Collective Defense\, the Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) will host a discussion featuring Major General William Hickman\, US Army (retired)\, a veteran with extensive NATO experience. The event will focus on NATO’s evolution since the Cold War and its current focus on a 360-degree approach to deterrence and defense. The discussion will revolve around the NATO 2022 Strategic Concept and the 2023 Strategic Foresight Analysis\, both important documents outlining the Alliance’s future. He assisted in drafting NATO’s first Military Strategy since the Cold War\, started the initial work for NATO’s Warfighting Capstone Concept\, and represented ACT in NATO’s Defense Planning focused on long-term military capabilities.\n \n  \nTuesday\, November 12\, 2024 I 11:30 am – 1:00 pm \n* Luncheon Event * \nBass\, Berry & Sims\n150 3rd Ave. South Suite 2800\nNashville\, TN 37201 \n\n  \nSPEAKER:\nMajor General William Hickmann – US Army (Retired) \nMajor General William B. Hickman\, US Army (Retired)\, brings decades of military leadership and strategic insight to his role as a commentator on defense and security issues. As a former NATO’s Director of Strategic Plans and Policy\, Hickman is well-versed in alliance dynamics and global security challenges. His distinguished career underscores his commitment to advancing international security cooperation and readiness. \n\n\n  \nRegister Now\n  \nSpecial Needs\, Accommodations\, and Event Questions: \nWe strive to be open and inclusive with our events. Please contact us at either info@TNWAC.org or at (309) 550-0782 if you need any accommodations\, special requests\, or have additional event-related questions. \nInternational Career Panel | April 3\, 2024\n \n\n\n\n\n \nOUR MISSION: \nAs a nonpartisan nonprofit organization\, we aim to promote international awareness\, understanding\, and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nOUR VISION: \nTo create a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \nRegister Now \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/natos-ambitious-agenda-preparing-for-the-future-2/
LOCATION:Bass\, Berry & Sims\, 150 Third Avenue South Suite 2800\, Nashville\, TN\, 37201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:NATO AT 75: THE WAY AHEAD (Memphis)
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Rhodes College Presents \n“NATO AT 75: THE WAY AHEAD “\n \n\nThursday\, November 14\, 2024 I 5:30pm – 7:30pm \n** free event ** \nRhodes College (Buckman Hall in Blount Auditorium) \n2000 North Parkway – Memphis\, TN 38112 \nSpecial Needs\, Accommodations\, and Event Questions: \nWe strive to be open and inclusive with our events. Please contact us at either info@TNWAC.org or at (309) 550-0782 if you need any accommodations\, special requests\, or have additional event-related questions. \nRegister Now\n\n\nSPEAKERS:\nMajor General William Hickman – US Army (Retired) \nHickman served 36 years in the United States Army\, much of which was spent deployed to Europe and the Middle East. He commanded troops in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. In 2005-2006\, he was a senior leader in the Train and Assist Command in Iraq. In 2007-2008\, he commanded troops during the surge in Baghdad. He finished his Army service\, first as the deputy commander of US Army Central in Kuwait\, supporting operations across the Middle East with an emphasis on Iraq\, Syria\, and Afghanistan. \nHis final assignment was as the Director of Strategic Plans and Policy at the Allied Command Transportation\, Norfolk\, Virginia. Since retiring from the US Army\, Hickman has published a political science textbook\, Understanding the US Military\, as a co-editor. Additionally\, as a Lecturer in Political Science\, he co-taught a Vanderbilt undergraduate class on the Iraq War (Spring Semester 2024). \nHickman earned his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Vanderbilt University and was commissioned as a second lieutenant through the ROTC program. He later earned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Vanderbilt University and a Master’s Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. \n \n\n\nProfessor Yannis A. Stivachtis \n\n\nYannis A. Stivachtis is Professor of Political Science and holder of the Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech. He also serves as the Director of the Center for European & Transatlantic Studies (CEUTS)\, which is recognized by the European Commission as a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence. His research and teaching interests include the study of regional international systems in Europe and Eurasia; international/European security; and EU’s strategy\, and foreign and security policy. He is the editor of the Critical European Studiesbook series (Routledge) and co-editor of the Athens Journal of Mediterranean Studies. He currently serves as Senior Advisor of the Center for European and Mediterranean Affairs (CEMA) of the Athens Institute for Education & Research (ATINER\, Greece); Advisory Board member of the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (Bellevue University); and Senior Advisor of the Research Institute for European & American Studies (RIEAS\, Greece). He has authored and edited several books and has published numerous journal articles and book chapters. \nPrior to arriving in Virginia Tech in 2005\, Professor Stivachtis served initially as Research Fellow and later on as Consultant at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) where he was involved in UNIDIR’s European Security Program that focused on the implementation of the INF and CFE treaties\, as well as in the institution’sMiddle East Peace Program that investigated the possibility of cooperative security and non-offensive defense arrangements in the region as a way to achieve regional peace and stability. Later on\, he served as Research Fellow at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) focusing on issues related to cooperative security and arms control. He also served as Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Studies of the Austrian Ministry of Defense and Research Fellow at the Austrian Institute of European & Security Policy. \n  \n \nMajor General Albert C. Harvey \nMr. Harvey\, of counsel\, at Lewis Thomason’s Memphis office\, is a senior member of the firm. He has an extensive practice in federal and state courts defending doctors\, lawyers\, architects\, engineers\, and other professionals. He is involved in complex business litigation\, intellectual property disputes\, and securities cases. Mr. Harvey has a special interest in national security and governmental affairs and frequently lectures\, teaches\, and consults with clients on these matters. In addition\, he has served at the state and national levels on setting ethical standards for lawyers and judges. Mr. Harvey recently retired from the United States Marine Corps Reserve with the rank of Major General. \nAFFILIATIONS\n• American Bar Association\n• Tennessee Bar Association\n• Memphis Bar Association \nPROFESSIONAL HONORS AND ACTIVITIES\n• Member\, Irish Legal 100\n• Member\, American Bar Association House of Delegates\n• Selected by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell as Elite Lawyer of the South\n• Former law clerk to Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Larry Creson\n• Former Assistant Public Defender for Shelby County\n• Listed in “Who’s Who in America”\n• Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers\n• Named to The Best Lawyers in America®\, Ethics & Professional Responsibility Law\, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants\n• Holds the highest rating\, AV\, from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory\n• Former president of both the Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations\n• Former member\, Board of Governors of the American Bar Association\n• Served on the Committee on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (Ethics 2000) and on the council of the litigation section.\n• Fellow\, American College of Trial Lawyers\n• Fellow and chair\, Tennessee Bar Foundation\n• Master of the American Inns of Court\n• Member\, American Board of Trial Advocacy\n• Recipient\, Lawyer’s Lawyer Award\, Memphis Bar Association\, 2008 \nModerator:\n \nDr. Kevin Galambos \nDr Kevin Galambos is Assistant Professor of International Studies and the J.S. Seidman Research Fellow at Rhodes College in Memphis\, Tennessee. Dr Galambos completed his undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Political Science from Emory University in Atlanta\, Georgia. He recently completed his PhD in Government at the University of Texas\, Austin (hook ‘em) where he was a Graduate Fellow with the Clements Center for National Security. Dr Galambos was previously a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Aspiring Powers Initiative at the University of Arizona and has served as the Managing Editor for the academic journal Conflict Management and Peace Science. He currently teaches undergraduate courses on International Relations and Security Studies. \nDr Galambos’ research broadly looks at questions of international security\, foreign policy\, and war. His dissertation project\, focused on military exercises\, addresses questions about the conditions under which war games take place; their influence on public opinion in countries hosting exercises; and how multinational training socializes soldiers to rules of war and respect for human rights. He is interested in explaining international cooperation at the local\, regional\, and global levels and ramification of these events regarding alliances\, arms trade\, and conflict.   His research uses quantitative research designs like network analysis\, Monte Carlo simulations\, and formal game theory. Dr Galambos has presented his research at various conferences of the American Political Science Association\, Southern Political Science Association\, International Studies Association\, and International Peace Science Society; and has been published in International Studies Quarterly and International Theory. A native of Oak Ridge\, Tennessee\, he is happy to be back in the Volunteer State and looks forward to collaborating with scholars and policymakers with similar research interests. \n\n\n  \n \nInternational Career Panel | April 3\, 2024\n \n\n\n\n\n OUR MISSION: \nAs a nonpartisan nonprofit organization\, we aim to promote international awareness\, understanding\, and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nOUR VISION: \nTo create a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \nRegister Now \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/nato-at-75-the-way-ahead-memphis/
LOCATION:Rhodes College\, 2000 North Parkway\, Memphis\, TN\, 38112\, United States
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