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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: The End of Globalization | Apr 30
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nThe End of Globalization\nApril 30\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nMelissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D.\nFaculty in Residence\, Capital University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-the-end-of-globalization-apr-30-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: The End of Globalization | Apr 30
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nThe End of Globalization\nApril 30\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nMelissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D.\nFaculty in Residence\, Capital University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-the-end-of-globalization-apr-30-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Role of Int'l Organizations in a Global Pandemic | Apr 23
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nRoles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic\nApril 23\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nGillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue.\n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-role-of-intl-organizations-in-a-global-pandemic-apr-23-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Role of Int'l Organizations in a Global Pandemic | Apr 23
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nRoles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic\nApril 23\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nGillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue.\n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-role-of-intl-organizations-in-a-global-pandemic-apr-23-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Role of Int'l Organizations in a Global Pandemic | Apr 23
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nRoles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic\nApril 23\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nGillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue.\n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-role-of-intl-organizations-in-a-global-pandemic-apr-23/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Special Colloquium | Iran: From the Inside Out | Apr 22
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to offer this important global affairs awareness program produced by the International Relations Council\, Kansas City\, a sister organization in the network of World Affairs Councils of America.  \nWe extend special thanks to friends at IRC KC for including TNWAC in this world-class presentation.  \nIran From the Inside Out\n\nThursday\, April 22\, 2021\n9:00 am – 3:00 pm CT\nJoin this special event for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nThe timing of this colloquium is intentional – the US is at a critical juncture. The new Biden administration has rare bipartisan support from Congress – support for a fresh policy that reinstates limits on Iran’s nuclear program\, curtails its ballistic missile program\, and addresses its malign behavior throughout the Middle East – all this coinciding with upcoming presidential elections in the Islamic Republic. \nParticipants include:\n\n\n\nRobin Wright\, USIP – Wilson Center\nHossein Mousavian\, Princeton University\nChris Hoch\, ODNI\nEbtesam Al-Ketbi\, Emirates Policy Center\nBilal Saab\, Middle East Institute\nMartin Indyk\, Council of Foreign Relations\nJon Alterman\, CSIS\nLucille Greer\, Wilson Center\nMark Katz\, George Mason\nFathollah-Nejad\, Brookings Institute\nAlex Vatanka\, Middle East Initiative\nSusan Maloney\, Council of Foreign Relations\nVali Nasr\, Johns Hopkins SAIS\nBarbara Slavin\, Atlantic Council\n\n“Red teaming” is an analytic tool born from past failures to challenge assumptions\, ignore disconfirming evidence\, and disregard alternative perspectives. The resultant red team framework stress-tests strategies and mitigates group think by examining problem sets from myriad perspectives. \nThe goal of Red Teaming Iran: From the Inside Out is to “stress-test” participants’ thinking of the Iranian security challenge by examining it from the eyes of myriad perspectives: the Iranian perspective\, the Middle East perspective\, the P5+1 perspective\, and finally – how these perspective might inform the US perspective. ​ \nFormat: Virtual \n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n9-9:15 a.m. CT: Introduction: Chris Hoch\, National Intelligence Officer for Iran\, ODNI \n9:15-10:15 a.m. CT: Keynote Discussion: The Iranian perspective \n\nHow Does Iran View Itself? (15 minutes) Robin Wright\, USIP – Wilson Center\nHow Does Iran View Its Neighbors? (15 minutes) Hossein Mousavian\, Princeton University\nModerated Q&A (30 minutes) Chris Hoch\, ODNI\n\n10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. CT: Panel 1: Middle East perspective: GCC & Israel \n\nHow Do the GCC View Iran? Ebtesam Al-Ketbi\, Emirates Policy Center\nHow Do the GCC View Iran – An Alternative View? Bilal Saab\, Middle East Institute\nThe Israeli Variable. Martin Indyk\, Council of Foreign Relations \nModerated Q&A Jon Alterman\, Jon Alterman\, CSIS\n\n11:45-12:30 p.m. CT: Lunch break: Student Undergraduate Research presentation \n12:30-2 p.m. CT: P5+1 Perspective: China\, Russia & EU members \n\nChina & Iran. Lucille Greer\, Wilson Center\nRussian & Iran. Mark Katz\, George Mason\nThe EU & Iran. Fathollah-Nejad\, Brookings Institute\nModerated Q&A – Alex Vatanka\, Middle East Initiative\n\n2-3 p.m. CT: Keynote Discussion: Implications to US Strategy & Policy \n\nImplications to the Biden Administration – A Hawkish Perspective\, Susan Maloney\, Council of Foreign Relations\nImplications to the Biden Administration – an Alternative Perspective\, Vali Nasr\, Johns Hopkins SAIS\nModerated Q&A (30 minutes). Barbara Slavin\, Atlantic Council\n\n \n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/colloquium-iran-from-the-inside-out-apr-22/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Special Colloquium | Iran: From the Inside Out | Apr 22
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to offer this important global affairs awareness program produced by the International Relations Council\, Kansas City\, a sister organization in the network of World Affairs Councils of America.  \nWe extend special thanks to friends at IRC KC for including TNWAC in this world-class presentation.  \nIran From the Inside Out\n\nThursday\, April 22\, 2021\n9:00 am – 3:00 pm CT\nJoin this special event for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nThe timing of this colloquium is intentional – the US is at a critical juncture. The new Biden administration has rare bipartisan support from Congress – support for a fresh policy that reinstates limits on Iran’s nuclear program\, curtails its ballistic missile program\, and addresses its malign behavior throughout the Middle East – all this coinciding with upcoming presidential elections in the Islamic Republic. \nParticipants include:\n\n\n\nRobin Wright\, USIP – Wilson Center\nHossein Mousavian\, Princeton University\nChris Hoch\, ODNI\nEbtesam Al-Ketbi\, Emirates Policy Center\nBilal Saab\, Middle East Institute\nMartin Indyk\, Council of Foreign Relations\nJon Alterman\, CSIS\nLucille Greer\, Wilson Center\nMark Katz\, George Mason\nFathollah-Nejad\, Brookings Institute\nAlex Vatanka\, Middle East Initiative\nSusan Maloney\, Council of Foreign Relations\nVali Nasr\, Johns Hopkins SAIS\nBarbara Slavin\, Atlantic Council\n\n“Red teaming” is an analytic tool born from past failures to challenge assumptions\, ignore disconfirming evidence\, and disregard alternative perspectives. The resultant red team framework stress-tests strategies and mitigates group think by examining problem sets from myriad perspectives. \nThe goal of Red Teaming Iran: From the Inside Out is to “stress-test” participants’ thinking of the Iranian security challenge by examining it from the eyes of myriad perspectives: the Iranian perspective\, the Middle East perspective\, the P5+1 perspective\, and finally – how these perspective might inform the US perspective. ​ \nFormat: Virtual \n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n9-9:15 a.m. CT: Introduction: Chris Hoch\, National Intelligence Officer for Iran\, ODNI \n9:15-10:15 a.m. CT: Keynote Discussion: The Iranian perspective \n\nHow Does Iran View Itself? (15 minutes) Robin Wright\, USIP – Wilson Center\nHow Does Iran View Its Neighbors? (15 minutes) Hossein Mousavian\, Princeton University\nModerated Q&A (30 minutes) Chris Hoch\, ODNI\n\n10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. CT: Panel 1: Middle East perspective: GCC & Israel \n\nHow Do the GCC View Iran? Ebtesam Al-Ketbi\, Emirates Policy Center\nHow Do the GCC View Iran – An Alternative View? Bilal Saab\, Middle East Institute\nThe Israeli Variable. Martin Indyk\, Council of Foreign Relations \nModerated Q&A Jon Alterman\, Jon Alterman\, CSIS\n\n11:45-12:30 p.m. CT: Lunch break: Student Undergraduate Research presentation \n12:30-2 p.m. CT: P5+1 Perspective: China\, Russia & EU members \n\nChina & Iran. Lucille Greer\, Wilson Center\nRussian & Iran. Mark Katz\, George Mason\nThe EU & Iran. Fathollah-Nejad\, Brookings Institute\nModerated Q&A – Alex Vatanka\, Middle East Initiative\n\n2-3 p.m. CT: Keynote Discussion: Implications to US Strategy & Policy \n\nImplications to the Biden Administration – A Hawkish Perspective\, Susan Maloney\, Council of Foreign Relations\nImplications to the Biden Administration – an Alternative Perspective\, Vali Nasr\, Johns Hopkins SAIS\nModerated Q&A (30 minutes). Barbara Slavin\, Atlantic Council\n\n \n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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:Special Colloquium | Iran: From the Inside Out | Apr 22
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to offer this important global affairs awareness program produced by the International Relations Council\, Kansas City\, a sister organization in the network of World Affairs Councils of America.  \nWe extend special thanks to friends at IRC KC for including TNWAC in this world-class presentation.  \nIran From the Inside Out\n\nThursday\, April 22\, 2021\n9:00 am – 3:00 pm CT\nJoin this special event for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nThe timing of this colloquium is intentional – the US is at a critical juncture. The new Biden administration has rare bipartisan support from Congress – support for a fresh policy that reinstates limits on Iran’s nuclear program\, curtails its ballistic missile program\, and addresses its malign behavior throughout the Middle East – all this coinciding with upcoming presidential elections in the Islamic Republic. \nParticipants include:\n\n\n\nRobin Wright\, USIP – Wilson Center\nHossein Mousavian\, Princeton University\nChris Hoch\, ODNI\nEbtesam Al-Ketbi\, Emirates Policy Center\nBilal Saab\, Middle East Institute\nMartin Indyk\, Council of Foreign Relations\nJon Alterman\, CSIS\nLucille Greer\, Wilson Center\nMark Katz\, George Mason\nFathollah-Nejad\, Brookings Institute\nAlex Vatanka\, Middle East Initiative\nSusan Maloney\, Council of Foreign Relations\nVali Nasr\, Johns Hopkins SAIS\nBarbara Slavin\, Atlantic Council\n\n“Red teaming” is an analytic tool born from past failures to challenge assumptions\, ignore disconfirming evidence\, and disregard alternative perspectives. The resultant red team framework stress-tests strategies and mitigates group think by examining problem sets from myriad perspectives. \nThe goal of Red Teaming Iran: From the Inside Out is to “stress-test” participants’ thinking of the Iranian security challenge by examining it from the eyes of myriad perspectives: the Iranian perspective\, the Middle East perspective\, the P5+1 perspective\, and finally – how these perspective might inform the US perspective. ​ \nFormat: Virtual \n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n9-9:15 a.m. CT: Introduction: Chris Hoch\, National Intelligence Officer for Iran\, ODNI \n9:15-10:15 a.m. CT: Keynote Discussion: The Iranian perspective \n\nHow Does Iran View Itself? (15 minutes) Robin Wright\, USIP – Wilson Center\nHow Does Iran View Its Neighbors? (15 minutes) Hossein Mousavian\, Princeton University\nModerated Q&A (30 minutes) Chris Hoch\, ODNI\n\n10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. CT: Panel 1: Middle East perspective: GCC & Israel \n\nHow Do the GCC View Iran? Ebtesam Al-Ketbi\, Emirates Policy Center\nHow Do the GCC View Iran – An Alternative View? Bilal Saab\, Middle East Institute\nThe Israeli Variable. Martin Indyk\, Council of Foreign Relations \nModerated Q&A Jon Alterman\, Jon Alterman\, CSIS\n\n11:45-12:30 p.m. CT: Lunch break: Student Undergraduate Research presentation \n12:30-2 p.m. CT: P5+1 Perspective: China\, Russia & EU members \n\nChina & Iran. Lucille Greer\, Wilson Center\nRussian & Iran. Mark Katz\, George Mason\nThe EU & Iran. Fathollah-Nejad\, Brookings Institute\nModerated Q&A – Alex Vatanka\, Middle East Initiative\n\n2-3 p.m. CT: Keynote Discussion: Implications to US Strategy & Policy \n\nImplications to the Biden Administration – A Hawkish Perspective\, Susan Maloney\, Council of Foreign Relations\nImplications to the Biden Administration – an Alternative Perspective\, Vali Nasr\, Johns Hopkins SAIS\nModerated Q&A (30 minutes). Barbara Slavin\, Atlantic Council\n\n \n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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:Roundtable | Women's Voices in International Affairs | April 21
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\,  the Peoria Area World Affairs Council and the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement  present\nWomen at the Table: The Importance of Women’s Voices in International Affairs\nA Conversation On Political\, Economic Issues\n\nWednesday\, April 21\, 2021\n\n12:00-1:00 PM CT\n \n\n\n\n \n*** \n\nWednesday\, April 21\, 2021\n\n12:00-1:00 PM CT\n \nThe participation of women’s organizations and other civil society groups makes a peace agreement 64% less likely to fail. Then why are women only 6% of signatories in major peace processes? This is one of the many questions that the Tennessee World Affairs Council will address this month at our event: Women at the Table: The Importance of Women’s Voices in International Affairs.\n\nThe discussion will be moderated by TNWAC board member\, Ms. Amanda Knarr\, and will cover a range of political and economic topics\, with a specific focus on the importance of including women in peace building initiatives.\n\nHeld on April 21st from 12-1 pm Central Time the panel will feature six distinguished women from around the world\, including Ms. Sharon K. Roberson\, President & CEO of YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee; Dr. Marlene Spoerri\, Director of Inclusive Diplomacy and Systems Change at Independent Diplomat; Dr. Jennifer F. Klot\, Partner\, Policy & Praxis for Social Change; Ms. Mary Montague\, European Representative for Mediators Beyond Borders International; Ms. Gwendolyn Myers\, Founder & Executive Director of Messengers of Peace-Liberia Inc.; and Ms. Lorelei Higgins\, Métis Canadian Cultural Mediator\, a Rotary Peace Fellow\, and Positive Peace Activator.\n\nTNWAC thanks Dr. Gretchen Neisler\, Vice Provost for International Affairs at the University of Tennessee for sharing opening remarks.\n\nCheck out Amanda Knarr’s conversation with panelist Lorelei Higgins\, introducing the program.\n\nClick for video \n\nAmanda Knarr – Moderator \nAmanda Knarr moved to Nashville from Washington\, DC. She is enjoying her now remote role as a global account manager at Forrester Research\, a market research and consulting company. \nPreviously\, Amanda led the Western Hemisphere for the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU)\, a nonpartisan\, U.S.-based organization that works to expand international trade and commerce. Ms. Knarr has been responsible for creating partnerships between business and U.S. government agencies on foreign policy initiatives. She has worked extensively with U.S. and foreign government departments and agencies- both federal and local. International affairs is in her blood and she is an alum of the United Nations\, the U.S. Government\, the Government of the Republic of Chile\, multiple internationally-focused think tanks and nonprofits. \nShe received a Masters of Arts from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University specializing in International Political Economy. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations from Washington & Jefferson College. She is a proud aunt\, girlfriend and cat mom. She’s also enjoying new socially-distanced hobbies like gardening and Peloton yoga. \nDr. Gretchen Neisler – Welcome \nDr. Neisler became the University of Tennessee Vice Provost for International Affairs and Director\, Center for Global Engagement in 2018. She earned a PhD\, Higher Education Administration from Michigan State University. \nDr. Marlene Spoerri \nMarlene Spoerri is Director of Inclusive Diplomacy and Systems Change at Independent Diplomat\, where she leads work to advance women’s political participation in peace processes. Marlene has advised female leaders involved in peace processes in Syria\, Western Sahara\, Libya\, and elsewhere. She is the author of Engineering Revolution: The Paradox of Democracy Promotion in Serbia published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Marlene has a PhD from the University of Amsterdam\, and has published on democratization\, democracy promotion and transitional justice. \nDr. Jennifer Klot \nDr. Jennifer F. Klot has more than 25 years of UN experience working to advance gender equality\, child rights\, and humanitarian action. At the UN\, she led Graça Machel’s 1996 Independent Expert Report on the Impact of Armed Conflict of Children\, and the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 2002 UN Expert Assessment on Women\, Peace\, and Security. These initiatives\, respectively\, resulted in the first-ever UN Security Council Resolutions on Children and on Women\, which created new standards of protection for women and children in armed conflict. \nBetween 2002- 2013\, Dr. Klot was a Senior Advisor on Gender\, Security\, and HIV/AIDS at the Social Science Research Council. Following this\, she was the Vice President\, Health\, of the Social Impact Exchange\, and was subsequently appointed as Plan International’s Representative to the United Nations. Dr. Klot is the founding partner of Policy & Praxis for Social Change\, a consulting group that provides strategic planning and program support to multilateral agencies\, foundations\, and non-profits to advance sustainable development\, social justice\, and gender equality. Dr. Klot holds a doctorate in Social Policy from the London School of Economics. She earned a Master of City and Regional Planning from Cornell University\, and a bachelor’s degree from Douglass College at Rutgers\, the State University of New Jersey. \nSharon K. Roberson \n\n\n\nSharon K. Roberson\, Esq. is a seasoned C – Suite executive. She serves as President and CEO of YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee\, the largest domestic violence service provider in Tennessee. Since joining the YWCA\, Sharon has led the expansion of the shelter beds at the Weaver Domestic Violence Center to offer more women and children shelter and care. She has also broadened the agency’s life- saving services\, including adding the only Emergency DV Text Line in Tennessee and implementing a children’s program at Weaver. Under Sharon’s leadership\, the YW has grown all of our school-based programs\, including expanding our Amend Together healthy masculinity program to six other YWCA’s across the country. The YW has also expanded our adult learning center programing and our career services and gained full construction and operational funding for the first-ever pet shelter in the State for pets of domestic violence victims. \n\n\n\nBefore this position\, she served as a Senior Vice President\, General Counsel\, and Secretary for Direct General Corporation. Sharon has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry\, including before Direct\, 17 years with AIG/American General Life and Accident and American General Property supervising employees in various US cities and Manila Philippines. During her career at AIG/American General\, she served as a General Counsel for almost a decade and as COO of various companies. Sharon was a state regulator for over a decade. As a regulator\, she held the position of General Counsel and Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance\, as well as Director of self-insurance and surplus lines. She was appointed by both a democratic and republican governor. \nMary Montague \nMary Montague has over 40 years’ experience in peace building in Northern Ireland. Co- founder of TIDES Training\, she delivered Peace Building and Mediation interventions both in her own country and internationally. In 2001 Mary co-founded TIDES Training a Charitable non-profit Training and Consultancy company. Mary has an established background in community capacity development with particular interest in mediation and conflict resolution. She designed and implemented mediative interventions to address highly contentious and volatile emergency situations. \nMary was a director on highly commended European projects such as TIDES Training of Trainers\, Stepping into Diversity and Building Relationships in Communities. BRIC was one of the first using Systemic Mediative & Restorative Approaches project delivered across N. Ireland in partnership with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Rural Development Council.  She is a Restorative Practitioner and has supported the transition of armed groups\, communities\, and civil society towards peace. Mary is the European Representative for Mediators Beyond Borders. She trains and mentors Women leaders from across the world in mediation\, peace building and restorative practice. She is a founding member of Women Waging Peace a global network created at the J.F. Kennedy School of Government\, Harvard University\, Boston\, USA. \nIn 2016 and 2017 she was a visiting Professor at Washington & Jefferson College Washington PA USA delivering classes on mediation and restorative approaches. She lectures on the mediation course  for the Common Security and Defence policy programmes held under the auspices of the European Security and Defence College at The Edward Kennedy Institute\, Maynooth. She is a member of the Kennedy Institute Peace group. \nShe sits on the Northern Ireland Women\, Peace and Security Consultative Group for the implementation of the Irish Government Third National Action Plan for Women\, Peace and Security 2019-2024.She is a member of the Global Peacebuilder Summit\, a forum of 30 eminent peacebuilders from around the world\, providing global discourse on the role of civil society in the field of conflict transformation. \nNational and International Awards \n\nNomination for 2019 Fulbright Prize for International Understanding 2019\nAwarded Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) Washington & Jefferson College 2018.\nBremen International Peace Prize 2015 for Civic Society Engagement\nMediator of the Year 2015 Mediators Beyond Borders\nLifetime Achievement Award for Peace Building 2014 N.I. Community Relations Council.\n\nGwendolyn S. Myers \nGwendolyn S. Myers has over ten years of experience working in Peace and non- violence education among in and out of school youth. Recently selected and featured as the overall winner of the President’s Awards\, to become 2020 addition to City\, University of London gallery of Extraordinary Women achieving the extraordinary since 1894. Gwen was recognized as Time Magazine 2019 -Top Eight Young Reformers Across the Globe Shaping the World and 2019-Top Seven-African Women Breaking Barriers in Peacebuilding in Africa. She’s the Founder& Executive Director (2008-Present) of a non-profit\, youth-led peacebuilding organization; Messengers of Peace- Liberia Inc managing over one thousand five hundred Young Volunteer Peace Messengers. Her non-profit became the first recipient of President George Manneh Weah National Peace Prize Award 2018 in celebration of the 15 years of unbroken peace in Liberia. She’s a Certified Folke Bernadotte Academy Young Mediator and recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) based in the United States of America and Board of Trustees of a UK based non-profit; Coalition Peace. MA International Politics and Human Rights (2019) from City\, University of London and graduand (2021) for MA Reconciliation and Peacebuilding from University of Winchester\, United Kingdom. \nLorelei Higgins  \nLorelei Higgins is a Métis Canadian Cultural Mediator\, a Rotary Peace Fellow and Positive Peace Activator as well as a Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Program alumna. She has worked on  community-based projects locally and internationally with government agencies\, non-government  organizations and the business sector. These projects have centred on peace and conflict  transformation\, Indigenous matters and the elevation of female voices in leadership. Lorelei has worked  across the globe in communities in Africa\, Asia\, Europe\, North America and South America. \nLorelei is the Community Lead for the City of Calgary’s Anti-Racism Program and  is working to advance The City of Calgary’s commitments to Truth and Reconciliation. \nLorelei has an MBA\, with a specialization in leadership\, and she facilitates asset-based community  development sessions utilizing an appreciative inquiry lens. Lorelei is also a consultant with Mediators  Beyond Borders International. \nLorelei is passionate about creating bold\, open spaces for building peace through cross-cultural learning  and the establishment and nurturing of enduring\, positive relationships. As Mrs Canada 2020 and a  Women in Need Foundation Ambassador\, Lorelei is leading efforts to increase female leadership in  peacebuilding efforts locally and globally. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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:Roundtable | Women's Voices in International Affairs | April 21
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\,  the Peoria Area World Affairs Council and the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement  present\nWomen at the Table: The Importance of Women’s Voices in International Affairs\nA Conversation On Political\, Economic Issues\n\nWednesday\, April 21\, 2021\n\n12:00-1:00 PM CT\n \n\n\n\n \n*** \n\nWednesday\, April 21\, 2021\n\n12:00-1:00 PM CT\n \nThe participation of women’s organizations and other civil society groups makes a peace agreement 64% less likely to fail. Then why are women only 6% of signatories in major peace processes? This is one of the many questions that the Tennessee World Affairs Council will address this month at our event: Women at the Table: The Importance of Women’s Voices in International Affairs.\n\nThe discussion will be moderated by TNWAC board member\, Ms. Amanda Knarr\, and will cover a range of political and economic topics\, with a specific focus on the importance of including women in peace building initiatives.\n\nHeld on April 21st from 12-1 pm Central Time the panel will feature six distinguished women from around the world\, including Ms. Sharon K. Roberson\, President & CEO of YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee; Dr. Marlene Spoerri\, Director of Inclusive Diplomacy and Systems Change at Independent Diplomat; Dr. Jennifer F. Klot\, Partner\, Policy & Praxis for Social Change; Ms. Mary Montague\, European Representative for Mediators Beyond Borders International; Ms. Gwendolyn Myers\, Founder & Executive Director of Messengers of Peace-Liberia Inc.; and Ms. Lorelei Higgins\, Métis Canadian Cultural Mediator\, a Rotary Peace Fellow\, and Positive Peace Activator.\n\nTNWAC thanks Dr. Gretchen Neisler\, Vice Provost for International Affairs at the University of Tennessee for sharing opening remarks.\n\nCheck out Amanda Knarr’s conversation with panelist Lorelei Higgins\, introducing the program.\n\nClick for video \n\nAmanda Knarr – Moderator \nAmanda Knarr moved to Nashville from Washington\, DC. She is enjoying her now remote role as a global account manager at Forrester Research\, a market research and consulting company. \nPreviously\, Amanda led the Western Hemisphere for the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU)\, a nonpartisan\, U.S.-based organization that works to expand international trade and commerce. Ms. Knarr has been responsible for creating partnerships between business and U.S. government agencies on foreign policy initiatives. She has worked extensively with U.S. and foreign government departments and agencies- both federal and local. International affairs is in her blood and she is an alum of the United Nations\, the U.S. Government\, the Government of the Republic of Chile\, multiple internationally-focused think tanks and nonprofits. \nShe received a Masters of Arts from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University specializing in International Political Economy. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations from Washington & Jefferson College. She is a proud aunt\, girlfriend and cat mom. She’s also enjoying new socially-distanced hobbies like gardening and Peloton yoga. \nDr. Gretchen Neisler – Welcome \nDr. Neisler became the University of Tennessee Vice Provost for International Affairs and Director\, Center for Global Engagement in 2018. She earned a PhD\, Higher Education Administration from Michigan State University. \nDr. Marlene Spoerri \nMarlene Spoerri is Director of Inclusive Diplomacy and Systems Change at Independent Diplomat\, where she leads work to advance women’s political participation in peace processes. Marlene has advised female leaders involved in peace processes in Syria\, Western Sahara\, Libya\, and elsewhere. She is the author of Engineering Revolution: The Paradox of Democracy Promotion in Serbia published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Marlene has a PhD from the University of Amsterdam\, and has published on democratization\, democracy promotion and transitional justice. \nDr. Jennifer Klot \nDr. Jennifer F. Klot has more than 25 years of UN experience working to advance gender equality\, child rights\, and humanitarian action. At the UN\, she led Graça Machel’s 1996 Independent Expert Report on the Impact of Armed Conflict of Children\, and the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 2002 UN Expert Assessment on Women\, Peace\, and Security. These initiatives\, respectively\, resulted in the first-ever UN Security Council Resolutions on Children and on Women\, which created new standards of protection for women and children in armed conflict. \nBetween 2002- 2013\, Dr. Klot was a Senior Advisor on Gender\, Security\, and HIV/AIDS at the Social Science Research Council. Following this\, she was the Vice President\, Health\, of the Social Impact Exchange\, and was subsequently appointed as Plan International’s Representative to the United Nations. Dr. Klot is the founding partner of Policy & Praxis for Social Change\, a consulting group that provides strategic planning and program support to multilateral agencies\, foundations\, and non-profits to advance sustainable development\, social justice\, and gender equality. Dr. Klot holds a doctorate in Social Policy from the London School of Economics. She earned a Master of City and Regional Planning from Cornell University\, and a bachelor’s degree from Douglass College at Rutgers\, the State University of New Jersey. \nSharon K. Roberson \n\n\n\nSharon K. Roberson\, Esq. is a seasoned C – Suite executive. She serves as President and CEO of YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee\, the largest domestic violence service provider in Tennessee. Since joining the YWCA\, Sharon has led the expansion of the shelter beds at the Weaver Domestic Violence Center to offer more women and children shelter and care. She has also broadened the agency’s life- saving services\, including adding the only Emergency DV Text Line in Tennessee and implementing a children’s program at Weaver. Under Sharon’s leadership\, the YW has grown all of our school-based programs\, including expanding our Amend Together healthy masculinity program to six other YWCA’s across the country. The YW has also expanded our adult learning center programing and our career services and gained full construction and operational funding for the first-ever pet shelter in the State for pets of domestic violence victims. \n\n\n\nBefore this position\, she served as a Senior Vice President\, General Counsel\, and Secretary for Direct General Corporation. Sharon has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry\, including before Direct\, 17 years with AIG/American General Life and Accident and American General Property supervising employees in various US cities and Manila Philippines. During her career at AIG/American General\, she served as a General Counsel for almost a decade and as COO of various companies. Sharon was a state regulator for over a decade. As a regulator\, she held the position of General Counsel and Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance\, as well as Director of self-insurance and surplus lines. She was appointed by both a democratic and republican governor. \nMary Montague \nMary Montague has over 40 years’ experience in peace building in Northern Ireland. Co- founder of TIDES Training\, she delivered Peace Building and Mediation interventions both in her own country and internationally. In 2001 Mary co-founded TIDES Training a Charitable non-profit Training and Consultancy company. Mary has an established background in community capacity development with particular interest in mediation and conflict resolution. She designed and implemented mediative interventions to address highly contentious and volatile emergency situations. \nMary was a director on highly commended European projects such as TIDES Training of Trainers\, Stepping into Diversity and Building Relationships in Communities. BRIC was one of the first using Systemic Mediative & Restorative Approaches project delivered across N. Ireland in partnership with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Rural Development Council.  She is a Restorative Practitioner and has supported the transition of armed groups\, communities\, and civil society towards peace. Mary is the European Representative for Mediators Beyond Borders. She trains and mentors Women leaders from across the world in mediation\, peace building and restorative practice. She is a founding member of Women Waging Peace a global network created at the J.F. Kennedy School of Government\, Harvard University\, Boston\, USA. \nIn 2016 and 2017 she was a visiting Professor at Washington & Jefferson College Washington PA USA delivering classes on mediation and restorative approaches. She lectures on the mediation course  for the Common Security and Defence policy programmes held under the auspices of the European Security and Defence College at The Edward Kennedy Institute\, Maynooth. She is a member of the Kennedy Institute Peace group. \nShe sits on the Northern Ireland Women\, Peace and Security Consultative Group for the implementation of the Irish Government Third National Action Plan for Women\, Peace and Security 2019-2024.She is a member of the Global Peacebuilder Summit\, a forum of 30 eminent peacebuilders from around the world\, providing global discourse on the role of civil society in the field of conflict transformation. \nNational and International Awards \n\nNomination for 2019 Fulbright Prize for International Understanding 2019\nAwarded Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) Washington & Jefferson College 2018.\nBremen International Peace Prize 2015 for Civic Society Engagement\nMediator of the Year 2015 Mediators Beyond Borders\nLifetime Achievement Award for Peace Building 2014 N.I. Community Relations Council.\n\nGwendolyn S. Myers \nGwendolyn S. Myers has over ten years of experience working in Peace and non- violence education among in and out of school youth. Recently selected and featured as the overall winner of the President’s Awards\, to become 2020 addition to City\, University of London gallery of Extraordinary Women achieving the extraordinary since 1894. Gwen was recognized as Time Magazine 2019 -Top Eight Young Reformers Across the Globe Shaping the World and 2019-Top Seven-African Women Breaking Barriers in Peacebuilding in Africa. She’s the Founder& Executive Director (2008-Present) of a non-profit\, youth-led peacebuilding organization; Messengers of Peace- Liberia Inc managing over one thousand five hundred Young Volunteer Peace Messengers. Her non-profit became the first recipient of President George Manneh Weah National Peace Prize Award 2018 in celebration of the 15 years of unbroken peace in Liberia. She’s a Certified Folke Bernadotte Academy Young Mediator and recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) based in the United States of America and Board of Trustees of a UK based non-profit; Coalition Peace. MA International Politics and Human Rights (2019) from City\, University of London and graduand (2021) for MA Reconciliation and Peacebuilding from University of Winchester\, United Kingdom. \nLorelei Higgins  \nLorelei Higgins is a Métis Canadian Cultural Mediator\, a Rotary Peace Fellow and Positive Peace Activator as well as a Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Program alumna. She has worked on  community-based projects locally and internationally with government agencies\, non-government  organizations and the business sector. These projects have centred on peace and conflict  transformation\, Indigenous matters and the elevation of female voices in leadership. Lorelei has worked  across the globe in communities in Africa\, Asia\, Europe\, North America and South America. \nLorelei is the Community Lead for the City of Calgary’s Anti-Racism Program and  is working to advance The City of Calgary’s commitments to Truth and Reconciliation. \nLorelei has an MBA\, with a specialization in leadership\, and she facilitates asset-based community  development sessions utilizing an appreciative inquiry lens. Lorelei is also a consultant with Mediators  Beyond Borders International. \nLorelei is passionate about creating bold\, open spaces for building peace through cross-cultural learning  and the establishment and nurturing of enduring\, positive relationships. As Mrs Canada 2020 and a  Women in Need Foundation Ambassador\, Lorelei is leading efforts to increase female leadership in  peacebuilding efforts locally and globally. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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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CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville
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SUMMARY:Roundtable | Women's Voices in International Affairs | April 21
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\,  the Peoria Area World Affairs Council and the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement  present\nWomen at the Table: The Importance of Women’s Voices in International Affairs\nA Conversation On Political\, Economic Issues\n\nWednesday\, April 21\, 2021\n\n12:00-1:00 PM CT\n \n\n\n\n \n*** \n\nWednesday\, April 21\, 2021\n\n12:00-1:00 PM CT\n \nThe participation of women’s organizations and other civil society groups makes a peace agreement 64% less likely to fail. Then why are women only 6% of signatories in major peace processes? This is one of the many questions that the Tennessee World Affairs Council will address this month at our event: Women at the Table: The Importance of Women’s Voices in International Affairs.\n\nThe discussion will be moderated by TNWAC board member\, Ms. Amanda Knarr\, and will cover a range of political and economic topics\, with a specific focus on the importance of including women in peace building initiatives.\n\nHeld on April 21st from 12-1 pm Central Time the panel will feature six distinguished women from around the world\, including Ms. Sharon K. Roberson\, President & CEO of YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee; Dr. Marlene Spoerri\, Director of Inclusive Diplomacy and Systems Change at Independent Diplomat; Dr. Jennifer F. Klot\, Partner\, Policy & Praxis for Social Change; Ms. Mary Montague\, European Representative for Mediators Beyond Borders International; Ms. Gwendolyn Myers\, Founder & Executive Director of Messengers of Peace-Liberia Inc.; and Ms. Lorelei Higgins\, Métis Canadian Cultural Mediator\, a Rotary Peace Fellow\, and Positive Peace Activator.\n\nTNWAC thanks Dr. Gretchen Neisler\, Vice Provost for International Affairs at the University of Tennessee for sharing opening remarks.\n\nCheck out Amanda Knarr’s conversation with panelist Lorelei Higgins\, introducing the program.\n\nClick for video \n\nAmanda Knarr – Moderator \nAmanda Knarr moved to Nashville from Washington\, DC. She is enjoying her now remote role as a global account manager at Forrester Research\, a market research and consulting company. \nPreviously\, Amanda led the Western Hemisphere for the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU)\, a nonpartisan\, U.S.-based organization that works to expand international trade and commerce. Ms. Knarr has been responsible for creating partnerships between business and U.S. government agencies on foreign policy initiatives. She has worked extensively with U.S. and foreign government departments and agencies- both federal and local. International affairs is in her blood and she is an alum of the United Nations\, the U.S. Government\, the Government of the Republic of Chile\, multiple internationally-focused think tanks and nonprofits. \nShe received a Masters of Arts from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University specializing in International Political Economy. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations from Washington & Jefferson College. She is a proud aunt\, girlfriend and cat mom. She’s also enjoying new socially-distanced hobbies like gardening and Peloton yoga. \nDr. Gretchen Neisler – Welcome \nDr. Neisler became the University of Tennessee Vice Provost for International Affairs and Director\, Center for Global Engagement in 2018. She earned a PhD\, Higher Education Administration from Michigan State University. \nDr. Marlene Spoerri \nMarlene Spoerri is Director of Inclusive Diplomacy and Systems Change at Independent Diplomat\, where she leads work to advance women’s political participation in peace processes. Marlene has advised female leaders involved in peace processes in Syria\, Western Sahara\, Libya\, and elsewhere. She is the author of Engineering Revolution: The Paradox of Democracy Promotion in Serbia published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Marlene has a PhD from the University of Amsterdam\, and has published on democratization\, democracy promotion and transitional justice. \nDr. Jennifer Klot \nDr. Jennifer F. Klot has more than 25 years of UN experience working to advance gender equality\, child rights\, and humanitarian action. At the UN\, she led Graça Machel’s 1996 Independent Expert Report on the Impact of Armed Conflict of Children\, and the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 2002 UN Expert Assessment on Women\, Peace\, and Security. These initiatives\, respectively\, resulted in the first-ever UN Security Council Resolutions on Children and on Women\, which created new standards of protection for women and children in armed conflict. \nBetween 2002- 2013\, Dr. Klot was a Senior Advisor on Gender\, Security\, and HIV/AIDS at the Social Science Research Council. Following this\, she was the Vice President\, Health\, of the Social Impact Exchange\, and was subsequently appointed as Plan International’s Representative to the United Nations. Dr. Klot is the founding partner of Policy & Praxis for Social Change\, a consulting group that provides strategic planning and program support to multilateral agencies\, foundations\, and non-profits to advance sustainable development\, social justice\, and gender equality. Dr. Klot holds a doctorate in Social Policy from the London School of Economics. She earned a Master of City and Regional Planning from Cornell University\, and a bachelor’s degree from Douglass College at Rutgers\, the State University of New Jersey. \nSharon K. Roberson \n\n\n\nSharon K. Roberson\, Esq. is a seasoned C – Suite executive. She serves as President and CEO of YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee\, the largest domestic violence service provider in Tennessee. Since joining the YWCA\, Sharon has led the expansion of the shelter beds at the Weaver Domestic Violence Center to offer more women and children shelter and care. She has also broadened the agency’s life- saving services\, including adding the only Emergency DV Text Line in Tennessee and implementing a children’s program at Weaver. Under Sharon’s leadership\, the YW has grown all of our school-based programs\, including expanding our Amend Together healthy masculinity program to six other YWCA’s across the country. The YW has also expanded our adult learning center programing and our career services and gained full construction and operational funding for the first-ever pet shelter in the State for pets of domestic violence victims. \n\n\n\nBefore this position\, she served as a Senior Vice President\, General Counsel\, and Secretary for Direct General Corporation. Sharon has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry\, including before Direct\, 17 years with AIG/American General Life and Accident and American General Property supervising employees in various US cities and Manila Philippines. During her career at AIG/American General\, she served as a General Counsel for almost a decade and as COO of various companies. Sharon was a state regulator for over a decade. As a regulator\, she held the position of General Counsel and Assistant Commissioner for the State of Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance\, as well as Director of self-insurance and surplus lines. She was appointed by both a democratic and republican governor. \nMary Montague \nMary Montague has over 40 years’ experience in peace building in Northern Ireland. Co- founder of TIDES Training\, she delivered Peace Building and Mediation interventions both in her own country and internationally. In 2001 Mary co-founded TIDES Training a Charitable non-profit Training and Consultancy company. Mary has an established background in community capacity development with particular interest in mediation and conflict resolution. She designed and implemented mediative interventions to address highly contentious and volatile emergency situations. \nMary was a director on highly commended European projects such as TIDES Training of Trainers\, Stepping into Diversity and Building Relationships in Communities. BRIC was one of the first using Systemic Mediative & Restorative Approaches project delivered across N. Ireland in partnership with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Rural Development Council.  She is a Restorative Practitioner and has supported the transition of armed groups\, communities\, and civil society towards peace. Mary is the European Representative for Mediators Beyond Borders. She trains and mentors Women leaders from across the world in mediation\, peace building and restorative practice. She is a founding member of Women Waging Peace a global network created at the J.F. Kennedy School of Government\, Harvard University\, Boston\, USA. \nIn 2016 and 2017 she was a visiting Professor at Washington & Jefferson College Washington PA USA delivering classes on mediation and restorative approaches. She lectures on the mediation course  for the Common Security and Defence policy programmes held under the auspices of the European Security and Defence College at The Edward Kennedy Institute\, Maynooth. She is a member of the Kennedy Institute Peace group. \nShe sits on the Northern Ireland Women\, Peace and Security Consultative Group for the implementation of the Irish Government Third National Action Plan for Women\, Peace and Security 2019-2024.She is a member of the Global Peacebuilder Summit\, a forum of 30 eminent peacebuilders from around the world\, providing global discourse on the role of civil society in the field of conflict transformation. \nNational and International Awards \n\nNomination for 2019 Fulbright Prize for International Understanding 2019\nAwarded Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) Washington & Jefferson College 2018.\nBremen International Peace Prize 2015 for Civic Society Engagement\nMediator of the Year 2015 Mediators Beyond Borders\nLifetime Achievement Award for Peace Building 2014 N.I. Community Relations Council.\n\nGwendolyn S. Myers \nGwendolyn S. Myers has over ten years of experience working in Peace and non- violence education among in and out of school youth. Recently selected and featured as the overall winner of the President’s Awards\, to become 2020 addition to City\, University of London gallery of Extraordinary Women achieving the extraordinary since 1894. Gwen was recognized as Time Magazine 2019 -Top Eight Young Reformers Across the Globe Shaping the World and 2019-Top Seven-African Women Breaking Barriers in Peacebuilding in Africa. She’s the Founder& Executive Director (2008-Present) of a non-profit\, youth-led peacebuilding organization; Messengers of Peace- Liberia Inc managing over one thousand five hundred Young Volunteer Peace Messengers. Her non-profit became the first recipient of President George Manneh Weah National Peace Prize Award 2018 in celebration of the 15 years of unbroken peace in Liberia. She’s a Certified Folke Bernadotte Academy Young Mediator and recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) based in the United States of America and Board of Trustees of a UK based non-profit; Coalition Peace. MA International Politics and Human Rights (2019) from City\, University of London and graduand (2021) for MA Reconciliation and Peacebuilding from University of Winchester\, United Kingdom. \nLorelei Higgins  \nLorelei Higgins is a Métis Canadian Cultural Mediator\, a Rotary Peace Fellow and Positive Peace Activator as well as a Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Program alumna. She has worked on  community-based projects locally and internationally with government agencies\, non-government  organizations and the business sector. These projects have centred on peace and conflict  transformation\, Indigenous matters and the elevation of female voices in leadership. Lorelei has worked  across the globe in communities in Africa\, Asia\, Europe\, North America and South America. \nLorelei is the Community Lead for the City of Calgary’s Anti-Racism Program and  is working to advance The City of Calgary’s commitments to Truth and Reconciliation. \nLorelei has an MBA\, with a specialization in leadership\, and she facilitates asset-based community  development sessions utilizing an appreciative inquiry lens. Lorelei is also a consultant with Mediators  Beyond Borders International. \nLorelei is passionate about creating bold\, open spaces for building peace through cross-cultural learning  and the establishment and nurturing of enduring\, positive relationships. As Mrs Canada 2020 and a  Women in Need Foundation Ambassador\, Lorelei is leading efforts to increase female leadership in  peacebuilding efforts locally and globally. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/roundtable-womens-voices-in-international-affairs-april-21-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: The Korean Peninsula | Apr 16
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nThe Korean Peninsula\nApril 16\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nMitchell B. Lerner\nProfessor of History\, Ohio State University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-the-korean-peninsula-apr-16-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: The Korean Peninsula | Apr 16
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nThe Korean Peninsula\nApril 16\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nMitchell B. Lerner\nProfessor of History\, Ohio State University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-the-korean-peninsula-apr-16-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: The Korean Peninsula | Apr 16
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nThe Korean Peninsula\nApril 16\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nMitchell B. Lerner\nProfessor of History\, Ohio State University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-the-korean-peninsula-apr-16/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Biden's First 100 Days | Ryan Heath of Politico | Apr 15
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to offer this important global affairs awareness program produced by the Peoria Area World Affairs Council\, a sister organization in the network of World Affairs Councils of America.  \nWe extend special thanks to friends at PAWAC for including TNWAC in this world-class presentation.  \nBiden’s First 100 Days:\nA Foreign Policy Makeover?\n \nRyan Heath\, Political\nAuthor of Global Translations\n\n\nThursday\, April 15\, 2021\n7:00 pm CT\nJoin this special event for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \n \nBiden’s First 100 Days \nRyan Heath\, Senior Editor at Politico \nThursday\, April 15 at 7 pm via Zoom \nThe Peoria Area World Affairs Council and the Tennessee World Affairs Council invite you to join us for this timely conversation with Ryan Heath\, the author of Global Translations\, POLITICO’s global newsletter and podcast. The Biden Administration has not yet reached the end of its first hundred days\, but the bar has definitely been set high. In this lively discussion\, he will take a keen look at this ambitious term\, especially as it pertains to his foreign policy outlook.  \nRyan Heath is the author of Global Translations\, POLITICO’s global newsletter and podcast\, and previously authored POLITICO’s U.N. Playbook\, Brussels Playbook\, and Davos Playbook. Ryan moderated the first presidential debate of the 2019 EU election\, as part of a five year stint in the POLITICO’s European leadership team. He appears on CNN\, NBC and BBC and is the author of two books on politics. Prior to POLITICO\, Ryan wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia\, and worked for the European Commission in Brussels as a presidential speechwriter and later as the Commission’s spokesperson for digital issues. \n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/bidens-first-100-days-ryan-heath-of-politico-apr-15/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Biden's First 100 Days | Ryan Heath of Politico | Apr 15
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to offer this important global affairs awareness program produced by the Peoria Area World Affairs Council\, a sister organization in the network of World Affairs Councils of America.  \nWe extend special thanks to friends at PAWAC for including TNWAC in this world-class presentation.  \nBiden’s First 100 Days:\nA Foreign Policy Makeover?\n \nRyan Heath\, Political\nAuthor of Global Translations\n\n\nThursday\, April 15\, 2021\n7:00 pm CT\nJoin this special event for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \n \nBiden’s First 100 Days \nRyan Heath\, Senior Editor at Politico \nThursday\, April 15 at 7 pm via Zoom \nThe Peoria Area World Affairs Council and the Tennessee World Affairs Council invite you to join us for this timely conversation with Ryan Heath\, the author of Global Translations\, POLITICO’s global newsletter and podcast. The Biden Administration has not yet reached the end of its first hundred days\, but the bar has definitely been set high. In this lively discussion\, he will take a keen look at this ambitious term\, especially as it pertains to his foreign policy outlook.  \nRyan Heath is the author of Global Translations\, POLITICO’s global newsletter and podcast\, and previously authored POLITICO’s U.N. Playbook\, Brussels Playbook\, and Davos Playbook. Ryan moderated the first presidential debate of the 2019 EU election\, as part of a five year stint in the POLITICO’s European leadership team. He appears on CNN\, NBC and BBC and is the author of two books on politics. Prior to POLITICO\, Ryan wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia\, and worked for the European Commission in Brussels as a presidential speechwriter and later as the Commission’s spokesperson for digital issues. \n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/bidens-first-100-days-ryan-heath-of-politico-apr-15-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Biden's First 100 Days | Ryan Heath of Politico | Apr 15
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to offer this important global affairs awareness program produced by the Peoria Area World Affairs Council\, a sister organization in the network of World Affairs Councils of America.  \nWe extend special thanks to friends at PAWAC for including TNWAC in this world-class presentation.  \nBiden’s First 100 Days:\nA Foreign Policy Makeover?\n \nRyan Heath\, Political\nAuthor of Global Translations\n\n\nThursday\, April 15\, 2021\n7:00 pm CT\nJoin this special event for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \n \nBiden’s First 100 Days \nRyan Heath\, Senior Editor at Politico \nThursday\, April 15 at 7 pm via Zoom \nThe Peoria Area World Affairs Council and the Tennessee World Affairs Council invite you to join us for this timely conversation with Ryan Heath\, the author of Global Translations\, POLITICO’s global newsletter and podcast. The Biden Administration has not yet reached the end of its first hundred days\, but the bar has definitely been set high. In this lively discussion\, he will take a keen look at this ambitious term\, especially as it pertains to his foreign policy outlook.  \nRyan Heath is the author of Global Translations\, POLITICO’s global newsletter and podcast\, and previously authored POLITICO’s U.N. Playbook\, Brussels Playbook\, and Davos Playbook. Ryan moderated the first presidential debate of the 2019 EU election\, as part of a five year stint in the POLITICO’s European leadership team. He appears on CNN\, NBC and BBC and is the author of two books on politics. Prior to POLITICO\, Ryan wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia\, and worked for the European Commission in Brussels as a presidential speechwriter and later as the Commission’s spokesperson for digital issues. \n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/bidens-first-100-days-ryan-heath-of-politico-apr-15-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: China's Role in Africa | Apr 9
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nChina’s Role in Africa\nApril 9\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nJoe Parrot\nAsst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-chinas-role-in-africa-apr-9-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: China's Role in Africa | Apr 9
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nChina’s Role in Africa\nApril 9\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nJoe Parrot\nAsst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-chinas-role-in-africa-apr-9-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: China's Role in Africa | Apr 9
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nChina’s Role in Africa\nApril 9\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nJoe Parrot\nAsst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-chinas-role-in-africa-apr-9/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Struggles Over the Melting Arctic | Mar 26
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nStruggles Over the Melting Arctic\nMarch 26\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nNathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University\nErinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-struggles-over-the-melting-arctic-mar-26/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Struggles Over the Melting Arctic | Mar 26
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nStruggles Over the Melting Arctic\nMarch 26\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nNathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University\nErinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-struggles-over-the-melting-arctic-mar-26-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Struggles Over the Melting Arctic | Mar 26
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nStruggles Over the Melting Arctic\nMarch 26\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nNathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University\nErinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n\n\nGreat Decisions Seminar Series\nMarch 12 – May 6\, 2021 \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council has been invited to offer enrollment in the Great Decisions discussion seminar series organized by our friends in Delaware\, Ohio at Ohio Wesleyan University and Mr. Skip Cornett. We thank them for sharing this opportunity to learn more about critical global issues in these seminars being led by numerous distinguished speakers. \nGreat Decisions is an eight-part global issues conversation developed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York\, a members of the World Affairs Councils of America network\, a sister council to TNWAC. The seminars are supplemented by an excellent guide book offered by FPA.org \nGreat Decisions Seminars \n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Central Time) Via Zoom \nMarch 12 – April 30 on Fridays and May 6 on Thursday \n \n\n\nDon’t forget to get the Great Decisions guide book from FPA.org  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with a link for joining the programs. Please do not share that with anyone.   It is your unique link for joining these Foreign Policy educational offerings. You will receive the program link each week by email. \n \nGreat Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.  The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book\, watching the documentary film series and meeting in a Discussion Group to discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. \n \nGreat Decisions Calendar \nMarch 12 — Persian Gulf Security Issues — Ali Akbar Mahdi\, California State University\, Northridge; Professor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nMarch 19 — Brexit and the European Union — Yannis Stivachtis\, Professor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech \nMarch 26 — Struggles Over the Melting Arctic — Nathan Amador Rowley\, Associate Professor of Geology and Geography\, Ohio Wesleyan University; Erinn Patrick Nicely\, Ph.D.  Course Instructor – General Education\, Western Governors University \nApril 09 —   China’s Role in Africa — Joe Parrot\, Asst. Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 16 — The Korean Peninsula — Mitchell B. Lerner\, Professor of History\, Ohio State University \nApril 23 —    Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – Gillian Ice\, Professor and Director of Global Health\, Ohio University \nApril 30 —    The end of globalization? — Melissa Pawlikowski\, Ph.D. Faculty in Residence\, Capital University \nMay 6 (This program will meet on Thursday) — Global Supply Chains and National Security –  Ji Young Choi\, Associate Professor of Politics and Government\, Director of East Asia Studies\, Affiliate Professor of International Studies\, Ohio Wesleyan University \nAdditional Educational Resources – Great Decisions Briefing Book \nThe Foreign Policy Association also offers an excellent program Briefing Book with articles on each of the topics.You can order the Great Decisions book from the Foreign Policy Association bookstore.  Link \nA much less expensive option is to download the Great Decisions Briefing Book to your E Reader through these sources.      Amazon   Apple   Kubo   Barnes and Noble  \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/great-decisions-seminar-struggles-over-the-melting-arctic-mar-26-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Career Panel | Diplomacy\, U.S. Foreign Service & State Dept. | Mar 25
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business\, Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages\, Middle Tennessee State University and Lipscomb University and the Peoria Area World Affairs Council\nInternational Careers & Jobs Panel\nA Conversation On\nWorking in the World of Diplomacy\nThe United States Foreign Service and the U.S. State Department\nFeaturing\nForeign Service Officer Allen O. DuBose\nDiplomat in Residence\n \nHosted By\n\n\n\nLt. Cmdr. Patrick Ryan\nPresident\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \n  \nMarch 25\, 2021\n\n5:30 PM CT\n \n\nAnd don’t miss the March 23rd Career Panel on Women in International Law.\n\n\nHere’s a look at our last International Career Panel \n \n\n\nOctober 9\, 2020 \n  \nAllen DuBose  \nAllen DuBose is a management career track Foreign Service Generalist with more than 14 years of experience at the U.S. Department of State. Prior to joining the Foreign Service\, DuBose enjoyed a 20 year career that included positions in finance at corporations like IBM and Digital Equipment Corporation. He also rose to the position of regional director of operations for North America at satellite telecommunications provider\, Iridium LLC. \nSince joining the Foreign Service\, DuBose served overseas as a Vice Consul in Hermosillo\, Mexico; General Services Officer in Guayaquil\, Ecuador; and Management Officer in Dubai\, United Arab Emirates. He has also served as an Area Manager for Latin America with the Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations; in human resources with the Executive Office of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs – South Central Asian Affairs; and as a Post Management Officer with the Executive Office of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs – International Organizations Affairs. \nDuBose graduated from The College of William and Mary with a B.A in economics\, and Atlanta University with an M.B.A. and concentration in finance. Since he travels frequently\, the fastest way to contact him is via his email address\, DuBoseA@state.gov. \nLt. Cmdr. Patrick Ryan\, USN (Ret) \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \n*** \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/career-panel-diplomacy-us-foreign-service-state-dept-mar-25/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Career Panel | Diplomacy\, U.S. Foreign Service & State Dept. | Mar 25
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business\, Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages\, Middle Tennessee State University and Lipscomb University and the Peoria Area World Affairs Council\nInternational Careers & Jobs Panel\nA Conversation On\nWorking in the World of Diplomacy\nThe United States Foreign Service and the U.S. State Department\nFeaturing\nForeign Service Officer Allen O. DuBose\nDiplomat in Residence\n \nHosted By\n\n\n\nLt. Cmdr. Patrick Ryan\nPresident\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \n  \nMarch 25\, 2021\n\n5:30 PM CT\n \n\nAnd don’t miss the March 23rd Career Panel on Women in International Law.\n\n\nHere’s a look at our last International Career Panel \n \n\n\nOctober 9\, 2020 \n  \nAllen DuBose  \nAllen DuBose is a management career track Foreign Service Generalist with more than 14 years of experience at the U.S. Department of State. Prior to joining the Foreign Service\, DuBose enjoyed a 20 year career that included positions in finance at corporations like IBM and Digital Equipment Corporation. He also rose to the position of regional director of operations for North America at satellite telecommunications provider\, Iridium LLC. \nSince joining the Foreign Service\, DuBose served overseas as a Vice Consul in Hermosillo\, Mexico; General Services Officer in Guayaquil\, Ecuador; and Management Officer in Dubai\, United Arab Emirates. He has also served as an Area Manager for Latin America with the Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations; in human resources with the Executive Office of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs – South Central Asian Affairs; and as a Post Management Officer with the Executive Office of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs – International Organizations Affairs. \nDuBose graduated from The College of William and Mary with a B.A in economics\, and Atlanta University with an M.B.A. and concentration in finance. Since he travels frequently\, the fastest way to contact him is via his email address\, DuBoseA@state.gov. \nLt. Cmdr. Patrick Ryan\, USN (Ret) \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \n*** \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/career-panel-diplomacy-us-foreign-service-state-dept-mar-25-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Career Panel | Diplomacy\, U.S. Foreign Service & State Dept. | Mar 25
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business\, Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages\, Middle Tennessee State University and Lipscomb University and the Peoria Area World Affairs Council\nInternational Careers & Jobs Panel\nA Conversation On\nWorking in the World of Diplomacy\nThe United States Foreign Service and the U.S. State Department\nFeaturing\nForeign Service Officer Allen O. DuBose\nDiplomat in Residence\n \nHosted By\n\n\n\nLt. Cmdr. Patrick Ryan\nPresident\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \n  \nMarch 25\, 2021\n\n5:30 PM CT\n \n\nAnd don’t miss the March 23rd Career Panel on Women in International Law.\n\n\nHere’s a look at our last International Career Panel \n \n\n\nOctober 9\, 2020 \n  \nAllen DuBose  \nAllen DuBose is a management career track Foreign Service Generalist with more than 14 years of experience at the U.S. Department of State. Prior to joining the Foreign Service\, DuBose enjoyed a 20 year career that included positions in finance at corporations like IBM and Digital Equipment Corporation. He also rose to the position of regional director of operations for North America at satellite telecommunications provider\, Iridium LLC. \nSince joining the Foreign Service\, DuBose served overseas as a Vice Consul in Hermosillo\, Mexico; General Services Officer in Guayaquil\, Ecuador; and Management Officer in Dubai\, United Arab Emirates. He has also served as an Area Manager for Latin America with the Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations; in human resources with the Executive Office of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs – South Central Asian Affairs; and as a Post Management Officer with the Executive Office of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs – International Organizations Affairs. \nDuBose graduated from The College of William and Mary with a B.A in economics\, and Atlanta University with an M.B.A. and concentration in finance. Since he travels frequently\, the fastest way to contact him is via his email address\, DuBoseA@state.gov. \nLt. Cmdr. Patrick Ryan\, USN (Ret) \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \n*** \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/career-panel-diplomacy-us-foreign-service-state-dept-mar-25-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Career Panel | Diplomacy\, U.S. Foreign Service & State Dept. | Mar 25
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business\, Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages\, Middle Tennessee State University and Lipscomb University and the Peoria Area World Affairs Council\nInternational Careers & Jobs Panel\nA Conversation On\nWorking in the World of Diplomacy\nThe United States Foreign Service and the U.S. State Department\nFeaturing\nForeign Service Officer Allen O. DuBose\nDiplomat in Residence\n \nHosted By\n\n\n\nLt. Cmdr. Patrick Ryan\nPresident\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \n  \nMarch 25\, 2021\n\n5:30 PM CT\n \n\nAnd don’t miss the March 23rd Career Panel on Women in International Law.\n\n\nHere’s a look at our last International Career Panel \n \n\n\nOctober 9\, 2020 \n  \nAllen DuBose  \nAllen DuBose is a management career track Foreign Service Generalist with more than 14 years of experience at the U.S. Department of State. Prior to joining the Foreign Service\, DuBose enjoyed a 20 year career that included positions in finance at corporations like IBM and Digital Equipment Corporation. He also rose to the position of regional director of operations for North America at satellite telecommunications provider\, Iridium LLC. \nSince joining the Foreign Service\, DuBose served overseas as a Vice Consul in Hermosillo\, Mexico; General Services Officer in Guayaquil\, Ecuador; and Management Officer in Dubai\, United Arab Emirates. He has also served as an Area Manager for Latin America with the Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations; in human resources with the Executive Office of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs – South Central Asian Affairs; and as a Post Management Officer with the Executive Office of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs – International Organizations Affairs. \nDuBose graduated from The College of William and Mary with a B.A in economics\, and Atlanta University with an M.B.A. and concentration in finance. Since he travels frequently\, the fastest way to contact him is via his email address\, DuBoseA@state.gov. \nLt. Cmdr. Patrick Ryan\, USN (Ret) \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \n*** \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/career-panel-diplomacy-us-foreign-service-state-dept-mar-25-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Career Panel | Women in International Law | Mar 23
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business\, Tennessee Technological University Dept of Foreign Languages\, Lipscomb University and Middle Tennessee State University\nin partnership with fellow World Affairs Councils including\nPeoria Area World Affairs Council\nInternational Careers & Jobs Panel\nA Conversation With\nWomen in International Law\n  \n\nVicki Prais\nHuman Rights Lawyer and Independent Human Rights Consultant | London \n \n\nClàudia Baró Huelmo\nAssociate at Withers LLP | London \n \nTina Burjarlani\nInternational Lawyer\, First Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia (2007-2012) \n \nIoana Bara-Busila\nInternational Lawyer | Strasbourg \n*** \n\nHosted By\n\n\nProfessor Susan Turner Haynes\nMember of the Board\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nMarch 23\, 2021\n\n1:30 PM CT\n \n\nAnd don’t miss the March 25th Career Panel on the U.S. Foreign Service and U.S. State Department jobs.\n\n\nHere’s a look at our last International Career Panel \n \n\n\nOctober 9\, 2020 \n*** \nAbout Our Panel\nModerator | Professor Susan Haynes \nSusan Turner Haynes joined Lipscomb University as an assistant professor in 2015. Prior to her doctorate\, Haynes was selected as a Public Policy and Nuclear Threat (PPNT) fellow at the University of California\, San Diego. Haynes research specializes in Chinese nuclear strategy (Chinese Nuclear Proliferation: How Global Politics is Transforming China’s Weapons Modernization\, 2016). In addition\, Haynes has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals\, including Asian Perspectives\, Asian Security\, PS: Political Science and Politics\, Strategic Studies Quarterly\, The Nonproliferation Review\, and Comparative Strategy. She has also authored chapters in the Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy\, and has a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge volume on Nuclear Modernization. Haynes has been invited to present her research at the Department of Defense Strategic Multilayer Assessment Group and at the Air War College. Haynes is a member of the International Studies Association and American Political Science Association and serves as a board member for the Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC). She serves as sponsor of the Lipscomb Model UN club and co-sponsor of the political science honor society\, Pi Sigma Alpha. \nClàudia Baró Huelmo | London \nClàudia Baró Huelmo specialises in public international law\, international arbitration and international criminal law. She has acted as counsel for States and corporate entities in a number of international arbitration proceedings with experience in disputes in the financial services\, trade\, banking\, energy\, waste management and recycling sectors. She has also advised European\, Caribbean and American States in public international law matters such as State succession\, territorial and maritime boundaries\, new approaches to trade treaties with the United Kingdom post-Brexit\, business and human rights\, settlement of international disputes\, and relations with international organisations. Before joining the firm\, Clàudia worked for a leading international arbitration firm in Geneva (2017-2019) and a public international boutique law firm in London (2016 – 2017). Prior to that\, she taught public international law courses at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and worked in a Spanish law firm specialising in banking litigation (2015 – 2016). Clàudia holds an LLM (2015\, with distinction) in Public International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). During her time at the LSE\, she was also the team captain of the winning team of the United Kingdom Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition. She graduated with a Spanish law degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2014 where she has awarded the Extraordinary Award for graduating first of her class. She also holds a certificate in Public International Law from The Hague Academy of International Law (2014) and was an exchange student at the University of California\, Berkeley (2012 – 2013). \nTina Burjaliani | Budapest \nTina Burjaliani is an international lawyer and an expert in the rule of law and justice sector reforms with more than 15 years of experience in Central and Eastern Europe\, Middle East and North Africa and South East Asia. \nTina held different positions in the Government of Georgia in 2004-2012\, including the First Deputy Minister of Justice\, head of Legal Department at the Office of Chief Prosecutor and Government Agent to the European Court of Human Rights. At the Government of Georgia\, Tina chaired and co-chaired number of bilateral and multilateral high-level negotiations\, including the Justice and Rule of Law Working Group of the US-Georgia Strategic Cooperation Commission\, the Justice and Security Working Group at the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade and Visa Liberalization negotiations between Georgia and the European Union and represented the Government at the high-level meetings at the UN\, NATO\, European Union\, Council of Europe\, other international forums and with foreign states. She served as an expert at the Council of Europe’s Group of State Against Corruption (GRECO)\, Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL)\, the Committee on the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ)\, Steering Committee on Human Rights and the Working Group for drafting the Protocol No.14 to the European Convention\, amending the control system of the Convention. Tina litigated landmark cases at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg\, International Court of Justice in the Hague and investment and commercial arbitration tribunals. \nIn 2014-2020\, Tina held different positions at the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) including Senior Judicial and Human Rights Advisor in the Middle East and North Africa Division (MENA)\, co-chair of the Human Rights Practice Group and the Country Director for Libya and Tunisia. \nTina has law degree from Tbilisi State University and the LLM in International legal Studies from American University Washington College of Law where she studied as Edmund Muskie Scholar. \nVicki Prais | London \nVicki Prais is an international human rights lawyer and independent human rights consultant with particular expertise in prisoners’ rights\, prison reform\, dignity behind bars and torture prevention.  She has 24 years’ experience in the human rights sector and a professional background in international organizations (the UN\, Council of Europe)\, the British Government (Human Rights Advisor to the UK Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office)\, non-governmental organizations (Amnesty International\, Penal Reform International) National Human Rights Institutions (the Scottish Human Rights Commission) and academia (Surrey University\, England and a Fellow in Residence at the Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism\,  McGill University\, Montreal). Vicki’s international experience has taken her to Japan\, Canada\, Thailand\, Georgia and Ethiopia.  She has written widely both academically and for a wider audience through blogs\, industry journals and Op-Eds. As a consultant\, Vicki has worked with an NGO in Brussels\, International Partnership for Human Rights\, where she has authored and co-authored a number of human rights reports including a human rights impact assessment of the COVID-19 response in Russia.  She has also undertaken consultancy work with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe & Penal Reform International. Vicki has an undergraduate degree (LLB) in Law and a Masters degree in Human Rights and Civil Liberties from the University of the West of England\, Bristol and the University of Leicester\, respectively. \nIoana Bara-Busila \nIoana BARA-BUSILA is an experienced International Lawyer with an atypical path shared between public and private sector and a cross-disciplinary legal expertise. She holds a bachelor’s degree in law and a Master degree in International and European Law from the University of Toulouse\, France.  \nDuring her career\, she acted as counsel for the Government of Romania (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mediation Council) and multinational companies (Airbus\, Accenture\, European Drinks). She intervened in numerous pre-litigation and litigation proceedings\, at national and international level (before the Court of Justice of the European Union\, the International Center for Settlement of Disputes – ICSID\, the national jurisdictions in Romania). Working for the European Court of Human Rights\, she was responsible for supporting judges’ activity on human rights alleged violations by managing proceedings and drafting legal documents. In her role she dealt with applications pertaining to all areas of law\, such as civil and criminal law\, corporate law\, consumer law\, intellectual property\, data protection\, tax law\, environment law\, administrative law\, labor law etc. \nShe is member of the French association of legal advisers “AFJE” and a senior certified legal adviser in Romania. She got certified as a human rights tutor by the Council of Europe and\, in Romania\, she got certified as a mediator.\n  \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/career-panel-mar-23-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Career Panel | Women in International Law | Mar 23
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business\, Tennessee Technological University Dept of Foreign Languages\, Lipscomb University and Middle Tennessee State University\nin partnership with fellow World Affairs Councils including\nPeoria Area World Affairs Council\nInternational Careers & Jobs Panel\nA Conversation With\nWomen in International Law\n  \n\nVicki Prais\nHuman Rights Lawyer and Independent Human Rights Consultant | London \n \n\nClàudia Baró Huelmo\nAssociate at Withers LLP | London \n \nTina Burjarlani\nInternational Lawyer\, First Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia (2007-2012) \n \nIoana Bara-Busila\nInternational Lawyer | Strasbourg \n*** \n\nHosted By\n\n\nProfessor Susan Turner Haynes\nMember of the Board\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nMarch 23\, 2021\n\n1:30 PM CT\n \n\nAnd don’t miss the March 25th Career Panel on the U.S. Foreign Service and U.S. State Department jobs.\n\n\nHere’s a look at our last International Career Panel \n \n\n\nOctober 9\, 2020 \n*** \nAbout Our Panel\nModerator | Professor Susan Haynes \nSusan Turner Haynes joined Lipscomb University as an assistant professor in 2015. Prior to her doctorate\, Haynes was selected as a Public Policy and Nuclear Threat (PPNT) fellow at the University of California\, San Diego. Haynes research specializes in Chinese nuclear strategy (Chinese Nuclear Proliferation: How Global Politics is Transforming China’s Weapons Modernization\, 2016). In addition\, Haynes has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals\, including Asian Perspectives\, Asian Security\, PS: Political Science and Politics\, Strategic Studies Quarterly\, The Nonproliferation Review\, and Comparative Strategy. She has also authored chapters in the Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy\, and has a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge volume on Nuclear Modernization. Haynes has been invited to present her research at the Department of Defense Strategic Multilayer Assessment Group and at the Air War College. Haynes is a member of the International Studies Association and American Political Science Association and serves as a board member for the Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC). She serves as sponsor of the Lipscomb Model UN club and co-sponsor of the political science honor society\, Pi Sigma Alpha. \nClàudia Baró Huelmo | London \nClàudia Baró Huelmo specialises in public international law\, international arbitration and international criminal law. She has acted as counsel for States and corporate entities in a number of international arbitration proceedings with experience in disputes in the financial services\, trade\, banking\, energy\, waste management and recycling sectors. She has also advised European\, Caribbean and American States in public international law matters such as State succession\, territorial and maritime boundaries\, new approaches to trade treaties with the United Kingdom post-Brexit\, business and human rights\, settlement of international disputes\, and relations with international organisations. Before joining the firm\, Clàudia worked for a leading international arbitration firm in Geneva (2017-2019) and a public international boutique law firm in London (2016 – 2017). Prior to that\, she taught public international law courses at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and worked in a Spanish law firm specialising in banking litigation (2015 – 2016). Clàudia holds an LLM (2015\, with distinction) in Public International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). During her time at the LSE\, she was also the team captain of the winning team of the United Kingdom Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition. She graduated with a Spanish law degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2014 where she has awarded the Extraordinary Award for graduating first of her class. She also holds a certificate in Public International Law from The Hague Academy of International Law (2014) and was an exchange student at the University of California\, Berkeley (2012 – 2013). \nTina Burjaliani | Budapest \nTina Burjaliani is an international lawyer and an expert in the rule of law and justice sector reforms with more than 15 years of experience in Central and Eastern Europe\, Middle East and North Africa and South East Asia. \nTina held different positions in the Government of Georgia in 2004-2012\, including the First Deputy Minister of Justice\, head of Legal Department at the Office of Chief Prosecutor and Government Agent to the European Court of Human Rights. At the Government of Georgia\, Tina chaired and co-chaired number of bilateral and multilateral high-level negotiations\, including the Justice and Rule of Law Working Group of the US-Georgia Strategic Cooperation Commission\, the Justice and Security Working Group at the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade and Visa Liberalization negotiations between Georgia and the European Union and represented the Government at the high-level meetings at the UN\, NATO\, European Union\, Council of Europe\, other international forums and with foreign states. She served as an expert at the Council of Europe’s Group of State Against Corruption (GRECO)\, Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL)\, the Committee on the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ)\, Steering Committee on Human Rights and the Working Group for drafting the Protocol No.14 to the European Convention\, amending the control system of the Convention. Tina litigated landmark cases at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg\, International Court of Justice in the Hague and investment and commercial arbitration tribunals. \nIn 2014-2020\, Tina held different positions at the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) including Senior Judicial and Human Rights Advisor in the Middle East and North Africa Division (MENA)\, co-chair of the Human Rights Practice Group and the Country Director for Libya and Tunisia. \nTina has law degree from Tbilisi State University and the LLM in International legal Studies from American University Washington College of Law where she studied as Edmund Muskie Scholar. \nVicki Prais | London \nVicki Prais is an international human rights lawyer and independent human rights consultant with particular expertise in prisoners’ rights\, prison reform\, dignity behind bars and torture prevention.  She has 24 years’ experience in the human rights sector and a professional background in international organizations (the UN\, Council of Europe)\, the British Government (Human Rights Advisor to the UK Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office)\, non-governmental organizations (Amnesty International\, Penal Reform International) National Human Rights Institutions (the Scottish Human Rights Commission) and academia (Surrey University\, England and a Fellow in Residence at the Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism\,  McGill University\, Montreal). Vicki’s international experience has taken her to Japan\, Canada\, Thailand\, Georgia and Ethiopia.  She has written widely both academically and for a wider audience through blogs\, industry journals and Op-Eds. As a consultant\, Vicki has worked with an NGO in Brussels\, International Partnership for Human Rights\, where she has authored and co-authored a number of human rights reports including a human rights impact assessment of the COVID-19 response in Russia.  She has also undertaken consultancy work with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe & Penal Reform International. Vicki has an undergraduate degree (LLB) in Law and a Masters degree in Human Rights and Civil Liberties from the University of the West of England\, Bristol and the University of Leicester\, respectively. \nIoana Bara-Busila \nIoana BARA-BUSILA is an experienced International Lawyer with an atypical path shared between public and private sector and a cross-disciplinary legal expertise. She holds a bachelor’s degree in law and a Master degree in International and European Law from the University of Toulouse\, France.  \nDuring her career\, she acted as counsel for the Government of Romania (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mediation Council) and multinational companies (Airbus\, Accenture\, European Drinks). She intervened in numerous pre-litigation and litigation proceedings\, at national and international level (before the Court of Justice of the European Union\, the International Center for Settlement of Disputes – ICSID\, the national jurisdictions in Romania). Working for the European Court of Human Rights\, she was responsible for supporting judges’ activity on human rights alleged violations by managing proceedings and drafting legal documents. In her role she dealt with applications pertaining to all areas of law\, such as civil and criminal law\, corporate law\, consumer law\, intellectual property\, data protection\, tax law\, environment law\, administrative law\, labor law etc. \nShe is member of the French association of legal advisers “AFJE” and a senior certified legal adviser in Romania. She got certified as a human rights tutor by the Council of Europe and\, in Romania\, she got certified as a mediator.\n  \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/career-panel-mar-23-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Career Panel | Women in International Law | Mar 23
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\nin association with\nBelmont University Center for International Business\, Tennessee Technological University Dept of Foreign Languages\, Lipscomb University and Middle Tennessee State University\nin partnership with fellow World Affairs Councils including\nPeoria Area World Affairs Council\nInternational Careers & Jobs Panel\nA Conversation With\nWomen in International Law\n  \n\nVicki Prais\nHuman Rights Lawyer and Independent Human Rights Consultant | London \n \n\nClàudia Baró Huelmo\nAssociate at Withers LLP | London \n \nTina Burjarlani\nInternational Lawyer\, First Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia (2007-2012) \n \nIoana Bara-Busila\nInternational Lawyer | Strasbourg \n*** \n\nHosted By\n\n\nProfessor Susan Turner Haynes\nMember of the Board\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nMarch 23\, 2021\n\n1:30 PM CT\n \n\nAnd don’t miss the March 25th Career Panel on the U.S. Foreign Service and U.S. State Department jobs.\n\n\nHere’s a look at our last International Career Panel \n \n\n\nOctober 9\, 2020 \n*** \nAbout Our Panel\nModerator | Professor Susan Haynes \nSusan Turner Haynes joined Lipscomb University as an assistant professor in 2015. Prior to her doctorate\, Haynes was selected as a Public Policy and Nuclear Threat (PPNT) fellow at the University of California\, San Diego. Haynes research specializes in Chinese nuclear strategy (Chinese Nuclear Proliferation: How Global Politics is Transforming China’s Weapons Modernization\, 2016). In addition\, Haynes has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals\, including Asian Perspectives\, Asian Security\, PS: Political Science and Politics\, Strategic Studies Quarterly\, The Nonproliferation Review\, and Comparative Strategy. She has also authored chapters in the Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy\, and has a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge volume on Nuclear Modernization. Haynes has been invited to present her research at the Department of Defense Strategic Multilayer Assessment Group and at the Air War College. Haynes is a member of the International Studies Association and American Political Science Association and serves as a board member for the Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC). She serves as sponsor of the Lipscomb Model UN club and co-sponsor of the political science honor society\, Pi Sigma Alpha. \nClàudia Baró Huelmo | London \nClàudia Baró Huelmo specialises in public international law\, international arbitration and international criminal law. She has acted as counsel for States and corporate entities in a number of international arbitration proceedings with experience in disputes in the financial services\, trade\, banking\, energy\, waste management and recycling sectors. She has also advised European\, Caribbean and American States in public international law matters such as State succession\, territorial and maritime boundaries\, new approaches to trade treaties with the United Kingdom post-Brexit\, business and human rights\, settlement of international disputes\, and relations with international organisations. Before joining the firm\, Clàudia worked for a leading international arbitration firm in Geneva (2017-2019) and a public international boutique law firm in London (2016 – 2017). Prior to that\, she taught public international law courses at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and worked in a Spanish law firm specialising in banking litigation (2015 – 2016). Clàudia holds an LLM (2015\, with distinction) in Public International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). During her time at the LSE\, she was also the team captain of the winning team of the United Kingdom Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition. She graduated with a Spanish law degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2014 where she has awarded the Extraordinary Award for graduating first of her class. She also holds a certificate in Public International Law from The Hague Academy of International Law (2014) and was an exchange student at the University of California\, Berkeley (2012 – 2013). \nTina Burjaliani | Budapest \nTina Burjaliani is an international lawyer and an expert in the rule of law and justice sector reforms with more than 15 years of experience in Central and Eastern Europe\, Middle East and North Africa and South East Asia. \nTina held different positions in the Government of Georgia in 2004-2012\, including the First Deputy Minister of Justice\, head of Legal Department at the Office of Chief Prosecutor and Government Agent to the European Court of Human Rights. At the Government of Georgia\, Tina chaired and co-chaired number of bilateral and multilateral high-level negotiations\, including the Justice and Rule of Law Working Group of the US-Georgia Strategic Cooperation Commission\, the Justice and Security Working Group at the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade and Visa Liberalization negotiations between Georgia and the European Union and represented the Government at the high-level meetings at the UN\, NATO\, European Union\, Council of Europe\, other international forums and with foreign states. She served as an expert at the Council of Europe’s Group of State Against Corruption (GRECO)\, Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL)\, the Committee on the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ)\, Steering Committee on Human Rights and the Working Group for drafting the Protocol No.14 to the European Convention\, amending the control system of the Convention. Tina litigated landmark cases at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg\, International Court of Justice in the Hague and investment and commercial arbitration tribunals. \nIn 2014-2020\, Tina held different positions at the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) including Senior Judicial and Human Rights Advisor in the Middle East and North Africa Division (MENA)\, co-chair of the Human Rights Practice Group and the Country Director for Libya and Tunisia. \nTina has law degree from Tbilisi State University and the LLM in International legal Studies from American University Washington College of Law where she studied as Edmund Muskie Scholar. \nVicki Prais | London \nVicki Prais is an international human rights lawyer and independent human rights consultant with particular expertise in prisoners’ rights\, prison reform\, dignity behind bars and torture prevention.  She has 24 years’ experience in the human rights sector and a professional background in international organizations (the UN\, Council of Europe)\, the British Government (Human Rights Advisor to the UK Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office)\, non-governmental organizations (Amnesty International\, Penal Reform International) National Human Rights Institutions (the Scottish Human Rights Commission) and academia (Surrey University\, England and a Fellow in Residence at the Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism\,  McGill University\, Montreal). Vicki’s international experience has taken her to Japan\, Canada\, Thailand\, Georgia and Ethiopia.  She has written widely both academically and for a wider audience through blogs\, industry journals and Op-Eds. As a consultant\, Vicki has worked with an NGO in Brussels\, International Partnership for Human Rights\, where she has authored and co-authored a number of human rights reports including a human rights impact assessment of the COVID-19 response in Russia.  She has also undertaken consultancy work with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe & Penal Reform International. Vicki has an undergraduate degree (LLB) in Law and a Masters degree in Human Rights and Civil Liberties from the University of the West of England\, Bristol and the University of Leicester\, respectively. \nIoana Bara-Busila \nIoana BARA-BUSILA is an experienced International Lawyer with an atypical path shared between public and private sector and a cross-disciplinary legal expertise. She holds a bachelor’s degree in law and a Master degree in International and European Law from the University of Toulouse\, France.  \nDuring her career\, she acted as counsel for the Government of Romania (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mediation Council) and multinational companies (Airbus\, Accenture\, European Drinks). She intervened in numerous pre-litigation and litigation proceedings\, at national and international level (before the Court of Justice of the European Union\, the International Center for Settlement of Disputes – ICSID\, the national jurisdictions in Romania). Working for the European Court of Human Rights\, she was responsible for supporting judges’ activity on human rights alleged violations by managing proceedings and drafting legal documents. In her role she dealt with applications pertaining to all areas of law\, such as civil and criminal law\, corporate law\, consumer law\, intellectual property\, data protection\, tax law\, environment law\, administrative law\, labor law etc. \nShe is member of the French association of legal advisers “AFJE” and a senior certified legal adviser in Romania. She got certified as a human rights tutor by the Council of Europe and\, in Romania\, she got certified as a mediator.\n  \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/career-panel-mar-23/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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