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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/
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-23-2/
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:Great Decisions Seminar: Brexit and the European Union | Mar 19
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nBrexit and the European Union\nMarch 19\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nYannis Stivachtis\nProfessor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech\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-brexit-and-the-european-union-mar-19-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Brexit and the European Union | Mar 19
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nBrexit and the European Union\nMarch 19\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nYannis Stivachtis\nProfessor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech\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-brexit-and-the-european-union-mar-19-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Brexit and the European Union | Mar 19
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nBrexit and the European Union\nMarch 19\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nYannis Stivachtis\nProfessor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech\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-brexit-and-the-european-union-mar-19-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Brexit and the European Union | Mar 19
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nBrexit and the European Union\nMarch 19\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nYannis Stivachtis\nProfessor of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair at Virginia Tech\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-brexit-and-the-european-union-mar-19/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Expeditionary Diplomats: On the Front Lines | Ambassadors Courageous | Mar 16
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER BELOW\n\n\nIN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\nExpeditionary Diplomats: On the Front Lines\nPaul Richter\, Author\nAmbassador Ryan Crocker \nAmbassador Robert S. Ford\nAmbassador Anne Patterson\nTuesday\, March 16\, 2021\n7:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM CT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiplomacy’s equivalent of the military’s special forces is the “expeditionary diplomat\,” a resourceful professional with specialized training from the Department of Defense and CIA who can take on the toughest diplomatic assignments in high threat\, unstable or failed states.\n\nJoin diplomatic correspondent Paul Richter\, author of the “The Ambassadors\,” for a virtual conversation with three of America’s preeminent diplomats – Ryan Crocker\, Robert Ford and Anne Patterson – whom he profiled in his book along with Christopher Stevens\, who was killed in Libya in 2012.\n\n\nPanelists\n\nPaul Richter covered the State Department and foreign policy as a Washington-based correspondent for the Los Angeles Times before leaving the publication in 2015. Throughout his three-decades-long career\, Richter reported from 60 countries. He is a graduate of Clark University in Massachusetts.\n\n\nAmbassador Ryan Crocker was a career Foreign Service Officer\, who served as Ambassador to Afghanistan (2011-2012)\, Iraq (2007-2009)\, Pakistan (2004-2007)\, Syria (1998-2001)\, Kuwait (1994-1997)\, and Lebanon (1990-1993). He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009) and currently serves as diplomat in residence at Princeton University. He holds a B.A. in English and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Whitman College.\n\nAmbassador Robert S. Ford served as U.S. Ambassador to Syria (2011-2014) and Algeria (2006-2008) before retiring from the Foreign Service in 2014. He is a recipient of the U.S. Department of State’s Secretary’s Service Award (2014) and the John F. Kennedy Library’s Profile in Courage Award (2012)\, which he received for his work defending human rights in Syria. He is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute.\n\nAmbassador Anne Patterson spent more than four decades in the Foreign Service\, serving as Ambassador to Egypt (2011-2013)\, Pakistan (2007-2010)\, Colombia (2000-2003)\, and El Salvador (1997-2000). She was appointed to the National Defense Strategy Commission by Congress in 2017\, where she contributed to an independent review of U.S. national security needs. From 2017 to 2018\, Patterson served as a senior fellow at the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.\n\n\nPlease give to the Tennessee World Affairs Council to make programs like this possible. Thanks!\n\n\nPRESENTED BY\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council\nIN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n  \n\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/expeditionary-diplomats-on-the-front-lines-ambassadors-courageous-mar-16/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Expeditionary Diplomats: On the Front Lines | Ambassadors Courageous | Mar 16
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER BELOW\n\n\nIN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\nExpeditionary Diplomats: On the Front Lines\nPaul Richter\, Author\nAmbassador Ryan Crocker \nAmbassador Robert S. Ford\nAmbassador Anne Patterson\nTuesday\, March 16\, 2021\n7:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM CT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiplomacy’s equivalent of the military’s special forces is the “expeditionary diplomat\,” a resourceful professional with specialized training from the Department of Defense and CIA who can take on the toughest diplomatic assignments in high threat\, unstable or failed states.\n\nJoin diplomatic correspondent Paul Richter\, author of the “The Ambassadors\,” for a virtual conversation with three of America’s preeminent diplomats – Ryan Crocker\, Robert Ford and Anne Patterson – whom he profiled in his book along with Christopher Stevens\, who was killed in Libya in 2012.\n\n\nPanelists\n\nPaul Richter covered the State Department and foreign policy as a Washington-based correspondent for the Los Angeles Times before leaving the publication in 2015. Throughout his three-decades-long career\, Richter reported from 60 countries. He is a graduate of Clark University in Massachusetts.\n\n\nAmbassador Ryan Crocker was a career Foreign Service Officer\, who served as Ambassador to Afghanistan (2011-2012)\, Iraq (2007-2009)\, Pakistan (2004-2007)\, Syria (1998-2001)\, Kuwait (1994-1997)\, and Lebanon (1990-1993). He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009) and currently serves as diplomat in residence at Princeton University. He holds a B.A. in English and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Whitman College.\n\nAmbassador Robert S. Ford served as U.S. Ambassador to Syria (2011-2014) and Algeria (2006-2008) before retiring from the Foreign Service in 2014. He is a recipient of the U.S. Department of State’s Secretary’s Service Award (2014) and the John F. Kennedy Library’s Profile in Courage Award (2012)\, which he received for his work defending human rights in Syria. He is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute.\n\nAmbassador Anne Patterson spent more than four decades in the Foreign Service\, serving as Ambassador to Egypt (2011-2013)\, Pakistan (2007-2010)\, Colombia (2000-2003)\, and El Salvador (1997-2000). She was appointed to the National Defense Strategy Commission by Congress in 2017\, where she contributed to an independent review of U.S. national security needs. From 2017 to 2018\, Patterson served as a senior fellow at the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.\n\n\nPlease give to the Tennessee World Affairs Council to make programs like this possible. Thanks!\n\n\nPRESENTED BY\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council\nIN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n  \n\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/expeditionary-diplomats-on-the-front-lines-ambassadors-courageous-mar-16-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Expeditionary Diplomats: On the Front Lines | Ambassadors Courageous | Mar 16
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER BELOW\n\n\nIN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\nExpeditionary Diplomats: On the Front Lines\nPaul Richter\, Author\nAmbassador Ryan Crocker \nAmbassador Robert S. Ford\nAmbassador Anne Patterson\nTuesday\, March 16\, 2021\n7:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM CT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiplomacy’s equivalent of the military’s special forces is the “expeditionary diplomat\,” a resourceful professional with specialized training from the Department of Defense and CIA who can take on the toughest diplomatic assignments in high threat\, unstable or failed states.\n\nJoin diplomatic correspondent Paul Richter\, author of the “The Ambassadors\,” for a virtual conversation with three of America’s preeminent diplomats – Ryan Crocker\, Robert Ford and Anne Patterson – whom he profiled in his book along with Christopher Stevens\, who was killed in Libya in 2012.\n\n\nPanelists\n\nPaul Richter covered the State Department and foreign policy as a Washington-based correspondent for the Los Angeles Times before leaving the publication in 2015. Throughout his three-decades-long career\, Richter reported from 60 countries. He is a graduate of Clark University in Massachusetts.\n\n\nAmbassador Ryan Crocker was a career Foreign Service Officer\, who served as Ambassador to Afghanistan (2011-2012)\, Iraq (2007-2009)\, Pakistan (2004-2007)\, Syria (1998-2001)\, Kuwait (1994-1997)\, and Lebanon (1990-1993). He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009) and currently serves as diplomat in residence at Princeton University. He holds a B.A. in English and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Whitman College.\n\nAmbassador Robert S. Ford served as U.S. Ambassador to Syria (2011-2014) and Algeria (2006-2008) before retiring from the Foreign Service in 2014. He is a recipient of the U.S. Department of State’s Secretary’s Service Award (2014) and the John F. Kennedy Library’s Profile in Courage Award (2012)\, which he received for his work defending human rights in Syria. He is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute.\n\nAmbassador Anne Patterson spent more than four decades in the Foreign Service\, serving as Ambassador to Egypt (2011-2013)\, Pakistan (2007-2010)\, Colombia (2000-2003)\, and El Salvador (1997-2000). She was appointed to the National Defense Strategy Commission by Congress in 2017\, where she contributed to an independent review of U.S. national security needs. From 2017 to 2018\, Patterson served as a senior fellow at the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.\n\n\nPlease give to the Tennessee World Affairs Council to make programs like this possible. Thanks!\n\n\nPRESENTED BY\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council\nIN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n  \n\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/expeditionary-diplomats-on-the-front-lines-ambassadors-courageous-mar-16-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Persian Gulf Security Issues | Mar 12
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nPersian Gulf Security Issues\nMarch 12\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nAli Akbar Mahdi\nCalifornia State University\, Northridge and\nProfessor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \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\n\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 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-persian-gulf-security-issues-mar-12/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Persian Gulf Security Issues | Mar 12
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nPersian Gulf Security Issues\nMarch 12\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nAli Akbar Mahdi\nCalifornia State University\, Northridge and\nProfessor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \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\n\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 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-persian-gulf-security-issues-mar-12-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Persian Gulf Security Issues | Mar 12
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nPersian Gulf Security Issues\nMarch 12\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nAli Akbar Mahdi\nCalifornia State University\, Northridge and\nProfessor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \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\n\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 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-persian-gulf-security-issues-mar-12-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Great Decisions Seminar: Persian Gulf Security Issues | Mar 12
DESCRIPTION:Great Decisions Seminar Series\n\nPersian Gulf Security Issues\nMarch 12\, 2021\n11:00 am – 12:00 pm \nAli Akbar Mahdi\nCalifornia State University\, Northridge and\nProfessor Emeritus\, Ohio Wesleyan University\nJoin us for a discussion of this important global issue. \n \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\n\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 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-persian-gulf-security-issues-mar-12-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210310T200000
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | March 10
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – March 10\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR MARCH 10\, 2021 \nTo Be Announced \n \n  \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \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. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \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 \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \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/global-news-review-march-10-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210224T200000
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 24
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 24\, 2021\n  \n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n \nThis week’s special guest is Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and numerous positions of leadership in service to America’s diplomatic missions.\nAmbassador Kornblum\, probably the most experienced American diplomat on U.S.-European relations\, will talk about the health of transatlantic ties and President Biden’s speech to the Munich Security Conference. \nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 24\, 2021 \n#1 – Biden and the Transatlantic Alliance \n#2 – Social Media: Global Regulations \n#3 – Reflecting on Desert Storm at 30 \n  \n \n  \nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \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. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \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 \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \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/global-news-review-feb-24-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 24
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 24\, 2021\n  \n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n \nThis week’s special guest is Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and numerous positions of leadership in service to America’s diplomatic missions.\nAmbassador Kornblum\, probably the most experienced American diplomat on U.S.-European relations\, will talk about the health of transatlantic ties and President Biden’s speech to the Munich Security Conference. \nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 24\, 2021 \n#1 – Biden and the Transatlantic Alliance \n#2 – Social Media: Global Regulations \n#3 – Reflecting on Desert Storm at 30 \n  \n \n  \nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \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. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \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 \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \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/global-news-review-feb-24/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 24
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 24\, 2021\n  \n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n \nThis week’s special guest is Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and numerous positions of leadership in service to America’s diplomatic missions.\nAmbassador Kornblum\, probably the most experienced American diplomat on U.S.-European relations\, will talk about the health of transatlantic ties and President Biden’s speech to the Munich Security Conference. \nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 24\, 2021 \n#1 – Biden and the Transatlantic Alliance \n#2 – Social Media: Global Regulations \n#3 – Reflecting on Desert Storm at 30 \n  \n \n  \nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \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. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \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 \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \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/global-news-review-feb-24-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210224T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T082658
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T184724Z
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 24
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 24\, 2021\n  \n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n \nThis week’s special guest is Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and numerous positions of leadership in service to America’s diplomatic missions.\nAmbassador Kornblum\, probably the most experienced American diplomat on U.S.-European relations\, will talk about the health of transatlantic ties and President Biden’s speech to the Munich Security Conference. \nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 24\, 2021 \n#1 – Biden and the Transatlantic Alliance \n#2 – Social Media: Global Regulations \n#3 – Reflecting on Desert Storm at 30 \n  \n \n  \nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \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. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \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 \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \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/global-news-review-feb-24-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 17
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 17\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 17\, 2021 \nTOPIC 1 – Early Obstacles for Biden Foreign Policy \nTOPIC 2 – France and the Sahel Check our bio for link \nTOPIC 3 – The World Trade Organization Gets a New Face \n \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \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. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \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 \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \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/global-news-review-feb-17/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 17
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 17\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 17\, 2021 \nTOPIC 1 – Early Obstacles for Biden Foreign Policy \nTOPIC 2 – France and the Sahel Check our bio for link \nTOPIC 3 – The World Trade Organization Gets a New Face \n \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \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. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \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 \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \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/global-news-review-feb-17-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 17
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 17\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 17\, 2021 \nTOPIC 1 – Early Obstacles for Biden Foreign Policy \nTOPIC 2 – France and the Sahel Check our bio for link \nTOPIC 3 – The World Trade Organization Gets a New Face \n \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \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. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \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 \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \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/global-news-review-feb-17-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 17
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 17\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 17\, 2021 \nTOPIC 1 – Early Obstacles for Biden Foreign Policy \nTOPIC 2 – France and the Sahel Check our bio for link \nTOPIC 3 – The World Trade Organization Gets a New Face \n \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \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. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \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 \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \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/global-news-review-feb-17-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 10
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 10\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 10\, 2021 \nTo Be Announced \nREGISTER BELOW \n \n  \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \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. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \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 \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \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. \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-feb-10/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 10
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 10\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 10\, 2021 \nTo Be Announced \nREGISTER BELOW \n \n  \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \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. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \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 \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \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. \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-feb-10-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 10
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 10\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 10\, 2021 \nTo Be Announced \nREGISTER BELOW \n \n  \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \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. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \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 \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \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. \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-feb-10-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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