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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 6
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 6\, 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 JANUARY 6\, 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-jan-6-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 6
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 6\, 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 JANUARY 6\, 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-jan-6/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 6
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 6\, 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 JANUARY 6\, 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-jan-6-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:New World Order: The Middle East | Dec 17
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to collaborate with our friends at the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg\nto present this important program.\n \nYou Are Invited\nNew World Order: The Middle East\nBiden Takes Over\n \nAmy Tachco\nOffice of Regional and Multilateral Affairs\, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs\, U.S. Department of State\nDecember 17\, 2020 @ 5p.m. CT\nPresident-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take office on January 20 and their administration is likely to be far different from the one led by President Donald Trump.  TNWAC is pleased to join WACH in a discussions with experts in domestic and foreign affairs to discuss how the world is likely to change in 2021. \nJoin us 5 p.m. (Central Time) Thursday\, Dec. 17 for our conversation  with  Amy Tachco\, director of the Office of Regional And Multilateral Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. We will open with remarks from Irina Karmanova\, from the State Department Office of Public Liaison. \n \nABOUT AMY TACHCO \nAmy Tachco joined the Foreign Service in 2002 after a brief stint in finance in New York.  She has served in Karachi\, Casablanca\, Madrid (twice)\, Beirut\, and in Washington in the Bureaus of Near Eastern and African Affairs.  She served as Political Counselor at U.S. Embassy Damascus in the run-up to closure of the Mission in 2012\, and was Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations under Ambassadors Samantha Power and Nikki Haley. She also served as Foreign Policy Adviser to the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet Commander in Manama\, Bahrain.  A graduate of Smith College and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva\, she speaks French\, Spanish\, Italian\, and Arabic. \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. \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/new-world-order-biden-takes-over-dec-17-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:New World Order: The Middle East | Dec 17
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to collaborate with our friends at the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg\nto present this important program.\n \nYou Are Invited\nNew World Order: The Middle East\nBiden Takes Over\n \nAmy Tachco\nOffice of Regional and Multilateral Affairs\, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs\, U.S. Department of State\nDecember 17\, 2020 @ 5p.m. CT\nPresident-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take office on January 20 and their administration is likely to be far different from the one led by President Donald Trump.  TNWAC is pleased to join WACH in a discussions with experts in domestic and foreign affairs to discuss how the world is likely to change in 2021. \nJoin us 5 p.m. (Central Time) Thursday\, Dec. 17 for our conversation  with  Amy Tachco\, director of the Office of Regional And Multilateral Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. We will open with remarks from Irina Karmanova\, from the State Department Office of Public Liaison. \n \nABOUT AMY TACHCO \nAmy Tachco joined the Foreign Service in 2002 after a brief stint in finance in New York.  She has served in Karachi\, Casablanca\, Madrid (twice)\, Beirut\, and in Washington in the Bureaus of Near Eastern and African Affairs.  She served as Political Counselor at U.S. Embassy Damascus in the run-up to closure of the Mission in 2012\, and was Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations under Ambassadors Samantha Power and Nikki Haley. She also served as Foreign Policy Adviser to the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet Commander in Manama\, Bahrain.  A graduate of Smith College and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva\, she speaks French\, Spanish\, Italian\, and Arabic. \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. \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/new-world-order-biden-takes-over-dec-17-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:New World Order: The Middle East | Dec 17
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to collaborate with our friends at the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg\nto present this important program.\n \nYou Are Invited\nNew World Order: The Middle East\nBiden Takes Over\n \nAmy Tachco\nOffice of Regional and Multilateral Affairs\, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs\, U.S. Department of State\nDecember 17\, 2020 @ 5p.m. CT\nPresident-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take office on January 20 and their administration is likely to be far different from the one led by President Donald Trump.  TNWAC is pleased to join WACH in a discussions with experts in domestic and foreign affairs to discuss how the world is likely to change in 2021. \nJoin us 5 p.m. (Central Time) Thursday\, Dec. 17 for our conversation  with  Amy Tachco\, director of the Office of Regional And Multilateral Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. We will open with remarks from Irina Karmanova\, from the State Department Office of Public Liaison. \n \nABOUT AMY TACHCO \nAmy Tachco joined the Foreign Service in 2002 after a brief stint in finance in New York.  She has served in Karachi\, Casablanca\, Madrid (twice)\, Beirut\, and in Washington in the Bureaus of Near Eastern and African Affairs.  She served as Political Counselor at U.S. Embassy Damascus in the run-up to closure of the Mission in 2012\, and was Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations under Ambassadors Samantha Power and Nikki Haley. She also served as Foreign Policy Adviser to the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet Commander in Manama\, Bahrain.  A graduate of Smith College and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva\, she speaks French\, Spanish\, Italian\, and Arabic. \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. \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/new-world-order-biden-takes-over-dec-17/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:New World Order: The Middle East | Dec 17
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to collaborate with our friends at the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg\nto present this important program.\n \nYou Are Invited\nNew World Order: The Middle East\nBiden Takes Over\n \nAmy Tachco\nOffice of Regional and Multilateral Affairs\, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs\, U.S. Department of State\nDecember 17\, 2020 @ 5p.m. CT\nPresident-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take office on January 20 and their administration is likely to be far different from the one led by President Donald Trump.  TNWAC is pleased to join WACH in a discussions with experts in domestic and foreign affairs to discuss how the world is likely to change in 2021. \nJoin us 5 p.m. (Central Time) Thursday\, Dec. 17 for our conversation  with  Amy Tachco\, director of the Office of Regional And Multilateral Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. We will open with remarks from Irina Karmanova\, from the State Department Office of Public Liaison. \n \nABOUT AMY TACHCO \nAmy Tachco joined the Foreign Service in 2002 after a brief stint in finance in New York.  She has served in Karachi\, Casablanca\, Madrid (twice)\, Beirut\, and in Washington in the Bureaus of Near Eastern and African Affairs.  She served as Political Counselor at U.S. Embassy Damascus in the run-up to closure of the Mission in 2012\, and was Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations under Ambassadors Samantha Power and Nikki Haley. She also served as Foreign Policy Adviser to the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet Commander in Manama\, Bahrain.  A graduate of Smith College and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva\, she speaks French\, Spanish\, Italian\, and Arabic. \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. \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/new-world-order-biden-takes-over-dec-17-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Dec 16
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – December 16\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED.\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:UN75: The Journey Continues | Special Program | Dec 9
DESCRIPTION:UN75: The Journey Continues\nYou’re Invited to Our Special Roundtable\nCelebrating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and understanding its challenges going forward.\n \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWednesday December 9th\n ET 7-8:15 | CT 6-7:15 | MT 5-6:15\nWelcome: Matthew Hughes\, Executive Director\, International Relations Council\, Kansas City \nIntroduction: Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nKeynote: Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering \nModerator: Joyce Davis\, President\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg \nPanel: \n\nHon Gérard Araud\, former Ambassador of France to the United States and former Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations (Confirmed)\nLinda Fasulo\, NPR Correspondent at the UN\, author “An Insider’s Guide to the UN” (Confirmed)\nSamuel Rushay\, Supervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum (Confirmed)\nDustin Liu\, UNA USA Youth Representative\n\n \n \nSPONSORS \nInterested in sponsoring this special roundtable on “UN75: The Journey Continues”? Contact Patrick Ryan (pat@tnwac.org | 931.261.2353) \nThis joint World Affairs Councils program is made possible by individuals and institutions like you\, including these. \nThanks to Nashville Cordell Hull Chapter UNA-USA President Bob Teague and our friends in the Chapter for the generous support of this program. \n \nThanks to an individual providing a $1\,000 contribution in the name of the UN Association USA\, Greater Kansas City Chapter. \n \n \nThomas Pickering \nAmbassador Thomas R. Pickering served as the U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations in New York under President George H.W. Bush. Tom led the U.S. effort to build a global coalition in the UN Security Council during and after the first Gulf War. He also served as the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Bill Clinton. \nTom holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador\, the highest in the U.S. Foreign Service. In a diplomatic career spanning five decades\, he was U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation\, India\, Israel\, El Salvador\, Nigeria\, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He also served on assignments in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. In Washington\, Tom was Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans\, Environmental and Scientific Affairs\, Executive Secretary of the Department of State\, and Special Assistant to Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger. \nAfter government\, he was the Senior Vice President\, International Relations\, of The Boeing Company. In this role\, Tom was responsible for Boeing’s relations with foreign governments and the company’s transition to a global organization. Prior to that\, he was briefly the president of the Eurasia Foundation\, a Washington-based organization that makes small grants and loans in the states of the former Soviet Union. \nIn 2012\, Tom chaired the Benghazi Accountability Review Board at the State Department. \nIn 1956\, Tom entered into active duty in the U.S. Navy\, and later served in the Naval Reserve to the grade of Lieutenant Commander. He was assigned to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department\, later to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency\, and served in Geneva as political adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the 18-Nation Disarmament Conference. \nTom serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is active in a number of not-for-profit boards\, including the International Crisis Group\, where he was previously Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Board; the current Chairman of the Boards of the American Academy of Diplomacy\, the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs\, and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. He has been a Trustee at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Institute\, among other organizations. Tom maintains close\, high-level contacts in all the countries in which he has served\, as well as in Europe. \nHe received a bachelor’s degree\, cum laude\, with high honors in history\, from Bowdoin College. Tom received a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Melbourne in Australia\, and received a second master’s degree there. Tom received an honorary doctor-in-laws degree from Bowdoin College\, and has received similar honors from 12 other universities. \nHe received the Distinguished Presidential Award and the Department of State’s highest award\, the Distinguished Service Award. Tom is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies. He speaks French\, Spanish\, and Swahili and has some fluency in Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Russian. \nGérard Araud \nAmbassador Araud was a French diplomat for more than three decades\, earning the highest rank in the French diplomatic service\, “Ambassadeur de France.” He served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He was also France’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and France’s Ambassador to Israel. \nAraud held numerous other senior positions within the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development\, including Director General for Political Affairs and Security and Director for Strategic Affairs\, Security\, and Disarmament (2000-2003). He also served as the French negotiator on the Iranian nuclear issue from 2006 to 2009. \nAmbassador Araud is a trustee of the International Crisis Group and a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is a regular contributor on international affairs for the French weekly Le Point\, French BFM TV\, and French public radio. He is also frequently interviewed by CNN International\, the BBC\, and other English-language media. \nAmbassador Araud is based in New York. \nLinda Fasulo \nLinda Fasulo is a journalist and author specializing in the United Nations and US foreign policy. Based at the United Nations\, Linda is UN Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC as well as a long-time independent correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). She also worked for several years as special UN correspondent for US News and World Report. \nHer book\, An Insider’s Guide to the UN\, published by Yale University Press\, was selected by School Library Journal as one of the best adult books for high school students and has received much critical acclaim. Tom Brokaw\, NBC News writes\, “No one knows the big picture and inner workings of the UN better than Linda Fasulo. This book is must-read for anyone interested in international affairs\,” and Joseph S. Nye\, of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government says that the book “will become the indispensable source on the United Nations for everyone from students to diplomats. I keep it handy on my desk.” An updated second edition of An Insider’s Guide to the UN will be published next year. \nLinda is an honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association\, and she has served as an officer and board member of the Overseas Press Club and the United Nations Correspondents Association. \nSam Rushay \nSupervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.  Sam Rushay has worked at the National Archives and Records Administration for 27 years. He is the supervisory archivist at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence\, MO\, where he worked as an archivist from 1993-1997. From 1997-2007\, he was an archivist and subject matter expert at the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff at the National Archives in College Park\, Maryland. Rushay has published articles about Richard Nixon and Harry Truman. A Columbus\, Ohio\, native\, he earned a B.A. in U.S. History from Ohio State University and obtained a M.A. and Ph.D. in U.S. history from Ohio University.\n  \nhttps://youtu.be/oQVdf5Eib6g \n  \n\nAcross this anniversary year\, we have engaged in a global conversation. And the results are striking. People are thinking big – they are also expressing an intense yearning for international cooperation and global solidarity. Now is the time to respond to these aspirations and realize these aims. In this 75th anniversary year\, we face our own 1945 moment. We must meet that moment. We must show unity like never before to overcome today’s emergency\, get the world moving and working and prospering again\, and uphold the vision of the Charter. \n–UN Secretary-General António Guterres \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWorld Affairs Councils are independent\, nonpartisan organizations dedicated to engaging the public and leading global voices to better understand the world\, America’s international role\, and the policy choices that impact our daily lives and our future. \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:UN75: The Journey Continues | Special Program | Dec 9
DESCRIPTION:UN75: The Journey Continues\nYou’re Invited to Our Special Roundtable\nCelebrating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and understanding its challenges going forward.\n \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWednesday December 9th\n ET 7-8:15 | CT 6-7:15 | MT 5-6:15\nWelcome: Matthew Hughes\, Executive Director\, International Relations Council\, Kansas City \nIntroduction: Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nKeynote: Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering \nModerator: Joyce Davis\, President\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg \nPanel: \n\nHon Gérard Araud\, former Ambassador of France to the United States and former Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations (Confirmed)\nLinda Fasulo\, NPR Correspondent at the UN\, author “An Insider’s Guide to the UN” (Confirmed)\nSamuel Rushay\, Supervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum (Confirmed)\nDustin Liu\, UNA USA Youth Representative\n\n \n \nSPONSORS \nInterested in sponsoring this special roundtable on “UN75: The Journey Continues”? Contact Patrick Ryan (pat@tnwac.org | 931.261.2353) \nThis joint World Affairs Councils program is made possible by individuals and institutions like you\, including these. \nThanks to Nashville Cordell Hull Chapter UNA-USA President Bob Teague and our friends in the Chapter for the generous support of this program. \n \nThanks to an individual providing a $1\,000 contribution in the name of the UN Association USA\, Greater Kansas City Chapter. \n \n \nThomas Pickering \nAmbassador Thomas R. Pickering served as the U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations in New York under President George H.W. Bush. Tom led the U.S. effort to build a global coalition in the UN Security Council during and after the first Gulf War. He also served as the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Bill Clinton. \nTom holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador\, the highest in the U.S. Foreign Service. In a diplomatic career spanning five decades\, he was U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation\, India\, Israel\, El Salvador\, Nigeria\, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He also served on assignments in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. In Washington\, Tom was Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans\, Environmental and Scientific Affairs\, Executive Secretary of the Department of State\, and Special Assistant to Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger. \nAfter government\, he was the Senior Vice President\, International Relations\, of The Boeing Company. In this role\, Tom was responsible for Boeing’s relations with foreign governments and the company’s transition to a global organization. Prior to that\, he was briefly the president of the Eurasia Foundation\, a Washington-based organization that makes small grants and loans in the states of the former Soviet Union. \nIn 2012\, Tom chaired the Benghazi Accountability Review Board at the State Department. \nIn 1956\, Tom entered into active duty in the U.S. Navy\, and later served in the Naval Reserve to the grade of Lieutenant Commander. He was assigned to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department\, later to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency\, and served in Geneva as political adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the 18-Nation Disarmament Conference. \nTom serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is active in a number of not-for-profit boards\, including the International Crisis Group\, where he was previously Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Board; the current Chairman of the Boards of the American Academy of Diplomacy\, the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs\, and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. He has been a Trustee at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Institute\, among other organizations. Tom maintains close\, high-level contacts in all the countries in which he has served\, as well as in Europe. \nHe received a bachelor’s degree\, cum laude\, with high honors in history\, from Bowdoin College. Tom received a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Melbourne in Australia\, and received a second master’s degree there. Tom received an honorary doctor-in-laws degree from Bowdoin College\, and has received similar honors from 12 other universities. \nHe received the Distinguished Presidential Award and the Department of State’s highest award\, the Distinguished Service Award. Tom is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies. He speaks French\, Spanish\, and Swahili and has some fluency in Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Russian. \nGérard Araud \nAmbassador Araud was a French diplomat for more than three decades\, earning the highest rank in the French diplomatic service\, “Ambassadeur de France.” He served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He was also France’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and France’s Ambassador to Israel. \nAraud held numerous other senior positions within the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development\, including Director General for Political Affairs and Security and Director for Strategic Affairs\, Security\, and Disarmament (2000-2003). He also served as the French negotiator on the Iranian nuclear issue from 2006 to 2009. \nAmbassador Araud is a trustee of the International Crisis Group and a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is a regular contributor on international affairs for the French weekly Le Point\, French BFM TV\, and French public radio. He is also frequently interviewed by CNN International\, the BBC\, and other English-language media. \nAmbassador Araud is based in New York. \nLinda Fasulo \nLinda Fasulo is a journalist and author specializing in the United Nations and US foreign policy. Based at the United Nations\, Linda is UN Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC as well as a long-time independent correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). She also worked for several years as special UN correspondent for US News and World Report. \nHer book\, An Insider’s Guide to the UN\, published by Yale University Press\, was selected by School Library Journal as one of the best adult books for high school students and has received much critical acclaim. Tom Brokaw\, NBC News writes\, “No one knows the big picture and inner workings of the UN better than Linda Fasulo. This book is must-read for anyone interested in international affairs\,” and Joseph S. Nye\, of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government says that the book “will become the indispensable source on the United Nations for everyone from students to diplomats. I keep it handy on my desk.” An updated second edition of An Insider’s Guide to the UN will be published next year. \nLinda is an honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association\, and she has served as an officer and board member of the Overseas Press Club and the United Nations Correspondents Association. \nSam Rushay \nSupervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.  Sam Rushay has worked at the National Archives and Records Administration for 27 years. He is the supervisory archivist at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence\, MO\, where he worked as an archivist from 1993-1997. From 1997-2007\, he was an archivist and subject matter expert at the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff at the National Archives in College Park\, Maryland. Rushay has published articles about Richard Nixon and Harry Truman. A Columbus\, Ohio\, native\, he earned a B.A. in U.S. History from Ohio State University and obtained a M.A. and Ph.D. in U.S. history from Ohio University.\n  \nhttps://youtu.be/oQVdf5Eib6g \n  \n\nAcross this anniversary year\, we have engaged in a global conversation. And the results are striking. People are thinking big – they are also expressing an intense yearning for international cooperation and global solidarity. Now is the time to respond to these aspirations and realize these aims. In this 75th anniversary year\, we face our own 1945 moment. We must meet that moment. We must show unity like never before to overcome today’s emergency\, get the world moving and working and prospering again\, and uphold the vision of the Charter. \n–UN Secretary-General António Guterres \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWorld Affairs Councils are independent\, nonpartisan organizations dedicated to engaging the public and leading global voices to better understand the world\, America’s international role\, and the policy choices that impact our daily lives and our future. \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:UN75: The Journey Continues | Special Program | Dec 9
DESCRIPTION:UN75: The Journey Continues\nYou’re Invited to Our Special Roundtable\nCelebrating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and understanding its challenges going forward.\n \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWednesday December 9th\n ET 7-8:15 | CT 6-7:15 | MT 5-6:15\nWelcome: Matthew Hughes\, Executive Director\, International Relations Council\, Kansas City \nIntroduction: Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nKeynote: Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering \nModerator: Joyce Davis\, President\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg \nPanel: \n\nHon Gérard Araud\, former Ambassador of France to the United States and former Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations (Confirmed)\nLinda Fasulo\, NPR Correspondent at the UN\, author “An Insider’s Guide to the UN” (Confirmed)\nSamuel Rushay\, Supervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum (Confirmed)\nDustin Liu\, UNA USA Youth Representative\n\n \n \nSPONSORS \nInterested in sponsoring this special roundtable on “UN75: The Journey Continues”? Contact Patrick Ryan (pat@tnwac.org | 931.261.2353) \nThis joint World Affairs Councils program is made possible by individuals and institutions like you\, including these. \nThanks to Nashville Cordell Hull Chapter UNA-USA President Bob Teague and our friends in the Chapter for the generous support of this program. \n \nThanks to an individual providing a $1\,000 contribution in the name of the UN Association USA\, Greater Kansas City Chapter. \n \n \nThomas Pickering \nAmbassador Thomas R. Pickering served as the U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations in New York under President George H.W. Bush. Tom led the U.S. effort to build a global coalition in the UN Security Council during and after the first Gulf War. He also served as the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Bill Clinton. \nTom holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador\, the highest in the U.S. Foreign Service. In a diplomatic career spanning five decades\, he was U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation\, India\, Israel\, El Salvador\, Nigeria\, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He also served on assignments in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. In Washington\, Tom was Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans\, Environmental and Scientific Affairs\, Executive Secretary of the Department of State\, and Special Assistant to Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger. \nAfter government\, he was the Senior Vice President\, International Relations\, of The Boeing Company. In this role\, Tom was responsible for Boeing’s relations with foreign governments and the company’s transition to a global organization. Prior to that\, he was briefly the president of the Eurasia Foundation\, a Washington-based organization that makes small grants and loans in the states of the former Soviet Union. \nIn 2012\, Tom chaired the Benghazi Accountability Review Board at the State Department. \nIn 1956\, Tom entered into active duty in the U.S. Navy\, and later served in the Naval Reserve to the grade of Lieutenant Commander. He was assigned to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department\, later to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency\, and served in Geneva as political adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the 18-Nation Disarmament Conference. \nTom serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is active in a number of not-for-profit boards\, including the International Crisis Group\, where he was previously Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Board; the current Chairman of the Boards of the American Academy of Diplomacy\, the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs\, and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. He has been a Trustee at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Institute\, among other organizations. Tom maintains close\, high-level contacts in all the countries in which he has served\, as well as in Europe. \nHe received a bachelor’s degree\, cum laude\, with high honors in history\, from Bowdoin College. Tom received a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Melbourne in Australia\, and received a second master’s degree there. Tom received an honorary doctor-in-laws degree from Bowdoin College\, and has received similar honors from 12 other universities. \nHe received the Distinguished Presidential Award and the Department of State’s highest award\, the Distinguished Service Award. Tom is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies. He speaks French\, Spanish\, and Swahili and has some fluency in Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Russian. \nGérard Araud \nAmbassador Araud was a French diplomat for more than three decades\, earning the highest rank in the French diplomatic service\, “Ambassadeur de France.” He served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He was also France’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and France’s Ambassador to Israel. \nAraud held numerous other senior positions within the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development\, including Director General for Political Affairs and Security and Director for Strategic Affairs\, Security\, and Disarmament (2000-2003). He also served as the French negotiator on the Iranian nuclear issue from 2006 to 2009. \nAmbassador Araud is a trustee of the International Crisis Group and a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is a regular contributor on international affairs for the French weekly Le Point\, French BFM TV\, and French public radio. He is also frequently interviewed by CNN International\, the BBC\, and other English-language media. \nAmbassador Araud is based in New York. \nLinda Fasulo \nLinda Fasulo is a journalist and author specializing in the United Nations and US foreign policy. Based at the United Nations\, Linda is UN Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC as well as a long-time independent correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). She also worked for several years as special UN correspondent for US News and World Report. \nHer book\, An Insider’s Guide to the UN\, published by Yale University Press\, was selected by School Library Journal as one of the best adult books for high school students and has received much critical acclaim. Tom Brokaw\, NBC News writes\, “No one knows the big picture and inner workings of the UN better than Linda Fasulo. This book is must-read for anyone interested in international affairs\,” and Joseph S. Nye\, of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government says that the book “will become the indispensable source on the United Nations for everyone from students to diplomats. I keep it handy on my desk.” An updated second edition of An Insider’s Guide to the UN will be published next year. \nLinda is an honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association\, and she has served as an officer and board member of the Overseas Press Club and the United Nations Correspondents Association. \nSam Rushay \nSupervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.  Sam Rushay has worked at the National Archives and Records Administration for 27 years. He is the supervisory archivist at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence\, MO\, where he worked as an archivist from 1993-1997. From 1997-2007\, he was an archivist and subject matter expert at the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff at the National Archives in College Park\, Maryland. Rushay has published articles about Richard Nixon and Harry Truman. A Columbus\, Ohio\, native\, he earned a B.A. in U.S. History from Ohio State University and obtained a M.A. and Ph.D. in U.S. history from Ohio University.\n  \nhttps://youtu.be/oQVdf5Eib6g \n  \n\nAcross this anniversary year\, we have engaged in a global conversation. And the results are striking. People are thinking big – they are also expressing an intense yearning for international cooperation and global solidarity. Now is the time to respond to these aspirations and realize these aims. In this 75th anniversary year\, we face our own 1945 moment. We must meet that moment. We must show unity like never before to overcome today’s emergency\, get the world moving and working and prospering again\, and uphold the vision of the Charter. \n–UN Secretary-General António Guterres \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWorld Affairs Councils are independent\, nonpartisan organizations dedicated to engaging the public and leading global voices to better understand the world\, America’s international role\, and the policy choices that impact our daily lives and our future. \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:UN75: The Journey Continues | Special Program | Dec 9
DESCRIPTION:UN75: The Journey Continues\nYou’re Invited to Our Special Roundtable\nCelebrating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and understanding its challenges going forward.\n \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWednesday December 9th\n ET 7-8:15 | CT 6-7:15 | MT 5-6:15\nWelcome: Matthew Hughes\, Executive Director\, International Relations Council\, Kansas City \nIntroduction: Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nKeynote: Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering \nModerator: Joyce Davis\, President\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg \nPanel: \n\nHon Gérard Araud\, former Ambassador of France to the United States and former Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations (Confirmed)\nLinda Fasulo\, NPR Correspondent at the UN\, author “An Insider’s Guide to the UN” (Confirmed)\nSamuel Rushay\, Supervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum (Confirmed)\nDustin Liu\, UNA USA Youth Representative\n\n \n \nSPONSORS \nInterested in sponsoring this special roundtable on “UN75: The Journey Continues”? Contact Patrick Ryan (pat@tnwac.org | 931.261.2353) \nThis joint World Affairs Councils program is made possible by individuals and institutions like you\, including these. \nThanks to Nashville Cordell Hull Chapter UNA-USA President Bob Teague and our friends in the Chapter for the generous support of this program. \n \nThanks to an individual providing a $1\,000 contribution in the name of the UN Association USA\, Greater Kansas City Chapter. \n \n \nThomas Pickering \nAmbassador Thomas R. Pickering served as the U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations in New York under President George H.W. Bush. Tom led the U.S. effort to build a global coalition in the UN Security Council during and after the first Gulf War. He also served as the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Bill Clinton. \nTom holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador\, the highest in the U.S. Foreign Service. In a diplomatic career spanning five decades\, he was U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation\, India\, Israel\, El Salvador\, Nigeria\, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He also served on assignments in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. In Washington\, Tom was Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans\, Environmental and Scientific Affairs\, Executive Secretary of the Department of State\, and Special Assistant to Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger. \nAfter government\, he was the Senior Vice President\, International Relations\, of The Boeing Company. In this role\, Tom was responsible for Boeing’s relations with foreign governments and the company’s transition to a global organization. Prior to that\, he was briefly the president of the Eurasia Foundation\, a Washington-based organization that makes small grants and loans in the states of the former Soviet Union. \nIn 2012\, Tom chaired the Benghazi Accountability Review Board at the State Department. \nIn 1956\, Tom entered into active duty in the U.S. Navy\, and later served in the Naval Reserve to the grade of Lieutenant Commander. He was assigned to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department\, later to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency\, and served in Geneva as political adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the 18-Nation Disarmament Conference. \nTom serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is active in a number of not-for-profit boards\, including the International Crisis Group\, where he was previously Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Board; the current Chairman of the Boards of the American Academy of Diplomacy\, the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs\, and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. He has been a Trustee at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Institute\, among other organizations. Tom maintains close\, high-level contacts in all the countries in which he has served\, as well as in Europe. \nHe received a bachelor’s degree\, cum laude\, with high honors in history\, from Bowdoin College. Tom received a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Melbourne in Australia\, and received a second master’s degree there. Tom received an honorary doctor-in-laws degree from Bowdoin College\, and has received similar honors from 12 other universities. \nHe received the Distinguished Presidential Award and the Department of State’s highest award\, the Distinguished Service Award. Tom is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies. He speaks French\, Spanish\, and Swahili and has some fluency in Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Russian. \nGérard Araud \nAmbassador Araud was a French diplomat for more than three decades\, earning the highest rank in the French diplomatic service\, “Ambassadeur de France.” He served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He was also France’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and France’s Ambassador to Israel. \nAraud held numerous other senior positions within the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development\, including Director General for Political Affairs and Security and Director for Strategic Affairs\, Security\, and Disarmament (2000-2003). He also served as the French negotiator on the Iranian nuclear issue from 2006 to 2009. \nAmbassador Araud is a trustee of the International Crisis Group and a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is a regular contributor on international affairs for the French weekly Le Point\, French BFM TV\, and French public radio. He is also frequently interviewed by CNN International\, the BBC\, and other English-language media. \nAmbassador Araud is based in New York. \nLinda Fasulo \nLinda Fasulo is a journalist and author specializing in the United Nations and US foreign policy. Based at the United Nations\, Linda is UN Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC as well as a long-time independent correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). She also worked for several years as special UN correspondent for US News and World Report. \nHer book\, An Insider’s Guide to the UN\, published by Yale University Press\, was selected by School Library Journal as one of the best adult books for high school students and has received much critical acclaim. Tom Brokaw\, NBC News writes\, “No one knows the big picture and inner workings of the UN better than Linda Fasulo. This book is must-read for anyone interested in international affairs\,” and Joseph S. Nye\, of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government says that the book “will become the indispensable source on the United Nations for everyone from students to diplomats. I keep it handy on my desk.” An updated second edition of An Insider’s Guide to the UN will be published next year. \nLinda is an honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association\, and she has served as an officer and board member of the Overseas Press Club and the United Nations Correspondents Association. \nSam Rushay \nSupervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.  Sam Rushay has worked at the National Archives and Records Administration for 27 years. He is the supervisory archivist at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence\, MO\, where he worked as an archivist from 1993-1997. From 1997-2007\, he was an archivist and subject matter expert at the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff at the National Archives in College Park\, Maryland. Rushay has published articles about Richard Nixon and Harry Truman. A Columbus\, Ohio\, native\, he earned a B.A. in U.S. History from Ohio State University and obtained a M.A. and Ph.D. in U.S. history from Ohio University.\n  \nhttps://youtu.be/oQVdf5Eib6g \n  \n\nAcross this anniversary year\, we have engaged in a global conversation. And the results are striking. People are thinking big – they are also expressing an intense yearning for international cooperation and global solidarity. Now is the time to respond to these aspirations and realize these aims. In this 75th anniversary year\, we face our own 1945 moment. We must meet that moment. We must show unity like never before to overcome today’s emergency\, get the world moving and working and prospering again\, and uphold the vision of the Charter. \n–UN Secretary-General António Guterres \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWorld Affairs Councils are independent\, nonpartisan organizations dedicated to engaging the public and leading global voices to better understand the world\, America’s international role\, and the policy choices that impact our daily lives and our future. \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Dec 9
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – December 9\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n  \nHere’s our December 9th topics:\n\n\n\n2021 – What’s in Store for America in the World\n\n\nIran: Maximum Pressure at the Barrel of a Gun\n\n\nBrexit: Disorderly Conduct\n\n\n\n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \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. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED.\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Dec 2
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – December 2\, 2020\nSpecial Edition\n2021 – What’s in Store for America in the World\nWith Special Guest Ambassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs\nAnd The Usual Gang of Three\nAmbassador Charles (Dick) Bowers\, U.S. Foreign Service (Retired)\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia\nDr. Breck Walker\, Ph.D.\nHistorian of U.S. Foreign Policy\nLCDR Patrick Ryan\, USN(Ret)\nFormer Naval Intelligence Officer\nWednesday\, December 2\, 2020 @ 1pm CT\nRegister Below \n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \n \nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nSPECIAL GUEST \nAmbassador John C. Kornblum \nJohn 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. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \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. \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. \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. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED.\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Special Program | Rwanda: In the Face of Genocide | Wed 12pm
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to partner with the Nebraska World Affairs Council and the Indiana World Affairs Council to bring you a special program.  \n  \n \nTo confirm your place and to receive the Zoom link information to participate\, please make a reservation through the Eventbrite page at the Register button below. \n \nAfter making your reservation\, please watch for emails from the Eventbrite system to receive confirmation of your registration and other details you will need to join the Webinar in Zoom. \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/special-program-rwanda-in-the-face-of-genocide-wed-12pm-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Special Program | Rwanda: In the Face of Genocide | Wed 12pm
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to partner with the Nebraska World Affairs Council and the Indiana World Affairs Council to bring you a special program.  \n  \n \nTo confirm your place and to receive the Zoom link information to participate\, please make a reservation through the Eventbrite page at the Register button below. \n \nAfter making your reservation\, please watch for emails from the Eventbrite system to receive confirmation of your registration and other details you will need to join the Webinar in Zoom. \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/special-program-rwanda-in-the-face-of-genocide-wed-12pm-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Special Program | Rwanda: In the Face of Genocide | Wed 12pm
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to partner with the Nebraska World Affairs Council and the Indiana World Affairs Council to bring you a special program.  \n  \n \nTo confirm your place and to receive the Zoom link information to participate\, please make a reservation through the Eventbrite page at the Register button below. \n \nAfter making your reservation\, please watch for emails from the Eventbrite system to receive confirmation of your registration and other details you will need to join the Webinar in Zoom. \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/special-program-rwanda-in-the-face-of-genocide-wed-12pm-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Special Program | Rwanda: In the Face of Genocide | Wed 12pm
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to partner with the Nebraska World Affairs Council and the Indiana World Affairs Council to bring you a special program.  \n  \n \nTo confirm your place and to receive the Zoom link information to participate\, please make a reservation through the Eventbrite page at the Register button below. \n \nAfter making your reservation\, please watch for emails from the Eventbrite system to receive confirmation of your registration and other details you will need to join the Webinar in Zoom. \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/special-program-rwanda-in-the-face-of-genocide-wed-12pm/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Special Event | Virtual International Trivia Contest | Friday 10a-12p
DESCRIPTION:Tennessee World Affairs Council expresses appreciation to our friends at  \nthe Peoria Area World Affairs Council for the invitation to participate in their trivia program. \n \nTrivia!\nSpecial Event!\nVirtual International Trivia Contest\nFriday\, November 27\n10:00 am – 12:00 pm CT\n\nSince it looks like Black Friday shopping in person may be out and we will all be quarantined with our Thanksgiving guests\, join us for some fun! \nThis International Trivia Contest will be virtual. You will play on MyQuiz.org\, with the questions being read on Zoom. \nClick here to register for some good fun and a test of how well you know the world and pay attention to the news. The Peoria Area World Affairs Council is inviting you to this contest – you are not going to want to miss these bragging rights! \nNote: the link to the game on MyQuiz will be sent to those who have registered by Friday at 8 am. MyQuiz is a free\, downloadable app. \n  \n \nLet our Peoria friends see how well Tennesseans know the world! \n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS  PARTNERS \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/special-event-virtual-international-trivia-contest-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Special Event | Virtual International Trivia Contest | Friday 10a-12p
DESCRIPTION:Tennessee World Affairs Council expresses appreciation to our friends at  \nthe Peoria Area World Affairs Council for the invitation to participate in their trivia program. \n \nTrivia!\nSpecial Event!\nVirtual International Trivia Contest\nFriday\, November 27\n10:00 am – 12:00 pm CT\n\nSince it looks like Black Friday shopping in person may be out and we will all be quarantined with our Thanksgiving guests\, join us for some fun! \nThis International Trivia Contest will be virtual. You will play on MyQuiz.org\, with the questions being read on Zoom. \nClick here to register for some good fun and a test of how well you know the world and pay attention to the news. The Peoria Area World Affairs Council is inviting you to this contest – you are not going to want to miss these bragging rights! \nNote: the link to the game on MyQuiz will be sent to those who have registered by Friday at 8 am. MyQuiz is a free\, downloadable app. \n  \n \nLet our Peoria friends see how well Tennesseans know the world! \n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS  PARTNERS \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/special-event-virtual-international-trivia-contest/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201127T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201127T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T152135
CREATED:20201124T202633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185948Z
UID:43006-1606492800-1606500000@www.tnwac.org
SUMMARY:Special Event | Virtual International Trivia Contest | Friday 10a-12p
DESCRIPTION:Tennessee World Affairs Council expresses appreciation to our friends at  \nthe Peoria Area World Affairs Council for the invitation to participate in their trivia program. \n \nTrivia!\nSpecial Event!\nVirtual International Trivia Contest\nFriday\, November 27\n10:00 am – 12:00 pm CT\n\nSince it looks like Black Friday shopping in person may be out and we will all be quarantined with our Thanksgiving guests\, join us for some fun! \nThis International Trivia Contest will be virtual. You will play on MyQuiz.org\, with the questions being read on Zoom. \nClick here to register for some good fun and a test of how well you know the world and pay attention to the news. The Peoria Area World Affairs Council is inviting you to this contest – you are not going to want to miss these bragging rights! \nNote: the link to the game on MyQuiz will be sent to those who have registered by Friday at 8 am. MyQuiz is a free\, downloadable app. \n  \n \nLet our Peoria friends see how well Tennesseans know the world! \n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS  PARTNERS \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/special-event-virtual-international-trivia-contest-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201127T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201127T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T152135
CREATED:20201124T202633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185951Z
UID:44094-1606492800-1606500000@www.tnwac.org
SUMMARY:Special Event | Virtual International Trivia Contest | Friday 10a-12p
DESCRIPTION:Tennessee World Affairs Council expresses appreciation to our friends at  \nthe Peoria Area World Affairs Council for the invitation to participate in their trivia program. \n \nTrivia!\nSpecial Event!\nVirtual International Trivia Contest\nFriday\, November 27\n10:00 am – 12:00 pm CT\n\nSince it looks like Black Friday shopping in person may be out and we will all be quarantined with our Thanksgiving guests\, join us for some fun! \nThis International Trivia Contest will be virtual. You will play on MyQuiz.org\, with the questions being read on Zoom. \nClick here to register for some good fun and a test of how well you know the world and pay attention to the news. The Peoria Area World Affairs Council is inviting you to this contest – you are not going to want to miss these bragging rights! \nNote: the link to the game on MyQuiz will be sent to those who have registered by Friday at 8 am. MyQuiz is a free\, downloadable app. \n  \n \nLet our Peoria friends see how well Tennesseans know the world! \n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS  PARTNERS \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/special-event-virtual-international-trivia-contest-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T152135
CREATED:20201117T173711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185954Z
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Nov 18
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – November 18\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\nREGISTER BELOW \n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \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. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED.\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n  \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-nov-18/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T152135
CREATED:20201117T173711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T190000Z
UID:43004-1605726000-1605729600@www.tnwac.org
SUMMARY:Global News Review | Nov 18
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – November 18\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\nREGISTER BELOW \n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \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. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED.\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n  \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-nov-18-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T152135
CREATED:20201117T173711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T190003Z
UID:44092-1605726000-1605729600@www.tnwac.org
SUMMARY:Global News Review | Nov 18
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – November 18\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\nREGISTER BELOW \n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \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. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED.\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n  \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-nov-18-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T152135
CREATED:20201117T173711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185957Z
UID:42832-1605726000-1605729600@www.tnwac.org
SUMMARY:Global News Review | Nov 18
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – November 18\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\nREGISTER BELOW \n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \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. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED.\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n  \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-nov-18-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201111T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201111T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T152135
CREATED:20200830T204130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T190007Z
UID:24641-1605121200-1605124800@www.tnwac.org
SUMMARY:Global News Review | Nov 11
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – November 11\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nREGISTER BELOW \nNovember 11th guest panelist Tim Douglas \nTopics: \n\nThe World Reacts to President-Elect Biden\nBolivia: A New President After a Tumultuous Year\nEthiopia: Looming Civil War in the Horn of Africa\n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \n \nGuest Panelist: Tim Douglas \nTimothy J. Douglas (Tim) is a native Nashvillian who received a B.S in Engineering Economics from Tulane University\, an M.A. in International Economics from the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky and an Accounting Certificate from the Stern School of Business at New York University.  He lived in New York City from 1979 – 1985 and was an interbank Eurodollar broker at Euro Brokers Harlow and worked in the bond department at Bankers Trust Company. \nTim then joined Nelson Capital Corporation\, a Nashville based merchant banking firm\, and partnered with Edward G. Nelson\, former Chairman and CEO of Commerce Union Bank.  Ed was Honorary Consul General to Japan for the State of Tennessee\, and Tim was fortunate to spend time in Japan while in an advisory capacity to the Industrial Bank of Japan with Mr. Nelson.  In 1995\, he purchased an adhesive tape distribution company and travelled to the Far East where he sourced material from China and Taiwan.  His company fabricated parts for the automotive and appliance industries\, and Tim sold the business in 2008.  He transitioned to healthcare where he managed surgery centers for four years and later operated the company’s pain management subsidiary before moving back into financial services.  He became Nashville City President for FirstBank in 2016 just prior to its becoming a publicly traded company\, and he now serves as Regional Director of Private Banking for FirstBank. \nTim has been married for over forty years and has three married children (and two grandchildren with one on the way) who live in Seattle\, Los Angeles and Nashville. \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. \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. \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. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED.\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-nov-11/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Nov 4
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – November 4\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \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. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED.\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-nov-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:ELECTION 2020: America's Place in the World | Pt Two
DESCRIPTION:.\n.\n\nIn Association with the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg\, Belmont University’s Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\n.\n.\n\n.\n.\n\n\n\n.\n\n\n\nChair: Professor Thomas Schwartz\, Distinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University\nAmbassador John Kornblum\, U.S. Foreign Service (Ret)\,  Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany (Confirmed)\nAmbassador Thomas Pickering\, Distinguished Fellow\, U.S. Foreign Service (Ret)\,  Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations\, to Russia\, to India\, to Israel\, to El Salvador\, to Nigeria\, and to Jordan (Confirmed)\n\nOctober 29\, 2020\n6:30-8:00 pm Eastern Time / 5:30-7:00 pm Central Time\n\nTNWAC is launching our Election 2020 global awareness series as we prepare for the Presidential Debate hosted by our partner Belmont University on October 22nd. \nTNWAC presents interviews and panels with distinguished specialists in international affairs to prepare voters with background and context on the critical issues they should know about the world. \nTNWAC is a nonpartisan educational organization that seeks to educate the community on global affairs. \nThomas Schwartz \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is “Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography” (Hill and Wang\, 2020). The book has received considerable notice and acclaim. Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.” Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009).  \nProfessor Schwartz has held fellowships from the Social Science Research Council\, the German Historical Society\, the Norwegian Nobel Institute\, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars\, and the Center for the Study of European Integration. He has served as President of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations. He served on the United States Department of State’s Historical Advisory Committee as the representative of the Organization of American Historians from 2005-2008. Professor Schwartz received The Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching on April 3\, 2013 at the Spring Faculty Assembly\, Vanderbilt University. In 2008 Professor Schwartz received the Annual Alumni Education Award from the Vanderbilt Alumni Association. Schwartz is the recipient of the 2008 Book Award by Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order. This award is given to a faculty member who has been particularly influential in the lives and education of members of KAO. Professor Schwartz presented\, “The Arab Spring: Revolution in the Middle East\,” on April 19\, 2011\, as part of the Samuel L. Shannon Distinguished Lecture Series at Tennessee State University. Professor Schwartz has also presented lectures for the OAH Distinguished Lecturers Program. \nJohn C. Kornblum \nJohn 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. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nThomas R. Pickering \nAmbassador Thomas R. Pickering served as the U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations in New York under President George H.W. Bush. Tom led the U.S. effort to build a global coalition in the UN Security Council during and after the first Gulf War. He also served as the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Bill Clinton. \nTom holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador\, the highest in the U.S. Foreign Service. In a diplomatic career spanning five decades\, he was U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation\, India\, Israel\, El Salvador\, Nigeria\, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He also served on assignments in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. In Washington\, Tom was Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans\, Environmental and Scientific Affairs\, Executive Secretary of the Department of State\, and Special Assistant to Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger. \nAfter government\, he was the Senior Vice President\, International Relations\, of The Boeing Company. In this role\, Tom was responsible for Boeing’s relations with foreign governments and the company’s transition to a global organization. Prior to that\, he was briefly the president of the Eurasia Foundation\, a Washington-based organization that makes small grants and loans in the states of the former Soviet Union. \nIn 2012\, Tom chaired the Benghazi Accountability Review Board at the State Department. \nIn 1956\, Tom entered into active duty in the U.S. Navy\, and later served in the Naval Reserve to the grade of Lieutenant Commander. He was assigned to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department\, later to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency\, and served in Geneva as political adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the 18-Nation Disarmament Conference. \nTom serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is active in a number of not-for-profit boards\, including the International Crisis Group\, where he was previously Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Board; the current Chairman of the Boards of the American Academy of Diplomacy\, the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs\, and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. He has been a Trustee at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Institute\, among other organizations. Tom maintains close\, high-level contacts in all the countries in which he has served\, as well as in Europe. \nHe received a bachelor’s degree\, cum laude\, with high honors in history\, from Bowdoin College. Tom received a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Melbourne in Australia\, and received a second master’s degree there. Tom received an honorary doctor-in-laws degree from Bowdoin College\, and has received similar honors from 12 other universities. \nHe received the Distinguished Presidential Award and the Department of State’s highest award\, the Distinguished Service Award. Tom is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies. He speaks French\, Spanish\, and Swahili and has some fluency in Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Russian. \n  \nMake sure to watch part one of our “America’s Place in the World” panels\, with General John Allen\, Dr. Jessica Matthew and chair\, Professor Thomas Schwartz. \n \n  \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \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. \nOPEN TO ALL\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n  \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/election-2020-americas-place-in-the-world-ii/
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Oct 28
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – October 28\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED.\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-oct-28/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville
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