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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 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: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/
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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/
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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-6-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210106T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T033234
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UID:26756-1609959600-1609963200@www.tnwac.org
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-6-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210106T200000
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210113T200000
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 13
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 13\, 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 13\, 2021 \n\nInternational Reaction to Attack on American Democracy\nSecState Pompeo’s 11th Hour Move on Taiwan\nIran and the 20 Percenters: It’s Only Uranium\n\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-13/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210113T200000
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 13
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 13\, 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 13\, 2021 \n\nInternational Reaction to Attack on American Democracy\nSecState Pompeo’s 11th Hour Move on Taiwan\nIran and the 20 Percenters: It’s Only Uranium\n\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-13-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210113T200000
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 13
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 13\, 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 13\, 2021 \n\nInternational Reaction to Attack on American Democracy\nSecState Pompeo’s 11th Hour Move on Taiwan\nIran and the 20 Percenters: It’s Only Uranium\n\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-13-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 13
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 13\, 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 13\, 2021 \n\nInternational Reaction to Attack on American Democracy\nSecState Pompeo’s 11th Hour Move on Taiwan\nIran and the 20 Percenters: It’s Only Uranium\n\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-13-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 20
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 20\, 2021\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. \nTOPICS FOR JANUARY 20\, 2021 \nWe’ll focus on Inauguration Day and the start of the President Joe Biden Administration. \n\nBiden and the World\nThe Biden Team\nGlobal Challenges\n\nREGISTER BELOW \n \nICYMI\, here’s last week’s Global News Review in our YouTube.com/TNWAC archive. \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-20/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210120T200000
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 20
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 20\, 2021\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. \nTOPICS FOR JANUARY 20\, 2021 \nWe’ll focus on Inauguration Day and the start of the President Joe Biden Administration. \n\nBiden and the World\nThe Biden Team\nGlobal Challenges\n\nREGISTER BELOW \n \nICYMI\, here’s last week’s Global News Review in our YouTube.com/TNWAC archive. \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-20-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210120T200000
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 20
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 20\, 2021\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. \nTOPICS FOR JANUARY 20\, 2021 \nWe’ll focus on Inauguration Day and the start of the President Joe Biden Administration. \n\nBiden and the World\nThe Biden Team\nGlobal Challenges\n\nREGISTER BELOW \n \nICYMI\, here’s last week’s Global News Review in our YouTube.com/TNWAC archive. \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-20-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 20
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 20\, 2021\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. \nTOPICS FOR JANUARY 20\, 2021 \nWe’ll focus on Inauguration Day and the start of the President Joe Biden Administration. \n\nBiden and the World\nThe Biden Team\nGlobal Challenges\n\nREGISTER BELOW \n \nICYMI\, here’s last week’s Global News Review in our YouTube.com/TNWAC archive. \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-20-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:TNWAC Trivia Night | Post-Inauguration Day Edition
DESCRIPTION:You’re Invited\nTNWAC TRIVIA NIGHT\nPost Inauguration Day Edition \nFriday\, January 22\, 2021 @ 7:00pm CT-8:30pm CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nIt’s time to have a little fun with this trivia contest that challenges your knowledge of the world. \n \nWe’ll supply international cocktail suggestions from our friends at the Peoria Area World Affairs Council. Link below. \nTOPICS \nCurrent Events \nWorld Leaders \nWorld Geography \nHalf Time Break \nGlobal Cultures and Traditions \nWorld Flags and Maps \nPresidents & The World \nCONTEST PRIZE \nThere’s a $10 cover charge and a prize for the winner.  \nFirst Place Prize: Your choice of any ONE of our 2020 Weekly Quiz contest prize selections: \n \nGAME PLAY \nOur trivia game is hosted as a Zoom meeting — that’s where we’ll meet up. The questions are hosted on MyQuiz\, so you’ll need to have two windows open to play.  \nYou will get an email with MyQuiz links and game play details on Friday\, January 22nd. \nDon’t forget to bring your favorite beverage. If you’d like to consider a cocktail with an international flavor take a look at these recipe suggestions from our friend Angela at the Peoria Area World Affairs Council. And please\, drink responsibly. \nClick image for recipes. Thanks\, Angela! \nSIGN UP TODAY \n  \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/tnwac-holiday-trivia-night/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:TNWAC Trivia Night | Post-Inauguration Day Edition
DESCRIPTION:You’re Invited\nTNWAC TRIVIA NIGHT\nPost Inauguration Day Edition \nFriday\, January 22\, 2021 @ 7:00pm CT-8:30pm CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nIt’s time to have a little fun with this trivia contest that challenges your knowledge of the world. \n \nWe’ll supply international cocktail suggestions from our friends at the Peoria Area World Affairs Council. Link below. \nTOPICS \nCurrent Events \nWorld Leaders \nWorld Geography \nHalf Time Break \nGlobal Cultures and Traditions \nWorld Flags and Maps \nPresidents & The World \nCONTEST PRIZE \nThere’s a $10 cover charge and a prize for the winner.  \nFirst Place Prize: Your choice of any ONE of our 2020 Weekly Quiz contest prize selections: \n \nGAME PLAY \nOur trivia game is hosted as a Zoom meeting — that’s where we’ll meet up. The questions are hosted on MyQuiz\, so you’ll need to have two windows open to play.  \nYou will get an email with MyQuiz links and game play details on Friday\, January 22nd. \nDon’t forget to bring your favorite beverage. If you’d like to consider a cocktail with an international flavor take a look at these recipe suggestions from our friend Angela at the Peoria Area World Affairs Council. And please\, drink responsibly. \nClick image for recipes. Thanks\, Angela! \nSIGN UP TODAY \n  \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/tnwac-holiday-trivia-night-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210123T023000
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SUMMARY:TNWAC Trivia Night | Post-Inauguration Day Edition
DESCRIPTION:You’re Invited\nTNWAC TRIVIA NIGHT\nPost Inauguration Day Edition \nFriday\, January 22\, 2021 @ 7:00pm CT-8:30pm CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nIt’s time to have a little fun with this trivia contest that challenges your knowledge of the world. \n \nWe’ll supply international cocktail suggestions from our friends at the Peoria Area World Affairs Council. Link below. \nTOPICS \nCurrent Events \nWorld Leaders \nWorld Geography \nHalf Time Break \nGlobal Cultures and Traditions \nWorld Flags and Maps \nPresidents & The World \nCONTEST PRIZE \nThere’s a $10 cover charge and a prize for the winner.  \nFirst Place Prize: Your choice of any ONE of our 2020 Weekly Quiz contest prize selections: \n \nGAME PLAY \nOur trivia game is hosted as a Zoom meeting — that’s where we’ll meet up. The questions are hosted on MyQuiz\, so you’ll need to have two windows open to play.  \nYou will get an email with MyQuiz links and game play details on Friday\, January 22nd. \nDon’t forget to bring your favorite beverage. If you’d like to consider a cocktail with an international flavor take a look at these recipe suggestions from our friend Angela at the Peoria Area World Affairs Council. And please\, drink responsibly. \nClick image for recipes. Thanks\, Angela! \nSIGN UP TODAY \n  \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/tnwac-holiday-trivia-night-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210123T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210123T023000
DTSTAMP:20260506T033234
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SUMMARY:TNWAC Trivia Night | Post-Inauguration Day Edition
DESCRIPTION:You’re Invited\nTNWAC TRIVIA NIGHT\nPost Inauguration Day Edition \nFriday\, January 22\, 2021 @ 7:00pm CT-8:30pm CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nIt’s time to have a little fun with this trivia contest that challenges your knowledge of the world. \n \nWe’ll supply international cocktail suggestions from our friends at the Peoria Area World Affairs Council. Link below. \nTOPICS \nCurrent Events \nWorld Leaders \nWorld Geography \nHalf Time Break \nGlobal Cultures and Traditions \nWorld Flags and Maps \nPresidents & The World \nCONTEST PRIZE \nThere’s a $10 cover charge and a prize for the winner.  \nFirst Place Prize: Your choice of any ONE of our 2020 Weekly Quiz contest prize selections: \n \nGAME PLAY \nOur trivia game is hosted as a Zoom meeting — that’s where we’ll meet up. The questions are hosted on MyQuiz\, so you’ll need to have two windows open to play.  \nYou will get an email with MyQuiz links and game play details on Friday\, January 22nd. \nDon’t forget to bring your favorite beverage. If you’d like to consider a cocktail with an international flavor take a look at these recipe suggestions from our friend Angela at the Peoria Area World Affairs Council. And please\, drink responsibly. \nClick image for recipes. Thanks\, Angela! \nSIGN UP TODAY \n  \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/tnwac-holiday-trivia-night-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210127T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210127T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T033234
CREATED:20201224T192533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185404Z
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 27
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 27\, 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 27\, 2021 \n\nRenewing U.S. Global Engagement\nBanning Nuclear Weapons: A New Treaty Takes Effect\nNavalny Jailed\, Russians Take to the Streets\n\n \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-27-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210127T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210127T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T033234
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 27
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 27\, 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 27\, 2021 \n\nRenewing U.S. Global Engagement\nBanning Nuclear Weapons: A New Treaty Takes Effect\nNavalny Jailed\, Russians Take to the Streets\n\n \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-27-2-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210127T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T033234
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 27
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 27\, 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 27\, 2021 \n\nRenewing U.S. Global Engagement\nBanning Nuclear Weapons: A New Treaty Takes Effect\nNavalny Jailed\, Russians Take to the Streets\n\n \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-27-2-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210127T200000
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 27
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 27\, 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 27\, 2021 \n\nRenewing U.S. Global Engagement\nBanning Nuclear Weapons: A New Treaty Takes Effect\nNavalny Jailed\, Russians Take to the Streets\n\n \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-27-2-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Business Insiders Brief | U.S.-South Korea Commercial Relations | Jan 28 @ 9am CT
DESCRIPTION:You Are Invited to an International Business Council Seminar\nThe Future of Korea Project\nUnited States-Republic of Korea Business Relations\nJoin us for a conversation with distinguished speakers from\nUnited States Department of State\nEmbassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States\nKorean Economic Institute\nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9:00-10:00 am CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nSpeakers \n \nHon. Marc Knapper\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan\, U.S. State Department \nHon. YoungJae Kim\, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the U.S. \nTroy Stangarone\, Senior Director\, Korea Economic Institute \nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9-10:00 am CT\nThis program is presented by the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, the World Affairs Councils of America and the Korea Economic Institute in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\, the Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. \nREGISTER BELOW \nMarc Tapper – US State Department \nMarc Knapper\, a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State\, has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan since August 2018. Prior to assuming this position\, Marc was in Seoul as Chargé d’Affaires from 2017 to 2018 and Deputy Chief of Mission from 2015 to 2016.  Earlier assignments include Director for India Affairs\, Director for Japanese Affairs\, and multiple postings in Tokyo\, Seoul\, Hanoi\, and Baghdad. \nMarc has twice worked in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: in 1997 as the State Department representative to the Spent Fuel Team at the Yongbyon nuclear facility and in 2000 as a member of the advance team for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s visit to Pyongyang. \nMarc is a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award\, the nation’s highest diplomatic honor. Marc has also received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and the Department of State’s Linguist of the Year Award. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University\, and also studied at the University of Tokyo\, Middlebury College’s intensive Japanese program\, the Army War College\, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI program.  Mr. Knapper speaks Korean\, Japanese\, and Vietnamese. \nYoungJae Kim – Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S. \nYoungjae Kim is a Korean government official and diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since December 2020\, he serves as Economic Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington\, DC. Prior to this post\, he was Director-General for International Economic Affairs (2019-2020) in Seoul\, in which capacity he oversaw Korea’s participation in multilateral fora such as G20\, APEC\, OECD\, and WEF (World Economic Forum) including summit meetings\, and supervised the negotiation\, conclusion and implementation of economic treaties on the avoidance of double taxation and investment protection\, as well as on trade. Before that\, he was Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs (2018) managing economic relations with Korea’s major economic partners. \nHe was Minister-Counselor at the Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2016-2018)\, where he worked on the bilateral Korea-Saudi political relationship and regional Middle Eastern affairs. Before that\, he was the Economic Counselor in the Embassy in Washington\, DC (2013-2016)\, where he focused on the Korea-U.S. bilateral trade relationship\, including the implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)\, Korea’s possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)\, and global trade issues including negotiations and dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). \nHe has also served in the headquarters of the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Director of the Trade Dispute Settlement Division (2012-2013)\, Director of the WTO Division (2010-2012)\, and Director of the FTA Implementation Division (2009-2010). \nHe has 27 years’ experience in international trade policy and negotiations\, beginning with antidumping investigations with the Korea Trade Commission (1994-1996). He has experience in a number of injury investigations in antidumping and safeguards cases and was involved in changing the bifurcated (dumping and injury) system to the unitary system in 1996. He was the lead negotiator on trade remedies during the KORUS FTA negotiations (2006-2007) and also played a key role in follow-up processes including legal scrubbing and additional negotiations\, as well as political ratification process in both the Korean National Assembly and the United States Congress (2008-2011). Before his work on the KORUS FTA\, a major portion of his career involved implementation of WTO agreements\, WTO dispute settlements\, preparations for new WTO rounds\, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations (1998-2004). \nHis earlier overseas assignments include the Korean Mission in Geneva (2004-2007) and the Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire (2007-2009). \nHe received his Master’s degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School (2001) and Bachelor’s degree (LLB) from Seoul National University (1992). \nHe is a member of the New York Bar\, and is married with three children. \nTroy Stangarone – Korea Economic Institute \nTroy Stangarone is Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). He oversees KEI’s trade and economic related initiatives\, as well as the Institute’s relations with Capitol Hill and the Washington\, DC trade community. As part of his broader portfolio\, he serves as the editor for KEI’s flagship publication\, Korea’s Economy\, and oversees KEI’s blog\, The Peninsula. \nMr. Stangarone has written extensively and has been widely quoted on U.S.-Korea relations\, South Korean trade and foreign policy\, and North Korea. His work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy\, CNBC\, CNN\, the South China Morning Post\, East Asia Forum\, China-US Focus\, the JoongAng Ilbo\, and the Korea Herald. His comments have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, CNN\, Politico\, Chosun Ilbo\, Donga Ilbo\, JoongAng Daily\, and Yonhap News Service. He has also appeared on TV and radio for outlets such as Bloomberg News\, CNBC Asia\, and BBC Radio. \nIn addition to his work at KEI\, Mr. Stangarone is a member of the International Council of Korean Studies Board and the Korea-America Student Conference’s National Advisory Committee. He is a columnist for the Korea Times and a regular contributor to The Diplomat. He was also a 2012-2013 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in South Korea\, sponsored by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. \nPrior to joining KEI\, Mr. Stangarone worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Robert Torricelli on issues relating to foreign affairs and trade. He also served as an aide to Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. He holds a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Memphis. \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\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
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CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Business Insiders Brief | U.S.-South Korea Commercial Relations | Jan 28 @ 9am CT
DESCRIPTION:You Are Invited to an International Business Council Seminar\nThe Future of Korea Project\nUnited States-Republic of Korea Business Relations\nJoin us for a conversation with distinguished speakers from\nUnited States Department of State\nEmbassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States\nKorean Economic Institute\nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9:00-10:00 am CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nSpeakers \n \nHon. Marc Knapper\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan\, U.S. State Department \nHon. YoungJae Kim\, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the U.S. \nTroy Stangarone\, Senior Director\, Korea Economic Institute \nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9-10:00 am CT\nThis program is presented by the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, the World Affairs Councils of America and the Korea Economic Institute in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\, the Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. \nREGISTER BELOW \nMarc Tapper – US State Department \nMarc Knapper\, a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State\, has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan since August 2018. Prior to assuming this position\, Marc was in Seoul as Chargé d’Affaires from 2017 to 2018 and Deputy Chief of Mission from 2015 to 2016.  Earlier assignments include Director for India Affairs\, Director for Japanese Affairs\, and multiple postings in Tokyo\, Seoul\, Hanoi\, and Baghdad. \nMarc has twice worked in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: in 1997 as the State Department representative to the Spent Fuel Team at the Yongbyon nuclear facility and in 2000 as a member of the advance team for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s visit to Pyongyang. \nMarc is a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award\, the nation’s highest diplomatic honor. Marc has also received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and the Department of State’s Linguist of the Year Award. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University\, and also studied at the University of Tokyo\, Middlebury College’s intensive Japanese program\, the Army War College\, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI program.  Mr. Knapper speaks Korean\, Japanese\, and Vietnamese. \nYoungJae Kim – Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S. \nYoungjae Kim is a Korean government official and diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since December 2020\, he serves as Economic Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington\, DC. Prior to this post\, he was Director-General for International Economic Affairs (2019-2020) in Seoul\, in which capacity he oversaw Korea’s participation in multilateral fora such as G20\, APEC\, OECD\, and WEF (World Economic Forum) including summit meetings\, and supervised the negotiation\, conclusion and implementation of economic treaties on the avoidance of double taxation and investment protection\, as well as on trade. Before that\, he was Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs (2018) managing economic relations with Korea’s major economic partners. \nHe was Minister-Counselor at the Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2016-2018)\, where he worked on the bilateral Korea-Saudi political relationship and regional Middle Eastern affairs. Before that\, he was the Economic Counselor in the Embassy in Washington\, DC (2013-2016)\, where he focused on the Korea-U.S. bilateral trade relationship\, including the implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)\, Korea’s possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)\, and global trade issues including negotiations and dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). \nHe has also served in the headquarters of the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Director of the Trade Dispute Settlement Division (2012-2013)\, Director of the WTO Division (2010-2012)\, and Director of the FTA Implementation Division (2009-2010). \nHe has 27 years’ experience in international trade policy and negotiations\, beginning with antidumping investigations with the Korea Trade Commission (1994-1996). He has experience in a number of injury investigations in antidumping and safeguards cases and was involved in changing the bifurcated (dumping and injury) system to the unitary system in 1996. He was the lead negotiator on trade remedies during the KORUS FTA negotiations (2006-2007) and also played a key role in follow-up processes including legal scrubbing and additional negotiations\, as well as political ratification process in both the Korean National Assembly and the United States Congress (2008-2011). Before his work on the KORUS FTA\, a major portion of his career involved implementation of WTO agreements\, WTO dispute settlements\, preparations for new WTO rounds\, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations (1998-2004). \nHis earlier overseas assignments include the Korean Mission in Geneva (2004-2007) and the Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire (2007-2009). \nHe received his Master’s degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School (2001) and Bachelor’s degree (LLB) from Seoul National University (1992). \nHe is a member of the New York Bar\, and is married with three children. \nTroy Stangarone – Korea Economic Institute \nTroy Stangarone is Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). He oversees KEI’s trade and economic related initiatives\, as well as the Institute’s relations with Capitol Hill and the Washington\, DC trade community. As part of his broader portfolio\, he serves as the editor for KEI’s flagship publication\, Korea’s Economy\, and oversees KEI’s blog\, The Peninsula. \nMr. Stangarone has written extensively and has been widely quoted on U.S.-Korea relations\, South Korean trade and foreign policy\, and North Korea. His work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy\, CNBC\, CNN\, the South China Morning Post\, East Asia Forum\, China-US Focus\, the JoongAng Ilbo\, and the Korea Herald. His comments have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, CNN\, Politico\, Chosun Ilbo\, Donga Ilbo\, JoongAng Daily\, and Yonhap News Service. He has also appeared on TV and radio for outlets such as Bloomberg News\, CNBC Asia\, and BBC Radio. \nIn addition to his work at KEI\, Mr. Stangarone is a member of the International Council of Korean Studies Board and the Korea-America Student Conference’s National Advisory Committee. He is a columnist for the Korea Times and a regular contributor to The Diplomat. He was also a 2012-2013 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in South Korea\, sponsored by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. \nPrior to joining KEI\, Mr. Stangarone worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Robert Torricelli on issues relating to foreign affairs and trade. He also served as an aide to Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. He holds a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Memphis. \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\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
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CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Business Insiders Brief | U.S.-South Korea Commercial Relations | Jan 28 @ 9am CT
DESCRIPTION:You Are Invited to an International Business Council Seminar\nThe Future of Korea Project\nUnited States-Republic of Korea Business Relations\nJoin us for a conversation with distinguished speakers from\nUnited States Department of State\nEmbassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States\nKorean Economic Institute\nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9:00-10:00 am CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nSpeakers \n \nHon. Marc Knapper\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan\, U.S. State Department \nHon. YoungJae Kim\, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the U.S. \nTroy Stangarone\, Senior Director\, Korea Economic Institute \nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9-10:00 am CT\nThis program is presented by the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, the World Affairs Councils of America and the Korea Economic Institute in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\, the Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. \nREGISTER BELOW \nMarc Tapper – US State Department \nMarc Knapper\, a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State\, has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan since August 2018. Prior to assuming this position\, Marc was in Seoul as Chargé d’Affaires from 2017 to 2018 and Deputy Chief of Mission from 2015 to 2016.  Earlier assignments include Director for India Affairs\, Director for Japanese Affairs\, and multiple postings in Tokyo\, Seoul\, Hanoi\, and Baghdad. \nMarc has twice worked in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: in 1997 as the State Department representative to the Spent Fuel Team at the Yongbyon nuclear facility and in 2000 as a member of the advance team for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s visit to Pyongyang. \nMarc is a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award\, the nation’s highest diplomatic honor. Marc has also received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and the Department of State’s Linguist of the Year Award. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University\, and also studied at the University of Tokyo\, Middlebury College’s intensive Japanese program\, the Army War College\, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI program.  Mr. Knapper speaks Korean\, Japanese\, and Vietnamese. \nYoungJae Kim – Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S. \nYoungjae Kim is a Korean government official and diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since December 2020\, he serves as Economic Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington\, DC. Prior to this post\, he was Director-General for International Economic Affairs (2019-2020) in Seoul\, in which capacity he oversaw Korea’s participation in multilateral fora such as G20\, APEC\, OECD\, and WEF (World Economic Forum) including summit meetings\, and supervised the negotiation\, conclusion and implementation of economic treaties on the avoidance of double taxation and investment protection\, as well as on trade. Before that\, he was Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs (2018) managing economic relations with Korea’s major economic partners. \nHe was Minister-Counselor at the Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2016-2018)\, where he worked on the bilateral Korea-Saudi political relationship and regional Middle Eastern affairs. Before that\, he was the Economic Counselor in the Embassy in Washington\, DC (2013-2016)\, where he focused on the Korea-U.S. bilateral trade relationship\, including the implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)\, Korea’s possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)\, and global trade issues including negotiations and dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). \nHe has also served in the headquarters of the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Director of the Trade Dispute Settlement Division (2012-2013)\, Director of the WTO Division (2010-2012)\, and Director of the FTA Implementation Division (2009-2010). \nHe has 27 years’ experience in international trade policy and negotiations\, beginning with antidumping investigations with the Korea Trade Commission (1994-1996). He has experience in a number of injury investigations in antidumping and safeguards cases and was involved in changing the bifurcated (dumping and injury) system to the unitary system in 1996. He was the lead negotiator on trade remedies during the KORUS FTA negotiations (2006-2007) and also played a key role in follow-up processes including legal scrubbing and additional negotiations\, as well as political ratification process in both the Korean National Assembly and the United States Congress (2008-2011). Before his work on the KORUS FTA\, a major portion of his career involved implementation of WTO agreements\, WTO dispute settlements\, preparations for new WTO rounds\, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations (1998-2004). \nHis earlier overseas assignments include the Korean Mission in Geneva (2004-2007) and the Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire (2007-2009). \nHe received his Master’s degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School (2001) and Bachelor’s degree (LLB) from Seoul National University (1992). \nHe is a member of the New York Bar\, and is married with three children. \nTroy Stangarone – Korea Economic Institute \nTroy Stangarone is Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). He oversees KEI’s trade and economic related initiatives\, as well as the Institute’s relations with Capitol Hill and the Washington\, DC trade community. As part of his broader portfolio\, he serves as the editor for KEI’s flagship publication\, Korea’s Economy\, and oversees KEI’s blog\, The Peninsula. \nMr. Stangarone has written extensively and has been widely quoted on U.S.-Korea relations\, South Korean trade and foreign policy\, and North Korea. His work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy\, CNBC\, CNN\, the South China Morning Post\, East Asia Forum\, China-US Focus\, the JoongAng Ilbo\, and the Korea Herald. His comments have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, CNN\, Politico\, Chosun Ilbo\, Donga Ilbo\, JoongAng Daily\, and Yonhap News Service. He has also appeared on TV and radio for outlets such as Bloomberg News\, CNBC Asia\, and BBC Radio. \nIn addition to his work at KEI\, Mr. Stangarone is a member of the International Council of Korean Studies Board and the Korea-America Student Conference’s National Advisory Committee. He is a columnist for the Korea Times and a regular contributor to The Diplomat. He was also a 2012-2013 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in South Korea\, sponsored by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. \nPrior to joining KEI\, Mr. Stangarone worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Robert Torricelli on issues relating to foreign affairs and trade. He also served as an aide to Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. He holds a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Memphis. \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\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/u-s-korea-business-relations-jan-28/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Business Insiders Brief | U.S.-South Korea Commercial Relations | Jan 28 @ 9am CT
DESCRIPTION:You Are Invited to an International Business Council Seminar\nThe Future of Korea Project\nUnited States-Republic of Korea Business Relations\nJoin us for a conversation with distinguished speakers from\nUnited States Department of State\nEmbassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States\nKorean Economic Institute\nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9:00-10:00 am CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nSpeakers \n \nHon. Marc Knapper\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan\, U.S. State Department \nHon. YoungJae Kim\, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the U.S. \nTroy Stangarone\, Senior Director\, Korea Economic Institute \nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9-10:00 am CT\nThis program is presented by the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, the World Affairs Councils of America and the Korea Economic Institute in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\, the Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. \nREGISTER BELOW \nMarc Tapper – US State Department \nMarc Knapper\, a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State\, has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan since August 2018. Prior to assuming this position\, Marc was in Seoul as Chargé d’Affaires from 2017 to 2018 and Deputy Chief of Mission from 2015 to 2016.  Earlier assignments include Director for India Affairs\, Director for Japanese Affairs\, and multiple postings in Tokyo\, Seoul\, Hanoi\, and Baghdad. \nMarc has twice worked in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: in 1997 as the State Department representative to the Spent Fuel Team at the Yongbyon nuclear facility and in 2000 as a member of the advance team for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s visit to Pyongyang. \nMarc is a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award\, the nation’s highest diplomatic honor. Marc has also received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and the Department of State’s Linguist of the Year Award. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University\, and also studied at the University of Tokyo\, Middlebury College’s intensive Japanese program\, the Army War College\, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI program.  Mr. Knapper speaks Korean\, Japanese\, and Vietnamese. \nYoungJae Kim – Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S. \nYoungjae Kim is a Korean government official and diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since December 2020\, he serves as Economic Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington\, DC. Prior to this post\, he was Director-General for International Economic Affairs (2019-2020) in Seoul\, in which capacity he oversaw Korea’s participation in multilateral fora such as G20\, APEC\, OECD\, and WEF (World Economic Forum) including summit meetings\, and supervised the negotiation\, conclusion and implementation of economic treaties on the avoidance of double taxation and investment protection\, as well as on trade. Before that\, he was Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs (2018) managing economic relations with Korea’s major economic partners. \nHe was Minister-Counselor at the Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2016-2018)\, where he worked on the bilateral Korea-Saudi political relationship and regional Middle Eastern affairs. Before that\, he was the Economic Counselor in the Embassy in Washington\, DC (2013-2016)\, where he focused on the Korea-U.S. bilateral trade relationship\, including the implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)\, Korea’s possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)\, and global trade issues including negotiations and dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). \nHe has also served in the headquarters of the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Director of the Trade Dispute Settlement Division (2012-2013)\, Director of the WTO Division (2010-2012)\, and Director of the FTA Implementation Division (2009-2010). \nHe has 27 years’ experience in international trade policy and negotiations\, beginning with antidumping investigations with the Korea Trade Commission (1994-1996). He has experience in a number of injury investigations in antidumping and safeguards cases and was involved in changing the bifurcated (dumping and injury) system to the unitary system in 1996. He was the lead negotiator on trade remedies during the KORUS FTA negotiations (2006-2007) and also played a key role in follow-up processes including legal scrubbing and additional negotiations\, as well as political ratification process in both the Korean National Assembly and the United States Congress (2008-2011). Before his work on the KORUS FTA\, a major portion of his career involved implementation of WTO agreements\, WTO dispute settlements\, preparations for new WTO rounds\, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations (1998-2004). \nHis earlier overseas assignments include the Korean Mission in Geneva (2004-2007) and the Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire (2007-2009). \nHe received his Master’s degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School (2001) and Bachelor’s degree (LLB) from Seoul National University (1992). \nHe is a member of the New York Bar\, and is married with three children. \nTroy Stangarone – Korea Economic Institute \nTroy Stangarone is Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). He oversees KEI’s trade and economic related initiatives\, as well as the Institute’s relations with Capitol Hill and the Washington\, DC trade community. As part of his broader portfolio\, he serves as the editor for KEI’s flagship publication\, Korea’s Economy\, and oversees KEI’s blog\, The Peninsula. \nMr. Stangarone has written extensively and has been widely quoted on U.S.-Korea relations\, South Korean trade and foreign policy\, and North Korea. His work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy\, CNBC\, CNN\, the South China Morning Post\, East Asia Forum\, China-US Focus\, the JoongAng Ilbo\, and the Korea Herald. His comments have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, CNN\, Politico\, Chosun Ilbo\, Donga Ilbo\, JoongAng Daily\, and Yonhap News Service. He has also appeared on TV and radio for outlets such as Bloomberg News\, CNBC Asia\, and BBC Radio. \nIn addition to his work at KEI\, Mr. Stangarone is a member of the International Council of Korean Studies Board and the Korea-America Student Conference’s National Advisory Committee. He is a columnist for the Korea Times and a regular contributor to The Diplomat. He was also a 2012-2013 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in South Korea\, sponsored by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. \nPrior to joining KEI\, Mr. Stangarone worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Robert Torricelli on issues relating to foreign affairs and trade. He also served as an aide to Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. He holds a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Memphis. \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\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/u-s-korea-business-relations-jan-28-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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