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SUMMARY:Webinar | Saudi-US Relations: The Defense & National Security Piece | Jul 19
DESCRIPTION:Register Now \n \nREGISTER TODAY\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\n\nGLOBAL DIALOGUE \nvia Zoom \nSaudi-U.S. Relations: The Defense and National Security Piece\n \n\n\n\n\n\nCommodore Abdulateef Al Mulhim\, Royal Saudi Navy (Retired)\n\nVice President Saudi Consulting Services-SaudConsult and Columnist at The Arab News and Alyaum Newspapers\n  \n \nProfessor David Des Roches\nNear East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA) at National Defense University\nand Colonel\, U.S. Army (Retired)\nWednesday\, July 19\, 2023\n1200 CT | 1300 ET | 2000 SAST\n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/Wa_dQvJV_t2oN1EBcle34w”>Webinar | Saudi-U.S. Relations: The National Security and Defense Piece</a><br /><br /><br />\n \nWhen President Franklin Roosevelt met King Abdulaziz\, founder of Saudi Arabia\, in the Suez Canal during World War II\, there was no talk of oil for security. The leaders discussed their mutual interests in the context of the world of 1945\, but the longstanding conventional thinking about the relationship was not the basis for building ties. So says Professor David Des Roches\, Army combat veteran\, who served numerous tours in the Middle East and now specializes in the Arabian Peninsula at the Defense Department’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. He notes there’s a shortfall in the knowledge of the history of America’s security interests with the Kingdom. \nThe lack of detail in that knowledge is a point also made by Commodore Abdulateef al Mulhim who served a career in the Royal Saudi Navy and who is a consultant and commentator on global affairs\, especially the U.S.-Saudi relationship. The deep ties and shared interests\, he says\, are little understood as he points to the successful partnership in the Cold War\, in tackling regional security challenges and in serving as a reliable provider of global energy resources. Mulhim\, who received his undergraduate education at the State University of New York Maritime College\, notes that the liberation of Kuwait and other American military operations in the region would not have been possible with the close partnership. \nThe U.S.-Saudi ties span many dimensions: political\, military\, economic\, cultural\, academic and more. However\, the conversation in the U.S. about America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia is generally focused on leadership issues. Former American Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Chas Freeman likened it to a marriage that had its ups and downs but had staying power based on the mutual benefit. The national security partnership\, said Des Roches\, was very good\, adding\, until Jamal Khashoggi. The brutal murder of the journalist put the conduct of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the spotlight amid accusations he ordered the crime. The White House has worked to move forward but a number of issues remain. Meanwhile\, the strategic importance of the relationship\, the “tough neighborhood” American military forces continue to engage in\, and the interest in the stability and safe availability of Arabian Peninsula energy supplies make it important to understand that piece of U.S.-Saudi ties. \nJoin TNWAC in a Global Dialogue Zoom Webinar featuring Commodore Abdulateef al Mulhim and Professor David Des Roches with moderator\, Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President on July 19 at 12:00 pm Central Time\, 1:00 pm Eastern Time and 8:00 pm Saudi Arabia Standard Time to discuss the historical context and more. \nWe’ll explore these questions and more\, and your questions too: \n\nWhat is the current state of the mil-to-mil partnership?\nWhat is the significance of GCC partners signing the Abraham Accord with Israel?\nWhat is the impact of Riyad’s improved relations with Russia and China?\nWhat is the impact of Riyad’s improved relations with Iran?\nHow has the Saudi-led alliance’s war in Yemen affected U.S. ties?\nHow can the U.S. and Saudi Arabia improve mutual security interests in the Gulf?\n\nAbout Abdulateef al Mulhim \nAbdulateef Al Mulhim is Vice President at Saudi Consulting Services-Saudi Consult. He served in the Royal Saudi Navy for over 27 years reaching the rank of Commodore. He was commissioned following his undergraduate education at the State University of New York Maritime College in New York City. Commodore al Mulhim served in numerous operational and staff assignments in the Saudi Royal Navy including duties in the United States. He has been active in talking about Saudi-US relations at conferences and in the media in the U.S. and in the Middle East. He has been a regular columnist for newspaper including the widely read English language “Arab News” and Alyaum newspapers. \nAbout David Des Roches \nDavid B. Des Roches is Associate Professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA) at National Defense University\, where he specializes in countries of the Arabian Peninsula\, Gulf Cooperation Council Regional Security\, Border Security\, Weapons Transfers\, Missile Defense\, Counterinsurgency\, Terrorism and emerging trends. \nHe joined NESA in 2011 after serving the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy in numerous positions\, including as Director of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula\, the DoD liaison to the Department of Homeland Security\, the Senior Country Director for Pakistan\, the NATO Operations Director (where he drafted the NATO comprehensive approach directive)\, the Deputy Director for Peacekeeping\, and the spokesman for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.  Prior to that\, he served in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy as an International Law Enforcement Analyst and Special Assistant for Strategy. \nProfessor Des Roches has lectured at the Qatari Staff College\, the Saudi War College\, and is the author of numerous articles and chapters on Gulf security. He is the editor of The Arms Trade\, Military Services and the Security Market in the Gulf: Trends and Implications (Berlin: Gerlach\, 2016)\, and a contributing author of the NATO curriculum on counterinsurgency [Link] as well as the NATO curriculum on counterterrorism  [Link].   He regularly presents at various Washington and international think tanks on Middle East and security issues. \nProfessor Des Roches holds advanced degrees from the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies and Kings College London\, which he attended as a British Marshall Scholar.  He also holds an advanced degree from the U.S. Army War College\, and a bachelor of science degree from the United States Military Academy\, West Point\, where he was selected to Phi Kappa Phi. He is also a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute\, the US Government education center for senior civil servants. He is a non-resident academic fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington\, a non-resident senior fellow at the Gulf International Forum\, and senior international affairs fellow at the National Council on US Arab Relations. \nHe had a thirty year career in the US Army and Army reserve\, serving in conventional and special operations parachute units as well as on the Joint Staff\, the US Special Operations Command staff\, and deployed to Bosnia and Afghanistan\, where he was awarded the Bronze Star. He retired as a Colonel and is a Ranger and Master Parachutist. \nProfessor Des Roches is a regular commentator on regional affairs on various Arabic and English language television networks including Sky News Arabia\, al-Hurra\, al-Jazeera\, al-Araby\, and al-Mayadeen\, and on radio networks such as the Voice of America. \n\n\n\n\nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nA PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \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 \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/saudi-us-relations-the-defense-national-security-piece-jul-19/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Oppenheimer and Existential Threats | Dr. Rachel Bronson | Aug 16
DESCRIPTION:Register Now \n \nREGISTER TODAY\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\n\nGLOBAL DIALOGUE \nvia Zoom\n“Oppenheimer”: What Does The Story Tell Us About Existential Threats Then and Now\n\n\n\n\n \nDr. Rachel Bronson\nPresident and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists \nWednesday\, August 16\, 2023\n12:00-1:00 CT\n  \nRegister Now\n  \nThe Bulletin keeps track of the “Doomsday Clock\,” and every January reminds us how close we are to midnight. This year the clock ticked closer. \nA time of unprecedented danger: It is 90 seconds to midnight\nJanuary 2023 “Doomsday Clock” Statement \n\nOne attendee will be selected to receive a copy of “American Prometheus: The Trimuph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer\,” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwood\, the biography behind the movie\, “Oppenheimer.” \n \n“American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer\, “father of the atomic bomb\,” the brilliant\, charismatic physicist who led the effort to capture the awesome fire of the sun for his country in time of war. Immediately after Hiroshima\, he became the most famous scientist of his generation-one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century\, the embodiment of modern man confronting the consequences of scientific progress.  \n“He was the author of a radical proposal to place international controls over atomic materials-an idea that is still relevant today. He opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb and criticized the Air Force’s plans to fight an infinitely dangerous nuclear war. In the now almost-forgotten hysteria of the early 1950s\, his ideas were anathema to powerful advocates of a massive nuclear buildup\, and\, in response\, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis Strauss\, Superbomb advocate Edward Teller and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover worked behind the scenes to have a hearing board find that Oppenheimer could not be trusted with America’s nuclear secrets.  \n“American Prometheus sets forth Oppenheimer’s life and times in revealing and unprecedented detail.” \n–Amazon \n\n\nAbout Dr. Rachel Bronson \n\nRachel Bronson is the president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. She oversees the publishing programs\, management of the Doomsday Clock\, and a growing set of activities around nuclear risk\, climate change\, and disruptive technologies. Before joining the Bulletin\, Bronson served as the vice president of studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She also taught “Global Energy” as an adjunct professor at the Kellogg School of Management. \nPrior to moving to Chicago\, Bronson served as senior fellow and director of Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Earlier positions include senior fellow for international security affairs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies\, fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs\, and adjunct professor at Columbia University. Bronson’s book\, Thicker than Oil: America’s Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia (Oxford University Press\, 2006)\, has been translated into Japanese and was published in paperback in June 2008. \nHer writings have appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy\, Foreign Affairs\, The National Interest\, The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, Huffington Post\, and The Chicago Tribune. She has appeared as a commentator on numerous radio and television outlets\, including National Public Radio\, CNN\, al Jazeera\, the Yomiuri Shimbun\, “PBS NewsHour\,” “The Charlie Rose Show\,” and “The Daily Show.” Bronson has served as a consultant to NBC News and testified before the congressional Task Force on Anti-Terrorism and Proliferation Financing\, Congress’s Joint Economic Committee\, and the 9/11 Commission. \nBronson is a board director of the American University of Iraq Foundation and a board member of the Francis W. Parker School. She has served as co-chair of Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Producer Guild\, and as a board member of the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. Bronson was named by Today’s Chicago Woman magazine as one of 100 Women to Watch (2012)\, 20 Women to Watch by Crain’s Chicago Business (2008)\, a Carnegie Corporation Scholar (2003)\, and a Glamour Magazine “Wow Woman” (2002). She is a member of the International Women’s Forum\, the Council on Foreign Relations\, the Economic Club of Chicago and the Pacific Council. She earned a BA in history at the University of Pennsylvania and a MA and PhD in political science from Columbia University in 1997. \n\n\nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nA PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \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 \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/oppenheimer-and-existential-threats-dr-rachel-bronson-aug-16/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville
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SUMMARY:Webinar | In Focus Series: Ukraine | Putin's Mercenaries | Medical Frontline | Sep 27
DESCRIPTION:Register Now \n \nREGISTER TODAY\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\n\nGLOBAL DIALOGUE \nvia Zoom\nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine\nHumanitarian Dimension: The Healthcare Frontline\nand\nThe Wagner Mercenaries: Conversation with Award Winning Documentarian\n \n\n\n\n\nEwa Galica\nJournalist and Director of the film\, “The Wagner Group: Putin’s Mercenaries”\nDavid Kaiser\nHealthcare Specialist and Volunteer\, Alliance for Innovation (AFI)\nwith moderator\nPatrick Ryan\nPresident Emeritus\, Tennessee World Affairs Council\n  \nWednesday\, September 27\, 2023\n12:00-1:00  CT (GMT-5)\n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/Qyy1hiLSMk-98XSa5k7wDA”>Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Ewa Galica & David Kaiser</a><br />\n \n\n\nTNWAC presents Ewa Galica\, award-winning documentary director of “The Wagner Group. Putin’s Mercenaries” and David Kaiser\, medical services volunteer supporting Ukraine’s wounded military and civilians. \n\n\n\nAbout Ewa Galicia \n\nEwa Galica is a graduate of the University of Warsaw. She began her journalism career in 2007 at the American television station NBC News in London. She has been associated with TVN and TVN24 for 13 years. She is the author of documentaries distinguished with awards at the World Media Festival in Hamburg: Uwolnić kapitana (Free the Captain) about the case of Captain Andrzej Lasota\, who was held in a Mexican prison for almost two years\, and Sąd biskupi i sekret papieski (The Bishop’s Court and the Pope’s Secret) in which Mariusz Milewski\, molested as a child by a priest\, reveals the secrets behind how the Church justice system operates. \nAbout “The Wagner Group: Putin’s Mercenaries” \nTrailer | Warning: Contains violent scenes \nDirector’s Statement \nThe film reveals the true face of the head of the Wagner Group\, Yevgeny Prigozhin\, who himself admits that his mercenaries “will win over Ukraine\, and later over NATO and the whole world”\, leaving no doubt how dangerous this organization is not only for Ukraine but also for all of us. \nAll the interlocutors of the director\, Ewa Galica\, pursue their goal with great determination: to reveal the details of the functioning of the Wagner Group\, which\, in their opinion\, threatens Western democracies. In the beginning\, the Wagner Group was a closely guarded secret\, Putin’s secret project\, today it is an officially registered company and is becoming more and more dangerous by the day. Former mercenaries appearing in the film: Alexander and Marat\, and the Russian dissident Vladimir\, risk their lives to tell about the crimes of the Wagnerians and the details of recruiting new mercenaries. They hope that by releasing this information\, the Wagner Group will be recognized as a terrorist organization worldwide. The film was made thanks to their courage. \nSynopsis \nThe illegal in Russia private military company “Wagner Group” rose in popularity during the war in Ukraine. In The Wagner Group. Putin’s Mercenaries documentary Ewa Galica talks to former Wagner Group mercenaries who fled to the West\, disagreeing with the group’s methods of operation. The film also features a Russian dissident who risks his life by revealing information concerning executions within the group\, crimes committed by its members\, and their contracts. The work contains previously unpublished footage of the Wagner Group members\, shot during the fighting on the Ukrainian front. \n“The Wagner Group. Putin’s Mercenaries” sheds light on the activities of the Wagner Group\, a private mercenary army created by Yevgeny Prigozhin\, nicknamed “Putin’s cook.” Initially\, the group guarded the interests of the Kremlin wherever Russia could not send a regular army. It operated in Africa and the Middle East\, where it was famous for its brutality and ruthlessness. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the first defeats of Putin’s army\, they were engaged in operations at the front. The film features the Wagnerians\, former mercenaries of the Wagner Group\, who fled to the West\, refusing to agree to its methods of operation. The document also features a Russian dissident who risks his life by revealing information about internal executions\, new mercenaries and their contracts. The film is illustrated with previously unpublished recordings of Wagnerians made during the fighting on the Ukrainian front and the recruitment process of Wagnerians in Russian prisons documented with hidden cameras. \nAbout David Kaiser \nDavid Kaiser is a medical specialist and volunteer who helps facilitate treatment for Ukrainian military and civilian casualties in Poland and in Ukraine\, especially amputees\, through an array of organizations supporting the humanitarian needs of victims of the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine. \nKaiser is a former Captain Infantry\, United States Army\, 1968-1971\, served as Combat military advisor to the Vietnamese\, psychological operations\, and instructor in tactics and jungle warfare. Team leader- Mobile Advisory Team I-19\, 1969-1970\, Que Son\, Viet Nam. He brings comprehensive “know how” in the development and operations of new medical initiatives. Mr. Kaiser has developed and operated integrated health care delivery systems including for Health Maintenance Organisations (HMO)\, Consolidated Medical Group Practices\, Hospitals\, and Medical Marketing in the USA\, Central and Eastern Europe. Medical delivery\, physician governance and reimbursement mechanisms continue to evolve into comprehensive and complicated systems. Mr. Kaiser has been influential in implementing many comprehensive delivery initiatives into the infrastructure where health delivery is a major concern. \nBackground \nWith the beginning of the war in Ukraine\, including the armed military response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine\, global leaders have partnered to support a significant increase in wartime injuries and casualties. Individuals with polytrauma and major limb amputation constitute one of the most severe injuries. \nReports from the Ministry of Health\, Ukraine confirms that 500+ soldiers\, civilians\, and children with limb amputations need prosthetic\, orthotic\, and mental health care. An immediate need has been identified for the development of programs to support these individuals with complex polytrauma. This includes individuals with two or more “trauma” diagnoses\, including but not limited to major limb amputation\, traumatic brain injury\, spinal cord injury\, and emotional\, physiological\, and psychological trauma. \nWhile many military casualties and trauma instances are known\, we know many civilian adults and children who have also experienced severe trauma\, including loss of a limb\, other life-altering injuries\, and psychological trauma. \nOpportunity \nEncouraged the Ministry of Health\, Ukraine (which is responsible for wartime rehabilitation)\, The Ukrainian National Guard\, Baylor College of Medicine\, the Polish government healthcare system\, and ‘Alliance for Innovation (AFI)\, a US/Polish entity focused on healthcare delivery and trauma treatment\, have established a rehabilitation center of excellence in Poland to manage short and long-term patient care. \nBaylor’s team includes experts from Center for Prosthetic & Orthotic Care and Clinical Innovation\, the H. Ben Taub Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation\, and the Center for Global Health. AFI’s team includes medical professionals\, retired military experts\, logistic experts\, and Not for Profit (NPO) staff. \nThis opportunity has resulted in an advanced team to establish the prosthetic and rehabilitation components various settings in Poland that will be set to treat individuals with amputation\, polytrauma\, PTSD\, and other rehab needs. \n• Long-term care will be coordinated with local prosthetists and orthotists from Poland and Ukraine\, with Baylor’s clinicians working closely with the local teams\, including Ottobock Poland (global prosthetic company)\, to address the acute and long-term challenges. \n• Establishing a state-of-the-art clinic and laboratory will be designed to provide the best available care to the victims of the war in Ukraine and the surrounding regions. \n• The operational team includes academic faculty and clinicians\, military operation specialist\, wartime physicians\, and local/global leaders with support from the Ukrainian and Polish Ministries of Health\, the Ukrainian National Guard\, and multiple governmental\, humanitarian\, NPOs\, academic\, and private organizations. \n• This center will originate in Poland’s CSK MSWiA (Sziptala Kliniczznego Ministry of Interior Hospital) located in Warsaw. It will provide prosthetic\, orthotic\, psychological\, physical medicine\, orthopedics\, musculoskeletal\, and polytrauma rehab in line with these specialties and targeted therapies for rehabilitation and restoration. \n• Other hospitals and rehabilitation facilities in addition to the one in Warsaw have offered their services. \nOther Involvement and Support: \nAugust Mission provided logistical support\, and Operation Walk Chicago offered to provide wheelchairs for the patients. Also\, the Virginia Commonwealth University and Denver\, Colorado’s Craig Hospital for Traumatic Brain Injury/Neurological Disorder\, and others may send volunteers\, while the University of Massachusetts’ Spalding Rehabilitation Center may provide a telemedicine solution to the project. \nThe first patients arrived in Warsaw in mid-November 2022 and were immediately housed in a hotel annex on the hospital campus. \nThe first two soldiers lost their left arms during combat operations in March and April\, 2022 in Mariupol. After amputation\, one was also a prisoner of war for 1 an ½ months until the first prisoner swap. \nThey were identified by the National Guard of Ukraine\, necessary papers processed including the signature of Informed consent previously developed by our legal team in English\, Polish\, and Ukrainian; this to agree to transportation cross-border\, sharing of medical records\, and treatment protocols. \nOnce settled in the hotel\, Ottobock was with them the following day to meet and explain the prosthesis process\, demonstrate expectations\, take measurements\, and arrange for follow up meeting for fittings and training. \nThe following day\, Alliance of Innovation met to provide psychological evaluation and assessment for future needs. \nA patient advocate to interface for communication\, other needs such as washing clothes\, access to television in Ukrainian and hair cut would interface for other amenities. \nThese soldiers were properly fitted\, trained\, informed of procedures for follow-up\, and the onsite team returned them to their homes and families just before Christmas. \n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS \n \nTHANKS TO DISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER SERIES PARTNERS \n \nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nA PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 AND CO-WINNER OF THE COUNCIL OF THE YEAR (2022) \n \nTennessee World Affairs Council Profile | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee \nMember\, Center for Nonprofit Management \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/webinar-in-focus-series-ukraine-sep-27/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Business Update | In Person | South Africa Trade with U.S. and Tennessee
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council\nis pleased to support the  \nNashville Area Chamber of Commerce International Business Council’s\n\n\nBUSINESS UPDATE\nIn Person \nU.S. & Tennessee Business Connections with South Africa\nwith \nMr Mzwanele Langa\, Charge d/Affaires\, with the South African Consulate General New York\n and  \nBrie Knox\, US Commercial Service\nat \n\nBass\, Berry & Sims\, PLC\nNashville\, Tennessee \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nThursday\, September 28\, 2023\n8:00-9:30 a.m. CT\nRegister Now  \n\nJoin the IBC for a business update featuring Mr Mzwanele Langa\, Charge d/Affaires\, with the South African Consulate General New York and Brie Knox\, US Commercial Service\, who will touch on business opportunities and connections between the mid-state and South Africa. This event is in partnership with the TN World Affairs Council and the US Department of Commerce. \n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS \n \nTHANKS TO DISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER SERIES PARTNERS \n \nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nA PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTennessee World Affairs Council Profile | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee \nMember\, Center for Nonprofit Management \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/business-update-in-person-south-africa-trade-with-u-s-and-tennessee/
CATEGORIES:Global Nashville
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SUMMARY:UK Ambassador Conversation | Oct 23
DESCRIPTION:Register Now \n \nAnd The Nashville Area Chamber Of Commerce’s International Business Council In Association With Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP \nPresent\nUnited Kingdom Ambassador Conversation\n \nHer Excellency Dame Karen Pierce\, Ambassador of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland to the United States \n\n\nOctober 23rd I 12:30-2:00pm \nAllianceBernstein \n501 Commerce Street\, 24th Floor \nNashville\, TN 37203 \nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/uk-ambassador-conversation-oct-23/
CATEGORIES:Global Nashville
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SUMMARY:Webinar | Election Year: Foreign Policy and American Domestic Politics
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \nGlobal Dialogue\nVia Zoom\n2024 Election Year: Foreign Policy and American Domestic Politics\n \nDr. Thomas A. Schwartz\nModerator \n \nDr. Breck Walker\nWednesday\, February 21\, 2024 \n12:00 – 1:00 p.m. CST\n  \nAt the water’s edge?: Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy in an Election Year\n\nAt the beginning of the Cold War\, Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg announced his support for Democratic President Harry Truman’s Marshall Plan for Europe by proclaiming that “Politics stops at the water’s edge.”  In more recent times\, however\, American domestic politics appears to have had a strong effect on foreign policy\, particularly in election years.  In this webinar\, we will discuss the potential impact of America’s election year politics on the important issues of foreign policy\, including the Middle East\, Ukraine\, and China.\n\n\n\n\nInternational Career Panel | April 3\, 2024\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n  \nAbout the Speaker: \n \nDr. THOMAS ALAN SCHWARTZ\nThomas Alan Schwartz is the Distinguished Professor of History and Professor of Political Science and European Studies at Vanderbilt University. Originally from Rochester\, New York\, he studied at Columbia and Oxford Universities\, and completed his doctoral dissertation at Harvard University under the supervision of Professor Ernest R. May and Professor Charles Maier.  \nHe is the author of the books America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard University Press) and Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam\, also Harvard University Press. He was the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: US-European Relations in the 1970s\, (Cambridge University Press). His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography\, published by Hill and Wang in 2020. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Social Science Research Council\, the German Historical Institute\, the Woodrow Wilson Center\, and the Nobel Institute. He served on the Historical Advisory Committee of the Department of State and was the President of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations. \n\n\n  \n\n \nAbout the Moderator: \nDr. Breck Walker\, PhD\nMember of the Board\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\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\n\n\n\n\n  \nInternational Career Panel | April 3\, 2024\n \n\n\n\nRegister Now \n\n\n\n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/webinar-election-year-foreign-policy-and-american-domestic-politics/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville,Webinar
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