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SUMMARY:Global Town Hall | Iran and the Nuclear Deal | Kelsey Davenport
DESCRIPTION:Global Town Hall\nIran and the Nuclear Deal: The Clock is Ticking\n \nA Conversation With Kelsey Davenport\nDirector of Non Proliferation Policy\, Arms Control Association\n\nand host\n\n\nLt.Cmdr. Patrick Ryan\, USN(Ret)\nFounding President\, TNWAC\n \nFebruary 25\, 2021\n\n5:30 PM CT\n \n\nKelsey Davenport is the Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association\, where she focuses on the nuclear and missile programs in Iran\, North Korea\, India\, and Pakistan and on international efforts to prevent proliferation and nuclear terrorism. She also reports on developments in these areas for Arms Control Today and runs the Arms Control Association’s project assessing the effectiveness of multilateral voluntary initiatives that contribute to nonproliferation efforts. \nShe is the lead author of the P4+1 and Iran Nuclear Deal Alertnewsletter\, which assesses developments related to the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran\, and the North Korea Denuclearization Digest\, which tracks efforts to negotiate with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program. Kelsey is also the co-author of a series of seven reports assessing the impact of the Nuclear Security Summits on efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism. Kelsey joined the Arms Control Association in August 2011 as a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow. \nKelsey has been quoted in numerous publications\, including the Washington Post\, The New York Times\, Foreign Policy\, Newsweek\, Reuters\, Christian Science Monitor\, Vox\, and The Guardian and has provided commentary on NPR\, CBC\, CNN\, ABC\, MSNBC\, Fox News\, al-Jazeera\, and C-Span. She has published opeds in various outlets\, including TIME\, Reuters\, CNN\, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\, and Defense One. \nKelsey is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the National Committee on North Korea. She was selected to the CSIS Mid-Career Cadre in 2018 and serves on the Board of Directors for the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship. \nPrior to joining the Arms Control Association\, Kelsey worked a think tank in Jerusalem researching Middle East security issues. She holds a masters degree in peace studies from the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor of arts summa cum laude in international studies and political science from Butler University. \nRecent Publications and Citations \n\n\n\n\n\nBiden Officials Express Support for Rejoining Iran Nuclear Deal\n\n\n\n\nArms Control Now Blog\n\nJanuary 28\, 2021\n\n\nNonproliferation Experts Warn Biden on Urgent Need for U.S. Reentry into Iran Nuclear Deal\n\n\n\n\nPressroom\n\nJanuary 14\, 2021\n\n\nIran Ratchets Up Aggression Ahead of Biden Inauguration\n\nU.S. News & World Report\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 13\, 2021\n\n\nBiden and Iran: Back to the old nuclear deal or negotiate a new one?\n\nDeutsche Welle\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 7\, 2021\n\n\nIran tries to increase its leverage in future negotiations with President-elect Biden\n\nMSNBC\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 7\, 2021\n\n\n\n\n*** \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \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. \nPhoto Credit: By United States Department of State – https://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/16790680599/\, Public Domain\, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39326387 \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-town-hall-iran-and-the-nuclear-deal-kelsey-davenport-3/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Global Town Hall | Iran and the Nuclear Deal | Kelsey Davenport
DESCRIPTION:Global Town Hall\nIran and the Nuclear Deal: The Clock is Ticking\n \nA Conversation With Kelsey Davenport\nDirector of Non Proliferation Policy\, Arms Control Association\n\nand host\n\n\nLt.Cmdr. Patrick Ryan\, USN(Ret)\nFounding President\, TNWAC\n \nFebruary 25\, 2021\n\n5:30 PM CT\n \n\nKelsey Davenport is the Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association\, where she focuses on the nuclear and missile programs in Iran\, North Korea\, India\, and Pakistan and on international efforts to prevent proliferation and nuclear terrorism. She also reports on developments in these areas for Arms Control Today and runs the Arms Control Association’s project assessing the effectiveness of multilateral voluntary initiatives that contribute to nonproliferation efforts. \nShe is the lead author of the P4+1 and Iran Nuclear Deal Alertnewsletter\, which assesses developments related to the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran\, and the North Korea Denuclearization Digest\, which tracks efforts to negotiate with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program. Kelsey is also the co-author of a series of seven reports assessing the impact of the Nuclear Security Summits on efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism. Kelsey joined the Arms Control Association in August 2011 as a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow. \nKelsey has been quoted in numerous publications\, including the Washington Post\, The New York Times\, Foreign Policy\, Newsweek\, Reuters\, Christian Science Monitor\, Vox\, and The Guardian and has provided commentary on NPR\, CBC\, CNN\, ABC\, MSNBC\, Fox News\, al-Jazeera\, and C-Span. She has published opeds in various outlets\, including TIME\, Reuters\, CNN\, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\, and Defense One. \nKelsey is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the National Committee on North Korea. She was selected to the CSIS Mid-Career Cadre in 2018 and serves on the Board of Directors for the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship. \nPrior to joining the Arms Control Association\, Kelsey worked a think tank in Jerusalem researching Middle East security issues. She holds a masters degree in peace studies from the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor of arts summa cum laude in international studies and political science from Butler University. \nRecent Publications and Citations \n\n\n\n\n\nBiden Officials Express Support for Rejoining Iran Nuclear Deal\n\n\n\n\nArms Control Now Blog\n\nJanuary 28\, 2021\n\n\nNonproliferation Experts Warn Biden on Urgent Need for U.S. Reentry into Iran Nuclear Deal\n\n\n\n\nPressroom\n\nJanuary 14\, 2021\n\n\nIran Ratchets Up Aggression Ahead of Biden Inauguration\n\nU.S. News & World Report\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 13\, 2021\n\n\nBiden and Iran: Back to the old nuclear deal or negotiate a new one?\n\nDeutsche Welle\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 7\, 2021\n\n\nIran tries to increase its leverage in future negotiations with President-elect Biden\n\nMSNBC\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 7\, 2021\n\n\n\n\n*** \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \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. \nPhoto Credit: By United States Department of State – https://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/16790680599/\, Public Domain\, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39326387 \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-town-hall-iran-and-the-nuclear-deal-kelsey-davenport-2/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Global Town Hall | Iran and the Nuclear Deal | Kelsey Davenport
DESCRIPTION:Global Town Hall\nIran and the Nuclear Deal: The Clock is Ticking\n \nA Conversation With Kelsey Davenport\nDirector of Non Proliferation Policy\, Arms Control Association\n\nand host\n\n\nLt.Cmdr. Patrick Ryan\, USN(Ret)\nFounding President\, TNWAC\n \nFebruary 25\, 2021\n\n5:30 PM CT\n \n\nKelsey Davenport is the Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association\, where she focuses on the nuclear and missile programs in Iran\, North Korea\, India\, and Pakistan and on international efforts to prevent proliferation and nuclear terrorism. She also reports on developments in these areas for Arms Control Today and runs the Arms Control Association’s project assessing the effectiveness of multilateral voluntary initiatives that contribute to nonproliferation efforts. \nShe is the lead author of the P4+1 and Iran Nuclear Deal Alertnewsletter\, which assesses developments related to the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran\, and the North Korea Denuclearization Digest\, which tracks efforts to negotiate with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program. Kelsey is also the co-author of a series of seven reports assessing the impact of the Nuclear Security Summits on efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism. Kelsey joined the Arms Control Association in August 2011 as a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow. \nKelsey has been quoted in numerous publications\, including the Washington Post\, The New York Times\, Foreign Policy\, Newsweek\, Reuters\, Christian Science Monitor\, Vox\, and The Guardian and has provided commentary on NPR\, CBC\, CNN\, ABC\, MSNBC\, Fox News\, al-Jazeera\, and C-Span. She has published opeds in various outlets\, including TIME\, Reuters\, CNN\, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\, and Defense One. \nKelsey is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the National Committee on North Korea. She was selected to the CSIS Mid-Career Cadre in 2018 and serves on the Board of Directors for the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship. \nPrior to joining the Arms Control Association\, Kelsey worked a think tank in Jerusalem researching Middle East security issues. She holds a masters degree in peace studies from the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor of arts summa cum laude in international studies and political science from Butler University. \nRecent Publications and Citations \n\n\n\n\n\nBiden Officials Express Support for Rejoining Iran Nuclear Deal\n\n\n\n\nArms Control Now Blog\n\nJanuary 28\, 2021\n\n\nNonproliferation Experts Warn Biden on Urgent Need for U.S. Reentry into Iran Nuclear Deal\n\n\n\n\nPressroom\n\nJanuary 14\, 2021\n\n\nIran Ratchets Up Aggression Ahead of Biden Inauguration\n\nU.S. News & World Report\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 13\, 2021\n\n\nBiden and Iran: Back to the old nuclear deal or negotiate a new one?\n\nDeutsche Welle\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 7\, 2021\n\n\nIran tries to increase its leverage in future negotiations with President-elect Biden\n\nMSNBC\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 7\, 2021\n\n\n\n\n*** \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \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. \nPhoto Credit: By United States Department of State – https://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/16790680599/\, Public Domain\, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39326387 \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-town-hall-iran-and-the-nuclear-deal-kelsey-davenport/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Global Town Hall | Iran and the Nuclear Deal | Kelsey Davenport
DESCRIPTION:Global Town Hall\nIran and the Nuclear Deal: The Clock is Ticking\n \nA Conversation With Kelsey Davenport\nDirector of Non Proliferation Policy\, Arms Control Association\n\nand host\n\n\nLt.Cmdr. Patrick Ryan\, USN(Ret)\nFounding President\, TNWAC\n \nFebruary 25\, 2021\n\n5:30 PM CT\n \n\nKelsey Davenport is the Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association\, where she focuses on the nuclear and missile programs in Iran\, North Korea\, India\, and Pakistan and on international efforts to prevent proliferation and nuclear terrorism. She also reports on developments in these areas for Arms Control Today and runs the Arms Control Association’s project assessing the effectiveness of multilateral voluntary initiatives that contribute to nonproliferation efforts. \nShe is the lead author of the P4+1 and Iran Nuclear Deal Alertnewsletter\, which assesses developments related to the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran\, and the North Korea Denuclearization Digest\, which tracks efforts to negotiate with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program. Kelsey is also the co-author of a series of seven reports assessing the impact of the Nuclear Security Summits on efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism. Kelsey joined the Arms Control Association in August 2011 as a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow. \nKelsey has been quoted in numerous publications\, including the Washington Post\, The New York Times\, Foreign Policy\, Newsweek\, Reuters\, Christian Science Monitor\, Vox\, and The Guardian and has provided commentary on NPR\, CBC\, CNN\, ABC\, MSNBC\, Fox News\, al-Jazeera\, and C-Span. She has published opeds in various outlets\, including TIME\, Reuters\, CNN\, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\, and Defense One. \nKelsey is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the National Committee on North Korea. She was selected to the CSIS Mid-Career Cadre in 2018 and serves on the Board of Directors for the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship. \nPrior to joining the Arms Control Association\, Kelsey worked a think tank in Jerusalem researching Middle East security issues. She holds a masters degree in peace studies from the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor of arts summa cum laude in international studies and political science from Butler University. \nRecent Publications and Citations \n\n\n\n\n\nBiden Officials Express Support for Rejoining Iran Nuclear Deal\n\n\n\n\nArms Control Now Blog\n\nJanuary 28\, 2021\n\n\nNonproliferation Experts Warn Biden on Urgent Need for U.S. Reentry into Iran Nuclear Deal\n\n\n\n\nPressroom\n\nJanuary 14\, 2021\n\n\nIran Ratchets Up Aggression Ahead of Biden Inauguration\n\nU.S. News & World Report\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 13\, 2021\n\n\nBiden and Iran: Back to the old nuclear deal or negotiate a new one?\n\nDeutsche Welle\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 7\, 2021\n\n\nIran tries to increase its leverage in future negotiations with President-elect Biden\n\nMSNBC\n\n\n\n\nJanuary 7\, 2021\n\n\n\n\n*** \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \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. \nPhoto Credit: By United States Department of State – https://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/16790680599/\, Public Domain\, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39326387 \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-town-hall-iran-and-the-nuclear-deal-kelsey-davenport-4/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Japan's Ambassador Koji Tomita | Global Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\, the Japan-America Society of Tennessee and Sister Cities of Nashville \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL\nH.E. Koji Tomita\nAmbassador of Japan to the United States\n\n\n \nNovember 2\, 2021\nRegistration: 5:30pm CT\nProgram: 6:00-7:00pm CT \nIn Person \nBelmont University\nJanet Ayers Academic Center Fourth Floor Conference Space C\n1803 15th Ave S\, Nashville\, TN 37212 \nJoin us for this special presentation by the World Affairs Council. Ambassador Koji Tomita is a seasoned diplomat — 30 years in Japan’s foreign service — and he will talk about the U.S.-Japan relationship\, economic developments\, strategic challenges and much\, much more. \nDon’t miss this chance to hear his insights and perspectives and pose your questions to the Ambassador. \nCOVID Protection Measures \nVaccination OR negative Covid test within 72 hours. Distancing among audience seating as feasible. Masks per Belmont policy.\n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/B4dnexD2dek-BPkm1By4PA”>Japan’s Ambassador Koji Tomita | Global Town Hall</a><br/> \nRead about the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship in a column by TNWAC President Patrick Ryan\, in “The Tennessean.” [Link] \nExcerpt: \nThe United States has long been a Pacific power but is focusing new attention on the importance of the region – political\, economic and in defense and security. In our State\, meanwhile\, the relationship with Japan is flourishing to the great benefit of both Tennesseans and our Japanese partners… \n…On November 2nd\, Nashville will host the Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Koji Tomita and his wife in a visit hosted by the Tennessee World Affairs Council. That evening he will talk with the community at a Global Town Hall at Belmont University about the depth and breadth of the U.S.-Japanese relationship\, and everyone is invited. \nAmbassador Tomita is likely to speak to more than the importance of national security and business relations. A key strength is the people-to-people ties. Whether it’s the Southern hospitality shown Japanese business people and their families in Tennessee cities and towns\, the exchanges of students and teachers\, or the gift of cherry trees\, symbolizing the bonds of friendship\, there are scores of ways Tennesseans and Japanese are connected. \nOur welcome for Ambassador and Mrs. Tomita on November 2nd will be one more expression of that friendship and you should join us at the Town Hall to make that welcome. \nROOM LOCATION/PARKING — LINK \n\nMore About Ambassador Tomita \n\n\n\n2021\nPresent\n\n\n2019\nAmbassador\, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Korea\n\n\n2018\nAmbassador\, Representative of the Government of Japan for the G20 Summit\n\n\n2015\nAmbassador\, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Israel\n\n\n2013\nDirector-General\, North American Affairs Bureau\n\n\n2012\nMinister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Chief of Mission\, Embassy of Japan in Washington\, DC\n\n\n2012\nMinister for Political Affairs\, Embassy of Japan in Washington\, DC\n\n\n2009\nDeputy Director-General (North American Affairs Bureau and Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau)\n\n\n2006\nMinister (Head of Political Section)\, Embassy of Japan\, UK\n\n\n2004\nMinister (Head of Political Section)\, Embassy of Japan\, Seoul\n\n\n2003\nDirector\, Policy Coordination Division\, Foreign Policy Bureau\n\n\n2001\nDirector\, National Security Policy Division\, Foreign Policy Bureau\n\n\n1999\nDirector\, Second International Organizations (OECD) Division\, Economic Affairs Bureau\n\n\n1997\nCounsellor\, Permanent Delegation of Japan to OECD\, Paris\n\n\n1981\nJoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs\n\n\n\n\nSPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS FOR SUPPORTING THE VISIT OF AMBASSADOR TOMITA TO NASHVILLE \nPLATINUM LEVEL SPONSORS \n \n \nGOLD LEVEL SPONSORS \n  \n \n \n \n \nSILVER SPONSORS \n \n \n \nHOSTING PARTNER \n \n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/japans-ambassador-koji-tomita-global-town-hall-3/
LOCATION:Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center Fourth Floor Conference Space C\, 1803 15th Ave S\,\, Nashville\, TN\, 37212\, United States
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Japan's Ambassador Koji Tomita | Global Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\, the Japan-America Society of Tennessee and Sister Cities of Nashville \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL\nH.E. Koji Tomita\nAmbassador of Japan to the United States\n\n\n \nNovember 2\, 2021\nRegistration: 5:30pm CT\nProgram: 6:00-7:00pm CT \nIn Person \nBelmont University\nJanet Ayers Academic Center Fourth Floor Conference Space C\n1803 15th Ave S\, Nashville\, TN 37212 \nJoin us for this special presentation by the World Affairs Council. Ambassador Koji Tomita is a seasoned diplomat — 30 years in Japan’s foreign service — and he will talk about the U.S.-Japan relationship\, economic developments\, strategic challenges and much\, much more. \nDon’t miss this chance to hear his insights and perspectives and pose your questions to the Ambassador. \nCOVID Protection Measures \nVaccination OR negative Covid test within 72 hours. Distancing among audience seating as feasible. Masks per Belmont policy.\n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/B4dnexD2dek-BPkm1By4PA”>Japan’s Ambassador Koji Tomita | Global Town Hall</a><br/> \nRead about the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship in a column by TNWAC President Patrick Ryan\, in “The Tennessean.” [Link] \nExcerpt: \nThe United States has long been a Pacific power but is focusing new attention on the importance of the region – political\, economic and in defense and security. In our State\, meanwhile\, the relationship with Japan is flourishing to the great benefit of both Tennesseans and our Japanese partners… \n…On November 2nd\, Nashville will host the Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Koji Tomita and his wife in a visit hosted by the Tennessee World Affairs Council. That evening he will talk with the community at a Global Town Hall at Belmont University about the depth and breadth of the U.S.-Japanese relationship\, and everyone is invited. \nAmbassador Tomita is likely to speak to more than the importance of national security and business relations. A key strength is the people-to-people ties. Whether it’s the Southern hospitality shown Japanese business people and their families in Tennessee cities and towns\, the exchanges of students and teachers\, or the gift of cherry trees\, symbolizing the bonds of friendship\, there are scores of ways Tennesseans and Japanese are connected. \nOur welcome for Ambassador and Mrs. Tomita on November 2nd will be one more expression of that friendship and you should join us at the Town Hall to make that welcome. \nROOM LOCATION/PARKING — LINK \n\nMore About Ambassador Tomita \n\n\n\n2021\nPresent\n\n\n2019\nAmbassador\, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Korea\n\n\n2018\nAmbassador\, Representative of the Government of Japan for the G20 Summit\n\n\n2015\nAmbassador\, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Israel\n\n\n2013\nDirector-General\, North American Affairs Bureau\n\n\n2012\nMinister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Chief of Mission\, Embassy of Japan in Washington\, DC\n\n\n2012\nMinister for Political Affairs\, Embassy of Japan in Washington\, DC\n\n\n2009\nDeputy Director-General (North American Affairs Bureau and Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau)\n\n\n2006\nMinister (Head of Political Section)\, Embassy of Japan\, UK\n\n\n2004\nMinister (Head of Political Section)\, Embassy of Japan\, Seoul\n\n\n2003\nDirector\, Policy Coordination Division\, Foreign Policy Bureau\n\n\n2001\nDirector\, National Security Policy Division\, Foreign Policy Bureau\n\n\n1999\nDirector\, Second International Organizations (OECD) Division\, Economic Affairs Bureau\n\n\n1997\nCounsellor\, Permanent Delegation of Japan to OECD\, Paris\n\n\n1981\nJoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs\n\n\n\n\nSPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS FOR SUPPORTING THE VISIT OF AMBASSADOR TOMITA TO NASHVILLE \nPLATINUM LEVEL SPONSORS \n \n \nGOLD LEVEL SPONSORS \n  \n \n \n \n \nSILVER SPONSORS \n \n \n \nHOSTING PARTNER \n \n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/japans-ambassador-koji-tomita-global-town-hall/
LOCATION:Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center Fourth Floor Conference Space C\, 1803 15th Ave S\,\, Nashville\, TN\, 37212\, United States
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Japan's Ambassador Koji Tomita | Global Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\, the Japan-America Society of Tennessee and Sister Cities of Nashville \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL\nH.E. Koji Tomita\nAmbassador of Japan to the United States\n\n\n \nNovember 2\, 2021\nRegistration: 5:30pm CT\nProgram: 6:00-7:00pm CT \nIn Person \nBelmont University\nJanet Ayers Academic Center Fourth Floor Conference Space C\n1803 15th Ave S\, Nashville\, TN 37212 \nJoin us for this special presentation by the World Affairs Council. Ambassador Koji Tomita is a seasoned diplomat — 30 years in Japan’s foreign service — and he will talk about the U.S.-Japan relationship\, economic developments\, strategic challenges and much\, much more. \nDon’t miss this chance to hear his insights and perspectives and pose your questions to the Ambassador. \nCOVID Protection Measures \nVaccination OR negative Covid test within 72 hours. Distancing among audience seating as feasible. Masks per Belmont policy.\n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/B4dnexD2dek-BPkm1By4PA”>Japan’s Ambassador Koji Tomita | Global Town Hall</a><br/> \nRead about the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship in a column by TNWAC President Patrick Ryan\, in “The Tennessean.” [Link] \nExcerpt: \nThe United States has long been a Pacific power but is focusing new attention on the importance of the region – political\, economic and in defense and security. In our State\, meanwhile\, the relationship with Japan is flourishing to the great benefit of both Tennesseans and our Japanese partners… \n…On November 2nd\, Nashville will host the Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Koji Tomita and his wife in a visit hosted by the Tennessee World Affairs Council. That evening he will talk with the community at a Global Town Hall at Belmont University about the depth and breadth of the U.S.-Japanese relationship\, and everyone is invited. \nAmbassador Tomita is likely to speak to more than the importance of national security and business relations. A key strength is the people-to-people ties. Whether it’s the Southern hospitality shown Japanese business people and their families in Tennessee cities and towns\, the exchanges of students and teachers\, or the gift of cherry trees\, symbolizing the bonds of friendship\, there are scores of ways Tennesseans and Japanese are connected. \nOur welcome for Ambassador and Mrs. Tomita on November 2nd will be one more expression of that friendship and you should join us at the Town Hall to make that welcome. \nROOM LOCATION/PARKING — LINK \n\nMore About Ambassador Tomita \n\n\n\n2021\nPresent\n\n\n2019\nAmbassador\, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Korea\n\n\n2018\nAmbassador\, Representative of the Government of Japan for the G20 Summit\n\n\n2015\nAmbassador\, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Israel\n\n\n2013\nDirector-General\, North American Affairs Bureau\n\n\n2012\nMinister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Chief of Mission\, Embassy of Japan in Washington\, DC\n\n\n2012\nMinister for Political Affairs\, Embassy of Japan in Washington\, DC\n\n\n2009\nDeputy Director-General (North American Affairs Bureau and Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau)\n\n\n2006\nMinister (Head of Political Section)\, Embassy of Japan\, UK\n\n\n2004\nMinister (Head of Political Section)\, Embassy of Japan\, Seoul\n\n\n2003\nDirector\, Policy Coordination Division\, Foreign Policy Bureau\n\n\n2001\nDirector\, National Security Policy Division\, Foreign Policy Bureau\n\n\n1999\nDirector\, Second International Organizations (OECD) Division\, Economic Affairs Bureau\n\n\n1997\nCounsellor\, Permanent Delegation of Japan to OECD\, Paris\n\n\n1981\nJoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs\n\n\n\n\nSPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS FOR SUPPORTING THE VISIT OF AMBASSADOR TOMITA TO NASHVILLE \nPLATINUM LEVEL SPONSORS \n \n \nGOLD LEVEL SPONSORS \n  \n \n \n \n \nSILVER SPONSORS \n \n \n \nHOSTING PARTNER \n \n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/japans-ambassador-koji-tomita-global-town-hall-4/
LOCATION:Belmont University Janet Ayers Academic Center Fourth Floor Conference Space C\, 1803 15th Ave S\,\, Nashville\, TN\, 37212\, United States
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Russia's Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the American Council on Germany present \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL \nvia Zoom \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nJanuary 17\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\n\n\nModerator \n \nProfessor Thomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Ambassador John Kornblum on U.S. & Europe Response\n \nRussian President Vladimir Putin has placed crosshairs on Ukraine\, a country he sees as linked to Russia and the people of Ukraine as “one people” with Russians. To back up this fixation with repairing a “historic injustice” Moscow has amassed an invasion force of over 100\,000 troops and supporting armor and aircraft near the border with Ukraine. President Biden\, leading the West’s response\, has threatened “massive consequences” to a Russian invasion of Ukraine.  \nAmerican and Russian diplomats are set to meet in Geneva on January 10th followed by discussions with NATO and then the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). However\, the lines are drawn. Putin is demanding an end to NATO’s eastward expansion\, to include Ukraine\, and Biden and the West say there will be a very high economic price to pay as well as increased deployments on NATO’s eastern flank. \nWhat is the context for this provocation and what are the U.S. and Allies prepared to do? TNWAC has asked Ambassador John Kornblum to join us from Berlin for a conversation about the crisis — how we got to where we are and what are the courses of action ahead for the U.S. and Europe.  \nAmbassador Kornblum is a preeminent authority on America’s relationship with Europe\, and Germany in particular.  \nThe conversation will be guided by Distinguished Professor of History\, Dr. Thomas Schwartz\, of Vanderbilt University. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nThomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020).  The book has received considerable notice and acclaim.  Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.”   Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nMore about Schwartz \n  \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/russias-threat-to-ukraine-the-west-responds-ambassador-john-kornblum-on-u-s-europe-response-4/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Russia's Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the American Council on Germany present \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL \nvia Zoom \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nJanuary 17\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\n\n\nModerator \n \nProfessor Thomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Ambassador John Kornblum on U.S. & Europe Response\n \nRussian President Vladimir Putin has placed crosshairs on Ukraine\, a country he sees as linked to Russia and the people of Ukraine as “one people” with Russians. To back up this fixation with repairing a “historic injustice” Moscow has amassed an invasion force of over 100\,000 troops and supporting armor and aircraft near the border with Ukraine. President Biden\, leading the West’s response\, has threatened “massive consequences” to a Russian invasion of Ukraine.  \nAmerican and Russian diplomats are set to meet in Geneva on January 10th followed by discussions with NATO and then the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). However\, the lines are drawn. Putin is demanding an end to NATO’s eastward expansion\, to include Ukraine\, and Biden and the West say there will be a very high economic price to pay as well as increased deployments on NATO’s eastern flank. \nWhat is the context for this provocation and what are the U.S. and Allies prepared to do? TNWAC has asked Ambassador John Kornblum to join us from Berlin for a conversation about the crisis — how we got to where we are and what are the courses of action ahead for the U.S. and Europe.  \nAmbassador Kornblum is a preeminent authority on America’s relationship with Europe\, and Germany in particular.  \nThe conversation will be guided by Distinguished Professor of History\, Dr. Thomas Schwartz\, of Vanderbilt University. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nThomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020).  The book has received considerable notice and acclaim.  Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.”   Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nMore about Schwartz \n  \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/russias-threat-to-ukraine-the-west-responds-ambassador-john-kornblum-on-u-s-europe-response-3/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Russia's Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the American Council on Germany present \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL \nvia Zoom \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nJanuary 17\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\n\n\nModerator \n \nProfessor Thomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Ambassador John Kornblum on U.S. & Europe Response\n \nRussian President Vladimir Putin has placed crosshairs on Ukraine\, a country he sees as linked to Russia and the people of Ukraine as “one people” with Russians. To back up this fixation with repairing a “historic injustice” Moscow has amassed an invasion force of over 100\,000 troops and supporting armor and aircraft near the border with Ukraine. President Biden\, leading the West’s response\, has threatened “massive consequences” to a Russian invasion of Ukraine.  \nAmerican and Russian diplomats are set to meet in Geneva on January 10th followed by discussions with NATO and then the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). However\, the lines are drawn. Putin is demanding an end to NATO’s eastward expansion\, to include Ukraine\, and Biden and the West say there will be a very high economic price to pay as well as increased deployments on NATO’s eastern flank. \nWhat is the context for this provocation and what are the U.S. and Allies prepared to do? TNWAC has asked Ambassador John Kornblum to join us from Berlin for a conversation about the crisis — how we got to where we are and what are the courses of action ahead for the U.S. and Europe.  \nAmbassador Kornblum is a preeminent authority on America’s relationship with Europe\, and Germany in particular.  \nThe conversation will be guided by Distinguished Professor of History\, Dr. Thomas Schwartz\, of Vanderbilt University. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nThomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020).  The book has received considerable notice and acclaim.  Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.”   Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nMore about Schwartz \n  \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/russias-threat-to-ukraine-the-west-responds-ambassador-john-kornblum-on-u-s-europe-response/
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SUMMARY:Germany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \nand Belmont University Center for International Business\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL \nvia Zoom \nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nFebruary 1\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith \n \nDr. Liana Fix\nResident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Washington office \nAnd Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/7lPjI4r_-D8ouoSIZ_BTHQ”>Russia’s Threat to Ukraine: Germany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Ambassador John Kornblum</a><br />\n \nWhen President Joe Biden met the press on January 19th he was candid when addressing consequences for Russia if it attacked Ukraine. “It depends on what [Putin] does as to what extent we’re going to be able to get total unity on the NATO front.” The White House quickly cleaned up what he “meant” to say. In the days since official statements continue to stress NATO solidarity but questions remain. \nFor example British aircraft carrying weapons to Ukraine flew “around” Germany sparking media questions about Berlin being onboard for support to Kiev\, despite Defense Ministry denials it restricted the flights. That was followed by the resignation of Germany’s Navy chief over controversial remarks about the threat to Ukraine. Writing for the Center for European Policy Analysis\, Oxana Schmies spoke of “Germany’s paralyzing fear of war\,” and warned that for the new government it was “worryingly clear that forging a united Russia policy is difficult and marred by underlying disagreement. [Link] \nAs the prospects of Russian provocation and action against Ukraine reach the boiling point it’s a fair question to ask where Germany “is\,” as the United States and allies lean forward in deterrence and preparation for response. \nTo address this question we turn to Ambassador John Kornblum\, preeminent authority on America’s relationship with Europe\, and Germany in particular.  \nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin.  \nThe conversation will be guided by the President of the American Council on Germany\, Steven Sokol. \nQUESTIONS?  \nSend your questions for Ambassador Kornblum to Questions@TNWAC.org \n\nYou can view Ambassador Kornblum’s January 17th TNWAC conversation about the Ukraine crisis on our YouTube channel and you can read the transcript. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Liana Fix is a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office\, while on sabbatical from the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/germanys-response-to-the-ukraine-crisis-ambassador-john-kornblum/
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SUMMARY:Germany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \nand Belmont University Center for International Business\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL \nvia Zoom \nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nFebruary 1\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith \n \nDr. Liana Fix\nResident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Washington office \nAnd Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/7lPjI4r_-D8ouoSIZ_BTHQ”>Russia’s Threat to Ukraine: Germany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Ambassador John Kornblum</a><br />\n \nWhen President Joe Biden met the press on January 19th he was candid when addressing consequences for Russia if it attacked Ukraine. “It depends on what [Putin] does as to what extent we’re going to be able to get total unity on the NATO front.” The White House quickly cleaned up what he “meant” to say. In the days since official statements continue to stress NATO solidarity but questions remain. \nFor example British aircraft carrying weapons to Ukraine flew “around” Germany sparking media questions about Berlin being onboard for support to Kiev\, despite Defense Ministry denials it restricted the flights. That was followed by the resignation of Germany’s Navy chief over controversial remarks about the threat to Ukraine. Writing for the Center for European Policy Analysis\, Oxana Schmies spoke of “Germany’s paralyzing fear of war\,” and warned that for the new government it was “worryingly clear that forging a united Russia policy is difficult and marred by underlying disagreement. [Link] \nAs the prospects of Russian provocation and action against Ukraine reach the boiling point it’s a fair question to ask where Germany “is\,” as the United States and allies lean forward in deterrence and preparation for response. \nTo address this question we turn to Ambassador John Kornblum\, preeminent authority on America’s relationship with Europe\, and Germany in particular.  \nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin.  \nThe conversation will be guided by the President of the American Council on Germany\, Steven Sokol. \nQUESTIONS?  \nSend your questions for Ambassador Kornblum to Questions@TNWAC.org \n\nYou can view Ambassador Kornblum’s January 17th TNWAC conversation about the Ukraine crisis on our YouTube channel and you can read the transcript. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Liana Fix is a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office\, while on sabbatical from the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/germanys-response-to-the-ukraine-crisis-ambassador-john-kornblum-4/
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SUMMARY:Germany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \nand Belmont University Center for International Business\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL \nvia Zoom \nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nFebruary 1\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith \n \nDr. Liana Fix\nResident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Washington office \nAnd Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/7lPjI4r_-D8ouoSIZ_BTHQ”>Russia’s Threat to Ukraine: Germany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Ambassador John Kornblum</a><br />\n \nWhen President Joe Biden met the press on January 19th he was candid when addressing consequences for Russia if it attacked Ukraine. “It depends on what [Putin] does as to what extent we’re going to be able to get total unity on the NATO front.” The White House quickly cleaned up what he “meant” to say. In the days since official statements continue to stress NATO solidarity but questions remain. \nFor example British aircraft carrying weapons to Ukraine flew “around” Germany sparking media questions about Berlin being onboard for support to Kiev\, despite Defense Ministry denials it restricted the flights. That was followed by the resignation of Germany’s Navy chief over controversial remarks about the threat to Ukraine. Writing for the Center for European Policy Analysis\, Oxana Schmies spoke of “Germany’s paralyzing fear of war\,” and warned that for the new government it was “worryingly clear that forging a united Russia policy is difficult and marred by underlying disagreement. [Link] \nAs the prospects of Russian provocation and action against Ukraine reach the boiling point it’s a fair question to ask where Germany “is\,” as the United States and allies lean forward in deterrence and preparation for response. \nTo address this question we turn to Ambassador John Kornblum\, preeminent authority on America’s relationship with Europe\, and Germany in particular.  \nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin.  \nThe conversation will be guided by the President of the American Council on Germany\, Steven Sokol. \nQUESTIONS?  \nSend your questions for Ambassador Kornblum to Questions@TNWAC.org \n\nYou can view Ambassador Kornblum’s January 17th TNWAC conversation about the Ukraine crisis on our YouTube channel and you can read the transcript. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Liana Fix is a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office\, while on sabbatical from the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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SUMMARY:Russia's Threat to Ukraine: The Crisis Unfolds | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support. Help us celebrate 15 years of TNWAC’s global awareness programs this month.\n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \nand Belmont University Center for International Business\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL \nvia Zoom \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: \nThe Crisis Unfolds\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nFebruary 15\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The Crisis Unfolds | Ambassador John Kornblum\n \n  \nThe conversation will be guided by the President of the American Council on Germany\, Steven Sokol. \nQUESTIONS?  \nSend your questions for Ambassador Kornblum to Questions@TNWAC.org \n\nYou can view Ambassador Kornblum’s January 17th and February 1st TNWAC conversations about the Ukraine crisis on our YouTube channel. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\n\n\nTHANK YOU TO PROGRAM SPONSOR \n \n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/russias-threat-to-ukraine-the-crisis-unfolds-ambassador-john-kornblum-3/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Russia's Threat to Ukraine: The Crisis Unfolds | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support. Help us celebrate 15 years of TNWAC’s global awareness programs this month.\n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \nand Belmont University Center for International Business\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL \nvia Zoom \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: \nThe Crisis Unfolds\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nFebruary 15\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The Crisis Unfolds | Ambassador John Kornblum\n \n  \nThe conversation will be guided by the President of the American Council on Germany\, Steven Sokol. \nQUESTIONS?  \nSend your questions for Ambassador Kornblum to Questions@TNWAC.org \n\nYou can view Ambassador Kornblum’s January 17th and February 1st TNWAC conversations about the Ukraine crisis on our YouTube channel. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\n\n\nTHANK YOU TO PROGRAM SPONSOR \n \n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/russias-threat-to-ukraine-the-crisis-unfolds-ambassador-john-kornblum/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Russia's Threat to Ukraine: The Crisis Unfolds | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support. Help us celebrate 15 years of TNWAC’s global awareness programs this month.\n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \nand Belmont University Center for International Business\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL \nvia Zoom \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: \nThe Crisis Unfolds\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nFebruary 15\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The Crisis Unfolds | Ambassador John Kornblum\n \n  \nThe conversation will be guided by the President of the American Council on Germany\, Steven Sokol. \nQUESTIONS?  \nSend your questions for Ambassador Kornblum to Questions@TNWAC.org \n\nYou can view Ambassador Kornblum’s January 17th and February 1st TNWAC conversations about the Ukraine crisis on our YouTube channel. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\n\n\nTHANK YOU TO PROGRAM SPONSOR \n \n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/russias-threat-to-ukraine-the-crisis-unfolds-ambassador-john-kornblum-4/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:War in Europe | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nWar in Europe\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nFebruary 25\, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m. CT\n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \n \nQUESTIONS?  \nInclude your questions for Ambassador Kornblum when you register. \n\nYou can view Ambassador Kornblum’s January 17th\, February 1st and February 25th TNWAC conversations about the Ukraine crisis on our YouTube channel. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/war-in-europe-ambassador-john-kornblum-4/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:War in Europe | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nWar in Europe\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nFebruary 25\, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m. CT\n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \n \nQUESTIONS?  \nInclude your questions for Ambassador Kornblum when you register. \n\nYou can view Ambassador Kornblum’s January 17th\, February 1st and February 25th TNWAC conversations about the Ukraine crisis on our YouTube channel. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/war-in-europe-ambassador-john-kornblum-3/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:War in Europe | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nWar in Europe\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nFebruary 25\, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m. CT\n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \n \nQUESTIONS?  \nInclude your questions for Ambassador Kornblum when you register. \n\nYou can view Ambassador Kornblum’s January 17th\, February 1st and February 25th TNWAC conversations about the Ukraine crisis on our YouTube channel. \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/war-in-europe-ambassador-john-kornblum/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Practice Match | Feb 27
DESCRIPTION:Updated: Dec 28\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n  \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nPRACTICE MATCH\nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 @ 1PM CT\nVIA ZOOM\nMatch details: Check the slide deck from the December 5th practice match (here). Email pat@tnwac.org for a Word Doc of the questions/answers/match details. \nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below. TNWAC will contact all schools that pledge teams about participation in the Practice Match. \n \n  \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of December 28\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \nTNWAC will follow the Covid-19 measures in place for the National Championship Match in Washington\, DC. This includes proof of Covid-19 vaccinations and use of masks by all participants. Details here. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-MARCH 4\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nMARCH 5-MARCH 21\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nMARCH 27\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-MAY 1\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at <pat@tnwac.org > \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-practice-match-jan-23-4/
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SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Practice Match | Feb 27
DESCRIPTION:Updated: Dec 28\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n  \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nPRACTICE MATCH\nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 @ 1PM CT\nVIA ZOOM\nMatch details: Check the slide deck from the December 5th practice match (here). Email pat@tnwac.org for a Word Doc of the questions/answers/match details. \nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below. TNWAC will contact all schools that pledge teams about participation in the Practice Match. \n \n  \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of December 28\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \nTNWAC will follow the Covid-19 measures in place for the National Championship Match in Washington\, DC. This includes proof of Covid-19 vaccinations and use of masks by all participants. Details here. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-MARCH 4\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nMARCH 5-MARCH 21\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nMARCH 27\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-MAY 1\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at <pat@tnwac.org > \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-practice-match-jan-23-3/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Practice Match | Feb 27
DESCRIPTION:Updated: Dec 28\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n  \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nPRACTICE MATCH\nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 @ 1PM CT\nVIA ZOOM\nMatch details: Check the slide deck from the December 5th practice match (here). Email pat@tnwac.org for a Word Doc of the questions/answers/match details. \nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below. TNWAC will contact all schools that pledge teams about participation in the Practice Match. \n \n  \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of December 28\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \nTNWAC will follow the Covid-19 measures in place for the National Championship Match in Washington\, DC. This includes proof of Covid-19 vaccinations and use of masks by all participants. Details here. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-MARCH 4\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nMARCH 5-MARCH 21\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nMARCH 27\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-MAY 1\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at <pat@tnwac.org > \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-practice-match-jan-23/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:The Unfolding War in Europe | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nThe Unfolding War in Europe\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nMarch 2\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith moderator\n \n\nDr. Breck Walker\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Ambassador John Kornblum\n \n\nCheck out the video\, transcript or Podcast of Ambassador Kornblum’s February 25th program on the war in Europe. HERE \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Breck Walker \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\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/the-unfolding-war-in-europe-ambassador-john-kornblum-4/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:The Unfolding War in Europe | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nThe Unfolding War in Europe\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nMarch 2\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith moderator\n \n\nDr. Breck Walker\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Ambassador John Kornblum\n \n\nCheck out the video\, transcript or Podcast of Ambassador Kornblum’s February 25th program on the war in Europe. HERE \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Breck Walker \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\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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SUMMARY:The Unfolding War in Europe | Ambassador John Kornblum
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nThe Unfolding War in Europe\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nMarch 2\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith moderator\n \n\nDr. Breck Walker\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Ambassador John Kornblum\n \n\nCheck out the video\, transcript or Podcast of Ambassador Kornblum’s February 25th program on the war in Europe. HERE \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Breck Walker \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\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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SUMMARY:The Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16 | Online
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nThe Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nMarch 16\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith \n \nDr. Liana Fix\nResident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Washington office \nAnd Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation to TNWAC.org/donate when you register. Thank you. \n\n\nThe Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine \nThe unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine slogs into a third week and the war criminal in the Kremlin is backed into a corner. Vladimir Putin’s likely hoped for lightning strike into Kyiv to decapitate the Zelensky government and subjugate the country has bogged down amid Russian military incompetence and Ukrainian resolve and heroism. Yet despite the failure of Moscow’s army to snatch its grand prize in short order it is resorting to brute force to move forward\, violating the laws regulating conduct of warring parties\, jus in bello. Over two million Ukrainians have fled to safety across their western border and civilians are being targeted raising comparisons to Russian brutality in Chechnya and Syria. \nThe West has shown unity and commitment to Ukraine that would not have been forecast a year ago. The post-Cold War institutions are proving resilient and Putin’s desire to divide the democratic Allies has paradoxically proven to have bolstered NATO and EU and the international community resolve. Sanctions upon sanctions have surpassed anything seen by any other country as the global economy severs ties to the country. The Russian economy is in a nose-dive. NATO has rejected calls for a “no-fly zone” as tantamount to a direct NATO-Russia war\, but piles of sophisticated Western munitions and fighters from around the world are ready to flow into the battle. Ukrainian resolve is steeled daily by a modern-day Churchill in a Kyiv bunker who said to Putin\, “I am not afraid\,” said Zelensky\, and appearing on TV from his office\, “Come and get me.” \nSo\, how does this end. There does not appear to be an off-ramp for Putin\, who was characterized by one pundit as having ten forward gears and no reverse gear. Indeed\, CIA Director Bill Burns told Congress\, “Putin is angry and frustrated right now.” He added\, “The challenge he faces … he has no sustainable political endgame in the face of what is going to continue to be fierce resistance from the Ukrainians … He’s likely to double down and try to grind down the Ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties.” \nTo aid our understanding of this war that has reached Europe and is transforming the international system and the fate of nations\, the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council have been fortunate to enlist the authority of Ambassador John C. Kornblum for several programs: conversations about the looming war\, the reaction of Germany\, and the opening days of the unfolding conflict. [Videos here]  He is an eminent American diplomat and businessman\, having served the United States: as Ambassador to Germany and to the OSCE\, as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs\, and numerous other posts in NATO and Europe. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Liana Fix\, Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (invited). They will talk about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and put it in perspective by discussing the lasting consequences.  \nWar in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16\n \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Liana Fix is a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office\, while on sabbatical from the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.  \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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SUMMARY:The Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16 | Online
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nThe Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nMarch 16\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith \n \nDr. Liana Fix\nResident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Washington office \nAnd Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation to TNWAC.org/donate when you register. Thank you. \n\n\nThe Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine \nThe unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine slogs into a third week and the war criminal in the Kremlin is backed into a corner. Vladimir Putin’s likely hoped for lightning strike into Kyiv to decapitate the Zelensky government and subjugate the country has bogged down amid Russian military incompetence and Ukrainian resolve and heroism. Yet despite the failure of Moscow’s army to snatch its grand prize in short order it is resorting to brute force to move forward\, violating the laws regulating conduct of warring parties\, jus in bello. Over two million Ukrainians have fled to safety across their western border and civilians are being targeted raising comparisons to Russian brutality in Chechnya and Syria. \nThe West has shown unity and commitment to Ukraine that would not have been forecast a year ago. The post-Cold War institutions are proving resilient and Putin’s desire to divide the democratic Allies has paradoxically proven to have bolstered NATO and EU and the international community resolve. Sanctions upon sanctions have surpassed anything seen by any other country as the global economy severs ties to the country. The Russian economy is in a nose-dive. NATO has rejected calls for a “no-fly zone” as tantamount to a direct NATO-Russia war\, but piles of sophisticated Western munitions and fighters from around the world are ready to flow into the battle. Ukrainian resolve is steeled daily by a modern-day Churchill in a Kyiv bunker who said to Putin\, “I am not afraid\,” said Zelensky\, and appearing on TV from his office\, “Come and get me.” \nSo\, how does this end. There does not appear to be an off-ramp for Putin\, who was characterized by one pundit as having ten forward gears and no reverse gear. Indeed\, CIA Director Bill Burns told Congress\, “Putin is angry and frustrated right now.” He added\, “The challenge he faces … he has no sustainable political endgame in the face of what is going to continue to be fierce resistance from the Ukrainians … He’s likely to double down and try to grind down the Ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties.” \nTo aid our understanding of this war that has reached Europe and is transforming the international system and the fate of nations\, the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council have been fortunate to enlist the authority of Ambassador John C. Kornblum for several programs: conversations about the looming war\, the reaction of Germany\, and the opening days of the unfolding conflict. [Videos here]  He is an eminent American diplomat and businessman\, having served the United States: as Ambassador to Germany and to the OSCE\, as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs\, and numerous other posts in NATO and Europe. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Liana Fix\, Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (invited). They will talk about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and put it in perspective by discussing the lasting consequences.  \nWar in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16\n \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Liana Fix is a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office\, while on sabbatical from the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.  \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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SUMMARY:The Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16 | Online
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nThe Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nMarch 16\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith \n \nDr. Liana Fix\nResident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Washington office \nAnd Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation to TNWAC.org/donate when you register. Thank you. \n\n\nThe Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine \nThe unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine slogs into a third week and the war criminal in the Kremlin is backed into a corner. Vladimir Putin’s likely hoped for lightning strike into Kyiv to decapitate the Zelensky government and subjugate the country has bogged down amid Russian military incompetence and Ukrainian resolve and heroism. Yet despite the failure of Moscow’s army to snatch its grand prize in short order it is resorting to brute force to move forward\, violating the laws regulating conduct of warring parties\, jus in bello. Over two million Ukrainians have fled to safety across their western border and civilians are being targeted raising comparisons to Russian brutality in Chechnya and Syria. \nThe West has shown unity and commitment to Ukraine that would not have been forecast a year ago. The post-Cold War institutions are proving resilient and Putin’s desire to divide the democratic Allies has paradoxically proven to have bolstered NATO and EU and the international community resolve. Sanctions upon sanctions have surpassed anything seen by any other country as the global economy severs ties to the country. The Russian economy is in a nose-dive. NATO has rejected calls for a “no-fly zone” as tantamount to a direct NATO-Russia war\, but piles of sophisticated Western munitions and fighters from around the world are ready to flow into the battle. Ukrainian resolve is steeled daily by a modern-day Churchill in a Kyiv bunker who said to Putin\, “I am not afraid\,” said Zelensky\, and appearing on TV from his office\, “Come and get me.” \nSo\, how does this end. There does not appear to be an off-ramp for Putin\, who was characterized by one pundit as having ten forward gears and no reverse gear. Indeed\, CIA Director Bill Burns told Congress\, “Putin is angry and frustrated right now.” He added\, “The challenge he faces … he has no sustainable political endgame in the face of what is going to continue to be fierce resistance from the Ukrainians … He’s likely to double down and try to grind down the Ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties.” \nTo aid our understanding of this war that has reached Europe and is transforming the international system and the fate of nations\, the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council have been fortunate to enlist the authority of Ambassador John C. Kornblum for several programs: conversations about the looming war\, the reaction of Germany\, and the opening days of the unfolding conflict. [Videos here]  He is an eminent American diplomat and businessman\, having served the United States: as Ambassador to Germany and to the OSCE\, as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs\, and numerous other posts in NATO and Europe. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Liana Fix\, Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (invited). They will talk about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and put it in perspective by discussing the lasting consequences.  \nWar in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16\n \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Liana Fix is a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office\, while on sabbatical from the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.  \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL\nIN PERSON\nRussia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the United States\n \nDr. Roger Kangas\, Ph.D.\nAcademic Dean and Professor \nNear East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies\, National Defense University \nMarch 31\, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m. CT\nwith Moderator \n\nDr. Thomas A  Schwartz\, Ph.D. \nDistinguished Professor of History of U.S. Foreign Relations\, Vanderbilt University \n\nVenue: Belmont University\, Ayres Conference Center\, 4th Floor\, Janet Ayres Academic Center\, 1501 Wedgewood Ave\, Nashville\, TN 37212 \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nIn-Person | Russia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the U.S. | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31\n \nParking: The Janet Ayers Academic Center is located at the corner of Wedgewood and 15th avenues on the northern front of Belmont University’s campus. There is free\, lighted\, parking in the garage located underneath the building\, with elevator access to all floors. Entrances are located off of Wedgewood Avenue via the alley entrance and 15th Avenue\, through both roundabouts. \nThe Ayres Conference Room is on the 4th floor of the Academic Center. \nCAMPUS MAP http://www.belmont.edu/campus-map/files/campusmap.pdf \n\nDr. Roger Kangas \n“I come at [issues] more from a policy side. I do like to see myself as an academic but my day to day world takes me into the practical world. So you may hear me use the term prac-ademia.” \nDr. Roger Kangas – Academic Dean and a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. Previously Dr. Kangas served as a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the George C. Marshall Center for European Security in Garmisch-Partenkirchen\, Germany; Deputy Director of the Central Asian Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington\, DC; Central Asian Course Coordinator at the Foreign Service Institute for the U.S. Department of State; Research Analyst on Central Asian Affairs for the Open Media Research Institute (OMRI) in Prague\, Czech Republic; and as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi. \nDr. Kangas has been an advisor to the Combatant Commands\, NATO/ISAF\, the US Air Force Special Operations School\, National Democratic Institute\, International Research and Exchanges Board\, American Councils\, Academy for Educational Development\, USIA\, USAID\, and other US government agencies on issues relating to Central and South Asia\, Russia\, and the South Caucasus. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. Dr. Kangas holds a B.S.F.S. in Comparative Politics from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Indiana University.  \nDr. Thomas A. Schwartz \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020). The book has received considerable notice and acclaim. Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.” Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nProfessor Schwartz has held fellowships from the Social Science Research Council\, the German Historical Society\, the Norwegian Nobel Institute\, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars\, and the Center for the Study of European Integration. He has served as President of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations. He served on the United States Department of State’s Historical Advisory Committee as the representative of the Organization of American Historians from 2005-2008. Professor Schwartz received The Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching on April 3\, 2013 at the Spring Faculty Assembly\, Vanderbilt University. In 2008 Professor Schwartz received the Annual Alumni Education Award from the Vanderbilt Alumni Association. Schwartz is the recipient of the 2008 Book Award by Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order. This award is given to a faculty member who has been particularly influential in the lives and education of members of KAO. Professor Schwartz presented\, “The Arab Spring: Revolution in the Middle East\,” on April 19\, 2011\, as part of the Samuel L. Shannon Distinguished Lecture Series at Tennessee State University. Professor Schwartz has also presented lectures for the OAH Distinguished Lecturers Program. \n\nTNWAC needs your support now more than ever. With a suggested donation of $100\, you can help the Council continue to offer free\, public programming to discuss global issues of critical importance to Americans’ security and prosperity. \nThank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH – BELMONT UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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SUMMARY:In-Person | Russia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the U.S. | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL\nIN PERSON\nRussia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the United States\n \nDr. Roger Kangas\, Ph.D.\nAcademic Dean and Professor \nNear East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies\, National Defense University \nMarch 31\, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m. CT\nwith Moderator \n\nDr. Thomas A  Schwartz\, Ph.D. \nDistinguished Professor of History of U.S. Foreign Relations\, Vanderbilt University \n\nVenue: Belmont University\, Ayres Conference Center\, 4th Floor\, Janet Ayres Academic Center\, 1501 Wedgewood Ave\, Nashville\, TN 37212 \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nIn-Person | Russia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the U.S. | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31\n \nParking: The Janet Ayers Academic Center is located at the corner of Wedgewood and 15th avenues on the northern front of Belmont University’s campus. There is free\, lighted\, parking in the garage located underneath the building\, with elevator access to all floors. Entrances are located off of Wedgewood Avenue via the alley entrance and 15th Avenue\, through both roundabouts. \nThe Ayres Conference Room is on the 4th floor of the Academic Center. \nCAMPUS MAP http://www.belmont.edu/campus-map/files/campusmap.pdf \n\nDr. Roger Kangas \n“I come at [issues] more from a policy side. I do like to see myself as an academic but my day to day world takes me into the practical world. So you may hear me use the term prac-ademia.” \nDr. Roger Kangas – Academic Dean and a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. Previously Dr. Kangas served as a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the George C. Marshall Center for European Security in Garmisch-Partenkirchen\, Germany; Deputy Director of the Central Asian Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington\, DC; Central Asian Course Coordinator at the Foreign Service Institute for the U.S. Department of State; Research Analyst on Central Asian Affairs for the Open Media Research Institute (OMRI) in Prague\, Czech Republic; and as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi. \nDr. Kangas has been an advisor to the Combatant Commands\, NATO/ISAF\, the US Air Force Special Operations School\, National Democratic Institute\, International Research and Exchanges Board\, American Councils\, Academy for Educational Development\, USIA\, USAID\, and other US government agencies on issues relating to Central and South Asia\, Russia\, and the South Caucasus. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. Dr. Kangas holds a B.S.F.S. in Comparative Politics from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Indiana University.  \nDr. Thomas A. Schwartz \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020). The book has received considerable notice and acclaim. Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.” Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nProfessor Schwartz has held fellowships from the Social Science Research Council\, the German Historical Society\, the Norwegian Nobel Institute\, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars\, and the Center for the Study of European Integration. He has served as President of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations. He served on the United States Department of State’s Historical Advisory Committee as the representative of the Organization of American Historians from 2005-2008. Professor Schwartz received The Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching on April 3\, 2013 at the Spring Faculty Assembly\, Vanderbilt University. In 2008 Professor Schwartz received the Annual Alumni Education Award from the Vanderbilt Alumni Association. Schwartz is the recipient of the 2008 Book Award by Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order. This award is given to a faculty member who has been particularly influential in the lives and education of members of KAO. Professor Schwartz presented\, “The Arab Spring: Revolution in the Middle East\,” on April 19\, 2011\, as part of the Samuel L. Shannon Distinguished Lecture Series at Tennessee State University. Professor Schwartz has also presented lectures for the OAH Distinguished Lecturers Program. \n\nTNWAC needs your support now more than ever. With a suggested donation of $100\, you can help the Council continue to offer free\, public programming to discuss global issues of critical importance to Americans’ security and prosperity. \nThank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH – BELMONT UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/russia-ukraine-europe-us-kangas/
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