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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.
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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.
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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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SUMMARY:The War in Ukraine: How Will this End? | Amb John Kornblum | Wednesday
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 War in Ukraine: How Will This End?\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nWednesday\, April 13\, 2022 \n@ 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. Thank you. \n\n\nThe War in Ukraine: How Will This End? \nAlthough there has been a withdrawal of Russian troops in the north of Ukraine\, the images of death and destruction from places like Bucha mark a grim turning point in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Join 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\, Program Director in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin\, about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and its lasting consequences. \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 implications and possible paths ahead.  \nPreviously in this series: \n\nImplications and Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Mar 16 | Video | Transcript\nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Mar 2 | Video | Transcript\nWar in Europe | Feb 25 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine | The Crisis Unfolds | Feb 15 | Video | Transcript\nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Feb 1 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Jan 17 | Video | Transcript \n\n  \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 War in Ukraine: How Will this End? | Amb John Kornblum | Wednesday
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 War in Ukraine: How Will This End?\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nWednesday\, April 13\, 2022 \n@ 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. Thank you. \n\n\nThe War in Ukraine: How Will This End? \nAlthough there has been a withdrawal of Russian troops in the north of Ukraine\, the images of death and destruction from places like Bucha mark a grim turning point in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Join 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\, Program Director in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin\, about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and its lasting consequences. \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 implications and possible paths ahead.  \nPreviously in this series: \n\nImplications and Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Mar 16 | Video | Transcript\nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Mar 2 | Video | Transcript\nWar in Europe | Feb 25 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine | The Crisis Unfolds | Feb 15 | Video | Transcript\nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Feb 1 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Jan 17 | Video | Transcript \n\n  \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 War in Ukraine: How Will this End? | Amb John Kornblum | Wednesday
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 War in Ukraine: How Will This End?\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nWednesday\, April 13\, 2022 \n@ 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. Thank you. \n\n\nThe War in Ukraine: How Will This End? \nAlthough there has been a withdrawal of Russian troops in the north of Ukraine\, the images of death and destruction from places like Bucha mark a grim turning point in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Join 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\, Program Director in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin\, about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and its lasting consequences. \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 implications and possible paths ahead.  \nPreviously in this series: \n\nImplications and Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Mar 16 | Video | Transcript\nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Mar 2 | Video | Transcript\nWar in Europe | Feb 25 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine | The Crisis Unfolds | Feb 15 | Video | Transcript\nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Feb 1 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Jan 17 | Video | Transcript \n\n  \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:Town Hall & Book Signing | American Global Leadership | Daniel Runde | Oct 3
DESCRIPTION:“We’re at a moment in this period of great power competition\, whether or not you want to call it a second Cold War\, where the national security imperatives of dealing with a resurgent China and a disruptor in Russia require us to go back to the drawing board on our soft power instruments to respond to this new challenge.” — Daniel F. Runde \nRegister Now \n \nand \n \npresent \nREGISTER NOW\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\n\nDISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER PROGRAM \nGlobal Town Hall & Book Signing\nAMERICAN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP\nIn Person \n \nDaniel F. Runde\nCenter for Strategic and International Studies Senior Vice President; William A. Schreyer Chair; Director\, Project on Prosperity and Development and Author of “American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership Through Soft Power” \nwith moderator \n \nProfessor Amy Sayward\nExecutive Director\, The Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR)\nProfessor of History\, Middle Tennessee State University \nGlobal Town Hall & Book Signing\nBelmont University\, Barbara Massey Rogers Boardroom \nTuesday\, October 3\, 2023\n5:00 p.m. CT – Registration\, Networking\n5:30 p.m. CT – Global Town Hall\n6:30 p.m. CT – Book Signing \n&amp;lt;br data-mce-bogus=”1″&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br data-mce-bogus=”1″&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br data-mce-bogus=”1″&amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/2cxj7PHLoU0HIthOa2uvbQ”&amp;amp;amp;gt;Global Town Hall &amp;amp;amp;amp; Book Signing | Daniel Runde: Restoring American Global Leadership | Oct 3&amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br />\n \n&amp;lt;a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/2cxj7PHLoU0HIthOa2uvbQ”&amp;gt;Global Town Hall &amp;amp; Book Signing | Daniel Runde: Restoring American Global Leadership | Oct 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br />\n \n\n\n\n\n\nParking is available in Belmont’s Inman Garage (P1 on Map)\nCampus Map Link\nInman elevator to 2nd floor. Turn left and cross pedestrian bridge to Barbara Massey Rogers Building. Elevator to 4th floor. Follow signage.\n. \nBook Signing \nFollowing the Global Town Hall\, Mr. Runde will sign copies of his book\, “American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership Through Softpower.” Books will be available for purchase. \nAbout the Book \nIt’s time for America to get back in the international leadership game. \nWhat should our global strategy look like in an age of renewed great power competition? And what must America offer to a newly empowered developing world when we’re no longer the only major player? \nIn The American Imperative\, international development expert Daniel Runde makes the case for building a new global consensus through vigorous internationalism and the judicious use of soft power. Runde maps out many of the steps that we need to take––primarily in the non-military sphere––to ensure an alliance of stable and secure\, like-minded\, self-reliant partner nations in order to prevent rising authoritarian powers such as China from running the world. \n\n\nAbout Daniel F. Runde \nDaniel F. Runde is a senior vice president\, director of the Project on Prosperity and Development (PPD)\, and holds the William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)\, a leading global think tank.  \nMr. Runde also served as the acting director for the CSIS Americas Program from 2020-2022. His work is oriented around U.S. leadership in building a more democratic and prosperous world. Among his many other contributions\, Mr. Runde was as an architect of the BUILD Act\, contributed to the reauthorization of the U.S. EXIM Bank in 2018\, and was an architect of Prosper Africa\, a U.S. government initiative to deepen the United States’ commercial and development engagement in Africa. He has been a leading voice on the role and future of the World Bank Group and U.S. leadership in the multilateral system.  \nPrior to CSIS\, Mr. Runde held leadership roles at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Bank Group. Earlier in his career\, Mr. Runde worked in commercial banking at Citibank in Argentina and in investment banking at Alex. Brown & Sons.  \nMr. Runde was granted the Officer’s Cross in the Order of Isabel la Católica\, a Spanish civil order. Currently\, he serves on the board of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)\, the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF)\, Spirit of America\, and the Ashesi University Foundation. Mr. Runde is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bretton Woods Committee. He is also a columnist for The Hill and hosts a CSIS podcast series\, Building the Future: Freedom\, Prosperity\, & Foreign Policy with Dan Runde.  \nMr. Runde is also the author of the book The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership through Soft Power (Bombardier Books\, 2022). He previously chaired two U.S. government advisory committees: the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid at USAID and the Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee at the U.S. EXIM Bank. Fluent in Spanish\, he graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College and holds a master’s in public policy from Harvard University. \nScroll down for Daniel Runde’s videos. \nAbout Professor Amy Sayward \nAmy L. Sayward is Executive Director of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) and professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University. She specializes in international history with a focus on the United Nations.  Amy’s publications include The Birth of Development: How the World Bank\, Food and Agriculture Organization\, and World Health Organization Changed the World\, 1945-1965 (Kent State University Press\, 2006) and The United Nations and International History (Bloomsbury\, forthcoming).  She is also the proud recipient of the 2002 Stuart Bernath Article Prize for “Seeing Diplomacy through Bankers’ Eyes: The World Bank’s Diplomacy toward the Anglo-Iranian Oil Crisis and the Aswan High Dam.”  Amy has a long tradition of service to SHAFR that has included work on program and prize committees and the Diplomatic History editorial board; she is deeply honored to have been chosen in 2015 to serve as the organization’s Executive Director. \nDiscussing “American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership Through Softpower” \n \nA Sample of Congressional Testimony Discussion by Daniel F. Runde  \n \nThe Sustainable Development Goals and Recovery from Covid-19 \n \nA New Alliance for Promoting Democracy & Prosperity in the Americas \n  \n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS \n \nTHANKS TO DISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER SERIES PARTNERS \n \nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nA PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTennessee World Affairs Council Profile | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee \nMember\, Center for Nonprofit Management \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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SUMMARY:China Town Hall | Amb to China Nicholas Burns\, China Project's Jeremy Goldkorn
DESCRIPTION:Register Now \n \nREGISTER NOW\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\n\nNational Council on U.S.-China Relations\nPresents via Zoom\nChina Town Hall\n\nAmbassador Nicholas Burns\nUnited States Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China\nwith\n\nJeremy Goldkorn\nEditor in Chief\, The China Project\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, October 11\, 2023\nVIA ZOOM\n5:30 Local Broadcast with Jeremy Goldkorn\n6:00-7:00 National China Town Hall with Ambassador Burns \nChina Town Hall | Oct 11 | Amb Nicholas Burns & Jeremy Goldkorn\n \n\n\n\nAbout Ambassador Nicholas Burns \nNicholas Burns is Ambassador of the United States of America to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).  Nominated by President Biden\, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December 2021. \nAs Ambassador\, he leads a team of experienced\, dedicated\, and diverse public servants from forty-seven U.S. government agencies and sub-agencies at the U.S. Mission in China\, including at the Embassy in Beijing and at the American Consulates in Shanghai\, Guangzhou\, Wuhan\, and Shenyang.  He oversees the Mission’s interaction with the PRC on the full range of political\, security\, economic\, commercial\, consular\, and many other issues that shape this critical relationship. \nAmbassador Burns is on a public service leave from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government where he was Goodman Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations until 2021 and founded the school’s Future of Diplomacy Project. \nHe has had a long career in American diplomacy serving six Presidents and nine Secretaries of State.  Most recently\, he was a member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Board of Secretary of State John Kerry (2014-2017). \nWhile serving at the Department of State as a career Foreign Service Officer\, he was Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2005-2008) where he led numerous negotiations\, including on the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Deal\, a long-term military assistance agreement with Israel\, and on Iran’s nuclear program. \nAs Ambassador to NATO (2001-2005)\, he led U.S. efforts in Brussels on 9/11 when the Alliance invoked Article 5 of the NATO Treaty for the first time in its history.  He managed the combined State-Defense Department U.S. Mission when NATO accepted seven new members in Eastern Europe and embarked on missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. \nHe was Ambassador to Greece (1997-2001) and prior to that\, served as State Department Spokesperson (1995-1997). \nHe worked on the National Security Council at the White House (1990-1995) where he was Special Assistant to President Clinton and Senior Director for Russia\, Ukraine and Eurasia Affairs and Director for Soviet Affairs for President George H.W. Bush during the collapse of the USSR. \nAmbassador Burns began his Foreign Service career in the Middle East.  He worked at the American Consulate General in Jerusalem (1985-1987) where he coordinated U.S. economic assistance to Palestinians on the West Bank\, at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo\, Egypt (1983-85) and\, as an intern\, at the U.S. Embassy in Nouakchott\, Mauritania (1980). \nHe first visited China in 1988 accompanying Secretary of State George Shultz and then President George H.W. Bush in 1989.  He subsequently made visits to China with Secretaries Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright as Spokesperson\, including during the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the PRC in 1997. \nAs Under Secretary of State\, he worked with the PRC government on a diverse range of issues\, including Afghanistan\, North Korea\, United Nations sanctions against Iran and U.S. policy in the Indo-Pacific.  As a private citizen\, he also created and managed an Aspen Strategy Group policy dialogue with the PRC government’s Central Party School. \nBurns co-authored in 2020 with Ambassadors Marc Grossman and Marcie Ries a major study on the future of American diplomacy.  They called for fundamental reforms to strengthen the Foreign and Civil Service and to renew our country’s commitment to diplomacy. \nAmbassador Burns has received fifteen honorary degrees\, the Presidential Distinguished Service Award and the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award.  He is the recipient of many other awards\, including from the governments of Estonia\, Latvia\, Lithuania\, and Kosovo. \nBurns is a graduate of Boston College (BA History 1978) and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (MA International Relations 1980). \nHe is a proud New Englander and passionate supporter of the Red Sox\, Celtics\, Patriots\, Bruins\, and Revolution. \nHe is married to Elizabeth Baylies.  They have three daughters and two grandchildren. \nAbout Jeremy Goldkorn \nJeremy Goldkorn is editor-in-chief of The China Project\, a daily newspaper about China that publishes a website\, email newsletters\, and the Sinica Podcast\, which Goldkorn co-founded in 2010. He moved from his hometown of Johannesburg\, South Africa to China in 1995 and became managing editor of Beijing’s first independent English-language entertainment magazine. He later edited and founded several other publications\, including the website Danwei\, which tracked Chinese media\, markets\, politics and business\, which was acquired in 2013 by the Financial Times. While in China\, he lived in a workers dormitory\, produced a documentary film about African soccer players in Beijing\, and rode a bicycle from Peshawar to Kathmandu via Kashgar and Lhasa. He moved to Nashville Tennessee in 2015. He is a graduate of the University of Cape Town.  \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS \n \nTHANKS TO DISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER SERIES PARTNERS \n \nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nA PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTennessee World Affairs Council Profile | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee \nMember\, Center for Nonprofit Management \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/china-town-hall-amb-to-china-nicholas-burns-china-projects-jeremy-goldkorn/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Ambassador William Taylor | Town Hall | Ukraine & War in Europe | Nov 29
DESCRIPTION:Register Now \n \nAND\n \nPRESENT\n\n\nDISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER PROGRAM GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nIn Person \nWar in Europe\n\nAmbassador William B. Taylor\nVice President\, Russia and Europe\, U.S. Institute of Peace\nFormer United States Ambassador to Ukraine\nwith Moderator\n\nDr. Thomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University\nat \n\n\n\n\nBelmont University\nBarbara Massey Rogers Center Board Room\, 1900 Belmont Blvd.\, Nashville \nWednesday\, November 29\, 2023\n6:00 Registration and Networking\n6:30-7:45 Program \nGlobal Town Hall | Ambassador William Taylor | Nov 29\n \n  \n\n\n\nAbout Ambassador William B. Taylor \nAmbassador William B. Taylor is vice president\, Europe and Russia at the U.S. Institute of Peace. In 2019\, he served as chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv and as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009. During the Arab Spring\, he oversaw U.S. assistance and support to Egypt\, Tunisia\, Libya and Syria. He served in Jerusalem as the U.S. government’s representative to the Mideast Quartet. He served in Kabul in 2002 and in Baghdad in 2004. \nIn the 1990s\, Ambassador Taylor coordinated U.S. assistance to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. He earlier served on the staff of Senator Bill Bradley. \nAmbassador Taylor is a graduate of West Point and Harvard’s Kennedy School and served as an infantry platoon leader and combat company commander in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and Germany. \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/ambassador-william-taylor-town-hall-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-nov-29-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Ambassador William Taylor | Town Hall | Ukraine & War in Europe | Nov 29
DESCRIPTION:Register Now \n \nAND\n \nPRESENT\n\n\nDISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER PROGRAM GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nIn Person \nWar in Europe\n\nAmbassador William B. Taylor\nVice President\, Russia and Europe\, U.S. Institute of Peace\nFormer United States Ambassador to Ukraine\nwith Moderator\n\nDr. Thomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University\nat \n\n\n\n\nBelmont University\nBarbara Massey Rogers Center Board Room\, 1900 Belmont Blvd.\, Nashville \nWednesday\, November 29\, 2023\n6:00 Registration and Networking\n6:30-7:45 Program \nGlobal Town Hall | Ambassador William Taylor | Nov 29\n \n  \n\n\n\nAbout Ambassador William B. Taylor \nAmbassador William B. Taylor is vice president\, Europe and Russia at the U.S. Institute of Peace. In 2019\, he served as chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv and as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009. During the Arab Spring\, he oversaw U.S. assistance and support to Egypt\, Tunisia\, Libya and Syria. He served in Jerusalem as the U.S. government’s representative to the Mideast Quartet. He served in Kabul in 2002 and in Baghdad in 2004. \nIn the 1990s\, Ambassador Taylor coordinated U.S. assistance to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. He earlier served on the staff of Senator Bill Bradley. \nAmbassador Taylor is a graduate of West Point and Harvard’s Kennedy School and served as an infantry platoon leader and combat company commander in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and Germany. \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/ambassador-william-taylor-town-hall-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-nov-29/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Town Hall | Ambassador Rafaela | Jan 19 TEST DO NOT SEND
DESCRIPTION:Register Now \n \nAND\n \nPRESENT\n\n\nDISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER PROGRAM GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nIn Person \nWhat I Like About Nashville\n \nAmbassador Rafaela\nat \n\n\n\n\nBelmont University\nBarbara Massey Rogers Center Board Room\, 1900 Belmont Blvd.\, Nashville \nFriday\, January 19\, 2024\n6:00 Registration and Networking\n6:30-7:30 Program \nGlobal Town Hall | Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson | Mar 14\n\n \n\n\nGlobal Town Hall | Ambassador Rafaela | Jan 19\n \n\n  \nAbout Rafaela \n\nXXXXX \nXXXXX \nXXXXX \nXXXXX \n  \n\n\n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/town-hall-ambassador-rafaela-jan-19-test-do-not-send-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Ambassador Charles Ray | Town Hall | American Diplomacy | Jan 23
DESCRIPTION:TO SPONSOR AMBASSADOR RAY’S PROGRAMS IN NASHVILLE CONTACT EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR@TNWAC.ORG \n  \nRegister Now \n \nAND\n \nPRESENT\n\n\nDISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER GLOBAL TOWN HALL\nBlueprints for a More Modern US Diplomatic Service\n\nAmbassador Charles Ray\nU.S. Foreign Service (Retired)\, Chair\, Africa Program and Trustee\, Foreign Policy Research Instittute & Former U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia and Zimbabwe\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, January 23\, 2024\nBELMONT UNIVERSITY \nBarbara Massey Rogers Center Board Room\, 1900 Belmont Blvd.\, Nashville \n6:00 Registration and Networking\n6:30-7:30 Program \nYou’re Invited to Sponsor Ambassador Ray’s Visit – Contact Dr. Liane Hentschke (executivedirector@TNWAC.org) \nGlobal Town Hall | Ambassador Charles Ray | Jan 23\n \nIn Association With \n \n\n\nBackground \n\nThe report Blueprints for a More Modern US Diplomatic Service makes important and often new recommendations to improve serious weaknesses of US diplomacy\, including division of responsibility\, lack of ability to respond with agility to crisis\, and limitations in continuing professional education so essential and required of other professions like law\, teaching\, and the military.  The report\, managed by Arizona State University (ASU) and funded by the Una Chapman Cox Foundation provides detailed recommendations and costs.  The Academy is now undertaking consultations with Congress and the State Department to seek implementation of the report’s recommendations.  Members of Congress are addressing the issue as Senators Bill Hagerty and Ben Cardin did recently at Meridian House. As part of this effort\, the Academy wants to broaden the public discussion of diplomacy and the need for change. \n\nAbout Ambassador Charles Ray \nCharles Ray retired from the US Foreign Service in 2012 after a 30-year career. Prior to joining the Foreign Service\, he spent 20 years in the US Army\, retiring with the rank of Major. During his army career\, he did two tours in Vietnam\, served in Military Intelligence\, Special Operations and Public Affairs\, with assignments in Germany\, Korea\, Vietnam\, and Panama\, as well as several posts in the United States. \nDuring his 30 years in the Foreign Service\, he was posted to China\, Thailand\, Sierra Leona\, Vietnam\, Cambodia and Zimbabwe. He served as deputy chief of mission in Sierra Leone\, was the first US consul general in Ho Chi Minh City\, Vietnam\, and served as ambassador to Cambodia and Zimbabwe. In 2005\, he was diplomat in residence at the University of Houston (TX)\, and from 2006 to 2009 served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for POW/Missing Personnel Affairs and director of the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office. \nSince his retirement from public service in 2012\, he has been a fulltime freelance writer\, lecturer and consultant\, and has done research on leadership and ethics. He is the author of more than 200 books of fiction and nonfiction. His book Ethical Dilemmas and the Practice of Diplomacy addresses the gray area of conflicting values in the diplomatic service. Ray is a trustee and chair of the Africa Program of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is a frequent contributor to several online news sites and is an avid photographer and artist whose work has  ppeared in a number of publications. \nHe is a member of AFSA\, the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs\, the American College of National Security Leaders\, the Association of Black American Ambassadors\, the American Academy of Diplomacy\, and a member of the board of the Cold War Museum. \nHe has a B.S. in business administration from Benedictine College\, Atchison\, KS\, an M.S. in systems management from the University of Southern California\, and an M.S. in national security strategy from the National War College\, National Defense University. In 2001\, he received the Thomas Jefferson Award from American citizens Abroad (ACA) for his work in support of American business in southern Vietnam and in 2009 he was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service. \n\nBackground on the American Academy of Diplomacy \nNow in its 40th year\, the Academy is a private\, non-profit\, non-partisan association of over 350 elected members whose distinguished careers have served to promote\, strengthen\, and advance U.S. diplomacy across a wide range of global issues. The Academy’s mission is to support and strengthen U.S. diplomacy and enhance public appreciation of its critical role in advancing the national interest. In pursuit of its goals\, the Academy supports programs that help current and future diplomats and others respond to a world undergoing change\, highlights past achievements and future opportunities for U.S. diplomacy\, advocates for the resources needed to conduct an effective foreign policy\, and fosters constructive debate on the best use of U.S. diplomatic assets. \n\n\n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/ambassador-charles-ray-american-diplomacy-jan-23/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Lt.Gen. Lawrence Nicholson | Town Hall | China and U.S. Interests in the Indo Pacific | Mar 14
DESCRIPTION:Register Now \n \nAND\n \nPRESENT\n\n\nDISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER PROGRAM GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nIn Person \nChina and U.S. Interests in the Indo Pacific\n\nLt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson\, USMC (Ret)\nat \n\n\n\n\nBelmont University\nBarbara Massey Rogers Center Board Room\, 1900 Belmont Blvd.\, Nashville \nThursday\, March 14\, 2024\n5:30 Registration and Networking6:00-7:30 Program \n\n\nThe global security situation today is increasingly reminiscent of the late 1930s. Significant threats and instability in both Asia and Europe are poised to challenge an increasingly unstable world order. American politics are once again shifting and leaning towards an internal looking isolationist focus. The worlds crises and challenges are increasingly seen as “not our problem”. Today\, the United States and its allies are in a competition of ideas and ideals with authoritarian regimes around the world. Democracy is messy\, but while we sort ourselves out in an election year\, our adversaries and those who wish us harm are not resting. We will review the global security challenges facing the United States in its allies\, with a focus on but not exclusive to the INDOPACOM region. \n  \n\n\nGlobal Town Hall | Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson | Mar 14\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout Lt.Gen. Lawrence Nicholson \n\nLieutenant General (ret.) Lawrence Nicholson served as the Commanding General of III Marine Expeditionary Force\, leading 30\,000 Marines and Sailors in the Asia-Pacific region\, from 2015 to 2018. \nGraduating from The Citadel in 1979\, Lieutenant General Nicholson served as an infantry officer in the First Marine Division\, Camp Pendleton\, California\, where he commanded and deployed to the Western Pacific\, leading multiple platoons and rifle companies. From 1990 to 1993\, Nicholson was assigned to the staff of US Naval Academy. Following a year at the US Army Command and General Staff College\, where he earned a Master’s Degree\, he was assigned to the Middle East as a United Nations Observer for UNTSOPalestine. In 1995\, he reported to Camp Lejeune\, NC\, as the Executive Officer of the Wolfpack of 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion\, and in 1998\, assumed command of the Warlords of 2nd BN 2nd MAR where they deployed as part of 26th MEU to the Balkans. \nUpon graduation from the NATO Defense College in Rome\, Italy in 2002\, he was assigned to NATO HQ in Brussels\, Belgium\, where he served as the Ground Forces Planner for the US Military Delegation to NATO. In July 2004\, he reported to the 1st Marine Division HQ at Camp Blue Diamond\, Ramadi\, Iraq\, where he served as the Division G-3. In July of 2005\, he assumed command of the 5th Marine Regiment and deployed with them to Fallujah\, Iraq from January 2006 to February 2007. From January 2009 through June 2010\, he served as the Commanding General of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade\, Task Force Leatherneck\, deploying with them for a year to southern Afghanistan. \nUpon return from this combat tour\, he was assigned as the Senior Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense in Washington\, D.C.\, from July 2010 to February 2012. In February of 2012\, Nicholson returned to Afghanistan for a year serving as the Operations Officer for the ISAF Joint Command in Kabul\, Afghanistan. General Nicholson then assumed the duties as Commanding General\, 1st Marine Division in 2013. He is currently a member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council’s Advisory Board.  \n\n\n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/lt-gen-lawrence-nicholson-town-hall-china-and-u-s-interests-in-the-indo-pacific-mar-14/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Town Hall
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SUMMARY:CHINA Town Hall with National Committee on U.S. - China Relations
DESCRIPTION:and\n \n  \nInvite you to attend \n2024 CHINA Town Hall \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHINA Town Hall (CTH)\, a two-part program that provides a snapshot of the current U.S.-China relationship and examines how that relationship reverberates at the local level – in our towns\, states\, and nation\, connects Americans around the country with U.S. policymakers and thought leaders on China. \nSince CTH began in 2007\, the National Committee has proudly partnered with a range of institutions and civic groups\, colleges and universities\, trade and business associations\, world affairs councils\, and think tanks to convene town halls and bring this important national conversation to local communities around America (and a few overseas). \nThe 2024 CHINA Town Hall program will take place on Tuesday\, April 9\, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET\, with featured speaker Dr. Kurt Campbell\, Deputy Secretary of State. \n  \n\nRegister Now \n  \nSpeaker \nDr. Kurt M. Campbell\n\nDr. Kurt M. Campbell was confirmed by the Senate on February 6\, 2024\, and sworn in as the 22nd Deputy Secretary of State on February 12\, 2024. Prior to assuming this position\, Deputy Secretary Campbell served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs on the National Security Council.\n \nHe was previously founding chairman and CEO of The Asia Group\, LLC\, a strategic advisory and capital management group. From 2009 to 2013\, Campbell served as the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Earlier\, he was the CEO and co-founder of the Center for a New American Security and concurrently served as the director of the Aspen Strategy Group and chairman of the Editorial Board of the Washington Quarterly. Among the other positions he has held during his distinguished career\, Campbell served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs\, White House Fellow at the Treasury Department\, and as Director of the Democracy Office at the National Security Council during the Clinton Administration.  \n \nCampbell was an associate professor of public policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and served in the U.S. Navy Reserves. He is the author or editor of ten books including The Pivot: The Future of American Statecraft in Asia\, Difficult Transitions: Why Presidents Fail in Foreign Policy at the Outset of Power\, and Hard Power: The New Politics of National Security.  \n \nCampbell received his B.A. from the University of California\, San Diego\, and his doctorate in international relations from Brasenose College at Oxford University where he was a Distinguished Marshall Scholar. He is the recipient of numerous awards\, including the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award.  \n  \n\nRegister Now \n  \n\n\n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/china-town-hall-with-national-committee-on-u-s-china-relations/
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