BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Tennessee World Affairs Council - ECPv6.17.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.tnwac.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Tennessee World Affairs Council REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230308T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230308T130000 DTSTAMP:20250428T191836Z CREATED:20230108T173814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T191836Z UID:33970-1678276800-1678280400@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Kurdistan Region Developments | Rep to US Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman | Mar 8 DESCRIPTION:TNWAC | World Affairs Council of the Year 2022 \nRegister Now \n\n\nDISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES\nvia Zoom\nKurdistan Region Developments\nThe View from the KRG Rep to the United States\n \nHon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman\n  \nMarch 8\, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m. CT\nWith Moderator \n\nLCDR Patrick Ryan\, USN (Ret)\nFounding President\, TNWAC \nRegister Now\n\nThe story of the Iraqi Kurds and the establishment of the autonomous zone and the Kurdish Regional Government is a great Middle East epic that continues to play out. The Kurds have sought to carve out their own state amid the turmoil of unfolding regional history. They’ve been gassed and chased into the mountains by Saddam Hussein and attacked by the dangerous terror group ISIS. The Kurds have stood up courageously against their opponents. \nThe Iraqi Kurds and the United States have had a long history of cooperation and sadly\, at times\, abandonment. The aspirations of the people of Kurdistan took shape in the 2017 independence referendum as the coalition battle against ISIS was winding down. The referendum won with 92% of Kurds voting to free the region from Baghdad’s authority. However\, the central government through a Supreme Court ruling\, quashed the initiative. The KRG continues its close relationship with Washington as it continues to navigate a tough neighborhood\, wedged among its Iraqi neighbors and Turkey\, Iran and Syria. The KRG has been very well represented in Washington by the Hon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman. TNWAC is pleased to host her for a conversation about the relationship with the U.S. and developments in Kurdistan and the region. Join us. \n\nBayan Sami Abdul Rahman \nKurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States \nBayan Sami Abdul Rahman is the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Representative to the United States of America. \nKey to her role are strengthening ties between Kurdistan and the United States\, advocating her government’s position on a wide array of political\, security\, humanitarian\, economic\, and cultural matters and promoting coordination and partnership. Prior to her US appointment in 2015\, Ms. Abdul Rahman was the High Representative to the United Kingdom. She was elected to the Leadership Council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 2010. \nBefore her career in public service\, Ms. Abdul Rahman worked as a journalist for 17 years. She began her career on local newspapers in London and won the Observer Newspaper’s Farzad Bazoft Memorial Prize in 1993\, which led her to work at The Observer and later at the Financial Times. She worked for the FT in Britain and in Japan\, where she was Tokyo Correspondent. \nHer late father\, Sami Abdul Rahman\, was a veteran of the Kurdish freedom movement\, joining the Kurdistan Democratic Party in 1963 and playing a critical leadership role in the Kurdish and Iraqi opposition to Saddam Hussein’s regime. He held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government and General Secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). Sami Abdul Rahman was killed alongside his elder son Salah and 96 others in a twin suicide bombing in 2004. \nMs. Abdul Rahman was born in Baghdad. Her family briefly lived in Iran in the mid-1970s before moving to Britain in 1976. She is a history graduate from London University. \nPatrick W. Ryan \nPatrick Ryan is founding President of the Tennessee World Affairs Council (2007). He served in the U.S. Navy for 26 years (1972-1998) as a Submariner\, Surface Warfare Officer and Intelligence Officer. Ryan founded Ryan & Associates\, a publisher of newsletters on international affairs (1999-2015). He also is founding President of the Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association (tennsub.org). \n  \n\n  \n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/UIWFuNKSqdQxGClymSLZVg”>In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Anna Novosad | A Ukrainian Perspective</a><br />
\n<span id=”mce_marker” data-mce-type=”bookmark” data-mce-fragment=”1″>​</span> \n\n\nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nA PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/kurdistan-region-rep-to-us-bayan-sami-abdul-rahman-feb-22/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-03-08-kurdistan.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230125T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230125T130000 DTSTAMP:20250428T191836Z CREATED:20221229T180933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T191836Z UID:33916-1674648000-1674651600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:In Focus: Russia's Invasion | Ukraine Update | The Humanitarian Dimension DESCRIPTION:Update: Elena Byrd and Dr. Madeleine Byrd will join the program. They served as volunteers at a Ukrainian refugee center in Warsaw\, Poland for months following the invasion. \nRegister Now \n \n\n\n\nSPECIAL EDITION \nDISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES \nvia Zoom \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion\nUkraine Update: The Humanitarian Dimension\n \nAnna Novosad\nFormer Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine and Member of Parliament and Education Activist in the Midst of a War \n \nElena Byrd & Dr. Madeleine Byrd\nVolunteers\, Ukrainian Refugees Center\, Warsaw\, Poland \nJanuary 25\, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m. CT\nwith moderator \n\nLCDR Patrick Ryan\, USN (Ret)\nFounding President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n  \nRegister Now \n  \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | A View from Kyiv \nThe unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine has been catastrophic for the Ukrainian people. Millions of refugees have fled to neighboring nations to the west\, horrendous war crimes have been committed in areas controlled by Russian forces and nation-wide attacks against civilian areas and infrastructure have caused extreme hardships in cities large and small. We continue our “In Focus” series on Russia’s invasion with a conversation with Anna Novosad\, former Minister of Education and Science from Ukraine and an education activist working to rebuild and restore schools and education infrastructure. She will join us from Kyiv where she is among her countrymen under constant Russian bombardment. \n<br data-mce-bogus=”1″><br data-mce-bogus=”1″><a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/jNDPVkNgBNYkMQeVpfk3Kw”>War in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16</a><br />\n \n\nAnna Novosad \nUkraine | Educational Activist & Minister of Education and Science 2019-2020 \nAnna Novosad is a Ukrainian educational activist. She used to serve many years in various positions at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine\, including being a Minister in 2019-2020. Anna contributed and led the comprehensive school reform in Ukraine\, as well as was a leader of the higher education funding reform. Currently Anna leads various projects that aim at education access renewal in Ukraine amidst the war. \nElena and Madeleine Byrd \nMother-daughter duo\, Mrs. Elena and Dr. Madeleine Byrd have spent most of the past year volunteering in Warsaw\, Poland\, providing humanitarian aid and medical services to Ukrainian refugees. Following the outbreak of war\, Madeleine and Elena began volunteering at a major refugee center in Warsaw where they assisted in the development of the refugee center’s “Medical Point.” Through many months of working in the “Medical Point\,” they have come to better understand the vast medical and resource needs of refugees. They gained additional experience as community volunteers for other medical\, educational\, and humanitarian services\, with a focus on children displaced by war. \nElena Camacho Byrd \nElena Camacho Byrd\, born in Lausanne\, Switzerland\, grew up in Cuba before she and her family fled during the Cuban Revolution to move to the United States. Elena received a BA in English and Sociology\, as well as a Master of Science in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. She studied Land Economy at the University of Cambridge. She received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Elena spent over fifteen years working in public health writing grant proposals and assisting physicians in patient care\, primarily in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.  In the United States\, she has served as a teacher and tutor for students of all ages. She is now an active volunteer in the Nashville community\, where she is a long-term Board member of the Tennessee Poison Center. Elena is fluent in English and Spanish. She is married to Barney Byrd\, and has three grown children. \nDr. Madeleine Byrd\, M.S.\, M.D. \nMadeleine Elizabeth Byrd\, M.S.\, M.D. was born and raised in Nashville\, Tennessee\, where she attended The Harpeth Hall School. Madeleine received her B.A. in neuroscience from The University of Pennsylvania. She completed her Master’s in Pharmacology and M.D. at Georgetown University. Madeleine has strong family ties to medicine on both sides of her family\, and is a fourth generation “Dr. Byrd” in Nashville. Madeleine has wanted to be a pediatrician since age 7\, inspired by her maternal grandmother who was a pediatrician and global public health specialist. After graduating from medical school\, she went to Charleston\, South Carolina for pediatric residency training. Madeleine has a lifelong passion for pediatrics and public health. Most recently\, Madeleine has served as a volunteer physician for Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw\, Poland. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES \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 TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \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. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/in-focus-russias-invasion-anna-novosad-a-ukrainian-perspective-jan-25-online/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2023-01-25-novosad-ukraine.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230117T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230117T140000 DTSTAMP:20250428T191836Z CREATED:20230117T163304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T191836Z UID:34080-1673960400-1673964000@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Talk to the Author | "The American Imperative" by Daniel Runde DESCRIPTION:TNWAC | World Affairs Council of the Year 2022 \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now \n \nand the World Affairs Councils of America present \n\n\n\nCover to Cover\nYour Conversation with Authors\nDaniel F. Runde \nSenior VP\, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) \nAuthor of “The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership Through Soft Power” \nJanuary 17\, 2023 @ 1:00 pm CST \n \n \n  \nSupport TNWAC and Global Affairs Education In Our Schools \nRegister Now \n&amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/UIWFuNKSqdQxGClymSLZVg”&amp;amp;amp;gt;In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Anna Novosad | A Ukrainian Perspective&amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
\n&amp;amp;lt;span id=”mce_marker” data-mce-type=”bookmark” data-mce-fragment=”1″&amp;amp;gt;​&amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;gt; \n\n\nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nA PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/talk-to-the-author-the-american-imperative-by-daniel-runde/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Runde-Featured-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210105T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210105T180000 DTSTAMP:20250218T185705Z CREATED:20201231T151138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185705Z UID:42847-1609869600-1609869600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Global Dialogue | Malcolm Nance | Terrorism: At Home and Abroad DESCRIPTION:Global Dialogue Webinar Series\nTerrorism: At Home and Abroad\nwith\nMalcolm Nance\nAuthor and Director of the Terror Asymmetrics Project\n\n \n\nand host\nPatrick Ryan\nFormer Chief of Terrorism Assessments\, US Central Command\n \nJanuary 5\, 2021\n\n6:00 PM CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nAt 6:28 a.m. a massive explosion ripped through a historic block of North Second Avenue in downtown Nashville. Among the first questions asked were who did it\, why did they do it\, and was it terrorism. That last question has become a quintessential element of mass violence in America. We may feel some relief when when a heinous act is not called terrorism\, sadly\, not that its horrific nature is lessened by its label but the implication that it’s not part of a wider campaign. \nMost bombings have been judged to be terrorism in that they have a political or ideological motivation. The Nashville bombing has yet to be labeled by law enforcement as such\, not that the average citizen couldn’t be forgiven for concluding  the Christmas bombing was “terror” in their minds. [The distinction of an act of “terrorism” is not lost on the home owners and business people who may lose insurance coverage if December 25th was officially designated an act of terror.] \nAs the FBI continues the investigation into the Christmas bombing and we navigate the aftermath we will try to put it in the context of the threat of such violence from domestic and international sources. To do so TNWAC has invited Malcolm Nance\, an expert in analyzing and countering terrorist violence. Nance literally wrote the book on it. A prolific author he produced the “Terrorist Recognition Handbook: A Practitioner’s  Manual for Predicting and Identifying Terrorist Activities.” He has also written extensively on combatting the Islamic State and on Russian hacking attacks on American cyber systems in furtherance of political and national security objectives. Nance’s counter-terrorism activities include work in the field to combat terrorist activities. \nNance retired from the Navy after 20 years and promotion to Senior Chief Petty Officer. Among his post-military pursuits was work in preparing Navy special operations forces\, SEALs and others\, in methods to endure captivity at the hands of a new class of enemies like Al Qaeda militants. He also worked in security and intelligence activities in Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion. Along the way he became an expert on extremist threats in Iraq and literally wrote the book on ISIS producing a handbook that became a counter-terrorism bible. Nance’s research and writing about ISIS’ use of electronic media led to his dive into what was to emerge as a wide-ranging Russian information warfare capability and campaign. \nHosting the conversation with Malcolm Nance will be TNWAC’s founding president and retired Navy Intelligence Officer\, LCDR Patrick Ryan. Among his experiences working in Middle East affairs was assignment as chief of terrorism analysis at U.S. Central Command during the bombings of USMTM in Riyadh and the USAF barracks in al-Khobar. He completed his 26 years in the Navy in 1998\, on a one-year\, Intelligence Community research project into the emergence of the Al Qaeda threat. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, January 5th at 6:00 pm\, as Nance and Ryan discuss the Nashville bombing\, the domestic terror threat — called the “greatest threat to the homeland” by FBI Director Wray — and the ever present international terror that to U.S. interests. \nYou should also listen to the TNWAC “Global Tennessee” Podcast recorded a year ago when Nance visited Nashville. You can find it HERE on our SoundCloud.com/tnwac Podcast archive of “Global Tennessee” Pods. \n\nMalcolm Nance is a former Arabic speaking naval intelligence counter-terrorism and intelligence officer specializing in the Middle East; a combat veteran\, Survival\, Evasion\, Resistance and Escape expert\, historian\, and author. He spent 35 years participating in field and combat intelligence activity including both covert and clandestine anti & counter-terrorism support to national intelligence agencies. He is a member of the Board of Advisors at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC; as honored as one of the noteworthy African-Americans in Espionage and featured in the Academy award nominated documentary Dirty Wars. MSNBC and labeled him one the “unsung national security genius of our time.” He is presently executive Director of the Terror Asymmetrics Project on Strategy\, Tactics and Radical Ideologies (TAPSTRI) in Hudson\, NY. [Source] \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. At CENTCOM Ryan was Chief of the Terrorism Assessments Branch responsible for intelligence reporting on threats across the Horn of Africa\, Arabian Peninsula and Southwest Asia. In 1997 he was selected in the Intelligence Community’s Exceptional Intelligence Analyst Program to research the emerging threat from Al Qaeda. He retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \n \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw] URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-dialogue-malcolm-nance-terrorism-at-home-and-abroad-2/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021-01-05-nance-dialogue.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210105T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210105T180000 DTSTAMP:20250218T185708Z CREATED:20201231T151138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185708Z UID:43019-1609869600-1609869600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Global Dialogue | Malcolm Nance | Terrorism: At Home and Abroad DESCRIPTION:Global Dialogue Webinar Series\nTerrorism: At Home and Abroad\nwith\nMalcolm Nance\nAuthor and Director of the Terror Asymmetrics Project\n\n \n\nand host\nPatrick Ryan\nFormer Chief of Terrorism Assessments\, US Central Command\n \nJanuary 5\, 2021\n\n6:00 PM CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nAt 6:28 a.m. a massive explosion ripped through a historic block of North Second Avenue in downtown Nashville. Among the first questions asked were who did it\, why did they do it\, and was it terrorism. That last question has become a quintessential element of mass violence in America. We may feel some relief when when a heinous act is not called terrorism\, sadly\, not that its horrific nature is lessened by its label but the implication that it’s not part of a wider campaign. \nMost bombings have been judged to be terrorism in that they have a political or ideological motivation. The Nashville bombing has yet to be labeled by law enforcement as such\, not that the average citizen couldn’t be forgiven for concluding  the Christmas bombing was “terror” in their minds. [The distinction of an act of “terrorism” is not lost on the home owners and business people who may lose insurance coverage if December 25th was officially designated an act of terror.] \nAs the FBI continues the investigation into the Christmas bombing and we navigate the aftermath we will try to put it in the context of the threat of such violence from domestic and international sources. To do so TNWAC has invited Malcolm Nance\, an expert in analyzing and countering terrorist violence. Nance literally wrote the book on it. A prolific author he produced the “Terrorist Recognition Handbook: A Practitioner’s  Manual for Predicting and Identifying Terrorist Activities.” He has also written extensively on combatting the Islamic State and on Russian hacking attacks on American cyber systems in furtherance of political and national security objectives. Nance’s counter-terrorism activities include work in the field to combat terrorist activities. \nNance retired from the Navy after 20 years and promotion to Senior Chief Petty Officer. Among his post-military pursuits was work in preparing Navy special operations forces\, SEALs and others\, in methods to endure captivity at the hands of a new class of enemies like Al Qaeda militants. He also worked in security and intelligence activities in Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion. Along the way he became an expert on extremist threats in Iraq and literally wrote the book on ISIS producing a handbook that became a counter-terrorism bible. Nance’s research and writing about ISIS’ use of electronic media led to his dive into what was to emerge as a wide-ranging Russian information warfare capability and campaign. \nHosting the conversation with Malcolm Nance will be TNWAC’s founding president and retired Navy Intelligence Officer\, LCDR Patrick Ryan. Among his experiences working in Middle East affairs was assignment as chief of terrorism analysis at U.S. Central Command during the bombings of USMTM in Riyadh and the USAF barracks in al-Khobar. He completed his 26 years in the Navy in 1998\, on a one-year\, Intelligence Community research project into the emergence of the Al Qaeda threat. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, January 5th at 6:00 pm\, as Nance and Ryan discuss the Nashville bombing\, the domestic terror threat — called the “greatest threat to the homeland” by FBI Director Wray — and the ever present international terror that to U.S. interests. \nYou should also listen to the TNWAC “Global Tennessee” Podcast recorded a year ago when Nance visited Nashville. You can find it HERE on our SoundCloud.com/tnwac Podcast archive of “Global Tennessee” Pods. \n\nMalcolm Nance is a former Arabic speaking naval intelligence counter-terrorism and intelligence officer specializing in the Middle East; a combat veteran\, Survival\, Evasion\, Resistance and Escape expert\, historian\, and author. He spent 35 years participating in field and combat intelligence activity including both covert and clandestine anti & counter-terrorism support to national intelligence agencies. He is a member of the Board of Advisors at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC; as honored as one of the noteworthy African-Americans in Espionage and featured in the Academy award nominated documentary Dirty Wars. MSNBC and labeled him one the “unsung national security genius of our time.” He is presently executive Director of the Terror Asymmetrics Project on Strategy\, Tactics and Radical Ideologies (TAPSTRI) in Hudson\, NY. [Source] \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. At CENTCOM Ryan was Chief of the Terrorism Assessments Branch responsible for intelligence reporting on threats across the Horn of Africa\, Arabian Peninsula and Southwest Asia. In 1997 he was selected in the Intelligence Community’s Exceptional Intelligence Analyst Program to research the emerging threat from Al Qaeda. He retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \n \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw] URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-dialogue-malcolm-nance-terrorism-at-home-and-abroad-3/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021-01-05-nance-dialogue.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210105T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210105T180000 DTSTAMP:20250218T185701Z CREATED:20201231T151138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185701Z UID:26825-1609869600-1609869600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Global Dialogue | Malcolm Nance | Terrorism: At Home and Abroad DESCRIPTION:Global Dialogue Webinar Series\nTerrorism: At Home and Abroad\nwith\nMalcolm Nance\nAuthor and Director of the Terror Asymmetrics Project\n\n \n\nand host\nPatrick Ryan\nFormer Chief of Terrorism Assessments\, US Central Command\n \nJanuary 5\, 2021\n\n6:00 PM CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nAt 6:28 a.m. a massive explosion ripped through a historic block of North Second Avenue in downtown Nashville. Among the first questions asked were who did it\, why did they do it\, and was it terrorism. That last question has become a quintessential element of mass violence in America. We may feel some relief when when a heinous act is not called terrorism\, sadly\, not that its horrific nature is lessened by its label but the implication that it’s not part of a wider campaign. \nMost bombings have been judged to be terrorism in that they have a political or ideological motivation. The Nashville bombing has yet to be labeled by law enforcement as such\, not that the average citizen couldn’t be forgiven for concluding  the Christmas bombing was “terror” in their minds. [The distinction of an act of “terrorism” is not lost on the home owners and business people who may lose insurance coverage if December 25th was officially designated an act of terror.] \nAs the FBI continues the investigation into the Christmas bombing and we navigate the aftermath we will try to put it in the context of the threat of such violence from domestic and international sources. To do so TNWAC has invited Malcolm Nance\, an expert in analyzing and countering terrorist violence. Nance literally wrote the book on it. A prolific author he produced the “Terrorist Recognition Handbook: A Practitioner’s  Manual for Predicting and Identifying Terrorist Activities.” He has also written extensively on combatting the Islamic State and on Russian hacking attacks on American cyber systems in furtherance of political and national security objectives. Nance’s counter-terrorism activities include work in the field to combat terrorist activities. \nNance retired from the Navy after 20 years and promotion to Senior Chief Petty Officer. Among his post-military pursuits was work in preparing Navy special operations forces\, SEALs and others\, in methods to endure captivity at the hands of a new class of enemies like Al Qaeda militants. He also worked in security and intelligence activities in Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion. Along the way he became an expert on extremist threats in Iraq and literally wrote the book on ISIS producing a handbook that became a counter-terrorism bible. Nance’s research and writing about ISIS’ use of electronic media led to his dive into what was to emerge as a wide-ranging Russian information warfare capability and campaign. \nHosting the conversation with Malcolm Nance will be TNWAC’s founding president and retired Navy Intelligence Officer\, LCDR Patrick Ryan. Among his experiences working in Middle East affairs was assignment as chief of terrorism analysis at U.S. Central Command during the bombings of USMTM in Riyadh and the USAF barracks in al-Khobar. He completed his 26 years in the Navy in 1998\, on a one-year\, Intelligence Community research project into the emergence of the Al Qaeda threat. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, January 5th at 6:00 pm\, as Nance and Ryan discuss the Nashville bombing\, the domestic terror threat — called the “greatest threat to the homeland” by FBI Director Wray — and the ever present international terror that to U.S. interests. \nYou should also listen to the TNWAC “Global Tennessee” Podcast recorded a year ago when Nance visited Nashville. You can find it HERE on our SoundCloud.com/tnwac Podcast archive of “Global Tennessee” Pods. \n\nMalcolm Nance is a former Arabic speaking naval intelligence counter-terrorism and intelligence officer specializing in the Middle East; a combat veteran\, Survival\, Evasion\, Resistance and Escape expert\, historian\, and author. He spent 35 years participating in field and combat intelligence activity including both covert and clandestine anti & counter-terrorism support to national intelligence agencies. He is a member of the Board of Advisors at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC; as honored as one of the noteworthy African-Americans in Espionage and featured in the Academy award nominated documentary Dirty Wars. MSNBC and labeled him one the “unsung national security genius of our time.” He is presently executive Director of the Terror Asymmetrics Project on Strategy\, Tactics and Radical Ideologies (TAPSTRI) in Hudson\, NY. [Source] \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. At CENTCOM Ryan was Chief of the Terrorism Assessments Branch responsible for intelligence reporting on threats across the Horn of Africa\, Arabian Peninsula and Southwest Asia. In 1997 he was selected in the Intelligence Community’s Exceptional Intelligence Analyst Program to research the emerging threat from Al Qaeda. He retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \n \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw] URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-dialogue-malcolm-nance-terrorism-at-home-and-abroad/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021-01-05-nance-dialogue.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210105T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210105T180000 DTSTAMP:20250218T185711Z CREATED:20201231T151138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185711Z UID:44107-1609869600-1609869600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Global Dialogue | Malcolm Nance | Terrorism: At Home and Abroad DESCRIPTION:Global Dialogue Webinar Series\nTerrorism: At Home and Abroad\nwith\nMalcolm Nance\nAuthor and Director of the Terror Asymmetrics Project\n\n \n\nand host\nPatrick Ryan\nFormer Chief of Terrorism Assessments\, US Central Command\n \nJanuary 5\, 2021\n\n6:00 PM CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nAt 6:28 a.m. a massive explosion ripped through a historic block of North Second Avenue in downtown Nashville. Among the first questions asked were who did it\, why did they do it\, and was it terrorism. That last question has become a quintessential element of mass violence in America. We may feel some relief when when a heinous act is not called terrorism\, sadly\, not that its horrific nature is lessened by its label but the implication that it’s not part of a wider campaign. \nMost bombings have been judged to be terrorism in that they have a political or ideological motivation. The Nashville bombing has yet to be labeled by law enforcement as such\, not that the average citizen couldn’t be forgiven for concluding  the Christmas bombing was “terror” in their minds. [The distinction of an act of “terrorism” is not lost on the home owners and business people who may lose insurance coverage if December 25th was officially designated an act of terror.] \nAs the FBI continues the investigation into the Christmas bombing and we navigate the aftermath we will try to put it in the context of the threat of such violence from domestic and international sources. To do so TNWAC has invited Malcolm Nance\, an expert in analyzing and countering terrorist violence. Nance literally wrote the book on it. A prolific author he produced the “Terrorist Recognition Handbook: A Practitioner’s  Manual for Predicting and Identifying Terrorist Activities.” He has also written extensively on combatting the Islamic State and on Russian hacking attacks on American cyber systems in furtherance of political and national security objectives. Nance’s counter-terrorism activities include work in the field to combat terrorist activities. \nNance retired from the Navy after 20 years and promotion to Senior Chief Petty Officer. Among his post-military pursuits was work in preparing Navy special operations forces\, SEALs and others\, in methods to endure captivity at the hands of a new class of enemies like Al Qaeda militants. He also worked in security and intelligence activities in Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion. Along the way he became an expert on extremist threats in Iraq and literally wrote the book on ISIS producing a handbook that became a counter-terrorism bible. Nance’s research and writing about ISIS’ use of electronic media led to his dive into what was to emerge as a wide-ranging Russian information warfare capability and campaign. \nHosting the conversation with Malcolm Nance will be TNWAC’s founding president and retired Navy Intelligence Officer\, LCDR Patrick Ryan. Among his experiences working in Middle East affairs was assignment as chief of terrorism analysis at U.S. Central Command during the bombings of USMTM in Riyadh and the USAF barracks in al-Khobar. He completed his 26 years in the Navy in 1998\, on a one-year\, Intelligence Community research project into the emergence of the Al Qaeda threat. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, January 5th at 6:00 pm\, as Nance and Ryan discuss the Nashville bombing\, the domestic terror threat — called the “greatest threat to the homeland” by FBI Director Wray — and the ever present international terror that to U.S. interests. \nYou should also listen to the TNWAC “Global Tennessee” Podcast recorded a year ago when Nance visited Nashville. You can find it HERE on our SoundCloud.com/tnwac Podcast archive of “Global Tennessee” Pods. \n\nMalcolm Nance is a former Arabic speaking naval intelligence counter-terrorism and intelligence officer specializing in the Middle East; a combat veteran\, Survival\, Evasion\, Resistance and Escape expert\, historian\, and author. He spent 35 years participating in field and combat intelligence activity including both covert and clandestine anti & counter-terrorism support to national intelligence agencies. He is a member of the Board of Advisors at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC; as honored as one of the noteworthy African-Americans in Espionage and featured in the Academy award nominated documentary Dirty Wars. MSNBC and labeled him one the “unsung national security genius of our time.” He is presently executive Director of the Terror Asymmetrics Project on Strategy\, Tactics and Radical Ideologies (TAPSTRI) in Hudson\, NY. [Source] \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. At CENTCOM Ryan was Chief of the Terrorism Assessments Branch responsible for intelligence reporting on threats across the Horn of Africa\, Arabian Peninsula and Southwest Asia. In 1997 he was selected in the Intelligence Community’s Exceptional Intelligence Analyst Program to research the emerging threat from Al Qaeda. He retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \n \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw] URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-dialogue-malcolm-nance-terrorism-at-home-and-abroad-4/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021-01-05-nance-dialogue.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR