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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 17
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 17\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 17\, 2021 \nTOPIC 1 – Early Obstacles for Biden Foreign Policy \nTOPIC 2 – France and the Sahel Check our bio for link \nTOPIC 3 – The World Trade Organization Gets a New Face \n \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n  \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-feb-17-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Immigration and Refugees in Tennessee\, Global Nashville Talks with TIRCC
DESCRIPTION:Global Nashville with Karl Dean\nA Conversation With\nLisa Sherman-Nikolaus\nExecutive Director\, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition\n  \n\n\n\nFebruary 16\, 2021\n\n7:00 PM CT\n\n*** \nFormer Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talks with Lisa Sherman-Nikolaus about her work at the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition about refugee resettlement\nin the state; the Biden Administrations increases in refugee intake; the politics of immigration; and work of the refugee support agencies. \nLisa Sherman-Nikolaus \nA Guatemalan-American whose family made the difficult decision to leave Guatemala and relocate to Nashville in 2001\, Lisa has a deep commitment to fighting for an immigration system where all people can access safety\, opportunity\, and belonging. She joined in October 2015 and served as Policy Director for nearly five years before stepping into the role of Executive Director. \nAs Policy Director Lisa developed a track record of success in winning policy victories through research and analysis\, strategic communications\, lobbying\, and working with colleagues across programs to mobilize our base and develop community leaders to lead our campaigns. Victories under her leadership include defeating dozens of pieces of anti-immigrant legislation at the state legislature\, convincing Governor Lee to consent to continue to welcome refugees\, and pressuring the Davidson County Sheriff to terminate a rent-a-bed agreement with immigration and customs enforcement. Over the years\, she’s built respect and trust with partners\, lobbyists\, and elected officials across political aisles. \nPrior to joining the TIRRC team\, she worked in the international human rights field in New York\, London\, and Senegal. Lisa holds a Master’s degree in Conflict\, Security\, and Development from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and is fluent in Spanish and English. \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/immigration-and-refugees-in-tennessee-global-nashville-talks-with-tircc/
CATEGORIES:Global Nashville
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SUMMARY:Immigration and Refugees in Tennessee\, Global Nashville Talks with TIRCC
DESCRIPTION:Global Nashville with Karl Dean\nA Conversation With\nLisa Sherman-Nikolaus\nExecutive Director\, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition\n  \n\n\n\nFebruary 16\, 2021\n\n7:00 PM CT\n\n*** \nFormer Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talks with Lisa Sherman-Nikolaus about her work at the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition about refugee resettlement\nin the state; the Biden Administrations increases in refugee intake; the politics of immigration; and work of the refugee support agencies. \nLisa Sherman-Nikolaus \nA Guatemalan-American whose family made the difficult decision to leave Guatemala and relocate to Nashville in 2001\, Lisa has a deep commitment to fighting for an immigration system where all people can access safety\, opportunity\, and belonging. She joined in October 2015 and served as Policy Director for nearly five years before stepping into the role of Executive Director. \nAs Policy Director Lisa developed a track record of success in winning policy victories through research and analysis\, strategic communications\, lobbying\, and working with colleagues across programs to mobilize our base and develop community leaders to lead our campaigns. Victories under her leadership include defeating dozens of pieces of anti-immigrant legislation at the state legislature\, convincing Governor Lee to consent to continue to welcome refugees\, and pressuring the Davidson County Sheriff to terminate a rent-a-bed agreement with immigration and customs enforcement. Over the years\, she’s built respect and trust with partners\, lobbyists\, and elected officials across political aisles. \nPrior to joining the TIRRC team\, she worked in the international human rights field in New York\, London\, and Senegal. Lisa holds a Master’s degree in Conflict\, Security\, and Development from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and is fluent in Spanish and English. \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/immigration-and-refugees-in-tennessee-global-nashville-talks-with-tircc-2/
CATEGORIES:Global Nashville
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SUMMARY:Immigration and Refugees in Tennessee\, Global Nashville Talks with TIRCC
DESCRIPTION:Global Nashville with Karl Dean\nA Conversation With\nLisa Sherman-Nikolaus\nExecutive Director\, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition\n  \n\n\n\nFebruary 16\, 2021\n\n7:00 PM CT\n\n*** \nFormer Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talks with Lisa Sherman-Nikolaus about her work at the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition about refugee resettlement\nin the state; the Biden Administrations increases in refugee intake; the politics of immigration; and work of the refugee support agencies. \nLisa Sherman-Nikolaus \nA Guatemalan-American whose family made the difficult decision to leave Guatemala and relocate to Nashville in 2001\, Lisa has a deep commitment to fighting for an immigration system where all people can access safety\, opportunity\, and belonging. She joined in October 2015 and served as Policy Director for nearly five years before stepping into the role of Executive Director. \nAs Policy Director Lisa developed a track record of success in winning policy victories through research and analysis\, strategic communications\, lobbying\, and working with colleagues across programs to mobilize our base and develop community leaders to lead our campaigns. Victories under her leadership include defeating dozens of pieces of anti-immigrant legislation at the state legislature\, convincing Governor Lee to consent to continue to welcome refugees\, and pressuring the Davidson County Sheriff to terminate a rent-a-bed agreement with immigration and customs enforcement. Over the years\, she’s built respect and trust with partners\, lobbyists\, and elected officials across political aisles. \nPrior to joining the TIRRC team\, she worked in the international human rights field in New York\, London\, and Senegal. Lisa holds a Master’s degree in Conflict\, Security\, and Development from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and is fluent in Spanish and English. \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/immigration-and-refugees-in-tennessee-global-nashville-talks-with-tircc-3/
CATEGORIES:Global Nashville
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SUMMARY:Immigration and Refugees in Tennessee\, Global Nashville Talks with TIRCC
DESCRIPTION:Global Nashville with Karl Dean\nA Conversation With\nLisa Sherman-Nikolaus\nExecutive Director\, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition\n  \n\n\n\nFebruary 16\, 2021\n\n7:00 PM CT\n\n*** \nFormer Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talks with Lisa Sherman-Nikolaus about her work at the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition about refugee resettlement\nin the state; the Biden Administrations increases in refugee intake; the politics of immigration; and work of the refugee support agencies. \nLisa Sherman-Nikolaus \nA Guatemalan-American whose family made the difficult decision to leave Guatemala and relocate to Nashville in 2001\, Lisa has a deep commitment to fighting for an immigration system where all people can access safety\, opportunity\, and belonging. She joined in October 2015 and served as Policy Director for nearly five years before stepping into the role of Executive Director. \nAs Policy Director Lisa developed a track record of success in winning policy victories through research and analysis\, strategic communications\, lobbying\, and working with colleagues across programs to mobilize our base and develop community leaders to lead our campaigns. Victories under her leadership include defeating dozens of pieces of anti-immigrant legislation at the state legislature\, convincing Governor Lee to consent to continue to welcome refugees\, and pressuring the Davidson County Sheriff to terminate a rent-a-bed agreement with immigration and customs enforcement. Over the years\, she’s built respect and trust with partners\, lobbyists\, and elected officials across political aisles. \nPrior to joining the TIRRC team\, she worked in the international human rights field in New York\, London\, and Senegal. Lisa holds a Master’s degree in Conflict\, Security\, and Development from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and is fluent in Spanish and English. \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.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/immigration-and-refugees-in-tennessee-global-nashville-talks-with-tircc-4/
CATEGORIES:Global Nashville
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210210T190000
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 10
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 10\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 10\, 2021 \nTo Be Announced \nREGISTER BELOW \n \n  \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-feb-10-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 10
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 10\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 10\, 2021 \nTo Be Announced \nREGISTER BELOW \n \n  \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-feb-10-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 10
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 10\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 10\, 2021 \nTo Be Announced \nREGISTER BELOW \n \n  \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-feb-10-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 10
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 10\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 10\, 2021 \nTo Be Announced \nREGISTER BELOW \n \n  \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-feb-10/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global Dialogue | Kurdistan Gov Rep Abdul Rahman | Feb 9
DESCRIPTION:Registration At The Bottom of the Page \nGlobal Dialogue Webinar Series\nA Conversation With\nHon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman\nKurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States of America\n\n \n\nand host\nPatrick Ryan\nFounding President\, TNWAC\n \nFebruary 9\, 2021\n\n7:00 PM CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nJoin us for this conversation with the Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the U.S.\, Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman\, a great friend of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and homeland connection to the thousands of Iraqi Kurds who call Nashville home as new Americans. TNWAC thanks her for her previous programs with the Council including hosting our visiting student groups in Washington\, D.C. \n*** \nThere is a Kurdish proverb\, “No friends but the mountains\,” that captures the sense of what the Kurds face as an ethnic group living across several international borders in the Middle East. The Kurds living in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq have suffered at the hands of the Saddam Hussein government — enduring genocidal campaigns — and attacks from the Islamic State Caliphate. \nAt the end of the Operation Desert Storm\, when a U.S.-led military coalition reversed Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait\, he turned his army on the Kurds in the north and the Shia minority in the south. The Kurds were being driven into the mountains. Here is how Madam Abdul Rahman described it during a 2016 program with TNWAC and Lipscomb University: \nSaddam turned his weapons on us because he had by then been thrown out of Kuwait\, and he committed terrible crimes during that period of the uprising. And this was just a couple of years after the chemical bombardment of Halabja\, where five thousand people were killed\, and the Anfal genocide campaign\, where two hundred fifty thousand people were killed. \nSo when Saddam turned against the Kurdish people everybody thought he would use chemicals again. Everyone fled. They fled to the borders of Iran and Turkey. This was in the spring of 1991\, an incredibly cold spring\, severe weather conditions. People died on the mountaintops. People starved. They died of exhaustion and exposure. \nThe United States\, Britain\, France launched Operation Provide Comfort. It was the biggest military and humanitarian operation\, and probably the most successful in history. I’ve met some of the military leaders\, American military leaders who were involved in that operation\, General Jim Jones\, General Bob Barrow\, General Jay Garner\, and others who were involved in that operation\, and they all speak of that operation with great pride because they saved lives. They saved hundreds of thousands if not one and a half million lives. \n[Complete remarks here] \nThe United States went on to enforce a UN “No Fly Zone” that prevented Saddam from persecuting the Iraqi Kurds and allowing the Kurdistan Region to develop as an autonomous area. The 2003 invasion of Iraq permanently eliminated the threat from Saddam. In recent years the Kurds were again beset by the ominous threat posed by the Islamic State. The remarkably brave Peshmerga fighters of Kurdistan stood against ISIS with American and other coalition troops and support joining in the campaign. We commend to your reading the remarks of Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman during her April 2016 program in Nashville. \nThe KRG enjoys a special relationship with the United States. The Kurdish people have been reliable partners\, seeking democracy and independence and looking to the West for partners. \nWe invite you to talk with Madam Abdul Rahman in this special program. \n*** \n \nRemarks from 2016 Visit \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. \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. \nREGISTER \n\nSELECT NUMBER OF TICKETS\nCOMPLETE CONTACT INFORMATION\nCOMPLETE TICKET INFORMATION\n\n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-dialogue-kurdistan-gov-rep-abdul-rahman-feb-9/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global Dialogue | Kurdistan Gov Rep Abdul Rahman | Feb 9
DESCRIPTION:Registration At The Bottom of the Page \nGlobal Dialogue Webinar Series\nA Conversation With\nHon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman\nKurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States of America\n\n \n\nand host\nPatrick Ryan\nFounding President\, TNWAC\n \nFebruary 9\, 2021\n\n7:00 PM CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nJoin us for this conversation with the Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the U.S.\, Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman\, a great friend of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and homeland connection to the thousands of Iraqi Kurds who call Nashville home as new Americans. TNWAC thanks her for her previous programs with the Council including hosting our visiting student groups in Washington\, D.C. \n*** \nThere is a Kurdish proverb\, “No friends but the mountains\,” that captures the sense of what the Kurds face as an ethnic group living across several international borders in the Middle East. The Kurds living in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq have suffered at the hands of the Saddam Hussein government — enduring genocidal campaigns — and attacks from the Islamic State Caliphate. \nAt the end of the Operation Desert Storm\, when a U.S.-led military coalition reversed Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait\, he turned his army on the Kurds in the north and the Shia minority in the south. The Kurds were being driven into the mountains. Here is how Madam Abdul Rahman described it during a 2016 program with TNWAC and Lipscomb University: \nSaddam turned his weapons on us because he had by then been thrown out of Kuwait\, and he committed terrible crimes during that period of the uprising. And this was just a couple of years after the chemical bombardment of Halabja\, where five thousand people were killed\, and the Anfal genocide campaign\, where two hundred fifty thousand people were killed. \nSo when Saddam turned against the Kurdish people everybody thought he would use chemicals again. Everyone fled. They fled to the borders of Iran and Turkey. This was in the spring of 1991\, an incredibly cold spring\, severe weather conditions. People died on the mountaintops. People starved. They died of exhaustion and exposure. \nThe United States\, Britain\, France launched Operation Provide Comfort. It was the biggest military and humanitarian operation\, and probably the most successful in history. I’ve met some of the military leaders\, American military leaders who were involved in that operation\, General Jim Jones\, General Bob Barrow\, General Jay Garner\, and others who were involved in that operation\, and they all speak of that operation with great pride because they saved lives. They saved hundreds of thousands if not one and a half million lives. \n[Complete remarks here] \nThe United States went on to enforce a UN “No Fly Zone” that prevented Saddam from persecuting the Iraqi Kurds and allowing the Kurdistan Region to develop as an autonomous area. The 2003 invasion of Iraq permanently eliminated the threat from Saddam. In recent years the Kurds were again beset by the ominous threat posed by the Islamic State. The remarkably brave Peshmerga fighters of Kurdistan stood against ISIS with American and other coalition troops and support joining in the campaign. We commend to your reading the remarks of Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman during her April 2016 program in Nashville. \nThe KRG enjoys a special relationship with the United States. The Kurdish people have been reliable partners\, seeking democracy and independence and looking to the West for partners. \nWe invite you to talk with Madam Abdul Rahman in this special program. \n*** \n \nRemarks from 2016 Visit \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. \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. \nREGISTER \n\nSELECT NUMBER OF TICKETS\nCOMPLETE CONTACT INFORMATION\nCOMPLETE TICKET INFORMATION\n\n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-dialogue-kurdistan-gov-rep-abdul-rahman-feb-9-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global Dialogue | Kurdistan Gov Rep Abdul Rahman | Feb 9
DESCRIPTION:Registration At The Bottom of the Page \nGlobal Dialogue Webinar Series\nA Conversation With\nHon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman\nKurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States of America\n\n \n\nand host\nPatrick Ryan\nFounding President\, TNWAC\n \nFebruary 9\, 2021\n\n7:00 PM CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nJoin us for this conversation with the Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the U.S.\, Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman\, a great friend of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and homeland connection to the thousands of Iraqi Kurds who call Nashville home as new Americans. TNWAC thanks her for her previous programs with the Council including hosting our visiting student groups in Washington\, D.C. \n*** \nThere is a Kurdish proverb\, “No friends but the mountains\,” that captures the sense of what the Kurds face as an ethnic group living across several international borders in the Middle East. The Kurds living in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq have suffered at the hands of the Saddam Hussein government — enduring genocidal campaigns — and attacks from the Islamic State Caliphate. \nAt the end of the Operation Desert Storm\, when a U.S.-led military coalition reversed Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait\, he turned his army on the Kurds in the north and the Shia minority in the south. The Kurds were being driven into the mountains. Here is how Madam Abdul Rahman described it during a 2016 program with TNWAC and Lipscomb University: \nSaddam turned his weapons on us because he had by then been thrown out of Kuwait\, and he committed terrible crimes during that period of the uprising. And this was just a couple of years after the chemical bombardment of Halabja\, where five thousand people were killed\, and the Anfal genocide campaign\, where two hundred fifty thousand people were killed. \nSo when Saddam turned against the Kurdish people everybody thought he would use chemicals again. Everyone fled. They fled to the borders of Iran and Turkey. This was in the spring of 1991\, an incredibly cold spring\, severe weather conditions. People died on the mountaintops. People starved. They died of exhaustion and exposure. \nThe United States\, Britain\, France launched Operation Provide Comfort. It was the biggest military and humanitarian operation\, and probably the most successful in history. I’ve met some of the military leaders\, American military leaders who were involved in that operation\, General Jim Jones\, General Bob Barrow\, General Jay Garner\, and others who were involved in that operation\, and they all speak of that operation with great pride because they saved lives. They saved hundreds of thousands if not one and a half million lives. \n[Complete remarks here] \nThe United States went on to enforce a UN “No Fly Zone” that prevented Saddam from persecuting the Iraqi Kurds and allowing the Kurdistan Region to develop as an autonomous area. The 2003 invasion of Iraq permanently eliminated the threat from Saddam. In recent years the Kurds were again beset by the ominous threat posed by the Islamic State. The remarkably brave Peshmerga fighters of Kurdistan stood against ISIS with American and other coalition troops and support joining in the campaign. We commend to your reading the remarks of Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman during her April 2016 program in Nashville. \nThe KRG enjoys a special relationship with the United States. The Kurdish people have been reliable partners\, seeking democracy and independence and looking to the West for partners. \nWe invite you to talk with Madam Abdul Rahman in this special program. \n*** \n \nRemarks from 2016 Visit \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. \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. \nREGISTER \n\nSELECT NUMBER OF TICKETS\nCOMPLETE CONTACT INFORMATION\nCOMPLETE TICKET INFORMATION\n\n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
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CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global Dialogue | Kurdistan Gov Rep Abdul Rahman | Feb 9
DESCRIPTION:Registration At The Bottom of the Page \nGlobal Dialogue Webinar Series\nA Conversation With\nHon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman\nKurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States of America\n\n \n\nand host\nPatrick Ryan\nFounding President\, TNWAC\n \nFebruary 9\, 2021\n\n7:00 PM CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nJoin us for this conversation with the Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the U.S.\, Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman\, a great friend of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and homeland connection to the thousands of Iraqi Kurds who call Nashville home as new Americans. TNWAC thanks her for her previous programs with the Council including hosting our visiting student groups in Washington\, D.C. \n*** \nThere is a Kurdish proverb\, “No friends but the mountains\,” that captures the sense of what the Kurds face as an ethnic group living across several international borders in the Middle East. The Kurds living in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq have suffered at the hands of the Saddam Hussein government — enduring genocidal campaigns — and attacks from the Islamic State Caliphate. \nAt the end of the Operation Desert Storm\, when a U.S.-led military coalition reversed Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait\, he turned his army on the Kurds in the north and the Shia minority in the south. The Kurds were being driven into the mountains. Here is how Madam Abdul Rahman described it during a 2016 program with TNWAC and Lipscomb University: \nSaddam turned his weapons on us because he had by then been thrown out of Kuwait\, and he committed terrible crimes during that period of the uprising. And this was just a couple of years after the chemical bombardment of Halabja\, where five thousand people were killed\, and the Anfal genocide campaign\, where two hundred fifty thousand people were killed. \nSo when Saddam turned against the Kurdish people everybody thought he would use chemicals again. Everyone fled. They fled to the borders of Iran and Turkey. This was in the spring of 1991\, an incredibly cold spring\, severe weather conditions. People died on the mountaintops. People starved. They died of exhaustion and exposure. \nThe United States\, Britain\, France launched Operation Provide Comfort. It was the biggest military and humanitarian operation\, and probably the most successful in history. I’ve met some of the military leaders\, American military leaders who were involved in that operation\, General Jim Jones\, General Bob Barrow\, General Jay Garner\, and others who were involved in that operation\, and they all speak of that operation with great pride because they saved lives. They saved hundreds of thousands if not one and a half million lives. \n[Complete remarks here] \nThe United States went on to enforce a UN “No Fly Zone” that prevented Saddam from persecuting the Iraqi Kurds and allowing the Kurdistan Region to develop as an autonomous area. The 2003 invasion of Iraq permanently eliminated the threat from Saddam. In recent years the Kurds were again beset by the ominous threat posed by the Islamic State. The remarkably brave Peshmerga fighters of Kurdistan stood against ISIS with American and other coalition troops and support joining in the campaign. We commend to your reading the remarks of Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman during her April 2016 program in Nashville. \nThe KRG enjoys a special relationship with the United States. The Kurdish people have been reliable partners\, seeking democracy and independence and looking to the West for partners. \nWe invite you to talk with Madam Abdul Rahman in this special program. \n*** \n \nRemarks from 2016 Visit \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. \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. \nREGISTER \n\nSELECT NUMBER OF TICKETS\nCOMPLETE CONTACT INFORMATION\nCOMPLETE TICKET INFORMATION\n\n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 3
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 3\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR February 3\, 2021 \n\nCovid-19: Global Update\nMyanmar: Leadership Trouble\nIndia’s Farmers: Growing Trouble for Modi\n\nand remembering Ralph Bunche \nREGISTER BELOW \n \n  \n \nThis week we’re pleased to welcome Austin Travis as a guest panelist on the Global News Review. Austin will provide background\, context\, and analysis of the unfolding drama of a coup in Myanmar. \nAustin Travis is a senior at Lipscomb University studying political science and international affairs. He is currently interning with the Tennessee World Affairs Council. Travis is a member of Lipscomb’s Model U.N. team and has led Lipscomb’s delegation to the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature for three years. Additionally\,  he volunteers with the YMCA Center for Civic Engagement’s Model U.N. conferences for Tennessee high schoolers. Travis is from Dickson\, Tennessee\, and graduated from Dickson County High School. Since then\, he has worked on various campaigns\, most recently managing the successful re-election to the Tennessee House of Representatives for Rep. Mary Littleton. \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-feb-3-3/
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 3
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 3\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR February 3\, 2021 \n\nCovid-19: Global Update\nMyanmar: Leadership Trouble\nIndia’s Farmers: Growing Trouble for Modi\n\nand remembering Ralph Bunche \nREGISTER BELOW \n \n  \n \nThis week we’re pleased to welcome Austin Travis as a guest panelist on the Global News Review. Austin will provide background\, context\, and analysis of the unfolding drama of a coup in Myanmar. \nAustin Travis is a senior at Lipscomb University studying political science and international affairs. He is currently interning with the Tennessee World Affairs Council. Travis is a member of Lipscomb’s Model U.N. team and has led Lipscomb’s delegation to the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature for three years. Additionally\,  he volunteers with the YMCA Center for Civic Engagement’s Model U.N. conferences for Tennessee high schoolers. Travis is from Dickson\, Tennessee\, and graduated from Dickson County High School. Since then\, he has worked on various campaigns\, most recently managing the successful re-election to the Tennessee House of Representatives for Rep. Mary Littleton. \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 3
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 3\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR February 3\, 2021 \n\nCovid-19: Global Update\nMyanmar: Leadership Trouble\nIndia’s Farmers: Growing Trouble for Modi\n\nand remembering Ralph Bunche \nREGISTER BELOW \n \n  \n \nThis week we’re pleased to welcome Austin Travis as a guest panelist on the Global News Review. Austin will provide background\, context\, and analysis of the unfolding drama of a coup in Myanmar. \nAustin Travis is a senior at Lipscomb University studying political science and international affairs. He is currently interning with the Tennessee World Affairs Council. Travis is a member of Lipscomb’s Model U.N. team and has led Lipscomb’s delegation to the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature for three years. Additionally\,  he volunteers with the YMCA Center for Civic Engagement’s Model U.N. conferences for Tennessee high schoolers. Travis is from Dickson\, Tennessee\, and graduated from Dickson County High School. Since then\, he has worked on various campaigns\, most recently managing the successful re-election to the Tennessee House of Representatives for Rep. Mary Littleton. \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Feb 3
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – February 3\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR February 3\, 2021 \n\nCovid-19: Global Update\nMyanmar: Leadership Trouble\nIndia’s Farmers: Growing Trouble for Modi\n\nand remembering Ralph Bunche \nREGISTER BELOW \n \n  \n \nThis week we’re pleased to welcome Austin Travis as a guest panelist on the Global News Review. Austin will provide background\, context\, and analysis of the unfolding drama of a coup in Myanmar. \nAustin Travis is a senior at Lipscomb University studying political science and international affairs. He is currently interning with the Tennessee World Affairs Council. Travis is a member of Lipscomb’s Model U.N. team and has led Lipscomb’s delegation to the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature for three years. Additionally\,  he volunteers with the YMCA Center for Civic Engagement’s Model U.N. conferences for Tennessee high schoolers. Travis is from Dickson\, Tennessee\, and graduated from Dickson County High School. Since then\, he has worked on various campaigns\, most recently managing the successful re-election to the Tennessee House of Representatives for Rep. Mary Littleton. \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:Global Nashville | Karl Dean Talks with Matt Kisber
DESCRIPTION:Global Nashville with Karl Deal\nA Conversation With\nMatt Kisber\nChairman\, Silicon Ranch and former Commissioner\, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development \n\n\n\nFebruary 2\, 2021\n\n7:00 PM CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nJoin the conversation with former Nashville Mayor Dean and former TN ECD Commissioner Kisber about developments in Nashville. Learn about Silicon Ranch\, one of the largest solar power producers in the country. Hear how the state’s Economic and Community Development Department brings global businesses to Tennessee. \nAbout Matt Kisber \nMatt is a co-founder of Silicon Ranch and served as CEO of the company until becoming Chairman in July 2019. As Chairman\, Matt works closely with the company’s executive leadership to set and implement its ambitious growth strategy. \nUnder his leadership\, Silicon Ranch has become one of the fastest growing developers\, owners\, and operators of solar energy plants in the U.S.\, with a portfolio that includes more than 3 Gigawatts of PV systems that are contracted\, under construction\, or operating coast to coast. Matt brings a unique background to Silicon Ranch having been a business owner and having served eight years as Tennessee Commissioner of Economic Development. He has also worked with industry leaders from across the U.S. and around the globe to bring investments and jobs to Tennessee. \nDuring his tenure as Commissioner Tennessee received over $33 billion in new capital investment and over 200\,000 new jobs. A graduate of Vanderbilt University\, Matt served 10 terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives and held numerous leadership positions including Chairman of the powerful Finance\, Ways & Means committee\, which handles all revenue and spending legislation. \nIn the private sector\, Matt grew up in his family’s Jackson\, TN department store business and developed a great love for the people and the business. He has owned a number of successful small businesses and served as Vice President for Business Development for First Tennessee Bank prior to leading Tennessee’s economic development efforts. \nMatt is married to Paige Kisber and they have a son who attends Southern Methodist University and a high school daughter who attends Harpeth Hall. He is currently Chairman of the Tennessee Business Roundtable\, member of the board of directors of the Adventure Science Center and is a founding board member and former Chairman of the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council. \nAbout Karl Dean \nKarl Dean was the sixth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. He was elected on Sept. 11\, 2007 and was re-elected on Aug. 4\, 2011. He completed his second term in office on September 25\, 2015. Dean first held public office when he was elected as Nashville’s Public Defender in 1990\, a post he was re-elected to in 1994 and 1998. He served as Metro Law Director from 1999 to January 2007\, when he resigned to run for the office of mayor. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt. Dean was the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Tennessee in 2018. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \nMake sure to scroll down all the way through the registration section. \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]
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SUMMARY:Global Nashville | Karl Dean Talks with Matt Kisber
DESCRIPTION:Global Nashville with Karl Deal\nA Conversation With\nMatt Kisber\nChairman\, Silicon Ranch and former Commissioner\, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development \n\n\n\nFebruary 2\, 2021\n\n7:00 PM CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nJoin the conversation with former Nashville Mayor Dean and former TN ECD Commissioner Kisber about developments in Nashville. Learn about Silicon Ranch\, one of the largest solar power producers in the country. Hear how the state’s Economic and Community Development Department brings global businesses to Tennessee. \nAbout Matt Kisber \nMatt is a co-founder of Silicon Ranch and served as CEO of the company until becoming Chairman in July 2019. As Chairman\, Matt works closely with the company’s executive leadership to set and implement its ambitious growth strategy. \nUnder his leadership\, Silicon Ranch has become one of the fastest growing developers\, owners\, and operators of solar energy plants in the U.S.\, with a portfolio that includes more than 3 Gigawatts of PV systems that are contracted\, under construction\, or operating coast to coast. Matt brings a unique background to Silicon Ranch having been a business owner and having served eight years as Tennessee Commissioner of Economic Development. He has also worked with industry leaders from across the U.S. and around the globe to bring investments and jobs to Tennessee. \nDuring his tenure as Commissioner Tennessee received over $33 billion in new capital investment and over 200\,000 new jobs. A graduate of Vanderbilt University\, Matt served 10 terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives and held numerous leadership positions including Chairman of the powerful Finance\, Ways & Means committee\, which handles all revenue and spending legislation. \nIn the private sector\, Matt grew up in his family’s Jackson\, TN department store business and developed a great love for the people and the business. He has owned a number of successful small businesses and served as Vice President for Business Development for First Tennessee Bank prior to leading Tennessee’s economic development efforts. \nMatt is married to Paige Kisber and they have a son who attends Southern Methodist University and a high school daughter who attends Harpeth Hall. He is currently Chairman of the Tennessee Business Roundtable\, member of the board of directors of the Adventure Science Center and is a founding board member and former Chairman of the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council. \nAbout Karl Dean \nKarl Dean was the sixth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. He was elected on Sept. 11\, 2007 and was re-elected on Aug. 4\, 2011. He completed his second term in office on September 25\, 2015. Dean first held public office when he was elected as Nashville’s Public Defender in 1990\, a post he was re-elected to in 1994 and 1998. He served as Metro Law Director from 1999 to January 2007\, when he resigned to run for the office of mayor. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt. Dean was the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Tennessee in 2018. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \nMake sure to scroll down all the way through the registration section. \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]
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SUMMARY:Global Nashville | Karl Dean Talks with Matt Kisber
DESCRIPTION:Global Nashville with Karl Deal\nA Conversation With\nMatt Kisber\nChairman\, Silicon Ranch and former Commissioner\, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development \n\n\n\nFebruary 2\, 2021\n\n7:00 PM CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nJoin the conversation with former Nashville Mayor Dean and former TN ECD Commissioner Kisber about developments in Nashville. Learn about Silicon Ranch\, one of the largest solar power producers in the country. Hear how the state’s Economic and Community Development Department brings global businesses to Tennessee. \nAbout Matt Kisber \nMatt is a co-founder of Silicon Ranch and served as CEO of the company until becoming Chairman in July 2019. As Chairman\, Matt works closely with the company’s executive leadership to set and implement its ambitious growth strategy. \nUnder his leadership\, Silicon Ranch has become one of the fastest growing developers\, owners\, and operators of solar energy plants in the U.S.\, with a portfolio that includes more than 3 Gigawatts of PV systems that are contracted\, under construction\, or operating coast to coast. Matt brings a unique background to Silicon Ranch having been a business owner and having served eight years as Tennessee Commissioner of Economic Development. He has also worked with industry leaders from across the U.S. and around the globe to bring investments and jobs to Tennessee. \nDuring his tenure as Commissioner Tennessee received over $33 billion in new capital investment and over 200\,000 new jobs. A graduate of Vanderbilt University\, Matt served 10 terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives and held numerous leadership positions including Chairman of the powerful Finance\, Ways & Means committee\, which handles all revenue and spending legislation. \nIn the private sector\, Matt grew up in his family’s Jackson\, TN department store business and developed a great love for the people and the business. He has owned a number of successful small businesses and served as Vice President for Business Development for First Tennessee Bank prior to leading Tennessee’s economic development efforts. \nMatt is married to Paige Kisber and they have a son who attends Southern Methodist University and a high school daughter who attends Harpeth Hall. He is currently Chairman of the Tennessee Business Roundtable\, member of the board of directors of the Adventure Science Center and is a founding board member and former Chairman of the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council. \nAbout Karl Dean \nKarl Dean was the sixth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. He was elected on Sept. 11\, 2007 and was re-elected on Aug. 4\, 2011. He completed his second term in office on September 25\, 2015. Dean first held public office when he was elected as Nashville’s Public Defender in 1990\, a post he was re-elected to in 1994 and 1998. He served as Metro Law Director from 1999 to January 2007\, when he resigned to run for the office of mayor. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt. Dean was the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Tennessee in 2018. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \nMake sure to scroll down all the way through the registration section. \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]
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SUMMARY:Global Nashville | Karl Dean Talks with Matt Kisber
DESCRIPTION:Global Nashville with Karl Deal\nA Conversation With\nMatt Kisber\nChairman\, Silicon Ranch and former Commissioner\, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development \n\n\n\nFebruary 2\, 2021\n\n7:00 PM CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nJoin the conversation with former Nashville Mayor Dean and former TN ECD Commissioner Kisber about developments in Nashville. Learn about Silicon Ranch\, one of the largest solar power producers in the country. Hear how the state’s Economic and Community Development Department brings global businesses to Tennessee. \nAbout Matt Kisber \nMatt is a co-founder of Silicon Ranch and served as CEO of the company until becoming Chairman in July 2019. As Chairman\, Matt works closely with the company’s executive leadership to set and implement its ambitious growth strategy. \nUnder his leadership\, Silicon Ranch has become one of the fastest growing developers\, owners\, and operators of solar energy plants in the U.S.\, with a portfolio that includes more than 3 Gigawatts of PV systems that are contracted\, under construction\, or operating coast to coast. Matt brings a unique background to Silicon Ranch having been a business owner and having served eight years as Tennessee Commissioner of Economic Development. He has also worked with industry leaders from across the U.S. and around the globe to bring investments and jobs to Tennessee. \nDuring his tenure as Commissioner Tennessee received over $33 billion in new capital investment and over 200\,000 new jobs. A graduate of Vanderbilt University\, Matt served 10 terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives and held numerous leadership positions including Chairman of the powerful Finance\, Ways & Means committee\, which handles all revenue and spending legislation. \nIn the private sector\, Matt grew up in his family’s Jackson\, TN department store business and developed a great love for the people and the business. He has owned a number of successful small businesses and served as Vice President for Business Development for First Tennessee Bank prior to leading Tennessee’s economic development efforts. \nMatt is married to Paige Kisber and they have a son who attends Southern Methodist University and a high school daughter who attends Harpeth Hall. He is currently Chairman of the Tennessee Business Roundtable\, member of the board of directors of the Adventure Science Center and is a founding board member and former Chairman of the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council. \nAbout Karl Dean \nKarl Dean was the sixth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. He was elected on Sept. 11\, 2007 and was re-elected on Aug. 4\, 2011. He completed his second term in office on September 25\, 2015. Dean first held public office when he was elected as Nashville’s Public Defender in 1990\, a post he was re-elected to in 1994 and 1998. He served as Metro Law Director from 1999 to January 2007\, when he resigned to run for the office of mayor. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt. Dean was the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Tennessee in 2018. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \nMake sure to scroll down all the way through the registration section. \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]
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SUMMARY:Town Hall | US-Korea Relations in a New Era | Jan 28 @ 5:30 CT
DESCRIPTION:You Are Invited to Our Global Town Hall\nThe Future of Korea Project\nUnited States-Republic of Korea Relations\nJoin us for a conversation with distinguished speakers from\nUnited States Department of State\nEmbassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States\nKorean Economic Institute\n\nKeynote Remarks \n \nHon. Bob Rolfe \nCommissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development \n  \nPanelists \n \nMarc Knapper\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan\, U.S. State Department \nHon. YoungJae Kim\, Economic Minister\, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the U.S. \nTroy Stangarone\, Korea Economic Institute \nThursday\, January 28\, 2021\n5:30-7:00pm CT\nThis program is presented by the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, the World Affairs Councils of America and the Korea Economic Institute in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\, the Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. \nREGISTER BELOW \nBob Rolfe – Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development \nBob Rolfe was sworn in on January 19\, 2019 by Governor Bill Lee to serve as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. The department is responsible for recruiting business and industry to the state\, supporting existing companies\, expanding economic opportunities across rural Tennessee and boosting the state’s overall economic prosperity. \nRolfe has served as TNECD commissioner since March 2017. Under his leadership\, TNECD has increased Tennessee’s global footprint. During Rolfe’s tenure\, he has led Tennessee’s efforts in the recruitment and expansion of over 130 international projects\, which represent an investment of $6.5 billion and 21\,000 job commitments. \nTNECD has placed a major focus on job creation and community development in rural Tennessee. Since 2017\, the department has provided more than $380 million in funding to rural communities throughout the state. In addition\, companies have invested $7 billion and committed to create 27\,500 new jobs in rural communities. \nRolfe has more than three decades of experience in business and investment banking in Tennessee. Before joining TNECD\, he held the position of CEO of Medical Reimbursements of America\, Inc.\, a company that provides specialty reimbursement solutions to improve financial performance for hospitals and health systems nationwide. Prior to his time at MRA\, Rolfe co-founded West End Holdings in 2011\, a Nashville-based private equity partnership. He spent the first 18 years of his career as an investment banker at J.C. Bradford and Co. \nRolfe received his E.M.B.A. from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University and his B.S. from the University of Alabama’s School of Commerce and Business Administration. He and his wife\, Kathy\, have been married for over 37 years and have three grown children and one grandchild. He is a member of First Presbyterian Church in Nashville\, where he has served as an elder for two decades. \nMarc Tapper – US State Department \nMarc Knapper\, a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State\, has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan since August 2018. Prior to assuming this position\, Marc was in Seoul as Chargé d’Affaires from 2017 to 2018 and Deputy Chief of Mission from 2015 to 2016.  Earlier assignments include Director for India Affairs\, Director for Japanese Affairs\, and multiple postings in Tokyo\, Seoul\, Hanoi\, and Baghdad. \nMarc has twice worked in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: in 1997 as the State Department representative to the Spent Fuel Team at the Yongbyon nuclear facility and in 2000 as a member of the advance team for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s visit to Pyongyang. \nMarc is a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award\, the nation’s highest diplomatic honor. Marc has also received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and the Department of State’s Linguist of the Year Award. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University\, and also studied at the University of Tokyo\, Middlebury College’s intensive Japanese program\, the Army War College\, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI program.  Mr. Knapper speaks Korean\, Japanese\, and Vietnamese. \nYoungJae Kim – Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S. \nYoungjae Kim is a Korean government official and diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since December 2020\, he serves as Economic Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington\, DC. Prior to this post\, he was Director-General for International Economic Affairs (2019-2020) in Seoul\, in which capacity he oversaw Korea’s participation in multilateral fora such as G20\, APEC\, OECD\, and WEF (World Economic Forum) including summit meetings\, and supervised the negotiation\, conclusion and implementation of economic treaties on the avoidance of double taxation and investment protection\, as well as on trade. Before that\, he was Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs (2018) managing economic relations with Korea’s major economic partners. \nHe was Minister-Counselor at the Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2016-2018)\, where he worked on the bilateral Korea-Saudi political relationship and regional Middle Eastern affairs. Before that\, he was the Economic Counselor in the Embassy in Washington\, DC (2013-2016)\, where he focused on the Korea-U.S. bilateral trade relationship\, including the implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)\, Korea’s possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)\, and global trade issues including negotiations and dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). \nHe has also served in the headquarters of the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Director of the Trade Dispute Settlement Division (2012-2013)\, Director of the WTO Division (2010-2012)\, and Director of the FTA Implementation Division (2009-2010). \nHe has 27 years’ experience in international trade policy and negotiations\, beginning with antidumping investigations with the Korea Trade Commission (1994-1996). He has experience in a number of injury investigations in antidumping and safeguards cases and was involved in changing the bifurcated (dumping and injury) system to the unitary system in 1996. He was the lead negotiator on trade remedies during the KORUS FTA negotiations (2006-2007) and also played a key role in follow-up processes including legal scrubbing and additional negotiations\, as well as political ratification process in both the Korean National Assembly and the United States Congress (2008-2011). Before his work on the KORUS FTA\, a major portion of his career involved implementation of WTO agreements\, WTO dispute settlements\, preparations for new WTO rounds\, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations (1998-2004). \nHis earlier overseas assignments include the Korean Mission in Geneva (2004-2007) and the Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire (2007-2009). \nHe received his Master’s degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School (2001) and Bachelor’s degree (LLB) from Seoul National University (1992). \nHe is a member of the New York Bar\, and is married with three children. \nTroy Stangarone – Korea Economic Institute \nTroy Stangarone is Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). He oversees KEI’s trade and economic related initiatives\, as well as the Institute’s relations with Capitol Hill and the Washington\, DC trade community. As part of his broader portfolio\, he serves as the editor for KEI’s flagship publication\, Korea’s Economy\, and oversees KEI’s blog\, The Peninsula. \nMr. Stangarone has written extensively and has been widely quoted on U.S.-Korea relations\, South Korean trade and foreign policy\, and North Korea. His work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy\, CNBC\, CNN\, the South China Morning Post\, East Asia Forum\, China-US Focus\, the JoongAng Ilbo\, and the Korea Herald. His comments have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, CNN\, Politico\, Chosun Ilbo\, Donga Ilbo\, JoongAng Daily\, and Yonhap News Service. He has also appeared on TV and radio for outlets such as Bloomberg News\, CNBC Asia\, and BBC Radio. \nIn addition to his work at KEI\, Mr. Stangarone is a member of the International Council of Korean Studies Board and the Korea-America Student Conference’s National Advisory Committee. He is a columnist for the Korea Times and a regular contributor to The Diplomat. He was also a 2012-2013 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in South Korea\, sponsored by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. \nPrior to joining KEI\, Mr. Stangarone worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Robert Torricelli on issues relating to foreign affairs and trade. He also served as an aide to Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. He holds a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Memphis. \n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nOPEN TO ALL\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:Town Hall | US-Korea Relations in a New Era | Jan 28 @ 5:30 CT
DESCRIPTION:You Are Invited to Our Global Town Hall\nThe Future of Korea Project\nUnited States-Republic of Korea Relations\nJoin us for a conversation with distinguished speakers from\nUnited States Department of State\nEmbassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States\nKorean Economic Institute\n\nKeynote Remarks \n \nHon. Bob Rolfe \nCommissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development \n  \nPanelists \n \nMarc Knapper\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan\, U.S. State Department \nHon. YoungJae Kim\, Economic Minister\, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the U.S. \nTroy Stangarone\, Korea Economic Institute \nThursday\, January 28\, 2021\n5:30-7:00pm CT\nThis program is presented by the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, the World Affairs Councils of America and the Korea Economic Institute in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\, the Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. \nREGISTER BELOW \nBob Rolfe – Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development \nBob Rolfe was sworn in on January 19\, 2019 by Governor Bill Lee to serve as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. The department is responsible for recruiting business and industry to the state\, supporting existing companies\, expanding economic opportunities across rural Tennessee and boosting the state’s overall economic prosperity. \nRolfe has served as TNECD commissioner since March 2017. Under his leadership\, TNECD has increased Tennessee’s global footprint. During Rolfe’s tenure\, he has led Tennessee’s efforts in the recruitment and expansion of over 130 international projects\, which represent an investment of $6.5 billion and 21\,000 job commitments. \nTNECD has placed a major focus on job creation and community development in rural Tennessee. Since 2017\, the department has provided more than $380 million in funding to rural communities throughout the state. In addition\, companies have invested $7 billion and committed to create 27\,500 new jobs in rural communities. \nRolfe has more than three decades of experience in business and investment banking in Tennessee. Before joining TNECD\, he held the position of CEO of Medical Reimbursements of America\, Inc.\, a company that provides specialty reimbursement solutions to improve financial performance for hospitals and health systems nationwide. Prior to his time at MRA\, Rolfe co-founded West End Holdings in 2011\, a Nashville-based private equity partnership. He spent the first 18 years of his career as an investment banker at J.C. Bradford and Co. \nRolfe received his E.M.B.A. from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University and his B.S. from the University of Alabama’s School of Commerce and Business Administration. He and his wife\, Kathy\, have been married for over 37 years and have three grown children and one grandchild. He is a member of First Presbyterian Church in Nashville\, where he has served as an elder for two decades. \nMarc Tapper – US State Department \nMarc Knapper\, a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State\, has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan since August 2018. Prior to assuming this position\, Marc was in Seoul as Chargé d’Affaires from 2017 to 2018 and Deputy Chief of Mission from 2015 to 2016.  Earlier assignments include Director for India Affairs\, Director for Japanese Affairs\, and multiple postings in Tokyo\, Seoul\, Hanoi\, and Baghdad. \nMarc has twice worked in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: in 1997 as the State Department representative to the Spent Fuel Team at the Yongbyon nuclear facility and in 2000 as a member of the advance team for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s visit to Pyongyang. \nMarc is a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award\, the nation’s highest diplomatic honor. Marc has also received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and the Department of State’s Linguist of the Year Award. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University\, and also studied at the University of Tokyo\, Middlebury College’s intensive Japanese program\, the Army War College\, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI program.  Mr. Knapper speaks Korean\, Japanese\, and Vietnamese. \nYoungJae Kim – Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S. \nYoungjae Kim is a Korean government official and diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since December 2020\, he serves as Economic Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington\, DC. Prior to this post\, he was Director-General for International Economic Affairs (2019-2020) in Seoul\, in which capacity he oversaw Korea’s participation in multilateral fora such as G20\, APEC\, OECD\, and WEF (World Economic Forum) including summit meetings\, and supervised the negotiation\, conclusion and implementation of economic treaties on the avoidance of double taxation and investment protection\, as well as on trade. Before that\, he was Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs (2018) managing economic relations with Korea’s major economic partners. \nHe was Minister-Counselor at the Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2016-2018)\, where he worked on the bilateral Korea-Saudi political relationship and regional Middle Eastern affairs. Before that\, he was the Economic Counselor in the Embassy in Washington\, DC (2013-2016)\, where he focused on the Korea-U.S. bilateral trade relationship\, including the implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)\, Korea’s possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)\, and global trade issues including negotiations and dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). \nHe has also served in the headquarters of the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Director of the Trade Dispute Settlement Division (2012-2013)\, Director of the WTO Division (2010-2012)\, and Director of the FTA Implementation Division (2009-2010). \nHe has 27 years’ experience in international trade policy and negotiations\, beginning with antidumping investigations with the Korea Trade Commission (1994-1996). He has experience in a number of injury investigations in antidumping and safeguards cases and was involved in changing the bifurcated (dumping and injury) system to the unitary system in 1996. He was the lead negotiator on trade remedies during the KORUS FTA negotiations (2006-2007) and also played a key role in follow-up processes including legal scrubbing and additional negotiations\, as well as political ratification process in both the Korean National Assembly and the United States Congress (2008-2011). Before his work on the KORUS FTA\, a major portion of his career involved implementation of WTO agreements\, WTO dispute settlements\, preparations for new WTO rounds\, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations (1998-2004). \nHis earlier overseas assignments include the Korean Mission in Geneva (2004-2007) and the Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire (2007-2009). \nHe received his Master’s degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School (2001) and Bachelor’s degree (LLB) from Seoul National University (1992). \nHe is a member of the New York Bar\, and is married with three children. \nTroy Stangarone – Korea Economic Institute \nTroy Stangarone is Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). He oversees KEI’s trade and economic related initiatives\, as well as the Institute’s relations with Capitol Hill and the Washington\, DC trade community. As part of his broader portfolio\, he serves as the editor for KEI’s flagship publication\, Korea’s Economy\, and oversees KEI’s blog\, The Peninsula. \nMr. Stangarone has written extensively and has been widely quoted on U.S.-Korea relations\, South Korean trade and foreign policy\, and North Korea. His work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy\, CNBC\, CNN\, the South China Morning Post\, East Asia Forum\, China-US Focus\, the JoongAng Ilbo\, and the Korea Herald. His comments have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, CNN\, Politico\, Chosun Ilbo\, Donga Ilbo\, JoongAng Daily\, and Yonhap News Service. He has also appeared on TV and radio for outlets such as Bloomberg News\, CNBC Asia\, and BBC Radio. \nIn addition to his work at KEI\, Mr. Stangarone is a member of the International Council of Korean Studies Board and the Korea-America Student Conference’s National Advisory Committee. He is a columnist for the Korea Times and a regular contributor to The Diplomat. He was also a 2012-2013 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in South Korea\, sponsored by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. \nPrior to joining KEI\, Mr. Stangarone worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Robert Torricelli on issues relating to foreign affairs and trade. He also served as an aide to Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. He holds a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Memphis. \n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nOPEN TO ALL\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:Town Hall | US-Korea Relations in a New Era | Jan 28 @ 5:30 CT
DESCRIPTION:You Are Invited to Our Global Town Hall\nThe Future of Korea Project\nUnited States-Republic of Korea Relations\nJoin us for a conversation with distinguished speakers from\nUnited States Department of State\nEmbassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States\nKorean Economic Institute\n\nKeynote Remarks \n \nHon. Bob Rolfe \nCommissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development \n  \nPanelists \n \nMarc Knapper\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan\, U.S. State Department \nHon. YoungJae Kim\, Economic Minister\, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the U.S. \nTroy Stangarone\, Korea Economic Institute \nThursday\, January 28\, 2021\n5:30-7:00pm CT\nThis program is presented by the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, the World Affairs Councils of America and the Korea Economic Institute in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\, the Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. \nREGISTER BELOW \nBob Rolfe – Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development \nBob Rolfe was sworn in on January 19\, 2019 by Governor Bill Lee to serve as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. The department is responsible for recruiting business and industry to the state\, supporting existing companies\, expanding economic opportunities across rural Tennessee and boosting the state’s overall economic prosperity. \nRolfe has served as TNECD commissioner since March 2017. Under his leadership\, TNECD has increased Tennessee’s global footprint. During Rolfe’s tenure\, he has led Tennessee’s efforts in the recruitment and expansion of over 130 international projects\, which represent an investment of $6.5 billion and 21\,000 job commitments. \nTNECD has placed a major focus on job creation and community development in rural Tennessee. Since 2017\, the department has provided more than $380 million in funding to rural communities throughout the state. In addition\, companies have invested $7 billion and committed to create 27\,500 new jobs in rural communities. \nRolfe has more than three decades of experience in business and investment banking in Tennessee. Before joining TNECD\, he held the position of CEO of Medical Reimbursements of America\, Inc.\, a company that provides specialty reimbursement solutions to improve financial performance for hospitals and health systems nationwide. Prior to his time at MRA\, Rolfe co-founded West End Holdings in 2011\, a Nashville-based private equity partnership. He spent the first 18 years of his career as an investment banker at J.C. Bradford and Co. \nRolfe received his E.M.B.A. from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University and his B.S. from the University of Alabama’s School of Commerce and Business Administration. He and his wife\, Kathy\, have been married for over 37 years and have three grown children and one grandchild. He is a member of First Presbyterian Church in Nashville\, where he has served as an elder for two decades. \nMarc Tapper – US State Department \nMarc Knapper\, a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State\, has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan since August 2018. Prior to assuming this position\, Marc was in Seoul as Chargé d’Affaires from 2017 to 2018 and Deputy Chief of Mission from 2015 to 2016.  Earlier assignments include Director for India Affairs\, Director for Japanese Affairs\, and multiple postings in Tokyo\, Seoul\, Hanoi\, and Baghdad. \nMarc has twice worked in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: in 1997 as the State Department representative to the Spent Fuel Team at the Yongbyon nuclear facility and in 2000 as a member of the advance team for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s visit to Pyongyang. \nMarc is a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award\, the nation’s highest diplomatic honor. Marc has also received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and the Department of State’s Linguist of the Year Award. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University\, and also studied at the University of Tokyo\, Middlebury College’s intensive Japanese program\, the Army War College\, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI program.  Mr. Knapper speaks Korean\, Japanese\, and Vietnamese. \nYoungJae Kim – Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S. \nYoungjae Kim is a Korean government official and diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since December 2020\, he serves as Economic Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington\, DC. Prior to this post\, he was Director-General for International Economic Affairs (2019-2020) in Seoul\, in which capacity he oversaw Korea’s participation in multilateral fora such as G20\, APEC\, OECD\, and WEF (World Economic Forum) including summit meetings\, and supervised the negotiation\, conclusion and implementation of economic treaties on the avoidance of double taxation and investment protection\, as well as on trade. Before that\, he was Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs (2018) managing economic relations with Korea’s major economic partners. \nHe was Minister-Counselor at the Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2016-2018)\, where he worked on the bilateral Korea-Saudi political relationship and regional Middle Eastern affairs. Before that\, he was the Economic Counselor in the Embassy in Washington\, DC (2013-2016)\, where he focused on the Korea-U.S. bilateral trade relationship\, including the implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)\, Korea’s possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)\, and global trade issues including negotiations and dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). \nHe has also served in the headquarters of the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Director of the Trade Dispute Settlement Division (2012-2013)\, Director of the WTO Division (2010-2012)\, and Director of the FTA Implementation Division (2009-2010). \nHe has 27 years’ experience in international trade policy and negotiations\, beginning with antidumping investigations with the Korea Trade Commission (1994-1996). He has experience in a number of injury investigations in antidumping and safeguards cases and was involved in changing the bifurcated (dumping and injury) system to the unitary system in 1996. He was the lead negotiator on trade remedies during the KORUS FTA negotiations (2006-2007) and also played a key role in follow-up processes including legal scrubbing and additional negotiations\, as well as political ratification process in both the Korean National Assembly and the United States Congress (2008-2011). Before his work on the KORUS FTA\, a major portion of his career involved implementation of WTO agreements\, WTO dispute settlements\, preparations for new WTO rounds\, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations (1998-2004). \nHis earlier overseas assignments include the Korean Mission in Geneva (2004-2007) and the Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire (2007-2009). \nHe received his Master’s degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School (2001) and Bachelor’s degree (LLB) from Seoul National University (1992). \nHe is a member of the New York Bar\, and is married with three children. \nTroy Stangarone – Korea Economic Institute \nTroy Stangarone is Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). He oversees KEI’s trade and economic related initiatives\, as well as the Institute’s relations with Capitol Hill and the Washington\, DC trade community. As part of his broader portfolio\, he serves as the editor for KEI’s flagship publication\, Korea’s Economy\, and oversees KEI’s blog\, The Peninsula. \nMr. Stangarone has written extensively and has been widely quoted on U.S.-Korea relations\, South Korean trade and foreign policy\, and North Korea. His work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy\, CNBC\, CNN\, the South China Morning Post\, East Asia Forum\, China-US Focus\, the JoongAng Ilbo\, and the Korea Herald. His comments have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, CNN\, Politico\, Chosun Ilbo\, Donga Ilbo\, JoongAng Daily\, and Yonhap News Service. He has also appeared on TV and radio for outlets such as Bloomberg News\, CNBC Asia\, and BBC Radio. \nIn addition to his work at KEI\, Mr. Stangarone is a member of the International Council of Korean Studies Board and the Korea-America Student Conference’s National Advisory Committee. He is a columnist for the Korea Times and a regular contributor to The Diplomat. He was also a 2012-2013 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in South Korea\, sponsored by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. \nPrior to joining KEI\, Mr. Stangarone worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Robert Torricelli on issues relating to foreign affairs and trade. He also served as an aide to Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. He holds a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Memphis. \n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nOPEN TO ALL\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Town Hall | US-Korea Relations in a New Era | Jan 28 @ 5:30 CT
DESCRIPTION:You Are Invited to Our Global Town Hall\nThe Future of Korea Project\nUnited States-Republic of Korea Relations\nJoin us for a conversation with distinguished speakers from\nUnited States Department of State\nEmbassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States\nKorean Economic Institute\n\nKeynote Remarks \n \nHon. Bob Rolfe \nCommissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development \n  \nPanelists \n \nMarc Knapper\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan\, U.S. State Department \nHon. YoungJae Kim\, Economic Minister\, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the U.S. \nTroy Stangarone\, Korea Economic Institute \nThursday\, January 28\, 2021\n5:30-7:00pm CT\nThis program is presented by the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, the World Affairs Councils of America and the Korea Economic Institute in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\, the Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. \nREGISTER BELOW \nBob Rolfe – Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development \nBob Rolfe was sworn in on January 19\, 2019 by Governor Bill Lee to serve as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. The department is responsible for recruiting business and industry to the state\, supporting existing companies\, expanding economic opportunities across rural Tennessee and boosting the state’s overall economic prosperity. \nRolfe has served as TNECD commissioner since March 2017. Under his leadership\, TNECD has increased Tennessee’s global footprint. During Rolfe’s tenure\, he has led Tennessee’s efforts in the recruitment and expansion of over 130 international projects\, which represent an investment of $6.5 billion and 21\,000 job commitments. \nTNECD has placed a major focus on job creation and community development in rural Tennessee. Since 2017\, the department has provided more than $380 million in funding to rural communities throughout the state. In addition\, companies have invested $7 billion and committed to create 27\,500 new jobs in rural communities. \nRolfe has more than three decades of experience in business and investment banking in Tennessee. Before joining TNECD\, he held the position of CEO of Medical Reimbursements of America\, Inc.\, a company that provides specialty reimbursement solutions to improve financial performance for hospitals and health systems nationwide. Prior to his time at MRA\, Rolfe co-founded West End Holdings in 2011\, a Nashville-based private equity partnership. He spent the first 18 years of his career as an investment banker at J.C. Bradford and Co. \nRolfe received his E.M.B.A. from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University and his B.S. from the University of Alabama’s School of Commerce and Business Administration. He and his wife\, Kathy\, have been married for over 37 years and have three grown children and one grandchild. He is a member of First Presbyterian Church in Nashville\, where he has served as an elder for two decades. \nMarc Tapper – US State Department \nMarc Knapper\, a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State\, has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan since August 2018. Prior to assuming this position\, Marc was in Seoul as Chargé d’Affaires from 2017 to 2018 and Deputy Chief of Mission from 2015 to 2016.  Earlier assignments include Director for India Affairs\, Director for Japanese Affairs\, and multiple postings in Tokyo\, Seoul\, Hanoi\, and Baghdad. \nMarc has twice worked in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: in 1997 as the State Department representative to the Spent Fuel Team at the Yongbyon nuclear facility and in 2000 as a member of the advance team for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s visit to Pyongyang. \nMarc is a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award\, the nation’s highest diplomatic honor. Marc has also received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and the Department of State’s Linguist of the Year Award. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University\, and also studied at the University of Tokyo\, Middlebury College’s intensive Japanese program\, the Army War College\, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI program.  Mr. Knapper speaks Korean\, Japanese\, and Vietnamese. \nYoungJae Kim – Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S. \nYoungjae Kim is a Korean government official and diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since December 2020\, he serves as Economic Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington\, DC. Prior to this post\, he was Director-General for International Economic Affairs (2019-2020) in Seoul\, in which capacity he oversaw Korea’s participation in multilateral fora such as G20\, APEC\, OECD\, and WEF (World Economic Forum) including summit meetings\, and supervised the negotiation\, conclusion and implementation of economic treaties on the avoidance of double taxation and investment protection\, as well as on trade. Before that\, he was Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs (2018) managing economic relations with Korea’s major economic partners. \nHe was Minister-Counselor at the Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2016-2018)\, where he worked on the bilateral Korea-Saudi political relationship and regional Middle Eastern affairs. Before that\, he was the Economic Counselor in the Embassy in Washington\, DC (2013-2016)\, where he focused on the Korea-U.S. bilateral trade relationship\, including the implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)\, Korea’s possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)\, and global trade issues including negotiations and dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). \nHe has also served in the headquarters of the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Director of the Trade Dispute Settlement Division (2012-2013)\, Director of the WTO Division (2010-2012)\, and Director of the FTA Implementation Division (2009-2010). \nHe has 27 years’ experience in international trade policy and negotiations\, beginning with antidumping investigations with the Korea Trade Commission (1994-1996). He has experience in a number of injury investigations in antidumping and safeguards cases and was involved in changing the bifurcated (dumping and injury) system to the unitary system in 1996. He was the lead negotiator on trade remedies during the KORUS FTA negotiations (2006-2007) and also played a key role in follow-up processes including legal scrubbing and additional negotiations\, as well as political ratification process in both the Korean National Assembly and the United States Congress (2008-2011). Before his work on the KORUS FTA\, a major portion of his career involved implementation of WTO agreements\, WTO dispute settlements\, preparations for new WTO rounds\, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations (1998-2004). \nHis earlier overseas assignments include the Korean Mission in Geneva (2004-2007) and the Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire (2007-2009). \nHe received his Master’s degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School (2001) and Bachelor’s degree (LLB) from Seoul National University (1992). \nHe is a member of the New York Bar\, and is married with three children. \nTroy Stangarone – Korea Economic Institute \nTroy Stangarone is Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). He oversees KEI’s trade and economic related initiatives\, as well as the Institute’s relations with Capitol Hill and the Washington\, DC trade community. As part of his broader portfolio\, he serves as the editor for KEI’s flagship publication\, Korea’s Economy\, and oversees KEI’s blog\, The Peninsula. \nMr. Stangarone has written extensively and has been widely quoted on U.S.-Korea relations\, South Korean trade and foreign policy\, and North Korea. His work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy\, CNBC\, CNN\, the South China Morning Post\, East Asia Forum\, China-US Focus\, the JoongAng Ilbo\, and the Korea Herald. His comments have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, CNN\, Politico\, Chosun Ilbo\, Donga Ilbo\, JoongAng Daily\, and Yonhap News Service. He has also appeared on TV and radio for outlets such as Bloomberg News\, CNBC Asia\, and BBC Radio. \nIn addition to his work at KEI\, Mr. Stangarone is a member of the International Council of Korean Studies Board and the Korea-America Student Conference’s National Advisory Committee. He is a columnist for the Korea Times and a regular contributor to The Diplomat. He was also a 2012-2013 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in South Korea\, sponsored by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. \nPrior to joining KEI\, Mr. Stangarone worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Robert Torricelli on issues relating to foreign affairs and trade. He also served as an aide to Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. He holds a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Memphis. \n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nOPEN TO ALL\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:Business Insiders Brief | U.S.-South Korea Commercial Relations | Jan 28 @ 9am CT
DESCRIPTION:You Are Invited to an International Business Council Seminar\nThe Future of Korea Project\nUnited States-Republic of Korea Business Relations\nJoin us for a conversation with distinguished speakers from\nUnited States Department of State\nEmbassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States\nKorean Economic Institute\nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9:00-10:00 am CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nSpeakers \n \nHon. Marc Knapper\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan\, U.S. State Department \nHon. YoungJae Kim\, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the U.S. \nTroy Stangarone\, Senior Director\, Korea Economic Institute \nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9-10:00 am CT\nThis program is presented by the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, the World Affairs Councils of America and the Korea Economic Institute in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\, the Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. \nREGISTER BELOW \nMarc Tapper – US State Department \nMarc Knapper\, a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State\, has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan since August 2018. Prior to assuming this position\, Marc was in Seoul as Chargé d’Affaires from 2017 to 2018 and Deputy Chief of Mission from 2015 to 2016.  Earlier assignments include Director for India Affairs\, Director for Japanese Affairs\, and multiple postings in Tokyo\, Seoul\, Hanoi\, and Baghdad. \nMarc has twice worked in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: in 1997 as the State Department representative to the Spent Fuel Team at the Yongbyon nuclear facility and in 2000 as a member of the advance team for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s visit to Pyongyang. \nMarc is a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award\, the nation’s highest diplomatic honor. Marc has also received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and the Department of State’s Linguist of the Year Award. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University\, and also studied at the University of Tokyo\, Middlebury College’s intensive Japanese program\, the Army War College\, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI program.  Mr. Knapper speaks Korean\, Japanese\, and Vietnamese. \nYoungJae Kim – Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S. \nYoungjae Kim is a Korean government official and diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since December 2020\, he serves as Economic Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington\, DC. Prior to this post\, he was Director-General for International Economic Affairs (2019-2020) in Seoul\, in which capacity he oversaw Korea’s participation in multilateral fora such as G20\, APEC\, OECD\, and WEF (World Economic Forum) including summit meetings\, and supervised the negotiation\, conclusion and implementation of economic treaties on the avoidance of double taxation and investment protection\, as well as on trade. Before that\, he was Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs (2018) managing economic relations with Korea’s major economic partners. \nHe was Minister-Counselor at the Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2016-2018)\, where he worked on the bilateral Korea-Saudi political relationship and regional Middle Eastern affairs. Before that\, he was the Economic Counselor in the Embassy in Washington\, DC (2013-2016)\, where he focused on the Korea-U.S. bilateral trade relationship\, including the implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)\, Korea’s possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)\, and global trade issues including negotiations and dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). \nHe has also served in the headquarters of the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Director of the Trade Dispute Settlement Division (2012-2013)\, Director of the WTO Division (2010-2012)\, and Director of the FTA Implementation Division (2009-2010). \nHe has 27 years’ experience in international trade policy and negotiations\, beginning with antidumping investigations with the Korea Trade Commission (1994-1996). He has experience in a number of injury investigations in antidumping and safeguards cases and was involved in changing the bifurcated (dumping and injury) system to the unitary system in 1996. He was the lead negotiator on trade remedies during the KORUS FTA negotiations (2006-2007) and also played a key role in follow-up processes including legal scrubbing and additional negotiations\, as well as political ratification process in both the Korean National Assembly and the United States Congress (2008-2011). Before his work on the KORUS FTA\, a major portion of his career involved implementation of WTO agreements\, WTO dispute settlements\, preparations for new WTO rounds\, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations (1998-2004). \nHis earlier overseas assignments include the Korean Mission in Geneva (2004-2007) and the Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire (2007-2009). \nHe received his Master’s degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School (2001) and Bachelor’s degree (LLB) from Seoul National University (1992). \nHe is a member of the New York Bar\, and is married with three children. \nTroy Stangarone – Korea Economic Institute \nTroy Stangarone is Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). He oversees KEI’s trade and economic related initiatives\, as well as the Institute’s relations with Capitol Hill and the Washington\, DC trade community. As part of his broader portfolio\, he serves as the editor for KEI’s flagship publication\, Korea’s Economy\, and oversees KEI’s blog\, The Peninsula. \nMr. Stangarone has written extensively and has been widely quoted on U.S.-Korea relations\, South Korean trade and foreign policy\, and North Korea. His work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy\, CNBC\, CNN\, the South China Morning Post\, East Asia Forum\, China-US Focus\, the JoongAng Ilbo\, and the Korea Herald. His comments have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, CNN\, Politico\, Chosun Ilbo\, Donga Ilbo\, JoongAng Daily\, and Yonhap News Service. He has also appeared on TV and radio for outlets such as Bloomberg News\, CNBC Asia\, and BBC Radio. \nIn addition to his work at KEI\, Mr. Stangarone is a member of the International Council of Korean Studies Board and the Korea-America Student Conference’s National Advisory Committee. He is a columnist for the Korea Times and a regular contributor to The Diplomat. He was also a 2012-2013 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in South Korea\, sponsored by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. \nPrior to joining KEI\, Mr. Stangarone worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Robert Torricelli on issues relating to foreign affairs and trade. He also served as an aide to Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. He holds a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Memphis. \n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nOPEN TO ALL\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
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CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Business Insiders Brief | U.S.-South Korea Commercial Relations | Jan 28 @ 9am CT
DESCRIPTION:You Are Invited to an International Business Council Seminar\nThe Future of Korea Project\nUnited States-Republic of Korea Business Relations\nJoin us for a conversation with distinguished speakers from\nUnited States Department of State\nEmbassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States\nKorean Economic Institute\nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9:00-10:00 am CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nSpeakers \n \nHon. Marc Knapper\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan\, U.S. State Department \nHon. YoungJae Kim\, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the U.S. \nTroy Stangarone\, Senior Director\, Korea Economic Institute \nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9-10:00 am CT\nThis program is presented by the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, the World Affairs Councils of America and the Korea Economic Institute in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\, the Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. \nREGISTER BELOW \nMarc Tapper – US State Department \nMarc Knapper\, a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State\, has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan since August 2018. Prior to assuming this position\, Marc was in Seoul as Chargé d’Affaires from 2017 to 2018 and Deputy Chief of Mission from 2015 to 2016.  Earlier assignments include Director for India Affairs\, Director for Japanese Affairs\, and multiple postings in Tokyo\, Seoul\, Hanoi\, and Baghdad. \nMarc has twice worked in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: in 1997 as the State Department representative to the Spent Fuel Team at the Yongbyon nuclear facility and in 2000 as a member of the advance team for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s visit to Pyongyang. \nMarc is a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award\, the nation’s highest diplomatic honor. Marc has also received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and the Department of State’s Linguist of the Year Award. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University\, and also studied at the University of Tokyo\, Middlebury College’s intensive Japanese program\, the Army War College\, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI program.  Mr. Knapper speaks Korean\, Japanese\, and Vietnamese. \nYoungJae Kim – Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S. \nYoungjae Kim is a Korean government official and diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since December 2020\, he serves as Economic Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington\, DC. Prior to this post\, he was Director-General for International Economic Affairs (2019-2020) in Seoul\, in which capacity he oversaw Korea’s participation in multilateral fora such as G20\, APEC\, OECD\, and WEF (World Economic Forum) including summit meetings\, and supervised the negotiation\, conclusion and implementation of economic treaties on the avoidance of double taxation and investment protection\, as well as on trade. Before that\, he was Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs (2018) managing economic relations with Korea’s major economic partners. \nHe was Minister-Counselor at the Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2016-2018)\, where he worked on the bilateral Korea-Saudi political relationship and regional Middle Eastern affairs. Before that\, he was the Economic Counselor in the Embassy in Washington\, DC (2013-2016)\, where he focused on the Korea-U.S. bilateral trade relationship\, including the implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)\, Korea’s possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)\, and global trade issues including negotiations and dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). \nHe has also served in the headquarters of the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Director of the Trade Dispute Settlement Division (2012-2013)\, Director of the WTO Division (2010-2012)\, and Director of the FTA Implementation Division (2009-2010). \nHe has 27 years’ experience in international trade policy and negotiations\, beginning with antidumping investigations with the Korea Trade Commission (1994-1996). He has experience in a number of injury investigations in antidumping and safeguards cases and was involved in changing the bifurcated (dumping and injury) system to the unitary system in 1996. He was the lead negotiator on trade remedies during the KORUS FTA negotiations (2006-2007) and also played a key role in follow-up processes including legal scrubbing and additional negotiations\, as well as political ratification process in both the Korean National Assembly and the United States Congress (2008-2011). Before his work on the KORUS FTA\, a major portion of his career involved implementation of WTO agreements\, WTO dispute settlements\, preparations for new WTO rounds\, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations (1998-2004). \nHis earlier overseas assignments include the Korean Mission in Geneva (2004-2007) and the Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire (2007-2009). \nHe received his Master’s degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School (2001) and Bachelor’s degree (LLB) from Seoul National University (1992). \nHe is a member of the New York Bar\, and is married with three children. \nTroy Stangarone – Korea Economic Institute \nTroy Stangarone is Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). He oversees KEI’s trade and economic related initiatives\, as well as the Institute’s relations with Capitol Hill and the Washington\, DC trade community. As part of his broader portfolio\, he serves as the editor for KEI’s flagship publication\, Korea’s Economy\, and oversees KEI’s blog\, The Peninsula. \nMr. Stangarone has written extensively and has been widely quoted on U.S.-Korea relations\, South Korean trade and foreign policy\, and North Korea. His work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy\, CNBC\, CNN\, the South China Morning Post\, East Asia Forum\, China-US Focus\, the JoongAng Ilbo\, and the Korea Herald. His comments have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, CNN\, Politico\, Chosun Ilbo\, Donga Ilbo\, JoongAng Daily\, and Yonhap News Service. He has also appeared on TV and radio for outlets such as Bloomberg News\, CNBC Asia\, and BBC Radio. \nIn addition to his work at KEI\, Mr. Stangarone is a member of the International Council of Korean Studies Board and the Korea-America Student Conference’s National Advisory Committee. He is a columnist for the Korea Times and a regular contributor to The Diplomat. He was also a 2012-2013 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in South Korea\, sponsored by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. \nPrior to joining KEI\, Mr. Stangarone worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Robert Torricelli on issues relating to foreign affairs and trade. He also served as an aide to Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. He holds a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Memphis. \n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nOPEN TO ALL\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
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CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Business Insiders Brief | U.S.-South Korea Commercial Relations | Jan 28 @ 9am CT
DESCRIPTION:You Are Invited to an International Business Council Seminar\nThe Future of Korea Project\nUnited States-Republic of Korea Business Relations\nJoin us for a conversation with distinguished speakers from\nUnited States Department of State\nEmbassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States\nKorean Economic Institute\nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9:00-10:00 am CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nSpeakers \n \nHon. Marc Knapper\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan\, U.S. State Department \nHon. YoungJae Kim\, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the U.S. \nTroy Stangarone\, Senior Director\, Korea Economic Institute \nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9-10:00 am CT\nThis program is presented by the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, the World Affairs Councils of America and the Korea Economic Institute in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\, the Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. \nREGISTER BELOW \nMarc Tapper – US State Department \nMarc Knapper\, a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State\, has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan since August 2018. Prior to assuming this position\, Marc was in Seoul as Chargé d’Affaires from 2017 to 2018 and Deputy Chief of Mission from 2015 to 2016.  Earlier assignments include Director for India Affairs\, Director for Japanese Affairs\, and multiple postings in Tokyo\, Seoul\, Hanoi\, and Baghdad. \nMarc has twice worked in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: in 1997 as the State Department representative to the Spent Fuel Team at the Yongbyon nuclear facility and in 2000 as a member of the advance team for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s visit to Pyongyang. \nMarc is a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award\, the nation’s highest diplomatic honor. Marc has also received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and the Department of State’s Linguist of the Year Award. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University\, and also studied at the University of Tokyo\, Middlebury College’s intensive Japanese program\, the Army War College\, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI program.  Mr. Knapper speaks Korean\, Japanese\, and Vietnamese. \nYoungJae Kim – Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S. \nYoungjae Kim is a Korean government official and diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since December 2020\, he serves as Economic Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington\, DC. Prior to this post\, he was Director-General for International Economic Affairs (2019-2020) in Seoul\, in which capacity he oversaw Korea’s participation in multilateral fora such as G20\, APEC\, OECD\, and WEF (World Economic Forum) including summit meetings\, and supervised the negotiation\, conclusion and implementation of economic treaties on the avoidance of double taxation and investment protection\, as well as on trade. Before that\, he was Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs (2018) managing economic relations with Korea’s major economic partners. \nHe was Minister-Counselor at the Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2016-2018)\, where he worked on the bilateral Korea-Saudi political relationship and regional Middle Eastern affairs. Before that\, he was the Economic Counselor in the Embassy in Washington\, DC (2013-2016)\, where he focused on the Korea-U.S. bilateral trade relationship\, including the implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)\, Korea’s possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)\, and global trade issues including negotiations and dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). \nHe has also served in the headquarters of the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Director of the Trade Dispute Settlement Division (2012-2013)\, Director of the WTO Division (2010-2012)\, and Director of the FTA Implementation Division (2009-2010). \nHe has 27 years’ experience in international trade policy and negotiations\, beginning with antidumping investigations with the Korea Trade Commission (1994-1996). He has experience in a number of injury investigations in antidumping and safeguards cases and was involved in changing the bifurcated (dumping and injury) system to the unitary system in 1996. He was the lead negotiator on trade remedies during the KORUS FTA negotiations (2006-2007) and also played a key role in follow-up processes including legal scrubbing and additional negotiations\, as well as political ratification process in both the Korean National Assembly and the United States Congress (2008-2011). Before his work on the KORUS FTA\, a major portion of his career involved implementation of WTO agreements\, WTO dispute settlements\, preparations for new WTO rounds\, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations (1998-2004). \nHis earlier overseas assignments include the Korean Mission in Geneva (2004-2007) and the Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire (2007-2009). \nHe received his Master’s degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School (2001) and Bachelor’s degree (LLB) from Seoul National University (1992). \nHe is a member of the New York Bar\, and is married with three children. \nTroy Stangarone – Korea Economic Institute \nTroy Stangarone is Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). He oversees KEI’s trade and economic related initiatives\, as well as the Institute’s relations with Capitol Hill and the Washington\, DC trade community. As part of his broader portfolio\, he serves as the editor for KEI’s flagship publication\, Korea’s Economy\, and oversees KEI’s blog\, The Peninsula. \nMr. Stangarone has written extensively and has been widely quoted on U.S.-Korea relations\, South Korean trade and foreign policy\, and North Korea. His work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy\, CNBC\, CNN\, the South China Morning Post\, East Asia Forum\, China-US Focus\, the JoongAng Ilbo\, and the Korea Herald. His comments have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, CNN\, Politico\, Chosun Ilbo\, Donga Ilbo\, JoongAng Daily\, and Yonhap News Service. He has also appeared on TV and radio for outlets such as Bloomberg News\, CNBC Asia\, and BBC Radio. \nIn addition to his work at KEI\, Mr. Stangarone is a member of the International Council of Korean Studies Board and the Korea-America Student Conference’s National Advisory Committee. He is a columnist for the Korea Times and a regular contributor to The Diplomat. He was also a 2012-2013 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in South Korea\, sponsored by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. \nPrior to joining KEI\, Mr. Stangarone worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Robert Torricelli on issues relating to foreign affairs and trade. He also served as an aide to Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. He holds a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Memphis. \n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nOPEN TO ALL\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/u-s-korea-business-relations-jan-28/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Business Insiders Brief | U.S.-South Korea Commercial Relations | Jan 28 @ 9am CT
DESCRIPTION:You Are Invited to an International Business Council Seminar\nThe Future of Korea Project\nUnited States-Republic of Korea Business Relations\nJoin us for a conversation with distinguished speakers from\nUnited States Department of State\nEmbassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States\nKorean Economic Institute\nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9:00-10:00 am CT\nREGISTER BELOW \nSpeakers \n \nHon. Marc Knapper\, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan\, U.S. State Department \nHon. YoungJae Kim\, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the U.S. \nTroy Stangarone\, Senior Director\, Korea Economic Institute \nThursday\, January 28\, 2021 @ 9-10:00 am CT\nThis program is presented by the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, the World Affairs Councils of America and the Korea Economic Institute in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\, the Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. \nREGISTER BELOW \nMarc Tapper – US State Department \nMarc Knapper\, a member of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State\, has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan since August 2018. Prior to assuming this position\, Marc was in Seoul as Chargé d’Affaires from 2017 to 2018 and Deputy Chief of Mission from 2015 to 2016.  Earlier assignments include Director for India Affairs\, Director for Japanese Affairs\, and multiple postings in Tokyo\, Seoul\, Hanoi\, and Baghdad. \nMarc has twice worked in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: in 1997 as the State Department representative to the Spent Fuel Team at the Yongbyon nuclear facility and in 2000 as a member of the advance team for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s visit to Pyongyang. \nMarc is a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award\, the nation’s highest diplomatic honor. Marc has also received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and the Department of State’s Linguist of the Year Award. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University\, and also studied at the University of Tokyo\, Middlebury College’s intensive Japanese program\, the Army War College\, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI program.  Mr. Knapper speaks Korean\, Japanese\, and Vietnamese. \nYoungJae Kim – Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S. \nYoungjae Kim is a Korean government official and diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since December 2020\, he serves as Economic Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington\, DC. Prior to this post\, he was Director-General for International Economic Affairs (2019-2020) in Seoul\, in which capacity he oversaw Korea’s participation in multilateral fora such as G20\, APEC\, OECD\, and WEF (World Economic Forum) including summit meetings\, and supervised the negotiation\, conclusion and implementation of economic treaties on the avoidance of double taxation and investment protection\, as well as on trade. Before that\, he was Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs (2018) managing economic relations with Korea’s major economic partners. \nHe was Minister-Counselor at the Korean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2016-2018)\, where he worked on the bilateral Korea-Saudi political relationship and regional Middle Eastern affairs. Before that\, he was the Economic Counselor in the Embassy in Washington\, DC (2013-2016)\, where he focused on the Korea-U.S. bilateral trade relationship\, including the implementation of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)\, Korea’s possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)\, and global trade issues including negotiations and dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization (WTO). \nHe has also served in the headquarters of the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Director of the Trade Dispute Settlement Division (2012-2013)\, Director of the WTO Division (2010-2012)\, and Director of the FTA Implementation Division (2009-2010). \nHe has 27 years’ experience in international trade policy and negotiations\, beginning with antidumping investigations with the Korea Trade Commission (1994-1996). He has experience in a number of injury investigations in antidumping and safeguards cases and was involved in changing the bifurcated (dumping and injury) system to the unitary system in 1996. He was the lead negotiator on trade remedies during the KORUS FTA negotiations (2006-2007) and also played a key role in follow-up processes including legal scrubbing and additional negotiations\, as well as political ratification process in both the Korean National Assembly and the United States Congress (2008-2011). Before his work on the KORUS FTA\, a major portion of his career involved implementation of WTO agreements\, WTO dispute settlements\, preparations for new WTO rounds\, and the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations (1998-2004). \nHis earlier overseas assignments include the Korean Mission in Geneva (2004-2007) and the Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire (2007-2009). \nHe received his Master’s degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School (2001) and Bachelor’s degree (LLB) from Seoul National University (1992). \nHe is a member of the New York Bar\, and is married with three children. \nTroy Stangarone – Korea Economic Institute \nTroy Stangarone is Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). He oversees KEI’s trade and economic related initiatives\, as well as the Institute’s relations with Capitol Hill and the Washington\, DC trade community. As part of his broader portfolio\, he serves as the editor for KEI’s flagship publication\, Korea’s Economy\, and oversees KEI’s blog\, The Peninsula. \nMr. Stangarone has written extensively and has been widely quoted on U.S.-Korea relations\, South Korean trade and foreign policy\, and North Korea. His work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy\, CNBC\, CNN\, the South China Morning Post\, East Asia Forum\, China-US Focus\, the JoongAng Ilbo\, and the Korea Herald. His comments have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, Bloomberg News\, CNN\, Politico\, Chosun Ilbo\, Donga Ilbo\, JoongAng Daily\, and Yonhap News Service. He has also appeared on TV and radio for outlets such as Bloomberg News\, CNBC Asia\, and BBC Radio. \nIn addition to his work at KEI\, Mr. Stangarone is a member of the International Council of Korean Studies Board and the Korea-America Student Conference’s National Advisory Committee. He is a columnist for the Korea Times and a regular contributor to The Diplomat. He was also a 2012-2013 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in South Korea\, sponsored by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. \nPrior to joining KEI\, Mr. Stangarone worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Robert Torricelli on issues relating to foreign affairs and trade. He also served as an aide to Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. He holds a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Memphis. \n\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nOPEN TO ALL\nYOUR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED\n\n*Registration required. Follow EventBrite’s instructions.\nCheck here for guidance on EventBrite process.\nTrouble Registering? Email Pat@TNWAC.org\n\n\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/u-s-korea-business-relations-jan-28-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Jan 27
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – January 27\, 2021\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nTOPICS FOR JANUARY 27\, 2021 \n\nRenewing U.S. Global Engagement\nBanning Nuclear Weapons: A New Treaty Takes Effect\nNavalny Jailed\, Russians Take to the Streets\n\n \nREGISTER BELOW \n \n  \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n[raw] \n\n \n \n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-jan-27-2-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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