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SUMMARY:New World Order: The Middle East | Dec 17
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to collaborate with our friends at the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg\nto present this important program.\n \nYou Are Invited\nNew World Order: The Middle East\nBiden Takes Over\n \nAmy Tachco\nOffice of Regional and Multilateral Affairs\, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs\, U.S. Department of State\nDecember 17\, 2020 @ 5p.m. CT\nPresident-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take office on January 20 and their administration is likely to be far different from the one led by President Donald Trump.  TNWAC is pleased to join WACH in a discussions with experts in domestic and foreign affairs to discuss how the world is likely to change in 2021. \nJoin us 5 p.m. (Central Time) Thursday\, Dec. 17 for our conversation  with  Amy Tachco\, director of the Office of Regional And Multilateral Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. We will open with remarks from Irina Karmanova\, from the State Department Office of Public Liaison. \n \nABOUT AMY TACHCO \nAmy Tachco joined the Foreign Service in 2002 after a brief stint in finance in New York.  She has served in Karachi\, Casablanca\, Madrid (twice)\, Beirut\, and in Washington in the Bureaus of Near Eastern and African Affairs.  She served as Political Counselor at U.S. Embassy Damascus in the run-up to closure of the Mission in 2012\, and was Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations under Ambassadors Samantha Power and Nikki Haley. She also served as Foreign Policy Adviser to the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet Commander in Manama\, Bahrain.  A graduate of Smith College and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva\, she speaks French\, Spanish\, Italian\, and Arabic. \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. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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SUMMARY:New World Order: The Middle East | Dec 17
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to collaborate with our friends at the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg\nto present this important program.\n \nYou Are Invited\nNew World Order: The Middle East\nBiden Takes Over\n \nAmy Tachco\nOffice of Regional and Multilateral Affairs\, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs\, U.S. Department of State\nDecember 17\, 2020 @ 5p.m. CT\nPresident-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take office on January 20 and their administration is likely to be far different from the one led by President Donald Trump.  TNWAC is pleased to join WACH in a discussions with experts in domestic and foreign affairs to discuss how the world is likely to change in 2021. \nJoin us 5 p.m. (Central Time) Thursday\, Dec. 17 for our conversation  with  Amy Tachco\, director of the Office of Regional And Multilateral Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. We will open with remarks from Irina Karmanova\, from the State Department Office of Public Liaison. \n \nABOUT AMY TACHCO \nAmy Tachco joined the Foreign Service in 2002 after a brief stint in finance in New York.  She has served in Karachi\, Casablanca\, Madrid (twice)\, Beirut\, and in Washington in the Bureaus of Near Eastern and African Affairs.  She served as Political Counselor at U.S. Embassy Damascus in the run-up to closure of the Mission in 2012\, and was Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations under Ambassadors Samantha Power and Nikki Haley. She also served as Foreign Policy Adviser to the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet Commander in Manama\, Bahrain.  A graduate of Smith College and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva\, she speaks French\, Spanish\, Italian\, and Arabic. \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. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Dec 16
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – December 16\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\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[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:UN75: The Journey Continues | Special Program | Dec 9
DESCRIPTION:UN75: The Journey Continues\nYou’re Invited to Our Special Roundtable\nCelebrating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and understanding its challenges going forward.\n \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWednesday December 9th\n ET 7-8:15 | CT 6-7:15 | MT 5-6:15\nWelcome: Matthew Hughes\, Executive Director\, International Relations Council\, Kansas City \nIntroduction: Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nKeynote: Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering \nModerator: Joyce Davis\, President\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg \nPanel: \n\nHon Gérard Araud\, former Ambassador of France to the United States and former Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations (Confirmed)\nLinda Fasulo\, NPR Correspondent at the UN\, author “An Insider’s Guide to the UN” (Confirmed)\nSamuel Rushay\, Supervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum (Confirmed)\nDustin Liu\, UNA USA Youth Representative\n\n \n \nSPONSORS \nInterested in sponsoring this special roundtable on “UN75: The Journey Continues”? Contact Patrick Ryan (pat@tnwac.org | 931.261.2353) \nThis joint World Affairs Councils program is made possible by individuals and institutions like you\, including these. \nThanks to Nashville Cordell Hull Chapter UNA-USA President Bob Teague and our friends in the Chapter for the generous support of this program. \n \nThanks to an individual providing a $1\,000 contribution in the name of the UN Association USA\, Greater Kansas City Chapter. \n \n \nThomas Pickering \nAmbassador Thomas R. Pickering served as the U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations in New York under President George H.W. Bush. Tom led the U.S. effort to build a global coalition in the UN Security Council during and after the first Gulf War. He also served as the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Bill Clinton. \nTom holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador\, the highest in the U.S. Foreign Service. In a diplomatic career spanning five decades\, he was U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation\, India\, Israel\, El Salvador\, Nigeria\, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He also served on assignments in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. In Washington\, Tom was Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans\, Environmental and Scientific Affairs\, Executive Secretary of the Department of State\, and Special Assistant to Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger. \nAfter government\, he was the Senior Vice President\, International Relations\, of The Boeing Company. In this role\, Tom was responsible for Boeing’s relations with foreign governments and the company’s transition to a global organization. Prior to that\, he was briefly the president of the Eurasia Foundation\, a Washington-based organization that makes small grants and loans in the states of the former Soviet Union. \nIn 2012\, Tom chaired the Benghazi Accountability Review Board at the State Department. \nIn 1956\, Tom entered into active duty in the U.S. Navy\, and later served in the Naval Reserve to the grade of Lieutenant Commander. He was assigned to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department\, later to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency\, and served in Geneva as political adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the 18-Nation Disarmament Conference. \nTom serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is active in a number of not-for-profit boards\, including the International Crisis Group\, where he was previously Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Board; the current Chairman of the Boards of the American Academy of Diplomacy\, the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs\, and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. He has been a Trustee at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Institute\, among other organizations. Tom maintains close\, high-level contacts in all the countries in which he has served\, as well as in Europe. \nHe received a bachelor’s degree\, cum laude\, with high honors in history\, from Bowdoin College. Tom received a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Melbourne in Australia\, and received a second master’s degree there. Tom received an honorary doctor-in-laws degree from Bowdoin College\, and has received similar honors from 12 other universities. \nHe received the Distinguished Presidential Award and the Department of State’s highest award\, the Distinguished Service Award. Tom is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies. He speaks French\, Spanish\, and Swahili and has some fluency in Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Russian. \nGérard Araud \nAmbassador Araud was a French diplomat for more than three decades\, earning the highest rank in the French diplomatic service\, “Ambassadeur de France.” He served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He was also France’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and France’s Ambassador to Israel. \nAraud held numerous other senior positions within the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development\, including Director General for Political Affairs and Security and Director for Strategic Affairs\, Security\, and Disarmament (2000-2003). He also served as the French negotiator on the Iranian nuclear issue from 2006 to 2009. \nAmbassador Araud is a trustee of the International Crisis Group and a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is a regular contributor on international affairs for the French weekly Le Point\, French BFM TV\, and French public radio. He is also frequently interviewed by CNN International\, the BBC\, and other English-language media. \nAmbassador Araud is based in New York. \nLinda Fasulo \nLinda Fasulo is a journalist and author specializing in the United Nations and US foreign policy. Based at the United Nations\, Linda is UN Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC as well as a long-time independent correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). She also worked for several years as special UN correspondent for US News and World Report. \nHer book\, An Insider’s Guide to the UN\, published by Yale University Press\, was selected by School Library Journal as one of the best adult books for high school students and has received much critical acclaim. Tom Brokaw\, NBC News writes\, “No one knows the big picture and inner workings of the UN better than Linda Fasulo. This book is must-read for anyone interested in international affairs\,” and Joseph S. Nye\, of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government says that the book “will become the indispensable source on the United Nations for everyone from students to diplomats. I keep it handy on my desk.” An updated second edition of An Insider’s Guide to the UN will be published next year. \nLinda is an honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association\, and she has served as an officer and board member of the Overseas Press Club and the United Nations Correspondents Association. \nSam Rushay \nSupervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.  Sam Rushay has worked at the National Archives and Records Administration for 27 years. He is the supervisory archivist at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence\, MO\, where he worked as an archivist from 1993-1997. From 1997-2007\, he was an archivist and subject matter expert at the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff at the National Archives in College Park\, Maryland. Rushay has published articles about Richard Nixon and Harry Truman. A Columbus\, Ohio\, native\, he earned a B.A. in U.S. History from Ohio State University and obtained a M.A. and Ph.D. in U.S. history from Ohio University.\n  \nhttps://youtu.be/oQVdf5Eib6g \n  \n\nAcross this anniversary year\, we have engaged in a global conversation. And the results are striking. People are thinking big – they are also expressing an intense yearning for international cooperation and global solidarity. Now is the time to respond to these aspirations and realize these aims. In this 75th anniversary year\, we face our own 1945 moment. We must meet that moment. We must show unity like never before to overcome today’s emergency\, get the world moving and working and prospering again\, and uphold the vision of the Charter. \n–UN Secretary-General António Guterres \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWorld Affairs Councils are independent\, nonpartisan organizations dedicated to engaging the public and leading global voices to better understand the world\, America’s international role\, and the policy choices that impact our daily lives and our future. \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:UN75: The Journey Continues | Special Program | Dec 9
DESCRIPTION:UN75: The Journey Continues\nYou’re Invited to Our Special Roundtable\nCelebrating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and understanding its challenges going forward.\n \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWednesday December 9th\n ET 7-8:15 | CT 6-7:15 | MT 5-6:15\nWelcome: Matthew Hughes\, Executive Director\, International Relations Council\, Kansas City \nIntroduction: Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nKeynote: Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering \nModerator: Joyce Davis\, President\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg \nPanel: \n\nHon Gérard Araud\, former Ambassador of France to the United States and former Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations (Confirmed)\nLinda Fasulo\, NPR Correspondent at the UN\, author “An Insider’s Guide to the UN” (Confirmed)\nSamuel Rushay\, Supervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum (Confirmed)\nDustin Liu\, UNA USA Youth Representative\n\n \n \nSPONSORS \nInterested in sponsoring this special roundtable on “UN75: The Journey Continues”? Contact Patrick Ryan (pat@tnwac.org | 931.261.2353) \nThis joint World Affairs Councils program is made possible by individuals and institutions like you\, including these. \nThanks to Nashville Cordell Hull Chapter UNA-USA President Bob Teague and our friends in the Chapter for the generous support of this program. \n \nThanks to an individual providing a $1\,000 contribution in the name of the UN Association USA\, Greater Kansas City Chapter. \n \n \nThomas Pickering \nAmbassador Thomas R. Pickering served as the U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations in New York under President George H.W. Bush. Tom led the U.S. effort to build a global coalition in the UN Security Council during and after the first Gulf War. He also served as the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Bill Clinton. \nTom holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador\, the highest in the U.S. Foreign Service. In a diplomatic career spanning five decades\, he was U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation\, India\, Israel\, El Salvador\, Nigeria\, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He also served on assignments in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. In Washington\, Tom was Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans\, Environmental and Scientific Affairs\, Executive Secretary of the Department of State\, and Special Assistant to Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger. \nAfter government\, he was the Senior Vice President\, International Relations\, of The Boeing Company. In this role\, Tom was responsible for Boeing’s relations with foreign governments and the company’s transition to a global organization. Prior to that\, he was briefly the president of the Eurasia Foundation\, a Washington-based organization that makes small grants and loans in the states of the former Soviet Union. \nIn 2012\, Tom chaired the Benghazi Accountability Review Board at the State Department. \nIn 1956\, Tom entered into active duty in the U.S. Navy\, and later served in the Naval Reserve to the grade of Lieutenant Commander. He was assigned to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department\, later to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency\, and served in Geneva as political adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the 18-Nation Disarmament Conference. \nTom serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is active in a number of not-for-profit boards\, including the International Crisis Group\, where he was previously Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Board; the current Chairman of the Boards of the American Academy of Diplomacy\, the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs\, and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. He has been a Trustee at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Institute\, among other organizations. Tom maintains close\, high-level contacts in all the countries in which he has served\, as well as in Europe. \nHe received a bachelor’s degree\, cum laude\, with high honors in history\, from Bowdoin College. Tom received a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Melbourne in Australia\, and received a second master’s degree there. Tom received an honorary doctor-in-laws degree from Bowdoin College\, and has received similar honors from 12 other universities. \nHe received the Distinguished Presidential Award and the Department of State’s highest award\, the Distinguished Service Award. Tom is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies. He speaks French\, Spanish\, and Swahili and has some fluency in Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Russian. \nGérard Araud \nAmbassador Araud was a French diplomat for more than three decades\, earning the highest rank in the French diplomatic service\, “Ambassadeur de France.” He served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He was also France’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and France’s Ambassador to Israel. \nAraud held numerous other senior positions within the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development\, including Director General for Political Affairs and Security and Director for Strategic Affairs\, Security\, and Disarmament (2000-2003). He also served as the French negotiator on the Iranian nuclear issue from 2006 to 2009. \nAmbassador Araud is a trustee of the International Crisis Group and a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is a regular contributor on international affairs for the French weekly Le Point\, French BFM TV\, and French public radio. He is also frequently interviewed by CNN International\, the BBC\, and other English-language media. \nAmbassador Araud is based in New York. \nLinda Fasulo \nLinda Fasulo is a journalist and author specializing in the United Nations and US foreign policy. Based at the United Nations\, Linda is UN Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC as well as a long-time independent correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). She also worked for several years as special UN correspondent for US News and World Report. \nHer book\, An Insider’s Guide to the UN\, published by Yale University Press\, was selected by School Library Journal as one of the best adult books for high school students and has received much critical acclaim. Tom Brokaw\, NBC News writes\, “No one knows the big picture and inner workings of the UN better than Linda Fasulo. This book is must-read for anyone interested in international affairs\,” and Joseph S. Nye\, of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government says that the book “will become the indispensable source on the United Nations for everyone from students to diplomats. I keep it handy on my desk.” An updated second edition of An Insider’s Guide to the UN will be published next year. \nLinda is an honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association\, and she has served as an officer and board member of the Overseas Press Club and the United Nations Correspondents Association. \nSam Rushay \nSupervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.  Sam Rushay has worked at the National Archives and Records Administration for 27 years. He is the supervisory archivist at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence\, MO\, where he worked as an archivist from 1993-1997. From 1997-2007\, he was an archivist and subject matter expert at the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff at the National Archives in College Park\, Maryland. Rushay has published articles about Richard Nixon and Harry Truman. A Columbus\, Ohio\, native\, he earned a B.A. in U.S. History from Ohio State University and obtained a M.A. and Ph.D. in U.S. history from Ohio University.\n  \nhttps://youtu.be/oQVdf5Eib6g \n  \n\nAcross this anniversary year\, we have engaged in a global conversation. And the results are striking. People are thinking big – they are also expressing an intense yearning for international cooperation and global solidarity. Now is the time to respond to these aspirations and realize these aims. In this 75th anniversary year\, we face our own 1945 moment. We must meet that moment. We must show unity like never before to overcome today’s emergency\, get the world moving and working and prospering again\, and uphold the vision of the Charter. \n–UN Secretary-General António Guterres \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWorld Affairs Councils are independent\, nonpartisan organizations dedicated to engaging the public and leading global voices to better understand the world\, America’s international role\, and the policy choices that impact our daily lives and our future. \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:UN75: The Journey Continues | Special Program | Dec 9
DESCRIPTION:UN75: The Journey Continues\nYou’re Invited to Our Special Roundtable\nCelebrating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and understanding its challenges going forward.\n \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWednesday December 9th\n ET 7-8:15 | CT 6-7:15 | MT 5-6:15\nWelcome: Matthew Hughes\, Executive Director\, International Relations Council\, Kansas City \nIntroduction: Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nKeynote: Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering \nModerator: Joyce Davis\, President\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg \nPanel: \n\nHon Gérard Araud\, former Ambassador of France to the United States and former Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations (Confirmed)\nLinda Fasulo\, NPR Correspondent at the UN\, author “An Insider’s Guide to the UN” (Confirmed)\nSamuel Rushay\, Supervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum (Confirmed)\nDustin Liu\, UNA USA Youth Representative\n\n \n \nSPONSORS \nInterested in sponsoring this special roundtable on “UN75: The Journey Continues”? Contact Patrick Ryan (pat@tnwac.org | 931.261.2353) \nThis joint World Affairs Councils program is made possible by individuals and institutions like you\, including these. \nThanks to Nashville Cordell Hull Chapter UNA-USA President Bob Teague and our friends in the Chapter for the generous support of this program. \n \nThanks to an individual providing a $1\,000 contribution in the name of the UN Association USA\, Greater Kansas City Chapter. \n \n \nThomas Pickering \nAmbassador Thomas R. Pickering served as the U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations in New York under President George H.W. Bush. Tom led the U.S. effort to build a global coalition in the UN Security Council during and after the first Gulf War. He also served as the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Bill Clinton. \nTom holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador\, the highest in the U.S. Foreign Service. In a diplomatic career spanning five decades\, he was U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation\, India\, Israel\, El Salvador\, Nigeria\, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He also served on assignments in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. In Washington\, Tom was Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans\, Environmental and Scientific Affairs\, Executive Secretary of the Department of State\, and Special Assistant to Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger. \nAfter government\, he was the Senior Vice President\, International Relations\, of The Boeing Company. In this role\, Tom was responsible for Boeing’s relations with foreign governments and the company’s transition to a global organization. Prior to that\, he was briefly the president of the Eurasia Foundation\, a Washington-based organization that makes small grants and loans in the states of the former Soviet Union. \nIn 2012\, Tom chaired the Benghazi Accountability Review Board at the State Department. \nIn 1956\, Tom entered into active duty in the U.S. Navy\, and later served in the Naval Reserve to the grade of Lieutenant Commander. He was assigned to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department\, later to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency\, and served in Geneva as political adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the 18-Nation Disarmament Conference. \nTom serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is active in a number of not-for-profit boards\, including the International Crisis Group\, where he was previously Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Board; the current Chairman of the Boards of the American Academy of Diplomacy\, the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs\, and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. He has been a Trustee at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Institute\, among other organizations. Tom maintains close\, high-level contacts in all the countries in which he has served\, as well as in Europe. \nHe received a bachelor’s degree\, cum laude\, with high honors in history\, from Bowdoin College. Tom received a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Melbourne in Australia\, and received a second master’s degree there. Tom received an honorary doctor-in-laws degree from Bowdoin College\, and has received similar honors from 12 other universities. \nHe received the Distinguished Presidential Award and the Department of State’s highest award\, the Distinguished Service Award. Tom is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies. He speaks French\, Spanish\, and Swahili and has some fluency in Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Russian. \nGérard Araud \nAmbassador Araud was a French diplomat for more than three decades\, earning the highest rank in the French diplomatic service\, “Ambassadeur de France.” He served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He was also France’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and France’s Ambassador to Israel. \nAraud held numerous other senior positions within the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development\, including Director General for Political Affairs and Security and Director for Strategic Affairs\, Security\, and Disarmament (2000-2003). He also served as the French negotiator on the Iranian nuclear issue from 2006 to 2009. \nAmbassador Araud is a trustee of the International Crisis Group and a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is a regular contributor on international affairs for the French weekly Le Point\, French BFM TV\, and French public radio. He is also frequently interviewed by CNN International\, the BBC\, and other English-language media. \nAmbassador Araud is based in New York. \nLinda Fasulo \nLinda Fasulo is a journalist and author specializing in the United Nations and US foreign policy. Based at the United Nations\, Linda is UN Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC as well as a long-time independent correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). She also worked for several years as special UN correspondent for US News and World Report. \nHer book\, An Insider’s Guide to the UN\, published by Yale University Press\, was selected by School Library Journal as one of the best adult books for high school students and has received much critical acclaim. Tom Brokaw\, NBC News writes\, “No one knows the big picture and inner workings of the UN better than Linda Fasulo. This book is must-read for anyone interested in international affairs\,” and Joseph S. Nye\, of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government says that the book “will become the indispensable source on the United Nations for everyone from students to diplomats. I keep it handy on my desk.” An updated second edition of An Insider’s Guide to the UN will be published next year. \nLinda is an honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association\, and she has served as an officer and board member of the Overseas Press Club and the United Nations Correspondents Association. \nSam Rushay \nSupervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.  Sam Rushay has worked at the National Archives and Records Administration for 27 years. He is the supervisory archivist at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence\, MO\, where he worked as an archivist from 1993-1997. From 1997-2007\, he was an archivist and subject matter expert at the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff at the National Archives in College Park\, Maryland. Rushay has published articles about Richard Nixon and Harry Truman. A Columbus\, Ohio\, native\, he earned a B.A. in U.S. History from Ohio State University and obtained a M.A. and Ph.D. in U.S. history from Ohio University.\n  \nhttps://youtu.be/oQVdf5Eib6g \n  \n\nAcross this anniversary year\, we have engaged in a global conversation. And the results are striking. People are thinking big – they are also expressing an intense yearning for international cooperation and global solidarity. Now is the time to respond to these aspirations and realize these aims. In this 75th anniversary year\, we face our own 1945 moment. We must meet that moment. We must show unity like never before to overcome today’s emergency\, get the world moving and working and prospering again\, and uphold the vision of the Charter. \n–UN Secretary-General António Guterres \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWorld Affairs Councils are independent\, nonpartisan organizations dedicated to engaging the public and leading global voices to better understand the world\, America’s international role\, and the policy choices that impact our daily lives and our future. \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:UN75: The Journey Continues | Special Program | Dec 9
DESCRIPTION:UN75: The Journey Continues\nYou’re Invited to Our Special Roundtable\nCelebrating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and understanding its challenges going forward.\n \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWednesday December 9th\n ET 7-8:15 | CT 6-7:15 | MT 5-6:15\nWelcome: Matthew Hughes\, Executive Director\, International Relations Council\, Kansas City \nIntroduction: Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nKeynote: Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering \nModerator: Joyce Davis\, President\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg \nPanel: \n\nHon Gérard Araud\, former Ambassador of France to the United States and former Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations (Confirmed)\nLinda Fasulo\, NPR Correspondent at the UN\, author “An Insider’s Guide to the UN” (Confirmed)\nSamuel Rushay\, Supervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum (Confirmed)\nDustin Liu\, UNA USA Youth Representative\n\n \n \nSPONSORS \nInterested in sponsoring this special roundtable on “UN75: The Journey Continues”? Contact Patrick Ryan (pat@tnwac.org | 931.261.2353) \nThis joint World Affairs Councils program is made possible by individuals and institutions like you\, including these. \nThanks to Nashville Cordell Hull Chapter UNA-USA President Bob Teague and our friends in the Chapter for the generous support of this program. \n \nThanks to an individual providing a $1\,000 contribution in the name of the UN Association USA\, Greater Kansas City Chapter. \n \n \nThomas Pickering \nAmbassador Thomas R. Pickering served as the U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations in New York under President George H.W. Bush. Tom led the U.S. effort to build a global coalition in the UN Security Council during and after the first Gulf War. He also served as the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Bill Clinton. \nTom holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador\, the highest in the U.S. Foreign Service. In a diplomatic career spanning five decades\, he was U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation\, India\, Israel\, El Salvador\, Nigeria\, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He also served on assignments in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. In Washington\, Tom was Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans\, Environmental and Scientific Affairs\, Executive Secretary of the Department of State\, and Special Assistant to Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger. \nAfter government\, he was the Senior Vice President\, International Relations\, of The Boeing Company. In this role\, Tom was responsible for Boeing’s relations with foreign governments and the company’s transition to a global organization. Prior to that\, he was briefly the president of the Eurasia Foundation\, a Washington-based organization that makes small grants and loans in the states of the former Soviet Union. \nIn 2012\, Tom chaired the Benghazi Accountability Review Board at the State Department. \nIn 1956\, Tom entered into active duty in the U.S. Navy\, and later served in the Naval Reserve to the grade of Lieutenant Commander. He was assigned to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department\, later to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency\, and served in Geneva as political adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the 18-Nation Disarmament Conference. \nTom serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is active in a number of not-for-profit boards\, including the International Crisis Group\, where he was previously Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Board; the current Chairman of the Boards of the American Academy of Diplomacy\, the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs\, and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. He has been a Trustee at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Institute\, among other organizations. Tom maintains close\, high-level contacts in all the countries in which he has served\, as well as in Europe. \nHe received a bachelor’s degree\, cum laude\, with high honors in history\, from Bowdoin College. Tom received a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Melbourne in Australia\, and received a second master’s degree there. Tom received an honorary doctor-in-laws degree from Bowdoin College\, and has received similar honors from 12 other universities. \nHe received the Distinguished Presidential Award and the Department of State’s highest award\, the Distinguished Service Award. Tom is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies. He speaks French\, Spanish\, and Swahili and has some fluency in Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Russian. \nGérard Araud \nAmbassador Araud was a French diplomat for more than three decades\, earning the highest rank in the French diplomatic service\, “Ambassadeur de France.” He served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He was also France’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and France’s Ambassador to Israel. \nAraud held numerous other senior positions within the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development\, including Director General for Political Affairs and Security and Director for Strategic Affairs\, Security\, and Disarmament (2000-2003). He also served as the French negotiator on the Iranian nuclear issue from 2006 to 2009. \nAmbassador Araud is a trustee of the International Crisis Group and a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is a regular contributor on international affairs for the French weekly Le Point\, French BFM TV\, and French public radio. He is also frequently interviewed by CNN International\, the BBC\, and other English-language media. \nAmbassador Araud is based in New York. \nLinda Fasulo \nLinda Fasulo is a journalist and author specializing in the United Nations and US foreign policy. Based at the United Nations\, Linda is UN Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC as well as a long-time independent correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). She also worked for several years as special UN correspondent for US News and World Report. \nHer book\, An Insider’s Guide to the UN\, published by Yale University Press\, was selected by School Library Journal as one of the best adult books for high school students and has received much critical acclaim. Tom Brokaw\, NBC News writes\, “No one knows the big picture and inner workings of the UN better than Linda Fasulo. This book is must-read for anyone interested in international affairs\,” and Joseph S. Nye\, of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government says that the book “will become the indispensable source on the United Nations for everyone from students to diplomats. I keep it handy on my desk.” An updated second edition of An Insider’s Guide to the UN will be published next year. \nLinda is an honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association\, and she has served as an officer and board member of the Overseas Press Club and the United Nations Correspondents Association. \nSam Rushay \nSupervisory Archivist\, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.  Sam Rushay has worked at the National Archives and Records Administration for 27 years. He is the supervisory archivist at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence\, MO\, where he worked as an archivist from 1993-1997. From 1997-2007\, he was an archivist and subject matter expert at the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff at the National Archives in College Park\, Maryland. Rushay has published articles about Richard Nixon and Harry Truman. A Columbus\, Ohio\, native\, he earned a B.A. in U.S. History from Ohio State University and obtained a M.A. and Ph.D. in U.S. history from Ohio University.\n  \nhttps://youtu.be/oQVdf5Eib6g \n  \n\nAcross this anniversary year\, we have engaged in a global conversation. And the results are striking. People are thinking big – they are also expressing an intense yearning for international cooperation and global solidarity. Now is the time to respond to these aspirations and realize these aims. In this 75th anniversary year\, we face our own 1945 moment. We must meet that moment. We must show unity like never before to overcome today’s emergency\, get the world moving and working and prospering again\, and uphold the vision of the Charter. \n–UN Secretary-General António Guterres \nPresented by Members of the World Affairs Councils of America\nWorldDenver\, International Relations Council – Kansas City\, World Affairs Council of Harrisburg and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\nWorld Affairs Councils are independent\, nonpartisan organizations dedicated to engaging the public and leading global voices to better understand the world\, America’s international role\, and the policy choices that impact our daily lives and our future. \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Dec 9
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – December 9\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n  \nHere’s our December 9th topics:\n\n\n\n2021 – What’s in Store for America in the World\n\n\nIran: Maximum Pressure at the Barrel of a Gun\n\n\nBrexit: Disorderly Conduct\n\n\n\n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\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[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:Kate Burke\, Alliance Bernstein COO | Global Nashville with Karl Dean | Dec 8
DESCRIPTION:> \n\nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean\n \n\nKarl Dean\, former Nashville Mayor talks with community leaders about the things that make \nNashville a global city.\nJoin Mayor Dean For a Conversation With \nKate Burke\nChief Operating Officer\, Alliance Bernstein\n \nTuesday\, December 8\, 2020\n7:00 p.m. CT\nRegister below \n  \nChief Operating Officer Kate Burke who oversaw the relocation of AB’s New York office to Nashville will join former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean on Tuesday\, December 8\, 2020 at 7pm CT on our “Global Nashville with Karl Dean” Webinar to talk about: the choice of Nashville for its corporate expansion\, the company’s international operations\, and its integration into the fabric of the community. You are invited to join the conversation. \nYou may have seen the AllianceBernstein (AB) sign go up on the tower rising at Fifth+Broadway. The new permanent downtown offices for AB will complete the investment of $11.4 million and creation of 200 new jobs in Nashville\, as noted by “BusinessFacilities.com.” The expansion of the global financial firm that has approximately $623 million in assets under management and offices in 25 countries is one of Tennessee’s most consequential economic development wins in recent years\, according to Governor Bill Lee. He said\, “The creation of hundreds of quality jobs will provide tremendous benefits to the entire Middle Tennessee region.” \nThe importance of the AB investment was echoed by TNECD Commissioner Bob Rolfe who said\, “It’s hard to overstate how significant AB’s commitment to Nashville is for our state. Once fully operational\, AB will have more than 1\,250 employees here in Middle Tennessee\, making it one of downtown Nashville’s largest employers. We’re incredibly honored that a company of this caliber has so quickly established deep roots in Tennessee and continues to create extremely well-paying and high-quality jobs in Nashville.” \nOn Opening Business in Nashville: \n“We focused around what was culturally important to us\, which was our diverse population in New York. We wanted to move to a city and find a community in which (our employees) would feel comfortable.” \n“We consistently kept hearing\, here in Nashville\, just how much people recognized the positives and the challenges of what the city was going through\, and there was a collective responsibility to solve it and that… was very appealing\, because not only did that align well with our corporate values\, but it also let us see that we can come here and be a good corporate citizen as well.” \nKate Burke\,  Vanderbilt Distinguished Speaker Series\, October 16\, 2019 \n“As AB continues to plant roots in Nashville and Middle Tennessee\, we have been so grateful for the warm welcome our firm has received from this vibrant and growing region. Nashville’s core values and talents are an excellent match for our firm\, and we look forward to expanding our presence here. We are committed to being a member of Nashville’s vital business community and contributing to and investing in the city’s continued success.” \nAB President and CEO Seth Bernstein \n“We have a global brand of music\, creativity and a very vibrant community\, a community that is open to any population from any part of the world. Nashville has been a place where people from all over the world have come to and stay here. Nashville has a great location\, very stable state and local governments and a population that is warm\, engaging and open and welcoming. We continue to promote those assets. We continue to let people know Nashville is open for business on an international basis and we see great success.  \nThere are the Bridgestones\, the Nissans\, the AllianceBernsteins — all of these big businesses that are international in nature\, they are invested here and we continue to encourage that. We find an awful lot that businesses that are looking to locate their business activity in Nashville and other places are looking for the compatibility of the community.  \n“I love to tell the story of AllianceBernsten\, because typically businesses will want to know where is their workforce coming from when they get here. AllianceBernstein was a little different. The first question they asked us was\, can you set up meetings with 22 community cultural organizations so that we can really understand what the culture of the community is.” \nRalph Schulz\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce CEO\, “Global Nashville with Karl Dean” April 14\, 2020 \n“AllianceBernstein L.P. (AB) will invest $11.4 million and create 200 additional jobs at its global headquarters in Nashville\, TN. The expansion will bring the global asset management firm’s planned investment in Nashville to more than $80 million. In May 2018\, the company announced plans to relocate its headquarters from New York City to Nashville and bring 1\,050 jobs to Middle Tennessee.” \nBusiness Facilities\, January 14\, 2020 \n  \nKate Burke is the Chief Operating Officer of AB\, responsible for overseeing Legal\, Compliance\, Corporate Communications\, Human Capital\, Corporate and Information Security\, Operations\, and Technology. She was previously chief administrative officer\, and\, prior to that\, head of Human Capital and chief talent officer. Burke has more than two decades of financial services and consulting industry experience. She joined Bernstein Research in 2004 in institutional sales\, where she rose to senior vice president and managing director\, overseeing institutional sales teams in the Midwest\, New York and Canada. Prior to joining the firm\, Burke was a manager at A.T. Kearney\, where she led client cross-divisional organizational development programs. She holds a BA in economics from College of the Holy Cross and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Location: Nashville \nAB in Nashville \n“AB is an asset-management and research firm with a unique combination of expertise\, ingenious solutions and global reach. We attract the industry’s best talent—our people have the relentless drive and ingenuity to spark innovative ideas. We’re truly global. We’ve built an extensive and integrated global footprint over five decades\, giving us the broadest possible perspective and we’re now expanding to Nashville. \n“AB is a leading global investment-management and research firm. We bring together a wide range of insights\, expertise and innovations to advance the interests of our clients around the world.” \n\n“Global Nashville with Karl Dean” is a Webinar program produced by the Tennessee World Affairs Council as part of its global affairs awareness education mission. “GNKD” features conversations with community leaders from government\, business\, nonprofits\, “new American” groups\, academia and others\, with a perspective on the issues and developments that connect to the idea of Nashville as a “global place.” The Webinar is featured on every other Tuesday at 7pm and is archived on the YouTube.com/TNWAC channel and “Global Tennessee” Podcast family. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council is a nonpartisan\, educational\, nonprofit charity that seeks to bring the world to our community. TNWAC is an IRS 501c3 registered charity and its community and education outreach efforts are made possible by individual and corporate members\, grants and gifts. \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Dec 2
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – December 2\, 2020\nSpecial Edition\n2021 – What’s in Store for America in the World\nWith Special Guest Ambassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs\nAnd The Usual Gang of Three\nAmbassador Charles (Dick) Bowers\, U.S. Foreign Service (Retired)\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia\nDr. Breck Walker\, Ph.D.\nHistorian of U.S. Foreign Policy\nLCDR Patrick Ryan\, USN(Ret)\nFormer Naval Intelligence Officer\nWednesday\, December 2\, 2020 @ 1pm CT\nRegister Below \n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \n \nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nSPECIAL GUEST \nAmbassador John C. Kornblum \nJohn C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. assistant secretary of state for European affairs\, special envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, deputy U.S. ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \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. \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. \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\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[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-dec-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Special Program | Rwanda: In the Face of Genocide | Wed 12pm
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to partner with the Nebraska World Affairs Council and the Indiana World Affairs Council to bring you a special program.  \n  \n \nTo confirm your place and to receive the Zoom link information to participate\, please make a reservation through the Eventbrite page at the Register button below. \n \nAfter making your reservation\, please watch for emails from the Eventbrite system to receive confirmation of your registration and other details you will need to join the Webinar in Zoom. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/special-program-rwanda-in-the-face-of-genocide-wed-12pm-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201202T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201202T190000
DTSTAMP:20260510T123706
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UID:44090-1606932000-1606935600@www.tnwac.org
SUMMARY:Special Program | Rwanda: In the Face of Genocide | Wed 12pm
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to partner with the Nebraska World Affairs Council and the Indiana World Affairs Council to bring you a special program.  \n  \n \nTo confirm your place and to receive the Zoom link information to participate\, please make a reservation through the Eventbrite page at the Register button below. \n \nAfter making your reservation\, please watch for emails from the Eventbrite system to receive confirmation of your registration and other details you will need to join the Webinar in Zoom. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/special-program-rwanda-in-the-face-of-genocide-wed-12pm-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201202T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201202T190000
DTSTAMP:20260510T123706
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UID:42830-1606932000-1606935600@www.tnwac.org
SUMMARY:Special Program | Rwanda: In the Face of Genocide | Wed 12pm
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to partner with the Nebraska World Affairs Council and the Indiana World Affairs Council to bring you a special program.  \n  \n \nTo confirm your place and to receive the Zoom link information to participate\, please make a reservation through the Eventbrite page at the Register button below. \n \nAfter making your reservation\, please watch for emails from the Eventbrite system to receive confirmation of your registration and other details you will need to join the Webinar in Zoom. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/special-program-rwanda-in-the-face-of-genocide-wed-12pm-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201202T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201202T190000
DTSTAMP:20260510T123706
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185901Z
UID:26540-1606932000-1606935600@www.tnwac.org
SUMMARY:Special Program | Rwanda: In the Face of Genocide | Wed 12pm
DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council is pleased to partner with the Nebraska World Affairs Council and the Indiana World Affairs Council to bring you a special program.  \n  \n \nTo confirm your place and to receive the Zoom link information to participate\, please make a reservation through the Eventbrite page at the Register button below. \n \nAfter making your reservation\, please watch for emails from the Eventbrite system to receive confirmation of your registration and other details you will need to join the Webinar in Zoom. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/special-program-rwanda-in-the-face-of-genocide-wed-12pm/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201127T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201127T180000
DTSTAMP:20260510T123706
CREATED:20201124T202633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185918Z
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SUMMARY:Special Event | Virtual International Trivia Contest | Friday 10a-12p
DESCRIPTION:Tennessee World Affairs Council expresses appreciation to our friends at  \nthe Peoria Area World Affairs Council for the invitation to participate in their trivia program. \n \nTrivia!\nSpecial Event!\nVirtual International Trivia Contest\nFriday\, November 27\n10:00 am – 12:00 pm CT\n\nSince it looks like Black Friday shopping in person may be out and we will all be quarantined with our Thanksgiving guests\, join us for some fun! \nThis International Trivia Contest will be virtual. You will play on MyQuiz.org\, with the questions being read on Zoom. \nClick here to register for some good fun and a test of how well you know the world and pay attention to the news. The Peoria Area World Affairs Council is inviting you to this contest – you are not going to want to miss these bragging rights! \nNote: the link to the game on MyQuiz will be sent to those who have registered by Friday at 8 am. MyQuiz is a free\, downloadable app. \n  \n \nLet our Peoria friends see how well Tennesseans know the world! \n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS  PARTNERS \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/special-event-virtual-international-trivia-contest/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201127T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201127T180000
DTSTAMP:20260510T123706
CREATED:20201124T202633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185948Z
UID:43006-1606492800-1606500000@www.tnwac.org
SUMMARY:Special Event | Virtual International Trivia Contest | Friday 10a-12p
DESCRIPTION:Tennessee World Affairs Council expresses appreciation to our friends at  \nthe Peoria Area World Affairs Council for the invitation to participate in their trivia program. \n \nTrivia!\nSpecial Event!\nVirtual International Trivia Contest\nFriday\, November 27\n10:00 am – 12:00 pm CT\n\nSince it looks like Black Friday shopping in person may be out and we will all be quarantined with our Thanksgiving guests\, join us for some fun! \nThis International Trivia Contest will be virtual. You will play on MyQuiz.org\, with the questions being read on Zoom. \nClick here to register for some good fun and a test of how well you know the world and pay attention to the news. The Peoria Area World Affairs Council is inviting you to this contest – you are not going to want to miss these bragging rights! \nNote: the link to the game on MyQuiz will be sent to those who have registered by Friday at 8 am. MyQuiz is a free\, downloadable app. \n  \n \nLet our Peoria friends see how well Tennesseans know the world! \n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS  PARTNERS \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/special-event-virtual-international-trivia-contest-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201127T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201127T180000
DTSTAMP:20260510T123706
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185951Z
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SUMMARY:Special Event | Virtual International Trivia Contest | Friday 10a-12p
DESCRIPTION:Tennessee World Affairs Council expresses appreciation to our friends at  \nthe Peoria Area World Affairs Council for the invitation to participate in their trivia program. \n \nTrivia!\nSpecial Event!\nVirtual International Trivia Contest\nFriday\, November 27\n10:00 am – 12:00 pm CT\n\nSince it looks like Black Friday shopping in person may be out and we will all be quarantined with our Thanksgiving guests\, join us for some fun! \nThis International Trivia Contest will be virtual. You will play on MyQuiz.org\, with the questions being read on Zoom. \nClick here to register for some good fun and a test of how well you know the world and pay attention to the news. The Peoria Area World Affairs Council is inviting you to this contest – you are not going to want to miss these bragging rights! \nNote: the link to the game on MyQuiz will be sent to those who have registered by Friday at 8 am. MyQuiz is a free\, downloadable app. \n  \n \nLet our Peoria friends see how well Tennesseans know the world! \n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS  PARTNERS \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/special-event-virtual-international-trivia-contest-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201127T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201127T180000
DTSTAMP:20260510T123706
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SUMMARY:Special Event | Virtual International Trivia Contest | Friday 10a-12p
DESCRIPTION:Tennessee World Affairs Council expresses appreciation to our friends at  \nthe Peoria Area World Affairs Council for the invitation to participate in their trivia program. \n \nTrivia!\nSpecial Event!\nVirtual International Trivia Contest\nFriday\, November 27\n10:00 am – 12:00 pm CT\n\nSince it looks like Black Friday shopping in person may be out and we will all be quarantined with our Thanksgiving guests\, join us for some fun! \nThis International Trivia Contest will be virtual. You will play on MyQuiz.org\, with the questions being read on Zoom. \nClick here to register for some good fun and a test of how well you know the world and pay attention to the news. The Peoria Area World Affairs Council is inviting you to this contest – you are not going to want to miss these bragging rights! \nNote: the link to the game on MyQuiz will be sent to those who have registered by Friday at 8 am. MyQuiz is a free\, downloadable app. \n  \n \nLet our Peoria friends see how well Tennesseans know the world! \n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS  PARTNERS \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/special-event-virtual-international-trivia-contest-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260510T123706
CREATED:20201117T173711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T190000Z
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Nov 18
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – November 18\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\nREGISTER BELOW \n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\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[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-nov-18-3/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260510T123706
CREATED:20201117T173711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T185954Z
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Nov 18
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – November 18\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\nREGISTER BELOW \n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\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[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Nov 18
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – November 18\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\nREGISTER BELOW \n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\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[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-nov-18-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Nov 18
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – November 18\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\nREGISTER BELOW \n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\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[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-nov-18-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Nov 11
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – November 11\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nREGISTER BELOW \nNovember 11th guest panelist Tim Douglas \nTopics: \n\nThe World Reacts to President-Elect Biden\nBolivia: A New President After a Tumultuous Year\nEthiopia: Looming Civil War in the Horn of Africa\n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \n \nGuest Panelist: Tim Douglas \nTimothy J. Douglas (Tim) is a native Nashvillian who received a B.S in Engineering Economics from Tulane University\, an M.A. in International Economics from the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky and an Accounting Certificate from the Stern School of Business at New York University.  He lived in New York City from 1979 – 1985 and was an interbank Eurodollar broker at Euro Brokers Harlow and worked in the bond department at Bankers Trust Company. \nTim then joined Nelson Capital Corporation\, a Nashville based merchant banking firm\, and partnered with Edward G. Nelson\, former Chairman and CEO of Commerce Union Bank.  Ed was Honorary Consul General to Japan for the State of Tennessee\, and Tim was fortunate to spend time in Japan while in an advisory capacity to the Industrial Bank of Japan with Mr. Nelson.  In 1995\, he purchased an adhesive tape distribution company and travelled to the Far East where he sourced material from China and Taiwan.  His company fabricated parts for the automotive and appliance industries\, and Tim sold the business in 2008.  He transitioned to healthcare where he managed surgery centers for four years and later operated the company’s pain management subsidiary before moving back into financial services.  He became Nashville City President for FirstBank in 2016 just prior to its becoming a publicly traded company\, and he now serves as Regional Director of Private Banking for FirstBank. \nTim has been married for over forty years and has three married children (and two grandchildren with one on the way) who live in Seattle\, Los Angeles and Nashville. \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. \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. \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\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[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-nov-11/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global Nashville with Karl Dean | "Little Kurdistan" | Nov 10
DESCRIPTION:In Association with Belmont University and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present\nNashville’s Little Kurdistan\n \nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean\n \n\n\nTuesday\, November 10 @ 7pm\n\nKarl Dean\, former Nashville Mayor talks with community leaders about the things that make\nNashville a global city.\nJoin Mayor Dean for a conversation with members of the Kurdish community in Nashville. \n\n \nTuesday\, November 10 @ 7pm\nRegister Below \nNashville is home to the largest Kurdish community in the United States. Join us for this conversation examining the fabric of our neighbors in this community. \nNawzad Hawrami is Vice President and a founding Board Member of the Salahadeen Center in Nashville. He serves as the Center’s office manager. Hawrami emigrated from Iraqi Kurdistan to Tennessee in March 1998.  Among his civic activities are: member of Nashville Mayor’s New American Advisory Council since 2014; Member of the Board of Nashville International Center for Empowerment (NICE); member of the Mayor’s Policing Policy Commission (PPC) and member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. Hawrami previously served on the New Americans Parent Association and the Mayor’s Transit and Affordability Task Force. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Hawrami is married with four children and he enjoys travel and volunteering. \nMohammad Kolkoy is head of the Executive Board of the Salahadeen Center of Nashville. He is a frequent speaker at the center during Friday religious services and for other major events.  He was educated in engineering and healthcare related computer technology. \nDilman Yasin is the Director of Community Outreach for the Kurdish Professionals\, based in Nashville\, TN. She works to amplify the voices of her community while working as a Performance Manager in the Nashville Mayor’s office. She is a graduate of Tennessee State University and received her Master’s of Science from Lipscomb University while being a mother of two. That is why she works to relay the importance of education and help people\, and especially the youth\, reach their full potential. \nAbdulsattar Recany was born and raised in Iraq in the northern city of Mosul. He moved to Duhok in Kurdistan Region of Iraq in 2005. He has  a bachelor’s degree in Translation from University of Mosul. He worked for a few non-governmental organizations\, including Research Triangle Institute\, Medical Committee Aid\, and Kurdistan Human Rights Organization. Recany also taught English to middle school students in Duhok\, Kurdistan Region. He moved to the United States of America in December 2010. He has been working for Metro Nashville Public Schools as a translation specialist since December 2012. In his free time he likes to go on walks\, spend time with his wife and four kids\, and be with his friends. \nHalmat Qazi is the Creator & Founder of Peshmerga LLC located in Nashville\, Tennessee\, where he operates the small business clothing brand. He graduated from Tennessee State University\, with a Bachelor’s degree in Speech Communication & Theatre and also holds a Master’s degree in Administration & Supervision. After graduation he worked as a Legislative Performance Auditor for the State of Tennessee for nearly seven years before leaving to start his own business. The clothing brands primary focus is to the past\, present and future of the Peshmerga through art & design. For further information please visit peshmerga.com \n \nThe Mission of the Salahadeen Center: Provide religious\, educational\, social and cultural services\, as well as community activities\, Eid Services\, and comprehensive programs for the younger generation. \nSalahadeen Center of Nashville (SCN) was established in 1998 in Nashville\, TN. SCN is a membership organization registered in the State of Tennessee as a non-profit\, tax-exempt organization.  SCN’s main objectives are the upbringing of Muslim children and serving the community. What was once a small community center\, it is now one of the largest Muslim community centers in Nashville area\, it serves South Nashville\, and towns to the south of Nashville\, such as  Antioch\, Smyrna\, La Vergne\, and Nolensville. \nSince its establishment\, the center members have grown significantly. The center now owns three buildings: the main prayer building is located in 364 Elysian Fields Court\, and it serves as the main prayer and activity building. The second building is used for the Center’s Sunday School Program\, Children Library and Youth Programs. The third building is rented out and is a grocery story. The Sunday school was established a few months after the opening of the Center with the purpose of building a strong Muslim character\, strong faith and knowledge. \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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CATEGORIES:Global Nashville
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Nov 4
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – November 4\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\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[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-nov-4/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:ELECTION 2020: America's Place in the World | Pt Two
DESCRIPTION:.\n.\n\nIn Association with the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg\, Belmont University’s Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\n.\n.\n\n.\n.\n\n\n\n.\n\n\n\nChair: Professor Thomas Schwartz\, Distinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University\nAmbassador John Kornblum\, U.S. Foreign Service (Ret)\,  Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany (Confirmed)\nAmbassador Thomas Pickering\, Distinguished Fellow\, U.S. Foreign Service (Ret)\,  Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations\, to Russia\, to India\, to Israel\, to El Salvador\, to Nigeria\, and to Jordan (Confirmed)\n\nOctober 29\, 2020\n6:30-8:00 pm Eastern Time / 5:30-7:00 pm Central Time\n\nTNWAC is launching our Election 2020 global awareness series as we prepare for the Presidential Debate hosted by our partner Belmont University on October 22nd. \nTNWAC presents interviews and panels with distinguished specialists in international affairs to prepare voters with background and context on the critical issues they should know about the world. \nTNWAC is a nonpartisan educational organization that seeks to educate the community on global affairs. \nThomas Schwartz \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is “Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography” (Hill and Wang\, 2020). The book has received considerable notice and acclaim. Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.” Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009).  \nProfessor Schwartz has held fellowships from the Social Science Research Council\, the German Historical Society\, the Norwegian Nobel Institute\, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars\, and the Center for the Study of European Integration. He has served as President of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations. He served on the United States Department of State’s Historical Advisory Committee as the representative of the Organization of American Historians from 2005-2008. Professor Schwartz received The Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching on April 3\, 2013 at the Spring Faculty Assembly\, Vanderbilt University. In 2008 Professor Schwartz received the Annual Alumni Education Award from the Vanderbilt Alumni Association. Schwartz is the recipient of the 2008 Book Award by Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order. This award is given to a faculty member who has been particularly influential in the lives and education of members of KAO. Professor Schwartz presented\, “The Arab Spring: Revolution in the Middle East\,” on April 19\, 2011\, as part of the Samuel L. Shannon Distinguished Lecture Series at Tennessee State University. Professor Schwartz has also presented lectures for the OAH Distinguished Lecturers Program. \nJohn C. Kornblum \nJohn C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. assistant secretary of state for European affairs\, special envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, deputy U.S. ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nThomas R. Pickering \nAmbassador Thomas R. Pickering served as the U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations in New York under President George H.W. Bush. Tom led the U.S. effort to build a global coalition in the UN Security Council during and after the first Gulf War. He also served as the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Bill Clinton. \nTom holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador\, the highest in the U.S. Foreign Service. In a diplomatic career spanning five decades\, he was U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation\, India\, Israel\, El Salvador\, Nigeria\, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He also served on assignments in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. In Washington\, Tom was Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans\, Environmental and Scientific Affairs\, Executive Secretary of the Department of State\, and Special Assistant to Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger. \nAfter government\, he was the Senior Vice President\, International Relations\, of The Boeing Company. In this role\, Tom was responsible for Boeing’s relations with foreign governments and the company’s transition to a global organization. Prior to that\, he was briefly the president of the Eurasia Foundation\, a Washington-based organization that makes small grants and loans in the states of the former Soviet Union. \nIn 2012\, Tom chaired the Benghazi Accountability Review Board at the State Department. \nIn 1956\, Tom entered into active duty in the U.S. Navy\, and later served in the Naval Reserve to the grade of Lieutenant Commander. He was assigned to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the State Department\, later to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency\, and served in Geneva as political adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the 18-Nation Disarmament Conference. \nTom serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is active in a number of not-for-profit boards\, including the International Crisis Group\, where he was previously Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Board; the current Chairman of the Boards of the American Academy of Diplomacy\, the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs\, and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. He has been a Trustee at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Institute\, among other organizations. Tom maintains close\, high-level contacts in all the countries in which he has served\, as well as in Europe. \nHe received a bachelor’s degree\, cum laude\, with high honors in history\, from Bowdoin College. Tom received a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Melbourne in Australia\, and received a second master’s degree there. Tom received an honorary doctor-in-laws degree from Bowdoin College\, and has received similar honors from 12 other universities. \nHe received the Distinguished Presidential Award and the Department of State’s highest award\, the Distinguished Service Award. Tom is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies. He speaks French\, Spanish\, and Swahili and has some fluency in Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Russian. \n  \nMake sure to watch part one of our “America’s Place in the World” panels\, with General John Allen\, Dr. Jessica Matthew and chair\, Professor Thomas Schwartz. \n \n  \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this event. It is through your support that we are able to bring quality global affairs programs to the community. \nYou can enroll for sponsorship through the Eventbrite ticketing below. For information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nSponsorship at the $250.00 level accords you with recognition in program materials — web site\, newsletters and social media — and with acknowledgement at the program start\, as well as admission to the program. Thank you for your support. \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\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n  \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Oct 28
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – October 28\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\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[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:Global Nashville with Karl Dean | Oct 27
DESCRIPTION:Karl Dean\, former Nashville Mayor talks with community leaders about the things that make Nashville a global city.\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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CATEGORIES:Global Nashville
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SUMMARY:Presidential Debate Watch Party | Oct 22
DESCRIPTION:Attention: Due to the popular demand for spots at our Debate Watch Party we were about to exceed our Zoom meeting capacity. We’ve added extra space to accommodate everyone who wants to join us for this special evening.\nSo\, when you sign up for a spot please consider the option of registering with a donation to the TNWAC. \nWhat we do for you is not free to us. We try to make a lot of what we do free to you but in reality we need your help to pay the bills. \nMay we suggest a gift of $20.00 at registration. Or better yet\, visit TNWAC.org/donate and contribute $5.00 a month. \n\nWe appreciate you helping us pay for the seat you’re filling.\n\n\n\nJoin us on October 22nd before\, during and after the last \nTrump-Biden debate at Belmont University via Zoom meeting.\n\nDebate Watch Party\nOctober 22\, 2020\n7:30pm CT\nVia Zoom\nRegistration below\n \n\nPre-Debate Session\nJoin the conversation with specialists on campaign operations\, polling\, media\, global affairs and other relevant fields.\n\nOur panel includes:\n\nDavid Plazas\, Opinion Engagement Editor\, “The Tennessean” (moderator)\nMark Braden\, Senior VP\, Mercury LLC\, former campaign manager for Senator Lamar Alexander.\nRachael Dean Wilson\, Director of External Affairs\, Alliance for Securing Democracy\, former Senator John McCain staff member and press assistant in McCain 2008 campaign.\nBronte Prins\, Co-Chair Global Young Professionals\, TNWAC Board\nHolly McCall\, Editor\, “Tennessee Lookout” online news\nSarah Lingo\, Executive Director\, Sister Cities of Nashville\nAmanda Knarr\, Global Account Manager\, Forrester Research; TNWAC Board \nCampbell Lahman\, Academic WorldQuest Program Rep\nPatrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\n \n\n#Bios below \nDebate Watch\nWe will host the televised debate inside our Zoom meeting so you can watch and actively share feedback with your the group.  Our guest speakers will contribute to the “chat room” conversation.\n\n\nDebate Topics:\n\nCOVID-19\nAmerican Families\nRace in America\nClimate Change\nNational Security\nLeadership\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe will provide Debate Bingo cards to participants to make watching the debate more interesting.\n\nPost-Debate\n\nDebateWatch2020 Discussion Questions – Conversation led by our panel and your participation \nGeneral Questions \n\nWhat did you learn about the candidates or issues that you did not know prior to the debate?\nWhat topics or issues discussed in the debate were most useful or informative?\nWere there issues you were hoping would be discussed that were not?\nWhat issues would you like to see discussed in subsequent debates?\n\nKeep in Mind / Guiding Principles \n\nBe open to other points of view.\nShow respect. Listen respectfully as others comment.\nLook for areas of commonality: agree where you can.\nBe focused: keep your comments focused on the debate itself.\n\n \n\n\n\nABOUT OUR PANEL \nDavid Plazas is the Opinion and Engagement Director for the USA TODAY Network newsrooms in Tennessee and The Tennessean where he serves an editorial writer\, opinion columnist\, op-ed editor and an editorial board member. He has written award-winning columns on affordable housing\, government accountability and civic engagement. He leads the acclaimed Civility Tennessee campaign. \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. \nMark Braden – Nashville-based Senior Vice President with Mercury Public Affairs\, an international bipartisan public strategy firm. Braden leads the States Practice at Mercury\, overseeing and managing public affairs campaigns from Alaska to Alabama to Albany and all points in between. Braden was the Campaign Manager for Senator Alexander’s 2014 re-election and Senator Bob Corker’s 2012 re-election. In 2008\, Braden served as the on-the-ground debate lead for Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign for all three presidential debates\, including the debate at Belmont. \nCampbell Lahman is a high school senior who dual enrolls at Columbia State Community College. She became involved in the Tennessee World Affairs Council through the Academic WorldQuest Competition. Campbell is interested in working in the foreign affairs field in the future. \nSarah Lingo has worked in Nashville and Tennessee politics for the majority of her career including with former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen in his Administration working for the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and on his 2018 bid for U.S. Senate\, and former Nashville Mayor David Briley. She completed a two-year service in the United States Peace Corps\, having served in Thailand from 2012-2014\, and was the head of Corporate Sponsorships at Nashville Zoo for three years before joining Sister Cities of Nashville. Originally from Ohio\, Lingo moved to Nashville in 2004 and it has been her home since.including U.S. banks. An article she authored\, entitled “Real Deposit Insurance Coverage at U.S. Banks\,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business and Leadership: Research\, Practice\, and Teaching. \nHolly McCall is a fixture in Tennessee media and politics\, with decades of experience. She began her journalism career covering City Hall with Suburban News Publications in Columbus\, Ohio\, and wrote for the Joplin Globe in Missouri and the Nashville Business Journal. She has served as political analyst for WZTV Fox 17 and provided communications consulting for political campaigns at all levels\, from city council to presidential. \nBronte Prins is in-house counsel and head of the legal department of Southern Land Company\, a national real estate development and construction company headquartered in Nashville. She joined the Board of Directors of TNWAC in 2019 and co-founded its young professionals group\, YP Global. Bronte is a graduate of the University of Southern California and Fordham University School of Law. \nRachael Dean Wilson is the head of external affairs at the Alliance for Securing Democracy. Rachael honed her strategic communication skills while serving in senior roles on Capitol Hill and political campaigns\, as well as working in corporate communications and PR consulting. Most recently\, Rachael served as communications director to Senator Jon Kyl and prior to that\, she was a regional PR Director at Whole Foods Market where she managed strategic\, crisis and consumer communications for the company’s Mid-Atlantic and South regions. Rachael worked for the late Senator John McCain for six years\, most recently serving as his Senate communications director and as an adviser to his reelection campaign in 2016. From 2014 to 2015\, Rachael was the vice president of public relations at a boutique communications firm\, where she built and managed the PR team\, worked with a broad range of clients and developed new business. From 2010 to 2014\, she worked as Senator McCain’s press secretary in the Senate. She began her career as a press assistant on McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. Rachael received a bachelor’s degree in communications and public service from the University of Pennsylvania. \nMission \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. \nVision \nA well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.    \nThe World Affairs Council needs your support now more than ever. With a suggested donation of $100\, you can help the Council continue to offer free and public programming to discuss critical global issues affecting Americans’ security and prosperity. \nYou can give in one of several ways:\n\nPay with your credit card via the donation button below.\nMail a check to the TNWAC Office (Fidelity 304A\, Belmont University\, 1900 Belmont Blvd.\, Nashville\, TN 37212)\nPlanned giving through a bequest. Consult the attorney who assisted with your estate planning.\nRequest a distribution from your Donor Advised Fund\nCheck with your employer to see if they will match your gift!\n\nWith the passing of the CARES Act\, most individual taxpayers will become eligible for significant tax benefits for charitable contributions made this year. Two of these benefits will be:\n\nA $300 Above-the-Line Charitable deduction\, meaning that individuals who do not itemize their deductions will be eligible to claim up to $300 of charitable deductions in 2020\, on top of the standard deduction\nModified Limitations on Cash Charitable Contributions – for 2020\, the 60% AGI limitation on cash contributions to 501(c)(3) organizations\, such as WACA\, is suspended\n\n \nPlease give to support global affairs awareness programs in the community and in your schools.  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Oct 21
DESCRIPTION:Global News Review – October 21\, 2020\n\n\nJoin our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments.\nTOPICS FOR OCTOBER 21ST \n\n1 – Mexico: Don’t Drink the Water\n2 – The Uighurs and Global Human Rights\n3 – Presidential Debates and International Affairs\n\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\, along with a little fun and your questions. \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. \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. \n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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 \n\nFREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.\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[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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