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SUMMARY:Global Nashville with Karl Dean - YPs of Nashville | Sep 15
DESCRIPTION:Global Nashville with Karl Dean – YPs of Nashville\nFormer Nashville Mayor Karl Dean hosts a conversation with Bronte Prins and Mary Love Richardson\, members of the Board of the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, about the Global Young Professionals group. \n \nJoin them for a conversation about the activities of the group including the Fall YP calendar. Follow up the Webinar with a meeting with former Mayor Dean for a conversation about what’s happening in Nashville. \nThe Global YP Group is associated with the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, a nonpartisan educational organization that works to connect our community to global affairs awareness programs and resources. \n \nThe Young Professionals group of the Tennessee World Affairs Council unites like-minded young professionals living and working in Tennessee who are interested in international affairs and global literacy. With a strong focus on networking\, YP-TNWAC is committed to creating a connected community and providing opportunities for its members to develop socially and professionally. \n \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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SUMMARY:ELECTION 2020: China: Confrontation and Conflict or Cooperation | Sep 10
DESCRIPTION:  \nChina: Confrontation and Conflict or Cooperation?\n \nTHURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 10\, 2020\nVIA ZOOM WEBINAR (Register below)\n5:30pm-7:00pm (CDT)\n  \n• Panel Chair: Dr. Susan Haynes\, PhD\n• Dr. Yang Zhong\, PhD\, Professor of Political Science\, University of Tennessee\, Knoxville (Confirmed)\n• Jeremy Goldkorn\, Editor in Chief\, SupChina.com (Confirmed)\n• John Scannapieco\, Chair Global Business Team\, Baker Donelson\, Nashville (Confirmed)\n• Bonnie S. Glaser\, Senior Adviser for Asia; Director\, China Power Project; Center for Strategic and International Studies\, Washington (Confirmed) \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 will present 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. \nTNWAC 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. \n \nDr. Susan Haynes \nSusan Turner Haynes is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Lipscomb University. Prior to her doctorate\, Haynes was selected as a Public Policy and Nuclear Threat (PPNT) fellow at the University of California\, San Diego. Haynes research specializes in Chinese nuclear strategy (Chinese Nuclear Proliferation: How Global Politics is Transforming China’s Weapons Modernization\, 2016). In addition\, Haynes has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals\, including Asian Perspectives\, Asian Security\, PS: Political Science and Politics\, Strategic Studies Quarterly\, The Nonproliferation Review\, and Comparative Strategy. She has also authored chapters in the Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy\, and has a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge volume on Nuclear Modernization. Haynes has been invited to present her research at the Department of Defense Strategic Multilayer Assessment Group and at the Air War College. Haynes is a member of the International Studies Association and American Political Science Association and serves as a board member for the Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC). She serves as sponsor of the Lipscomb Model UN club and co-sponsor of the political science honor society\, Pi Sigma Alpha. \nDr. Yang Zhong \nProfessor Zhong’s is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville. His main research interests include Chinese local government and politics\, mass political culture in China\, Sino-U.S. relations and relations between China and Taiwan. He has published two scholarly books and edited several others. He has published three scholarly books and edited several others. He has also published over 50 journal articles and book chapters. Some of his works have appeared in top political science journals such as The Journal of Politics\, Political Research Quarterly and Comparative Political Studies. Dr. Zhong also serves as an External Research Associate at China Policy Institute of the University of Nottingham. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore between January and June 2001 and between July and October 2004. Professor Zhong has received research funding from Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (USA)\, Pacific Cultural Foundation\, and the University of Tennessee. Professor Zhong has served as President of Association of Chinese Political Studies (USA). He has also served as Interim Director\, the Center for International Education\, Chair of Asian Studies Committee and Associate Head of Political Science Department at the University of Tennessee. \nMr. Jeremy Goldkorn \nJeremy Goldkorn is the founder and director of Danwei\, a research firm which began life in 2003 as a website that translated and analyzed Chinese media\, Internet\, government regulation\, and censorship. In 2009\, shortly after Goldkorn opened a consulting business in Beijing to operate the website\, it was blocked\, and the company pivoted to providing media and market research services. The Financial Times acquired Danwei in 2013. Goldkorn is an affiliate of the Australian National University’s Centre on China in the World\, and a co-editor of the China Story website and annual China Story Yearbook published by the Centre. He is is co-host of the Sinica podcast\, and founder of Great Wall Fresh\, a social enterprise to help Chinese peasant farmers run small tourism businesses catering to foreign outdoor enthusiasts. After moving to China in 1995\, Goldkorn lived in a workers’ dormitory\, founded\, edited and managed several Chinese- and English-language magazines\, ran a design firm\, produced a documentary film about African soccer players in Beijing\, and rode a bicycle from Peshawar to Kathmandu via Kashgar and Lhasa. He moved to Nashville Tennessee in 2015 and is a board member of the Tennessee China Network. \nMs. Bonnie S. Glaser \nBonnie S. Glaser is a senior adviser for Asia and the director of the China Power Project at CSIS\, where she works on issues related to Asia-Pacific security with a focus on Chinese foreign and security policy. She is concomitantly a nonresident fellow with the Lowy Institute in Sydney\, Australia\, and a senior associate with the Pacific Forum. Ms. Glaser has worked for more than three decades at the intersection of Asia-Pacific geopolitics and U.S. policy. From 2008 to mid-2015\, she was a senior adviser with the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies\, and from 2003 to 2008\, she was a senior associate in the CSIS International Security Program. Prior to joining CSIS\, she served as a consultant for various U.S. government offices\, including the Departments of Defense and State. Ms. Glaser has published widely in academic and policy journals\, including the Washington Quarterly\, China Quarterly\, Asian Survey\, International Security\, Contemporary Southeast Asia\, American Foreign Policy Interests\, Far Eastern Economic Review\, and Korean Journal of Defense Analysis\, as well as in leading newspapers such as the New York Times and International Herald Tribune and in various edited volumes on Asian security. She is also a regular contributor to the Pacific Forum web journal Comparative Connections. She is currently a board member of the U.S. Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific and a member of both the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. She served as a member of the Defense Department’s Defense Policy Board China Panel in 1997. Ms. Glaser received her B.A. in political science from Boston University and her M.A. with concentrations in international economics and Chinese studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. \n \nMr. John Scannapieco \nJohn Scannapieco is head of the global business team at Baker Donelson. He assists U.S. and foreign clients in connection with the sale or disposition of assets\, as well as the negotiation and drafting of distribution\, manufacturing\, employment and agency agreements throughout the world\, including the United States\, Central and South America\, Europe and Asia. He works with a variety of U.S.-based companies in connection with their business activities in China\, Europe\, the Americas and Africa. He also advises companies that are contemplating pursuing a China strategy\, as well as those companies that are currently doing business in China or with China-based businesses. Mr. Scannapieco serves as Honorary Consul from Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Tennessee. He is a board member of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce’s International Business Council and has served as a chairman of the board of the Japan American Society of Tennessee. He also serves as a board member for Tennessee-China Network\, Tennessee World Affairs Council and Belmont University Center for International Business. He has been recognized by Mid-South Super Lawyers in International Law. \n \nTNWAC recently spoke with Admiral Bill Owens\, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff\, about U.S.-China relations. You should watch this program before joining us for the September 10th panel on China. \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/election-2020-china-sep-10/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Sep 9
DESCRIPTION:Join our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments. \nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. [Register Below] \nTopics for September 9: \n1 – United Nations General Assembly – UNGA75 \n2 – China Military Power \n3 – TBA \n  \nHERE’S A SAMPLE \n \nClick for video on YouTube.com/TNWAC \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-sep-9/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:New Henry Kissinger Book w/Prof Thomas Schwartz | Sep 8
DESCRIPTION:CAPACITY NOTE: Our Zoom Room contains 100 seats. If we reach capacity and you receive an indication the event is “SOLD OUT” you can still watch the program on FACEBOOK LIVE. Visit the “Tennessee World Affairs Council” FaceBook page at 7:00pm EDT to join the program. \nGlobal Dialogue Special Edition | Prof. Thomas Schwartz\, author of “Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography”\n \nJoin us as we talk with Prof. Thomas Schwartz\, Distinguished Professor of History and Politics at Vanderbilt University \nABOUT THE BOOK \nThe definitive biography of Henry Kissinger―at least for those who neither revere nor revile him \nOver the past six decades\, Henry Kissinger has been America’s most consistently praised―and reviled―public figure. He was hailed as a “miracle worker” for his peacemaking in the Middle East\, pursuit of détente with the Soviet Union\, negotiation of an end to the Vietnam War\, and secret plan to open the United States to China. He was assailed from the left and from the right for his indifference to human rights\, complicity in the pointless sacrifice of American and Vietnamese lives\, and reliance on deception and intrigue. Was he a brilliant master strategist―“the 20th century’s greatest 19th century statesman”―or a cold-blooded monster who eroded America’s moral standing for the sake of self-promotion? \nIn this masterfully researched biography\, the renowned diplomatic historian Thomas Schwartz offers an authoritative\, and fair-minded\, answer to this question. While other biographers have engaged in hagiography or demonology\, Schwartz takes a measured view of his subject. He recognizes Kissinger’s successes and acknowledges that Kissinger thought seriously and with great insight about the foreign policy issues of his time\, while also recognizing his failures\, his penchant for backbiting\, and his reliance on ingratiating and fawning praise of the president as a source of power. Throughout\, Schwartz stresses Kissinger’s artful invention of himself as a celebrity diplomat and his domination of the medium of television news. He also notes Kissinger’s sensitivity to domestic and partisan politics\, complicating―and undermining―the image of the far-seeing statesman who stands above the squabbles of popular strife. \nRounded and textured\, and rich with new insights into key dilemmas of American power\, Henry Kissinger and American Power stands as an essential guide to a man whose legacy is as complex as the last sixty years of US history itself. \n \nABOUT PROFESSOR THOMAS SCHWARTZ\, PHD \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020). The book has received considerable notice and acclaim. Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.” Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nProfessor Schwartz has held fellowships from the Social Science Research Council\, the German Historical Society\, the Norwegian Nobel Institute\, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars\, and the Center for the Study of European Integration. He has served as President of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations. He served on the United States Department of State’s Historical Advisory Committee as the representative of the Organization of American Historians from 2005-2008. Professor Schwartz received The Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching on April 3\, 2013 at the Spring Faculty Assembly\, Vanderbilt University. In 2008 Professor Schwartz received the Annual Alumni Education Award from the Vanderbilt Alumni Association. Schwartz is the recipient of the 2008 Book Award by Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order. This award is given to a faculty member who has been particularly influential in the lives and education of members of KAO. Professor Schwartz presented\, “The Arab Spring: Revolution in the Middle East\,” on April 19\, 2011\, as part of the Samuel L. Shannon Distinguished Lecture Series at Tennessee State University. Professor Schwartz has also presented lectures for the OAH Distinguished Lecturers Program. \n\nTNWAC needs your support now more than ever. With a suggested donation of $100\, you can help the Council continue to offer free and public programming to discuss global issues of critical importance to Americans’ security and prosperity. \nCAPACITY NOTE:Our Zoom Room contains 100 seats. If we reach capacity and you receive an indication the event is “SOLD OUT” you can still watch the program on FACEBOOK LIVE. Visit the “Tennessee World Affairs Council” FaceBook page at 7:00pm EDT to join the program. \n  \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/new-henry-kissinger-book-w-prof-thomas-schwartz-sep-8/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 Complexities: Global Town Hall | Part 1 | Impact in the Developing World | Sep 2
DESCRIPTION:COVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \nSeptember 2\, 2020\nPanel 1 – Impact in the Developing World\n7:00p-8:30p EDT\nVia Zoom & FaceBook Live \nSeptember 3\, 2020\nPanel 2 – Global Response and the Future\n7:00-8:30p EDT\nVia Zoom & Facebook Live \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \nSEPTEMBER 2 – IMPACT IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD \n \nExamining Critical Issues in the Global Pandemic \nCOVID-19 has touched every part of the world but its effects and the reaction of different countries has been uneven. In an interconnected world we need to understand the pandemic’s impact beyond our borders. Importantly\, the progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatments is a global pursuit. There are\, as well\, already no shortage of changes made and those to come in reaction to the global catastrophe – in our communities\, technology\, health and science\, government performance\, elections\, the global economy and our lifestyles. \nA group of World Affairs Councils – nationwide\, independent\, nonpartisan educational organizations – is joining together with an international network of journalists and specialists to organize conversations over the course of two evenings in early September. The goal is to help Americans understand the impact of the pandemic in an interactive program open to all. \nWe invite you to join this unique partnership to inform and inspire Americans to know more about COVID-19’s impact around the world\, the race for a vaccine and how the vaccine has changed the world. \nOn September 2nd and 3rd journalists\, physicians\, researchers\, NGO officials and others will come together to discuss the global impact of COVID-19 and the pursuit of a vaccine. \nThe program is brought to the public in partnership with many of the nationwide networks of World Affairs Councils and an international network of journalists. \nWEDNESDAY\, SEPTEMBER 2\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel One — COVID-19: Impact in the Developing World \nThe opening night of the two-night program will begin with a scene-setting keynote from Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel\, MD\, PhD\, U Penn Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and a former advisor for health policy in the Obama White House. That will kick off a deep dive into COVID-19 beyond America’s borders. \nThrough the eyes and reporters’ notebooks of journalists based around the world we’ll learn from: Yu Fen Tsao\, Radio Free Asia’s Executive Director about “China\, WHO and the Origins of the Pandemic”; Henry Flores\, Regional Reporter Director for Unbound\, an NGO that focuses on vulnerable communities on the situation in Latin America; Linord Moudou\, VOA’s senior health reporter for Africa on COVID-19 in Africa; and Niusha Boghrati\, Radio Farda RFE/RL Iranian Service Executive Editor on the situation in Iran. \nThe conversations will be aided by questions from our worldwide audience\, consisting of nationwide World Affairs Council viewers\, the general public\, student groups and a virtual group tied in through our global network of partners. \nTHURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 3\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel Two – COVID-19: Global Response and the Future \nThe second evening of the COVID-19 Global Town Hall will focus on the responses to COVID-19 including the global pursuit of a vaccine and therapeutic remedies with a conversation with Irina Lagunina\, Senior Editor at Radio Svoboda\, Radio Free Europe’s Russian service; what was America’s response in an international context with Dr. Sandy Johnson\, Director of Global Health Affairs at the University of Denver; and how the pandemic has impacted efforts at peace and security in an already troubled world\, with Susan Stigant of the U.S. Institute of Peace. Other invited panelists will be announced. \nAs with panel one\, the Wednesday evening panel will feature a distinguished keynote speaker to focus the conversation and the participation of a nationwide audience in the United States and attendees from a global network. \n \nCOVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \n  \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \nSponsorship Contacts: \n• Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council | pat@tnwac.org | 931-261-2353 \n• Joyce Davis\, President WAC of Harrisburg | jdavis@pennlive.com | 717-255-4138 \nTHANKS TO THE COVID-19 GLOBAL TOWN HALL SPONSORS \n \nTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER \n \nHARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY \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 \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/covid-19-complexities-global-town-hall-3/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 Complexities: Global Town Hall | Part 1 | Impact in the Developing World | Sep 2
DESCRIPTION:COVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \nSeptember 2\, 2020\nPanel 1 – Impact in the Developing World\n7:00p-8:30p EDT\nVia Zoom & FaceBook Live \nSeptember 3\, 2020\nPanel 2 – Global Response and the Future\n7:00-8:30p EDT\nVia Zoom & Facebook Live \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \nSEPTEMBER 2 – IMPACT IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD \n \nExamining Critical Issues in the Global Pandemic \nCOVID-19 has touched every part of the world but its effects and the reaction of different countries has been uneven. In an interconnected world we need to understand the pandemic’s impact beyond our borders. Importantly\, the progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatments is a global pursuit. There are\, as well\, already no shortage of changes made and those to come in reaction to the global catastrophe – in our communities\, technology\, health and science\, government performance\, elections\, the global economy and our lifestyles. \nA group of World Affairs Councils – nationwide\, independent\, nonpartisan educational organizations – is joining together with an international network of journalists and specialists to organize conversations over the course of two evenings in early September. The goal is to help Americans understand the impact of the pandemic in an interactive program open to all. \nWe invite you to join this unique partnership to inform and inspire Americans to know more about COVID-19’s impact around the world\, the race for a vaccine and how the vaccine has changed the world. \nOn September 2nd and 3rd journalists\, physicians\, researchers\, NGO officials and others will come together to discuss the global impact of COVID-19 and the pursuit of a vaccine. \nThe program is brought to the public in partnership with many of the nationwide networks of World Affairs Councils and an international network of journalists. \nWEDNESDAY\, SEPTEMBER 2\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel One — COVID-19: Impact in the Developing World \nThe opening night of the two-night program will begin with a scene-setting keynote from Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel\, MD\, PhD\, U Penn Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and a former advisor for health policy in the Obama White House. That will kick off a deep dive into COVID-19 beyond America’s borders. \nThrough the eyes and reporters’ notebooks of journalists based around the world we’ll learn from: Yu Fen Tsao\, Radio Free Asia’s Executive Director about “China\, WHO and the Origins of the Pandemic”; Henry Flores\, Regional Reporter Director for Unbound\, an NGO that focuses on vulnerable communities on the situation in Latin America; Linord Moudou\, VOA’s senior health reporter for Africa on COVID-19 in Africa; and Niusha Boghrati\, Radio Farda RFE/RL Iranian Service Executive Editor on the situation in Iran. \nThe conversations will be aided by questions from our worldwide audience\, consisting of nationwide World Affairs Council viewers\, the general public\, student groups and a virtual group tied in through our global network of partners. \nTHURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 3\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel Two – COVID-19: Global Response and the Future \nThe second evening of the COVID-19 Global Town Hall will focus on the responses to COVID-19 including the global pursuit of a vaccine and therapeutic remedies with a conversation with Irina Lagunina\, Senior Editor at Radio Svoboda\, Radio Free Europe’s Russian service; what was America’s response in an international context with Dr. Sandy Johnson\, Director of Global Health Affairs at the University of Denver; and how the pandemic has impacted efforts at peace and security in an already troubled world\, with Susan Stigant of the U.S. Institute of Peace. Other invited panelists will be announced. \nAs with panel one\, the Wednesday evening panel will feature a distinguished keynote speaker to focus the conversation and the participation of a nationwide audience in the United States and attendees from a global network. \n \nCOVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \n  \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \nSponsorship Contacts: \n• Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council | pat@tnwac.org | 931-261-2353 \n• Joyce Davis\, President WAC of Harrisburg | jdavis@pennlive.com | 717-255-4138 \nTHANKS TO THE COVID-19 GLOBAL TOWN HALL SPONSORS \n \nTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER \n \nHARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY \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 \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/covid-19-complexities-global-town-hall/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 Complexities: Global Town Hall | Part 1 | Impact in the Developing World | Sep 2
DESCRIPTION:COVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \nSeptember 2\, 2020\nPanel 1 – Impact in the Developing World\n7:00p-8:30p EDT\nVia Zoom & FaceBook Live \nSeptember 3\, 2020\nPanel 2 – Global Response and the Future\n7:00-8:30p EDT\nVia Zoom & Facebook Live \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \nSEPTEMBER 2 – IMPACT IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD \n \nExamining Critical Issues in the Global Pandemic \nCOVID-19 has touched every part of the world but its effects and the reaction of different countries has been uneven. In an interconnected world we need to understand the pandemic’s impact beyond our borders. Importantly\, the progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatments is a global pursuit. There are\, as well\, already no shortage of changes made and those to come in reaction to the global catastrophe – in our communities\, technology\, health and science\, government performance\, elections\, the global economy and our lifestyles. \nA group of World Affairs Councils – nationwide\, independent\, nonpartisan educational organizations – is joining together with an international network of journalists and specialists to organize conversations over the course of two evenings in early September. The goal is to help Americans understand the impact of the pandemic in an interactive program open to all. \nWe invite you to join this unique partnership to inform and inspire Americans to know more about COVID-19’s impact around the world\, the race for a vaccine and how the vaccine has changed the world. \nOn September 2nd and 3rd journalists\, physicians\, researchers\, NGO officials and others will come together to discuss the global impact of COVID-19 and the pursuit of a vaccine. \nThe program is brought to the public in partnership with many of the nationwide networks of World Affairs Councils and an international network of journalists. \nWEDNESDAY\, SEPTEMBER 2\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel One — COVID-19: Impact in the Developing World \nThe opening night of the two-night program will begin with a scene-setting keynote from Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel\, MD\, PhD\, U Penn Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and a former advisor for health policy in the Obama White House. That will kick off a deep dive into COVID-19 beyond America’s borders. \nThrough the eyes and reporters’ notebooks of journalists based around the world we’ll learn from: Yu Fen Tsao\, Radio Free Asia’s Executive Director about “China\, WHO and the Origins of the Pandemic”; Henry Flores\, Regional Reporter Director for Unbound\, an NGO that focuses on vulnerable communities on the situation in Latin America; Linord Moudou\, VOA’s senior health reporter for Africa on COVID-19 in Africa; and Niusha Boghrati\, Radio Farda RFE/RL Iranian Service Executive Editor on the situation in Iran. \nThe conversations will be aided by questions from our worldwide audience\, consisting of nationwide World Affairs Council viewers\, the general public\, student groups and a virtual group tied in through our global network of partners. \nTHURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 3\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel Two – COVID-19: Global Response and the Future \nThe second evening of the COVID-19 Global Town Hall will focus on the responses to COVID-19 including the global pursuit of a vaccine and therapeutic remedies with a conversation with Irina Lagunina\, Senior Editor at Radio Svoboda\, Radio Free Europe’s Russian service; what was America’s response in an international context with Dr. Sandy Johnson\, Director of Global Health Affairs at the University of Denver; and how the pandemic has impacted efforts at peace and security in an already troubled world\, with Susan Stigant of the U.S. Institute of Peace. Other invited panelists will be announced. \nAs with panel one\, the Wednesday evening panel will feature a distinguished keynote speaker to focus the conversation and the participation of a nationwide audience in the United States and attendees from a global network. \n \nCOVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \n  \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \nSponsorship Contacts: \n• Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council | pat@tnwac.org | 931-261-2353 \n• Joyce Davis\, President WAC of Harrisburg | jdavis@pennlive.com | 717-255-4138 \nTHANKS TO THE COVID-19 GLOBAL TOWN HALL SPONSORS \n \nTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER \n \nHARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY \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 \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/covid-19-complexities-global-town-hall-4/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 Complexities: Global Town Hall | Part 1 | Impact in the Developing World | Sep 2
DESCRIPTION:COVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \nSeptember 2\, 2020\nPanel 1 – Impact in the Developing World\n7:00p-8:30p EDT\nVia Zoom & FaceBook Live \nSeptember 3\, 2020\nPanel 2 – Global Response and the Future\n7:00-8:30p EDT\nVia Zoom & Facebook Live \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \nSEPTEMBER 2 – IMPACT IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD \n \nExamining Critical Issues in the Global Pandemic \nCOVID-19 has touched every part of the world but its effects and the reaction of different countries has been uneven. In an interconnected world we need to understand the pandemic’s impact beyond our borders. Importantly\, the progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatments is a global pursuit. There are\, as well\, already no shortage of changes made and those to come in reaction to the global catastrophe – in our communities\, technology\, health and science\, government performance\, elections\, the global economy and our lifestyles. \nA group of World Affairs Councils – nationwide\, independent\, nonpartisan educational organizations – is joining together with an international network of journalists and specialists to organize conversations over the course of two evenings in early September. The goal is to help Americans understand the impact of the pandemic in an interactive program open to all. \nWe invite you to join this unique partnership to inform and inspire Americans to know more about COVID-19’s impact around the world\, the race for a vaccine and how the vaccine has changed the world. \nOn September 2nd and 3rd journalists\, physicians\, researchers\, NGO officials and others will come together to discuss the global impact of COVID-19 and the pursuit of a vaccine. \nThe program is brought to the public in partnership with many of the nationwide networks of World Affairs Councils and an international network of journalists. \nWEDNESDAY\, SEPTEMBER 2\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel One — COVID-19: Impact in the Developing World \nThe opening night of the two-night program will begin with a scene-setting keynote from Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel\, MD\, PhD\, U Penn Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and a former advisor for health policy in the Obama White House. That will kick off a deep dive into COVID-19 beyond America’s borders. \nThrough the eyes and reporters’ notebooks of journalists based around the world we’ll learn from: Yu Fen Tsao\, Radio Free Asia’s Executive Director about “China\, WHO and the Origins of the Pandemic”; Henry Flores\, Regional Reporter Director for Unbound\, an NGO that focuses on vulnerable communities on the situation in Latin America; Linord Moudou\, VOA’s senior health reporter for Africa on COVID-19 in Africa; and Niusha Boghrati\, Radio Farda RFE/RL Iranian Service Executive Editor on the situation in Iran. \nThe conversations will be aided by questions from our worldwide audience\, consisting of nationwide World Affairs Council viewers\, the general public\, student groups and a virtual group tied in through our global network of partners. \nTHURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 3\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel Two – COVID-19: Global Response and the Future \nThe second evening of the COVID-19 Global Town Hall will focus on the responses to COVID-19 including the global pursuit of a vaccine and therapeutic remedies with a conversation with Irina Lagunina\, Senior Editor at Radio Svoboda\, Radio Free Europe’s Russian service; what was America’s response in an international context with Dr. Sandy Johnson\, Director of Global Health Affairs at the University of Denver; and how the pandemic has impacted efforts at peace and security in an already troubled world\, with Susan Stigant of the U.S. Institute of Peace. Other invited panelists will be announced. \nAs with panel one\, the Wednesday evening panel will feature a distinguished keynote speaker to focus the conversation and the participation of a nationwide audience in the United States and attendees from a global network. \n \nCOVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \n  \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \nSponsorship Contacts: \n• Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council | pat@tnwac.org | 931-261-2353 \n• Joyce Davis\, President WAC of Harrisburg | jdavis@pennlive.com | 717-255-4138 \nTHANKS TO THE COVID-19 GLOBAL TOWN HALL SPONSORS \n \nTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER \n \nHARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY \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 \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/covid-19-complexities-global-town-hall-2/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Global News Review | Sep 2
DESCRIPTION:Join our team of Ambassador Dick Bowers\, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Patrick Ryan for expert analysis of current global developments. \nGive Dick\, Breck and Pat 45 minutes and they’ll give you the world. Analysis and entertaining commentary on the top events and issues leading global news reports. Hard to find insights and perspectives from diplomacy\, academia and intelligence. \nCharles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time\, the American Embassy in Bolivia’s capital\, La Paz\, was the largest and most complex U.S. embassy in South America. Ambassador Bowers grew up in the San Francisco Bay area\, attended the University of California\, Berkeley. He entered the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the U.S. Army as a Russian linguist in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War. As a career member of the U.S. diplomatic corps\, Ambassador Bowers served in the U.S. Embassies in Panama\, Poland\, Singapore\, Germany and Bolivia. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. Amb Bowers has been a Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council since 2012. \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \nBreck Walker received his PhD in Diplomatic History from Vanderbilt in 2007. His dissertation was on the foreign policy of the Carter administration. He taught at Sewanee\, the University of the South\, 2007-2012\, and on the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program in Spring 2013 and Fall 2015. He worked as a historian in the Historical Office of the Office of Secretary of Defense 2013-2016\, researching and writing a book on early Pentagon cyber policy. Prior to becoming a history professor\, Breck worked for twenty years as an investment banker\, the last ten as co-head of the Corporate Finance Group at J.C. Bradford & Co in Nashville. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas\, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. Breck serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-news-review-sep-2/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 Complexities: Global Town Hall | Part 2 | Global Response | Sep 3
DESCRIPTION:COVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \nSeptember 2\, 2020\nPanel 1 – Impact in the Developing World\n7:00p-8:00p EDT\nVia Zoom & FaceBook Live \nSeptember 3\, 2020\nPanel 2 – Global Response and the Future\n7:00-8:00p EDT\nVia Zoom & Facebook Live \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \n \nExamining Critical Issues in the Global Pandemic \nCOVID-19 has touched every part of the world but its effects and the reaction of different countries has been uneven. In an interconnected world we need to understand the pandemic’s impact beyond our borders. Importantly\, the progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatments is a global pursuit. There are\, as well\, already no shortage of changes made and those to come in reaction to the global catastrophe – in our communities\, technology\, health and science\, government performance\, elections\, the global economy and our lifestyles. \nA group of World Affairs Councils – nationwide\, independent\, nonpartisan educational organizations – is joining together with an international network of journalists and specialists to organize conversations over the course of two evenings in early September. The goal is to help Americans understand the impact of the pandemic in an interactive program open to all. \nWe invite you to join this unique partnership to inform and inspire Americans to know more about COVID-19’s impact around the world\, the race for a vaccine and how the vaccine has changed the world. \nOn September 2nd and 3rd journalists\, physicians\, researchers\, NGO officials and others will come together to discuss the global impact of COVID-19 and the pursuit of a vaccine. \nThe program is brought to the public in partnership with many of the nationwide networks of World Affairs Councils and an international network of journalists. \nWEDNESDAY\, SEPTEMBER 2\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel One — COVID-19: Impact in the Developing World \nThe opening night of the two-night program will begin with a scene-setting keynote from Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel\, MD\, PhD\, U Penn Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and a former advisor for health policy in the Obama White House. That will kick off a deep dive into COVID-19 beyond America’s borders. \nThrough the eyes and reporters’ notebooks of journalists based around the world we’ll learn from: Yu Fen Tsao\, Radio Free Asia’s Executive Director about “China\, WHO and the Origins of the Pandemic”; Henry Flores\, Regional Reporter Director for Unbound\, an NGO that focuses on vulnerable communities on the situation in Latin America; Linord Moudou\, VOA’s senior health reporter for Africa on COVID-19 in Africa; and Niusha Boghrati\, Radio Farda RFE/RL Iranian Service Executive Editor on the situation in Iran. \nThe conversations will be aided by questions from our worldwide audience\, consisting of nationwide World Affairs Council viewers\, the general public\, student groups and a virtual group tied in through our global network of partners. \nTHURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 3\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel Two – COVID-19: Global Response and the Future \nThe second evening of the COVID-19 Global Town Hall will focus on the responses to COVID-19 including the global pursuit of a vaccine and therapeutic remedies with a conversation with Irina Lagunina\, Senior Editor at Radio Svoboda\, Radio Free Europe’s Russian service; what was America’s response in an international context with Dr. Sandy Johnson\, Director of Global Health Affairs at the University of Denver; and how the pandemic has impacted efforts at peace and security in an already troubled world\, with Susan Stigant of the U.S. Institute of Peace. Other invited panelists will be announced. \nAs with panel one\, the Wednesday evening panel will feature a distinguished keynote speaker to focus the conversation and the participation of a nationwide audience in the United States and attendees from a global network. \n \nCOVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \n \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \nSponsorship Contacts: \n• Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council | pat@tnwac.org | 931-261-2353 \n• Joyce Davis\, President WAC of Harrisburg | jdavis@pennlive.com | 717-255-4138 \nTHANKS TO THE COVID-19 GLOBAL TOWN HALL SPONSORS \n \nTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER \n \nHARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY \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 \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/covid-19-complexities-global-town-hall-sep-2-3-3/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 Complexities: Global Town Hall | Part 2 | Global Response | Sep 3
DESCRIPTION:COVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \nSeptember 2\, 2020\nPanel 1 – Impact in the Developing World\n7:00p-8:00p EDT\nVia Zoom & FaceBook Live \nSeptember 3\, 2020\nPanel 2 – Global Response and the Future\n7:00-8:00p EDT\nVia Zoom & Facebook Live \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \n \nExamining Critical Issues in the Global Pandemic \nCOVID-19 has touched every part of the world but its effects and the reaction of different countries has been uneven. In an interconnected world we need to understand the pandemic’s impact beyond our borders. Importantly\, the progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatments is a global pursuit. There are\, as well\, already no shortage of changes made and those to come in reaction to the global catastrophe – in our communities\, technology\, health and science\, government performance\, elections\, the global economy and our lifestyles. \nA group of World Affairs Councils – nationwide\, independent\, nonpartisan educational organizations – is joining together with an international network of journalists and specialists to organize conversations over the course of two evenings in early September. The goal is to help Americans understand the impact of the pandemic in an interactive program open to all. \nWe invite you to join this unique partnership to inform and inspire Americans to know more about COVID-19’s impact around the world\, the race for a vaccine and how the vaccine has changed the world. \nOn September 2nd and 3rd journalists\, physicians\, researchers\, NGO officials and others will come together to discuss the global impact of COVID-19 and the pursuit of a vaccine. \nThe program is brought to the public in partnership with many of the nationwide networks of World Affairs Councils and an international network of journalists. \nWEDNESDAY\, SEPTEMBER 2\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel One — COVID-19: Impact in the Developing World \nThe opening night of the two-night program will begin with a scene-setting keynote from Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel\, MD\, PhD\, U Penn Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and a former advisor for health policy in the Obama White House. That will kick off a deep dive into COVID-19 beyond America’s borders. \nThrough the eyes and reporters’ notebooks of journalists based around the world we’ll learn from: Yu Fen Tsao\, Radio Free Asia’s Executive Director about “China\, WHO and the Origins of the Pandemic”; Henry Flores\, Regional Reporter Director for Unbound\, an NGO that focuses on vulnerable communities on the situation in Latin America; Linord Moudou\, VOA’s senior health reporter for Africa on COVID-19 in Africa; and Niusha Boghrati\, Radio Farda RFE/RL Iranian Service Executive Editor on the situation in Iran. \nThe conversations will be aided by questions from our worldwide audience\, consisting of nationwide World Affairs Council viewers\, the general public\, student groups and a virtual group tied in through our global network of partners. \nTHURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 3\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel Two – COVID-19: Global Response and the Future \nThe second evening of the COVID-19 Global Town Hall will focus on the responses to COVID-19 including the global pursuit of a vaccine and therapeutic remedies with a conversation with Irina Lagunina\, Senior Editor at Radio Svoboda\, Radio Free Europe’s Russian service; what was America’s response in an international context with Dr. Sandy Johnson\, Director of Global Health Affairs at the University of Denver; and how the pandemic has impacted efforts at peace and security in an already troubled world\, with Susan Stigant of the U.S. Institute of Peace. Other invited panelists will be announced. \nAs with panel one\, the Wednesday evening panel will feature a distinguished keynote speaker to focus the conversation and the participation of a nationwide audience in the United States and attendees from a global network. \n \nCOVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \n \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \nSponsorship Contacts: \n• Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council | pat@tnwac.org | 931-261-2353 \n• Joyce Davis\, President WAC of Harrisburg | jdavis@pennlive.com | 717-255-4138 \nTHANKS TO THE COVID-19 GLOBAL TOWN HALL SPONSORS \n \nTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER \n \nHARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY \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 \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/covid-19-complexities-global-town-hall-sep-2-3/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 Complexities: Global Town Hall | Part 2 | Global Response | Sep 3
DESCRIPTION:COVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \nSeptember 2\, 2020\nPanel 1 – Impact in the Developing World\n7:00p-8:00p EDT\nVia Zoom & FaceBook Live \nSeptember 3\, 2020\nPanel 2 – Global Response and the Future\n7:00-8:00p EDT\nVia Zoom & Facebook Live \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \n \nExamining Critical Issues in the Global Pandemic \nCOVID-19 has touched every part of the world but its effects and the reaction of different countries has been uneven. In an interconnected world we need to understand the pandemic’s impact beyond our borders. Importantly\, the progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatments is a global pursuit. There are\, as well\, already no shortage of changes made and those to come in reaction to the global catastrophe – in our communities\, technology\, health and science\, government performance\, elections\, the global economy and our lifestyles. \nA group of World Affairs Councils – nationwide\, independent\, nonpartisan educational organizations – is joining together with an international network of journalists and specialists to organize conversations over the course of two evenings in early September. The goal is to help Americans understand the impact of the pandemic in an interactive program open to all. \nWe invite you to join this unique partnership to inform and inspire Americans to know more about COVID-19’s impact around the world\, the race for a vaccine and how the vaccine has changed the world. \nOn September 2nd and 3rd journalists\, physicians\, researchers\, NGO officials and others will come together to discuss the global impact of COVID-19 and the pursuit of a vaccine. \nThe program is brought to the public in partnership with many of the nationwide networks of World Affairs Councils and an international network of journalists. \nWEDNESDAY\, SEPTEMBER 2\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel One — COVID-19: Impact in the Developing World \nThe opening night of the two-night program will begin with a scene-setting keynote from Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel\, MD\, PhD\, U Penn Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and a former advisor for health policy in the Obama White House. That will kick off a deep dive into COVID-19 beyond America’s borders. \nThrough the eyes and reporters’ notebooks of journalists based around the world we’ll learn from: Yu Fen Tsao\, Radio Free Asia’s Executive Director about “China\, WHO and the Origins of the Pandemic”; Henry Flores\, Regional Reporter Director for Unbound\, an NGO that focuses on vulnerable communities on the situation in Latin America; Linord Moudou\, VOA’s senior health reporter for Africa on COVID-19 in Africa; and Niusha Boghrati\, Radio Farda RFE/RL Iranian Service Executive Editor on the situation in Iran. \nThe conversations will be aided by questions from our worldwide audience\, consisting of nationwide World Affairs Council viewers\, the general public\, student groups and a virtual group tied in through our global network of partners. \nTHURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 3\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel Two – COVID-19: Global Response and the Future \nThe second evening of the COVID-19 Global Town Hall will focus on the responses to COVID-19 including the global pursuit of a vaccine and therapeutic remedies with a conversation with Irina Lagunina\, Senior Editor at Radio Svoboda\, Radio Free Europe’s Russian service; what was America’s response in an international context with Dr. Sandy Johnson\, Director of Global Health Affairs at the University of Denver; and how the pandemic has impacted efforts at peace and security in an already troubled world\, with Susan Stigant of the U.S. Institute of Peace. Other invited panelists will be announced. \nAs with panel one\, the Wednesday evening panel will feature a distinguished keynote speaker to focus the conversation and the participation of a nationwide audience in the United States and attendees from a global network. \n \nCOVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \n \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \nSponsorship Contacts: \n• Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council | pat@tnwac.org | 931-261-2353 \n• Joyce Davis\, President WAC of Harrisburg | jdavis@pennlive.com | 717-255-4138 \nTHANKS TO THE COVID-19 GLOBAL TOWN HALL SPONSORS \n \nTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER \n \nHARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY \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 \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/covid-19-complexities-global-town-hall-sep-2-3-4/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 Complexities: Global Town Hall | Part 2 | Global Response | Sep 3
DESCRIPTION:COVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \nSeptember 2\, 2020\nPanel 1 – Impact in the Developing World\n7:00p-8:00p EDT\nVia Zoom & FaceBook Live \nSeptember 3\, 2020\nPanel 2 – Global Response and the Future\n7:00-8:00p EDT\nVia Zoom & Facebook Live \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \n \nExamining Critical Issues in the Global Pandemic \nCOVID-19 has touched every part of the world but its effects and the reaction of different countries has been uneven. In an interconnected world we need to understand the pandemic’s impact beyond our borders. Importantly\, the progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatments is a global pursuit. There are\, as well\, already no shortage of changes made and those to come in reaction to the global catastrophe – in our communities\, technology\, health and science\, government performance\, elections\, the global economy and our lifestyles. \nA group of World Affairs Councils – nationwide\, independent\, nonpartisan educational organizations – is joining together with an international network of journalists and specialists to organize conversations over the course of two evenings in early September. The goal is to help Americans understand the impact of the pandemic in an interactive program open to all. \nWe invite you to join this unique partnership to inform and inspire Americans to know more about COVID-19’s impact around the world\, the race for a vaccine and how the vaccine has changed the world. \nOn September 2nd and 3rd journalists\, physicians\, researchers\, NGO officials and others will come together to discuss the global impact of COVID-19 and the pursuit of a vaccine. \nThe program is brought to the public in partnership with many of the nationwide networks of World Affairs Councils and an international network of journalists. \nWEDNESDAY\, SEPTEMBER 2\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel One — COVID-19: Impact in the Developing World \nThe opening night of the two-night program will begin with a scene-setting keynote from Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel\, MD\, PhD\, U Penn Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and a former advisor for health policy in the Obama White House. That will kick off a deep dive into COVID-19 beyond America’s borders. \nThrough the eyes and reporters’ notebooks of journalists based around the world we’ll learn from: Yu Fen Tsao\, Radio Free Asia’s Executive Director about “China\, WHO and the Origins of the Pandemic”; Henry Flores\, Regional Reporter Director for Unbound\, an NGO that focuses on vulnerable communities on the situation in Latin America; Linord Moudou\, VOA’s senior health reporter for Africa on COVID-19 in Africa; and Niusha Boghrati\, Radio Farda RFE/RL Iranian Service Executive Editor on the situation in Iran. \nThe conversations will be aided by questions from our worldwide audience\, consisting of nationwide World Affairs Council viewers\, the general public\, student groups and a virtual group tied in through our global network of partners. \nTHURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 3\, 2020\n@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT \nPanel Two – COVID-19: Global Response and the Future \nThe second evening of the COVID-19 Global Town Hall will focus on the responses to COVID-19 including the global pursuit of a vaccine and therapeutic remedies with a conversation with Irina Lagunina\, Senior Editor at Radio Svoboda\, Radio Free Europe’s Russian service; what was America’s response in an international context with Dr. Sandy Johnson\, Director of Global Health Affairs at the University of Denver; and how the pandemic has impacted efforts at peace and security in an already troubled world\, with Susan Stigant of the U.S. Institute of Peace. Other invited panelists will be announced. \nAs with panel one\, the Wednesday evening panel will feature a distinguished keynote speaker to focus the conversation and the participation of a nationwide audience in the United States and attendees from a global network. \n \nCOVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nA Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And\nAn International Network of Journalists \n \nOrganized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City\, Denver\, Harrisburg\, Tennessee\, Colorado Springs\, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana \nSponsorship Contacts: \n• Patrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council | pat@tnwac.org | 931-261-2353 \n• Joyce Davis\, President WAC of Harrisburg | jdavis@pennlive.com | 717-255-4138 \nTHANKS TO THE COVID-19 GLOBAL TOWN HALL SPONSORS \n \nTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER \n \nHARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY \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 \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/covid-19-complexities-global-town-hall-sep-2-3-2/
CATEGORIES:Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Global Nashville with Karl Dean | Sep 1
DESCRIPTION:Join former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean in his conversation with \nElection 2020 panel chairs and TNWAC Board Members\n\n\n\nThe Election 2020 season is upon us and the Tennessee World Affairs Council is addressing the top issues in global affairs. A far ranging series of panels with top national security officials and experts\, diplomats\, scholars\, military officers and more provide the important information needed to be informed voters. \nThis episode of GNKD presents conversations with project chairpersons and other TNWAC Board Members to preview these discussions as well as the COVID-19 Global Town Hall\, the International Careers Panel and other TNWAC programs. \nJoining former Mayor Dean will be TNWAC Board Chair Jim Shepherd\, President Patrick Ryan\, Board Members John Scannapieco and Samar Ali and Professor Thomas Schwartz. \n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-nashville-with-karl-dean-sep-1/
CATEGORIES:Global Nashville
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