BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Tennessee World Affairs Council - ECPv6.13.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Tennessee World Affairs Council X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.tnwac.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Tennessee World Affairs Council REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230202T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230202T153000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20230111T115819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T180312Z UID:34039-1675346400-1675351800@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Canada | International Business | Consul General Hill | Feb 2 DESCRIPTION:TNWAC | World Affairs Council of the Year 2022 \n\n\n\n \nPresents In Person \nIBC Breakfast: A Conversation With Canadian Consul General\nJames K. Hill \n \nFebruary 2\, 2023 @ 8:00-9:30 a.m. CST\n  \nBaker Donelson \n1600 West End Avenue\, 21st Floor \nNashville\, TN 37203 \n  \n\n\nRegister Now\n  \n\n\n \nCanada Trade Fact Sheet \n\n\n\n\n“The Canada–U.S. relationship is deeply rooted in our shared values\, history and vision for the future.” \nJoin the International Business Council on February 2nd for a conversation with Consul General Hill about the Tennessee and the United States trade with Canada and more. CG Hill is an expert on international issues and Canada’s role in the world\, having served as a diplomat in many of the world’s difficult posts — Afghanistan\, Libya and Tehran. He also served in Costa Rica as Canada’s Ambassador with the Honduras and Nicaragua portfolio. Hill’s earlier assignments included posts in Mozambique\, Brazil and Kosovo. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to talk about Tennessee’s number ONE trade partner with a diplomat who has a broad world view. \n\n\n\n\n\nJames K. Hill\, Consul General of Canada\, Atlanta \nMr. Hill joined the Department of External Affairs in 1989. Prior to his assignment as Canada’s Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica with cross accreditation to the Republics of Honduras and Nicaragua\, Mr. Hill served abroad as Consul General in Seattle\, Washington; Chargé d’ affaires at the Embassy of Canada in Kuwait; Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Canada in Kabul\, Afghanistan\, and Chargé d’affaires at the Embassy of Canada\, Tripoli\, Libya. These were preceded by assignments as High Commissioner of Canada in Maputo\, Mozambique; Consul General of Canada\, Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil; Head of the Canadian Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission in Pristina\, Kosovo (Yugoslavia) and as Second Secretary & Vice Consul at the Embassy of Canada in Tehran\, Iran. \nAt Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa\, Mr. Hill held management positions as Director for Middle East & Africa Commercial/Economic Relations\, Director for Europe & Central Asia Commercial/Economic Relations\, Deputy Director of the Latin America Division and Deputy Director of the Western Hemisphere Summits Office. \nMr. Hill was born and raised in Weyburn\, Saskatchewan. \nJames K. Hill: B. Ed.\, University of Saskatchewan\, 1983; BA [History]\, University of Saskatchewan\, 1985; Post Graduate Diploma [International Studies]\, University Cândido Mendes\, Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil\, 1998. \n  \nSupport TNWAC and Global Affairs Education In Our Schools \nRegister Now \n&amp;amp;lt;a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/UIWFuNKSqdQxGClymSLZVg”&amp;amp;gt;In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Anna Novosad | A Ukrainian Perspective&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br />\n&amp;lt;span id=”mce_marker” data-mce-type=”bookmark” data-mce-fragment=”1″&amp;gt;​&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; \n\n\nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nA PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/canada-international-business-consul-general-hill-feb-2/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/230202-Canada-CG-Featured-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230129T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230129T210000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20221110T125350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T180339Z UID:32148-1675018800-1675026000@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Practice Match Jan 29 | Academic WorldQuest High School Global Affairs Challenge DESCRIPTION:The 2023 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\nPractice Match #2\n \nJanuary 29\, 2023 @ 1:00pm Via Zoom\nAcademic WorldQuest teams join us for the first of two practice matches to prepare for the 2023 Tennessee Championship match. \nThe January 29th match will be via Zoom and will give teams an opportunity to become familiar with the competition format and work through questions from the ten topics being considered. \nOn January 29th you will compete on topics 6-10 from the 2023 Study Guide. \n6. Current Events I *\n7. Country in Focus: Ethiopia\n8. The Future of Supply Chains\n9. Battle of the Century: Autocracy vs. Democracy\n10. Current Events II \n*Current events in lieu of “Great Decisions” which will be a topic at the April National Championship match\nTeachers and teams who have already registered will be sent an email with the Practice Match Zoom info. If you have not already registered for the 2023 Academic WorldQuest challenge please do today. \nRegister HERE. \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n\n2023 Academic WorldQuest Global Challenge\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The championship match (Mar 2023) will be in person at Belmont University. The two practices sessions will be virtual. \nRecent WorldQuest seasons have been impacted by Covid-19 measures. There are no restrictions in place as of September 2022 but TNWAC will ensure compliance with CDC\, WACA and other appropriate steps should public health concerns arise. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 2023 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. Covid-19 restrictions may limit venue availability. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \n \nPlans for 2022-23 \nDates \n\nDECEMBER 4\, 2022 – 1:00PM CT – PRACTICE MATCH PART I (optional) via Zoom | Topics 1-5\nJANUARY 29\, 2023 – 1:00PM CT – PRACTICE MATCH PART II (optional) via Zoom | Topics 6-10\nMARCH 5\, 2023 – 1:00PM CT – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University | check in at 12:30p\nAPRIL 27-30\, 2023 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 28-29\, 2023 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes  \nStudents. TNWAC will announce student prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \nTeachers. In recognition of the role teachers play in the advancement of global literacy in the classroom TNWAC will award grants to the teacher sponsors of the top three teams in the TNWAC Championship match. The grants can be used by the teachers for global affairs related materials in the classroom. \nFirst Place Team Teacher – $500.00\nSecond Place Team Techer – $250.00\nThird Place Team Teacher – $250.00 \nResources \nLinks to the Study Guide\, Teachers Guide\, Operations Information and flyers are contained in THIS LINK. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2023 Topics\n1. Securing the Future of the World’s Wildlife\n2. The Arctic Council: Frozen Cooperation\n3. Atrocity Prevention and Accountability\n4. Combating Global Food Insecurity\n5. Economic Sanctions – A Double-Edged Sword\n6. Great Decisions\n7. Country in Focus: Ethiopia\n8. The Future of Supply Chains\n9. Battle of the Century: Autocracy vs. Democracy\n10. Current Events \n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale from the Foreign Policy Association. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match where Great Decisions will be used as a topic.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \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. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/practice-match-jan-29-academic-worldquest-high-school-global-affairs-challenge/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2023-01-29-worldquest-practice-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230125T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230125T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20221229T180933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T191836Z UID:33916-1674669600-1674673200@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:In Focus: Russia's Invasion | Ukraine Update | The Humanitarian Dimension DESCRIPTION:Update: Elena Byrd and Dr. Madeleine Byrd will join the program. They served as volunteers at a Ukrainian refugee center in Warsaw\, Poland for months following the invasion. \nRegister Now \n \n\n\n\nSPECIAL EDITION \nDISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES \nvia Zoom \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion\nUkraine Update: The Humanitarian Dimension\n \nAnna Novosad\nFormer Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine and Member of Parliament and Education Activist in the Midst of a War \n \nElena Byrd & Dr. Madeleine Byrd\nVolunteers\, Ukrainian Refugees Center\, Warsaw\, Poland \nJanuary 25\, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m. CT\nwith moderator \n\nLCDR Patrick Ryan\, USN (Ret)\nFounding President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n  \nRegister Now \n  \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | A View from Kyiv \nThe unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine has been catastrophic for the Ukrainian people. Millions of refugees have fled to neighboring nations to the west\, horrendous war crimes have been committed in areas controlled by Russian forces and nation-wide attacks against civilian areas and infrastructure have caused extreme hardships in cities large and small. We continue our “In Focus” series on Russia’s invasion with a conversation with Anna Novosad\, former Minister of Education and Science from Ukraine and an education activist working to rebuild and restore schools and education infrastructure. She will join us from Kyiv where she is among her countrymen under constant Russian bombardment. \n<br data-mce-bogus=”1″><br data-mce-bogus=”1″><a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/jNDPVkNgBNYkMQeVpfk3Kw”>War in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16</a><br />\n \n\nAnna Novosad \nUkraine | Educational Activist & Minister of Education and Science 2019-2020 \nAnna Novosad is a Ukrainian educational activist. She used to serve many years in various positions at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine\, including being a Minister in 2019-2020. Anna contributed and led the comprehensive school reform in Ukraine\, as well as was a leader of the higher education funding reform. Currently Anna leads various projects that aim at education access renewal in Ukraine amidst the war. \nElena and Madeleine Byrd \nMother-daughter duo\, Mrs. Elena and Dr. Madeleine Byrd have spent most of the past year volunteering in Warsaw\, Poland\, providing humanitarian aid and medical services to Ukrainian refugees. Following the outbreak of war\, Madeleine and Elena began volunteering at a major refugee center in Warsaw where they assisted in the development of the refugee center’s “Medical Point.” Through many months of working in the “Medical Point\,” they have come to better understand the vast medical and resource needs of refugees. They gained additional experience as community volunteers for other medical\, educational\, and humanitarian services\, with a focus on children displaced by war. \nElena Camacho Byrd \nElena Camacho Byrd\, born in Lausanne\, Switzerland\, grew up in Cuba before she and her family fled during the Cuban Revolution to move to the United States. Elena received a BA in English and Sociology\, as well as a Master of Science in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. She studied Land Economy at the University of Cambridge. She received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Elena spent over fifteen years working in public health writing grant proposals and assisting physicians in patient care\, primarily in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.  In the United States\, she has served as a teacher and tutor for students of all ages. She is now an active volunteer in the Nashville community\, where she is a long-term Board member of the Tennessee Poison Center. Elena is fluent in English and Spanish. She is married to Barney Byrd\, and has three grown children. \nDr. Madeleine Byrd\, M.S.\, M.D. \nMadeleine Elizabeth Byrd\, M.S.\, M.D. was born and raised in Nashville\, Tennessee\, where she attended The Harpeth Hall School. Madeleine received her B.A. in neuroscience from The University of Pennsylvania. She completed her Master’s in Pharmacology and M.D. at Georgetown University. Madeleine has strong family ties to medicine on both sides of her family\, and is a fourth generation “Dr. Byrd” in Nashville. Madeleine has wanted to be a pediatrician since age 7\, inspired by her maternal grandmother who was a pediatrician and global public health specialist. After graduating from medical school\, she went to Charleston\, South Carolina for pediatric residency training. Madeleine has a lifelong passion for pediatrics and public health. Most recently\, Madeleine has served as a volunteer physician for Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw\, Poland. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM \n\nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/in-focus-russias-invasion-anna-novosad-a-ukrainian-perspective-jan-25-online/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2023-01-25-novosad-ukraine.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230119T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230119T193000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20230110T142314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T180615Z UID:33989-1674151200-1674156600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Ireland | International Business | AMB Geraldine Byrne Nason | Jan 19 DESCRIPTION:TNWAC | World Affairs Council of the Year 2022 \n\n\n\n  \n \nPresents In Person \nIBC Lunch with Ambassador of Ireland to the USA\, Her Excellency Geraldine Byrne Nason\n \nJanuary 19\, 2023 @ 12:00-1:30 p.m. CST\n \nBaker Donelson \n1600 West End Avenue\, 21st Floor \nNashville\, TN 37203 \nLuncheon Discount for TNWAC Members \n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\nAmbassador Geraldine Byrne Nason assumed her role as Ireland’s 19th Ambassador to the United States in August 2022. Geraldine was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations in New York (2017- 22). Previously\, she served as Ambassador to France (2014-17)\, Second Secretary General in the Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) (2011-14)\, Ambassador and Ireland’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU (2005-11))\, and Director of the National Forum on Europe (2004-05). \nDuring her career\, Ambassador Byrne Nason has served in Brussels\, New York\, Paris\, Vienna and Helsinki. As Second Secretary-General in the Department of the Taoiseach from 2011-2014\, she was the highest ranking female public servant in Ireland. During that period\, she also was Secretary General of Ireland’s Economic Management Council. \nOn her arrival in New York\, Ambassador Byrne Nason led Ireland’s successful campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council\, and led the New York Security Council team for the 2021-2022 term. Geraldine was Chair of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for 2018 and 2019. She has also co-chaired high-level political negotiations on the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela and on the ‘Samoa pathway’ for Small Island Developing States. \nA native of County Louth\, in 2020 Ambassador Byrne Nason was awarded the Freedom of Drogheda\, the town’s highest honour and was the third woman to receive the award of its 35 recipients. In 2014\, Geraldine was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy\, Ireland’s highest academic honour. Ambassador Byrne Nason holds an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Maynooth University as well as Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Literature from Saint Patrick’s College in Maynooth (NUIM). Ambassador Byrne Nason is married and has one son. \nSupport TNWAC and Global Affairs Education In Our Schools \nRegister Now \n&amp;lt;a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/UIWFuNKSqdQxGClymSLZVg”&amp;gt;In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Anna Novosad | A Ukrainian Perspective&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;<br />
\n&lt;span id=”mce_marker” data-mce-type=”bookmark” data-mce-fragment=”1″&gt;​&lt;/span&gt; \n\n\nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nA PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/ireland-international-business-amb-geraldine-byrne-nason-jan-19/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-01-19-ireland.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230117T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230117T200000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20230117T163304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T191836Z UID:34080-1673982000-1673985600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Talk to the Author | "The American Imperative" by Daniel Runde DESCRIPTION:TNWAC | World Affairs Council of the Year 2022 \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now \n \nand the World Affairs Councils of America present \n\n\n\nCover to Cover\nYour Conversation with Authors\nDaniel F. Runde \nSenior VP\, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) \nAuthor of “The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership Through Soft Power” \nJanuary 17\, 2023 @ 1:00 pm CST \n \n \n  \nSupport TNWAC and Global Affairs Education In Our Schools \nRegister Now \n&amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/UIWFuNKSqdQxGClymSLZVg”&amp;amp;amp;gt;In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Anna Novosad | A Ukrainian Perspective&amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
\n&amp;amp;lt;span id=”mce_marker” data-mce-type=”bookmark” data-mce-fragment=”1″&amp;amp;gt;​&amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;gt; \n\n\nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nA PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/talk-to-the-author-the-american-imperative-by-daniel-runde/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Runde-Featured-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221206T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20221121T171631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221121T171631Z UID:32240-1670342400-1670346000@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:In Focus: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Series | Ambassador John Kornblum | Dec 6 DESCRIPTION:TNWAC was honored to be named World Affairs Council of the Year for 2022 in November among the network of 95 independent councils. \nHelp us continue the public service work of “global literacy” in our communities.  \nRegister Now\n\n \n\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nand with Belmont University Center for Global Citizenship\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine\nvia Zoom \nA Conversation with Ambassador John Kornblum\n \nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nTuesday\, December 6\, 2022 \n@ 10:00 a.m. CT\nRegister Now\n  \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council in partnership with the American Council on Germany\, launched the “In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine” series in January with a conversation with Ambassador John Kornblum as storm clouds gathered. The series has followed the twists and turns of the unprovoked war over the last nine months. \nUkrainian forces have successfully turned to the offense in the east while Russia continues to brutalize the civilian population with missile and drone strikes aimed at crippling infrastructure and energy supplies\, turning out lights and turning off heat “weaponizing winter.” Questions remain about the resilience of the West’s commitment to Ukraine — military\, humanitarian and other financial aid — and the endgame — what will it take to end the war. \nTNWAC’s and ACG’s “In Focus” series on the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues on December 6th with Ambassador John Kornblum\, providing insights and perspectives on the political\, diplomatic\, military and strategic developments. \n\n\n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \n\nPreviously in the In Focus series: \n\nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | What Makes Putin Tick? | Katia Glober and Andrew S. Weiss | Nov 14 | Video | Podcast | Transcript\nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Kornblum\, Velikova\, Walker | Aug 25 | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Cold Wars | Prof Thomas Schwartz | Aug 18 | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion | Anna Novosad | A Ukrainian Perspective | Jul 21 | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nRussia’s Invasion | Amb John Kornblum | Is This The New Normal? | Jul 7 | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nRussia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Humanitarian Crisis | Tamara Demuria | June 29 | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nThe War in Ukraine: How Will this End? | Amb John Kornblum | Dr. Liana Fix | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nWar in Europe | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31 | Video | Podcast | Transcript \nImplications and Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Mar 16 | Video | Transcript\nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Mar 2 | Video | Transcript\nWar in Europe | Feb 25 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine | The Crisis Unfolds | Feb 15 | Video | Transcript\nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Feb 1 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Jan 17 | Video | Transcript \n\nThe continuation of this work depends on you. \nRegister Now\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/in-focus-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-series-ambassador-john-kornblum-dec-6/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-12-06-kornblum.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221204T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221204T210000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20221110T123638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T180829Z UID:32137-1670180400-1670187600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Practice Match Dec 4 | Academic WorldQuest High School Global Affairs Challenge DESCRIPTION:The 2023 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\nPractice Match #1\n  \nRegister Now \n  \n \nDecember 4\, 2022 @ 1:00pm Via Zoom\nAcademic WorldQuest teams join us for the first of two practice matches to prepare for the 2023 Tennessee Championship match. \nThe December 4th match will be via Zoom and will give teams an opportunity to become familiar with the competition format and to work through questions from the ten topics being considered. \nOn December 4th you will compete on topics 1-5 from the 2023 Study Guide. \n1. Securing the Future of the World’s Wildlife\n2. The Arctic Council: Frozen Cooperation\n3. Atrocity Prevention and Accountability\n4. Combating Global Food Insecurity\n5. Economic Sanctions – A Double-Edged Sword \nTeachers and teams who have already registered will be sent an email with the Practice Match Zoom info. \nIf you have not already registered for the 2023 Academic WorldQuest challenge please do today. \nRegister HERE. \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n\n2023 Academic WorldQuest Global Challenge\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The championship match (Mar 2023) will be in person at Belmont University. The two practices sessions will be virtual. \nRecent WorldQuest seasons have been impacted by Covid-19 measures. There are no restrictions in place as of September 2022 but TNWAC will ensure compliance with CDC\, WACA and other appropriate steps should public health concerns arise. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 2023 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. Covid-19 restrictions may limit venue availability. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \n \nPlans for 2022-23 \nDates \n\nDECEMBER 4\, 2022 – 1:00PM CT – PRACTICE MATCH PART I (optional) via Zoom | Topics 1-5\nJANUARY 29\, 2023 – 1:00PM CT – PRACTICE MATCH PART II (optional) via Zoom | Topics 6-10\nMARCH 5\, 2023 – 1:00PM CT – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University | check in at 12:30p\nAPRIL 27-30\, 2023 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 28-29\, 2023 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes  \nStudents. TNWAC will announce student prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \nTeachers. In recognition of the role teachers play in the advancement of global literacy in the classroom TNWAC will award grants to the teacher sponsors of the top three teams in the TNWAC Championship match. The grants can be used by the teachers for global affairs related materials in the classroom. \nFirst Place Team Teacher – $500.00\nSecond Place Team Techer – $250.00\nThird Place Team Teacher – $250.00 \nResources \nLinks to the Study Guide\, Teachers Guide\, Operations Information and flyers are contained in THIS LINK. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2023 Topics\n1. Securing the Future of the World’s Wildlife\n2. The Arctic Council: Frozen Cooperation\n3. Atrocity Prevention and Accountability\n4. Combating Global Food Insecurity\n5. Economic Sanctions – A Double-Edged Sword\n6. Great Decisions\n7. Country in Focus: Ethiopia\n8. The Future of Supply Chains\n9. Battle of the Century: Autocracy vs. Democracy\n10. Current Events \n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale from the Foreign Policy Association. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match where Great Decisions will be used as a topic.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \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. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/practice-match-academic-worldquest-high-school-global-affairs-challenge/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-12-04-worldquest-practice.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221121 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20221018T145729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T180854Z UID:31957-1668578400-1668923999@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Global Affairs Conference | WACA National Conference | WashDC | Nov 16-19 DESCRIPTION:Your World Affairs Council is a member of the 90+ network of grassroots public service educational nonprofits dedicated to informing our communities about the world. Every November council members and the public are invited to the National Conference of the World Affairs Councils of America. \nThe conferences are a unique blend of distinguished speakers\, networking and offsite visits to think-tanks\, diplomatic outposts and other organizations. There’s plenty of opportunity to network with others who are concerned about global affairs in the luxury of the historic Mayflower Hotel in downtown Washington\, D.C. \nYou’re invited to this fabulous gathering in our nation’s capital. Don’t miss it. \n[If you’re going let us know. Email pat@tnwac.org] \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-affairs-conference-waca-national-conference-washdc-nov-16-19/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-08-at-10.28.45-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221114T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221114T160000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20221110T170114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T180944Z UID:32153-1668438000-1668441600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Putin and Russia’s War: Putin and Russia’s War: What Makes Putin Tick? | Nov 14 | Zoom DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nand with Belmont University Center for Global Citizenship\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine\nvia Zoom \nPutin and Russia’s War\n \nwith \n \nKatja Gloger\nJournalist and Author \n\nAndrew S. Weiss\nJames Family Chair and Vice President for Studies\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace \nMonday\, November 14\, 2022 \n@ 9:00 a.m. CT\n\n\n\nIt is being reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to Bali next week to participate in the G20 Summit. This was confirmed overnight by Moscow’s embassy to Indonesia. At the same time\, we are seeing reports that the Kremlin is withdrawing its troops from Kherson\, the only regional capital it managed to capture since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February. The retreat from Kherson is one of the most serious blows to Russia in Putin’s war. Just a month ago\, he declared that Kherson and three other regions in Ukraine are part of the Russian nation at an event in Moscow’s Red Square. \nJoin us for a discussion with Putin biographers and Russia experts Katja Gloger and Andrew S. Weiss about the war in Ukraine. \n\nJournalist and author Katja Gloger studied Eastern European History and Political Science in Hamburg and Moscow and has an MBA from Purdue University\, Indiana. She started her career as a news reporter for German Television ARD. As Moscow Bureau Chief for Stern magazine she witnessed the fall of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia. She also worked as Foreign Editor for Stern magazine – with a focus on Russia\, international affairs\, and security policy. She also served as Stern’s Senior Political Correspondent in Washington\, DC\, from 2004 until the end of 2008. Since 2009\, she has served on the magazine’s editorial board. \nMs. Gloger won the prestigious German Henri Nannen Award for Best Documentary Reporting in 2010. She is a Board member of the German section of Reporters Without Borders\, a human rights organization defending the freedom of the press\, and a member of the Atlantik-Brücke. She has published several books on Russia\, including Putin’s World: The New Russia\, Ukraine\, and the West. \n\nAndrew S. Weiss (ACG Young Leader) is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, where he oversees research on Russia and Eurasia. His graphic novel biography of Vladimir Putin\, Accidental Czar: the Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin\, will be published by First Second/Macmillan in November 2022. \nPrior to joining Carnegie\, he was director of the RAND Corporation’s Center for Russia and Eurasia and executive director of the RAND Business Leaders Forum. Mr. Weiss’s career has spanned both the public and private sectors. He previously served as director for Russian\, Ukrainian\, and Eurasian Affairs on the National Security Council staff\, as a member of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff\, and as a policy assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy during the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush. \n\nPreviously in the In Focus series: \n\n\nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Kornblum\, Velikova\, Walker | Aug 25 | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Cold Wars | Prof Thomas Schwartz | Aug 18 | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion | Anna Novosad | A Ukrainian Perspective | Jul 21 | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nRussia’s Invasion | Amb John Kornblum | Is This The New Normal? | Jul 7 | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nRussia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Humanitarian Crisis | Tamara Demuria | June 29 | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nThe War in Ukraine: How Will this End? | Amb John Kornblum | Dr. Liana Fix | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nWar in Europe | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31 | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nImplications and Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Mar 16 | Video | Transcript \n\nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Mar 2 | Video | Transcript\nWar in Europe | Feb 25 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine | The Crisis Unfolds | Feb 15 | Video | Transcript\nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Feb 1 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Jan 17 | Video | Transcript \n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/putin-and-russias-war-nov-14-zoom/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-12-04-worldquest-practice-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221108T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221108T210000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220808T193810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181011Z UID:31534-1667935800-1667941200@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Cyber Threats Panel | Admiral Rogers | Former NSA Director | Nov 8 DESCRIPTION:Contact us today to sponsor this program.\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nand Belmont University Center for Global Citizenship \nin association with the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL DIALOGUE PANEL SERIES \nIn Person \nCyber Threats Across the Spectrum and What’s Being Done\n With Former NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers\n \nFormer Director National Security Agency and Commander U.S. Cyber Command\nTuesday\, November 8\, 2022 \n1:30-3:00 p.m. CT \nConference Room\, Janet Ayres Academic Center at Belmont University \n\n\nWith Moderator \n\nCongressman Jim Cooper (TN-5th)\nHouse Armed Services Committee\nChair\, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces\nAnd Panelists \n\nMs. Casey Santos\nCIO\, Asurion\n\nMr. Paul Connelly\nVP Information Protection and Security at HCA Healthcare\n\nDr. Brandon Prins\nPolitical Science Department Head\, University of Tennessee Knoxville\n\nCurtis Clan\nChief Information Security Officer\nState of Tennessee \n\nCyber Threats Panel | Former NSA Director ADM Michael Rogers | Nov 8
The threat of malicious cyber activities against the United States – governments\, businesses and individuals – will be on the agenda as Navy Admiral Michael Rogers talks with the Nashville community. Rogers\, a retired four-star\, completed his 37 years in uniform serving four years as Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of the United States Cyber Command. \nAdmiral Rogers will lead a panel discussing cyber threats hosted by the Tennessee World Affairs Council and Belmont University’s Center for Global Citizenship at 1:30 p.m. CT\, November 8\, 2022. The panel will be moderated by Congressman Jim Cooper\, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee and as Chair of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. \nThe cyber threat panel will feature speakers representing industry\, government and academia including: Ms. Casey Santos\, CIO of Asurion; Mr. Paul Connelly\, VP Information Protection and Security at HCA Healthcare\, Dr. Brandon Prins\, Political Science Department Head\, University of Tennessee Knoxville; and Curtis Clan\, Chief Information Security Officer\, State of Tennessee. \nThe panel will follow a luncheon at Belmont featuring Admiral Rogers\, and is set for the conference room at Belmont’s Janet Ayres Conference Center. Both programs are open to the public and information and registration is on the Tennessee World Affairs Council Web site (TNWAC.org). Contact TNWAC President Patrick Ryan for information on corporate sponsorship of Admiral Rogers’ visit and programs. (pat@TNWAC.org) \n\nAdmiral Michael Rogers retired in June 2018 after nearly 37 years of service\, culminating his career with more than four years leading U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency (NSA). Starting his career as a surface warfare officer and ultimately transitioning to duty as a cryptology warfare officer\, he served around the globe afloat and ashore\, focusing on maritime operations\, intelligence\, and cyber. \nAdmiral Rogers is an NROTC graduate of Auburn University\, holds a master of science in national security\, is a distinguished graduate of the National War College\, and is a graduate of highest distinction from the Naval War College. He is a Seminar XXI Fellow and a Harvard Senior Executive in National Security alum. He has commanded at the unit\, numbered fleet\, and service component level and at the sub-unified level and ran the largest intelligence organization in the U.S. government at NSA\, as well as its newest unified command in U.S. Cyber Command. \n\n\nYou too can support these important public service conversations. Give at: TNWAC.org/donate \n\n&amp;amp;lt;a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/En0CVsrB6NGUNTSA3BLUtw”&amp;amp;gt;War in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic &amp;amp;amp; Economic Perspective | Aug 25&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
\n \n\n\nSPONSOR THESE PROGRAMS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org  \n \nLink here for more information about sponsoring. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/admiral-michael-rogers-former-nsa-director-nov-8/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Rogers-Panel-2-Flyer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221108T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221108T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20221006T134744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181031Z UID:31863-1667928600-1667934000@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Luncheon | Former NSA Director ADM Michael Rogers | Nov 8 DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION CLOSED\n  \nSponsor This Program \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nand Belmont University Center for International Business \nin association with the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nLUNCHEON \nIn Person \nA Conversation With Former NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers\n \nFormer Director National Security Agency and Commander U.S. Cyber Command\nTuesday\, November 8\, 2022 \n11:30 a.m. CT Registration/Networking \n12:00 p.m. Lunch\, Remarks\, Q and A \nVenue: Massey Board Room\, Massey Business Center\, Belmont University\, Nashville \nREGISTRATION CLOSED \n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/g1qtvuj96swDNAJESm588Q”>Luncheon | Former NSA Director ADM Michael Rogers | Nov 8</a><br />\n \n\nWhat has the United States learned about cyber security threats and how is it prepared to respond? How do we ensure the nation’s competitive ability in the 21st century? These are among the topics the former Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command\, will address at a November 8\, 2022 luncheon at Belmont University. \nAdmiral Michael Rogers\, a retired Navy four-star\, served over three decades as a Cryptologic Warfare Officer\, leading to appointment as America’s top cryptology and cyber DoD official. Rogers led that effort for four years directing the Defense Department’s cyber security mission. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council and Belmont University’s Center for Global Citizenship invite you to join Admiral Rogers at a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. CT on November 8th. This is your opportunity for first-hand insights and perspectives on the cyber threats facing the U.S. government\, businesses and individuals from the expanding universe of virtual threats. \nThe luncheon will be followed by a panel discussion with Admiral Rogers moderated by Congressman Jim Cooper featuring government\, industry and academia experts. The luncheon is set for the Massey Board Room in Belmont’s Massey Business Center. Both programs are open to the public and information and registration is on the Tennessee World Affairs Council Web site (TNWAC.org). Contact TNWAC President Patrick Ryan for information on corporate sponsorship of Admiral Rogers’ visit and programs. (pat@TNWAC.org) \n\nAdmiral Michael Rogers retired in June 2018 after nearly 37 years of service\, culminating his career with more than four years leading U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency (NSA). Starting his career as a surface warfare officer and ultimately transitioning to duty as a cryptology warfare officer\, he served around the globe afloat and ashore\, focusing on maritime operations\, intelligence\, and cyber. \nAdmiral Rogers is an NROTC graduate of Auburn University\, holds a master of science in national security\, is a distinguished graduate of the National War College\, and is a graduate of highest distinction from the Naval War College. He is a Seminar XXI Fellow and a Harvard Senior Executive in National Security alum. He has commanded at the unit\, numbered fleet\, and service component level and at the sub-unified level and ran the largest intelligence organization in the U.S. government at NSA\, as well as its newest unified command in U.S. Cyber Command. \n\n\nYou too can support these important public service conversations. Give at: TNWAC.org/donate \nRegistration Details Forthcoming \n\n&lt;a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/En0CVsrB6NGUNTSA3BLUtw”&gt;War in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic &amp; Economic Perspective | Aug 25&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br />\n \n\n\nSPONSOR THESE PROGRAMS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org  \n \nLink here for more information about sponsoring. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/luncheon-former-nsa-director-adm-michael-rogers-nov-8/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Rogers-Lunch-Flyer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221110 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20221006T170755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181131Z UID:31865-1667887200-1667973599@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Cyber Threats Programs | Former NSA Director ADM Michael Rogers | Nov 8 DESCRIPTION:Contact us today to sponsor this program.\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nSPECIAL EDITION \nDISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER SERIES \nIn Person \nConversations With\nAdmiral Michael Rogers\nFormer Director National Security Agency/Commander U.S. Cyber Command  \n \nTuesday\, November 8\, 2022 \nBelmont University\n11:30-1:00 Luncheon\n[ Details / Registration ] \n1:30-3:00 Panel\n[ Details / Registration ] \nFind out how you can sponsor these events. [Link] \n&lt;a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pm2s4vNn5GPgvUuvD9R2Nw”&gt;Town Hall at Vanderbilt | Former NSA Director ADM Michael Rogers | Nov 7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br />\n \nAdmiral Michael Rogers retired in June 2018 after nearly 37 years of service\, culminating his career with more than four years leading U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency (NSA). Starting his career as a surface warfare officer and ultimately transitioning to duty as a cryptology warfare officer\, he served around the globe afloat and ashore\, focusing on maritime operations\, intelligence\, and cyber. \nAdmiral Rogers is an NROTC graduate of Auburn University\, holds a master of science in national security\, is a distinguished graduate of the National War College\, and is a graduate of highest distinction from the Naval War College. He is a Seminar XXI Fellow and a Harvard Senior Executive in National Security alum. He has commanded at the unit\, numbered fleet\, and service component level and at the sub-unified level and ran the largest intelligence organization in the U.S. government at NSA\, as well as its newest unified command in U.S. Cyber Command. \nDescription of Luncheon\nMassey Boardroom\, Massey Business Center\nBelmont University\nNovember 8\, 2022 | 11:30am-1:00pm \nWhat has the United States learned about cyber security threats and how is it prepared to respond? How do we ensure the nation’s competitive ability in the 21st century? These are among the topics the former Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command\, will address at a November 8\, 2022 luncheon at Belmont University. \nAdmiral Michael Rogers\, a retired Navy four-star\, served over three decades as a Cryptologic Warfare Officer\, leading to appointment as America’s top cryptology and cyber DoD official. Rogers led that effort for four years directing the Defense Department’s cyber security mission. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council and Belmont University’s Center for Global Citizenship invite you to join Admiral Rogers at a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. CT on November 8th. This is your opportunity for first-hand insights and perspectives on the cyber threats facing the U.S. government\, businesses and individuals from the expanding universe of virtual threats. \nThe luncheon will be followed by a panel discussion with Admiral Rogers moderated by Congressman Jim Cooper featuring government\, industry and academia experts. The luncheon is set for the Massey Board Room in Belmont’s Massey Business Center. Both programs are open to the public and information and registration is on the Tennessee World Affairs Council Web site (TNWAC.org). Contact TNWAC President Patrick Ryan for information on corporate sponsorship of Admiral Rogers’ visit and programs. (pat@TNWAC.org) \nDescription of Panel\nJanet Ayres Academic Center – Conference Center\nBelmont University\nNovember 8\, 2022 | 1:30pm-3:00pm \nThe threat of malicious cyber activities against the United States – governments\, businesses and individuals – will be on the agenda as Navy Admiral Michael Rogers talks with the Nashville community. Rogers\, a retired four-star\, completed his 37 years in uniform serving four years as Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of the United States Cyber Command. \nAdmiral Rogers will lead a panel discussing cyber threats hosted by the Tennessee World Affairs Council and Belmont University’s Center for Global Citizenship at 1:30 p.m. CT\, November 8\, 2022. The panel will be moderated by Congressman Jim Cooper\, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee and as Chair of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. \nThe cyber threat panel will feature speakers representing industry\, government and academia including: Ms. Casey Santos\, CIO of Asurion; Mr. Paul Connelly\, VP Information Protection and Security at HCA Healthcare\, Dr. Brandon Prins\, Political Science Department Head\, University of Tennessee Knoxville; and Curtis Clan\, Chief Information Security Officer\, for the State of Tennessee. \nThe panel will follow a luncheon at Belmont featuring Admiral Rogers\, and is set for the conference room at Belmont’s Janet Ayres Conference Center. Both programs are open to the public and information and registration is on the Tennessee World Affairs Council Web site (TNWAC.org). Contact TNWAC President Patrick Ryan for information on corporate sponsorship of Admiral Rogers’ visit and programs. (pat@TNWAC.org) \nAbout TNWAC\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council is a non-partisan\, independent\, non-profit educational association supported by funding from individuals and corporate member dues\, foundations and contributions. By serving as a regional center for education and discussion of world affairs\, TNWAC provides leadership for global thinking. \n\n\nYou too can support these important public service conversations. Give at: TNWAC.org/donate \n\n&amp;lt;a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/En0CVsrB6NGUNTSA3BLUtw”&amp;gt;War in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic &amp;amp; Economic Perspective | Aug 25&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br />\n \n\n\nSPONSOR THESE PROGRAMS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \n \nLink here for more information about sponsoring. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/cyber-town-hall-former-nsa-director-rogers-nov-7/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Rogers-Compilation-Flyer-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221013T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221013T190000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220920T130545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181153Z UID:31759-1665684000-1665687600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Geopolitics of Central Asia | Prof. John Miglietta DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nand Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL DIALOGUE SERIES \nVia Zoom \nThe Geopolitics of Central Asia\n \nOctober 13\, 2022 | 1 pm CT\nA Conversation With Professor John Miglietta\n \nWith Moderator\nProfessor Thomas Schwartz\n \n  \n\n\nProfessor John Miglietta who teaches international politics at Tennessee State University recently completed a year in Tajikistan as a Fulbright Scholar. In this Global Dialogue he will discuss the geography of the region\, the politics and governments of the region and how these countries emerged from the Soviet Union. He will conclude by discussing the roles of China\, Russia\, and the US. Distinguished historian Professor Thomas Schwartz will moderate the conversation. \nUnderstanding developments in Central Asia is key to understanding developments in Russia and China and American interests in the region. \nProfessor John Miglietta \nJohn Miglietta is a political scientist who focuses on the study of American foreign policy in the Middle East with an emphasis on international security issues. He is the author of American Alliance Policy in the Middle East\, 1945-1992 (Rowman and Littlefield\, 2002). This is a study of the dynamics of U.S. alliances in the region focusing on Iran\, Israel\, and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Miglietta also has research interests in studying American foreign policy in Central Asia\, as well as weapons proliferation. \nProfessor Thomas 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. \n\n\nYou too can support these important public service conversations. Give at: TNWAC.org/donate \n \n\nWar in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic & Economic Perspective | Aug 25
\n \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/geopolitics-of-central-asia-prof-john-miglietta/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-10-13-miglietta.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221010T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221010T160000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20221005T201304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181219Z UID:31850-1665414000-1665417600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:In Focus: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine | Germany\, Russia\, and Ukraine: How does this Conflict End? | Oct 10 DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nand the American Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present via Zoom \n\n\nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine\nGermany\, Russia\, and Ukraine: How does this Conflict End?\n \nDr. Liana Fix\n CFR Fellow for Europe\, Council on Foreign Relations\n \nLieutenant General Ben Hodges\nFormer Commanding General\, United States Army Europe\n\nMonday October 10\, 2022 @ 10:00 am CT\nThis program is provided by the American Council on Germany. \n \n\nThe West has shown unity and commitment to Ukraine that would not have been forecast a year ago. The post-Cold War institutions are proving resilient and Putin’s desire to divide the democratic Allies has paradoxically bolstered the unity and resolve within NATO\, the European Union\, and the international community writ large. But\, as temperatures drop and heating (and electricity) prices rise\, will this unity hold? The government in Berlin may come under renewed pressures following the decision by the Kremlin to halt natural gas exports. \n\n\nOn the battlefield\, Ukraine’s army is gaining momentum but much of the land it has recaptured in the east and the south of the country has been raised and abandoned. The Russian Defense Ministry says it has 200\,000 new recruits\, but they have yet to be seen. And\, the U.S. commitment to provide more military aid to Ukraine has heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow – with Russia’s Ambassador to the Unites States calling this an “immediate threat” to Moscow.  \n\n\nThe American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council are continuing their series of virtual events titled In Focus: Russia’s War in Ukraine to provide continued updates on and insights into the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine that has rocked the world order. Join us on Monday\, October 10 for a discussion with security experts Dr. Liana Fix and Lieutenant General Ben Hodges about the war in Ukraine. \n\n\nWar in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic & Economic Perspective | Aug 25
\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Liana Fix is a CFR Fellow for Europe\, based in Washington\, DC. Previously\, she served in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. \nLieutenant General Ben Hodges served as Commanding General\, United States Army Europe from 2014 to 2017 before his retirement from the Army in early 2018. General Hodges has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions including Tactics Instructor; Chief of Plans\, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea; Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Chief of Staff\, XVIII Airborne Corps; Director of the Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the Joint Staff; Chief of Legislative Liaison for the United States Army; and Commander\, NATO Allied Land Command (İzmir\, Turkey). \nAfter his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Garlstedt\, Germany\, he commanded Infantry units at the Company\, Battalion\, and Brigade levels in the 101st Airborne Division\, including Command of the First Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne” of the 101st Airborne Division in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (2003-2004). His other operational assignments include Chief of Operations for Multi-National Corps-Iraq in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (2005-2006) and Director of Operations\, Regional Command South in Kandahar\, Afghanistan (2009-2010). \n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/in-focus-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-germany-russia-and-ukraine-how-does-this-conflict-end-oct-10/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville,Stimson Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220922T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220923T020000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220825T133906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181241Z UID:31625-1663884000-1663898400@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:In Focus: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine | Ukraine and US Ambassadors | Sep 22 DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\n\nin association with the \nPeoria Area World Affairs Council\n\n\n\n\n\nand Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present \nvia Zoom and In Person at the Peoria Area World Affairs Council \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine\n \nAmbassador Oksana Markarova\nUkraine Ambassador to the United States \n \nAmbassador John Herbst\nUnited States Ambassador to Ukraine (2003-2006) \n\nSeptember 22\, 2022 @ 5-9 pm CT\nSimulcast Via Zoom during Peoria Area World Affairs Council Dinner  \n  \n\nThis program is provided by the Peoria Area World Affairs Council. \nRegistration is through the PAWAC web site. They offer free tickets to WAC members (Honor System) but ask for a donation to offset expenses from all. Please support World Affairs Councils with your generous gift. \n \n\nWar in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic & Economic Perspective | Aug 25
\n \n\n\nBiographies \nAmbassador Oksana Markarova \nOksana Markarova was appointed the Ukraine’s Ambassador to the USA and arrived in DC on Apr 20\, 2021. She served in Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance in 2015-2020 as First deputy Minister and Government commissioner on investments and then since 2018 as a Minister of Finance. During her time at the Ministry she was a co-author of Ukraine’s macroeconomic revival program\, has conducted unprecedented fiscal consolidation leading to deficit to GDP of 2% and debt to GDP reduction to below 50%\, introduced midterm budgeting\, gender oriented budgeting as well as negotiated\, structured and coordinated successfully two IMF programs and other IFI cooperation programs. During her tenure she and her team has also created UkraineInvest government promotion agency\, Ukrainian Startup fund and an eData ecosystem of government public finance portals including spending.gov.ua\, openbudget.gov.ua and analytical instrument BOOST\, which opened the majority of the public finance data to the public and increased Ukraine in all major international data transparency ratings. \nPrior to career in public service Mrs. Markarova spent 17 years working in private equity and financial advisory having leadership roles in ITT investment group\, Western NIS Enterprise Fund\, Chemonics and and World bank\, as well as founded Archidata startup electronic archive company in between service positions in 2020. \nOksana Markarova serves at the Boards of UkraineHouse DC foundation in Washington DC\, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy\, Ukrainian Development Foundation and supports Ukrainian Catholic University and Ukrainian Press Museum-Archive. \nShe holds BS and MS degrees in Environmental Science from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine and MPA in public finance from Indiana University with academic excellency and best international student awards. \nMarkarova is married with four children and grandson. \n\nAmbassador John Herbst \n\n\n\nAmbassador John E. Herbst is senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and served for thirty-one years as a foreign service officer in the US Department of State\, retiring at the rank of career minister. He was US ambassador to Ukraine from 2003 to 2006\, when he worked to enhance US-Ukrainian relations\, help ensure the conduct of a fair Ukrainian presidential election\, and prevent violence during the Orange Revolution. Prior to that\, he was ambassador to Uzbekistan (2000-03)\, where he played a critical role in the establishment of an American base to help conduct Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He also promoted improved US-Uzbek relations\, in part by encouraging the government in Tashkent to improve its human rights record. \nIn his last four years at the State Department\, he served as the coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization\, leading the US government’s civilian capacity in societies in transition from conflict or civil strife\, and to provide support to countries at risk of instability. He oversaw the establishment of the Civilian Response Corps of the United States\, the US civilian rapid response force for reconstruction and stabilization operations overseas. \nAmbassador Herbst previously served as US consul general in Jerusalem; principal deputy to the Ambassador-at-Large for the Newly Independent States; the director of the office of independent states and commonwealth affairs; director of regional affairs in the Near East Bureau; and at the embassies in Tel Aviv\, Moscow\, and Saudi Arabia. \nHe most recently served as director of the center for complex operations at National Defense University. He has received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award\, the Secretary of State’s Career Achievement Award\, and the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award. Ambassador Herbst has written book chapters\, articles\, and op-eds on stability operations in Central Asia\, Ukraine\, and Russia. His writings have appeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, the Atlantic\, the National Interest\, and Foreign Policy. He has been a frequent guest discussing the Ukraine crisis on television and radio.  \nAmbassador Herbst earned a bachelor of science in foreign service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service\, Phi Beta Kappa\, and a master of law and diplomacy\, with distinction\, from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He also attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Bologna Center.  \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/in-focus-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-ukraine-and-us-ambassadors-sep-22/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville,Stimson Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220623T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220624T010000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220616T020552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181722Z UID:31244-1656025200-1656032400@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Discussion | Henry Kissinger with Prof Thomas Schwartz | Jun 23 | In Person DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council and\n\nThe Nashville Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the \nAmerican Council on Germany\ncordially invite you to a\nReception and Discussion with\n \nDr. Thomas A. Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History at Vanderbilt University\n \n“Kissinger at 99: Historical Reflections on \n20th-Century America’s Most Famous Diplomat” \nThursday\, June 23\, 2022\n6:00 to 8:00 p.m.\nBoard of Trust Room \nVanderbilt Student Life Center\n310 25th Ave. S.\nNashville\, TN 37240\nComplimentary Parking on Campus at the 25th Avenue Parking Garage. There is a $35 charge to attend this event. REGISTER by June 19\n\n\n\n\nThomas A. Schwartz\, who is a member of the TNWAC and was an ACG Young Leader in 1989\, is a Distinguished Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. He is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, modern European history\, and biography. \nDr. Schwartz’s most recent book\, Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography  (Hill and Wang)\, has received considerable notice and acclaim. He is also the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991) – which 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 – and 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. Dr. Schwartz is also the co-editor\, together with Matthias Schulz\, of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \n\n  \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/henry-kissinger-thomas-schwartz/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/featured-image-Schwartz.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220525T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220525T183000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220517T034304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181757Z UID:31182-1653498000-1653503400@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Lunch with Ambassador of Ireland Daniel Mulhall | May 25 | In-Person DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to a networking and discussion luncheon event with Ambassador of Ireland Daniel Mulhall.\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce International Business Council presents \n\n\n\n\n\nAMBASSADOR SERIES\nIN PERSON\nUnited States-Ireland Relations\n \nAmbassador Daniel Mulhall\nAmbassador of Ireland to the United States \nWednesday\, May 25\, 2022 \nBaker Donelson\n1600 West End Avenue\nNashville\, TN 37203 \n12:00 Networking/Lunch\n12:30 Program\n1:30 Adjourn \n \n\nThe IBC\, in partnership with the Center for International Business at Belmont University and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, invites you to join us for a special conversation with Ireland’s Ambassador to the U.S.\, Mr. Daniel Mulhall. \nDaniel Mulhall took up duty as Ireland’s 18th Ambassador to the United States in August 2017. He was born and brought up in Waterford and undertook his undergraduate and post-graduate studies at University College Cork where he specialized in modern Irish history. Read full bio \n\nThank you for your support to make our public service work possible. \n\n\nPhoto credit Marty Katz/washingtonphotographer.com \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/lunch-with-ambassador-of-ireland-daniel-mulhall-may-25-in-person/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/220525-Amb-Mulhall.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T160000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220409T143412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181915Z UID:31010-1649862000-1649865600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:The War in Ukraine: How Will this End? | Amb John Kornblum | Wednesday DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nThe War in Ukraine: How Will This End?\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nWednesday\, April 13\, 2022 \n@ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith \n \nDr. Liana Fix\nResident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Washington office \nAnd Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation to TNWAC.org/donate. Thank you. \n\n\nThe War in Ukraine: How Will This End? \nAlthough there has been a withdrawal of Russian troops in the north of Ukraine\, the images of death and destruction from places like Bucha mark a grim turning point in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Join the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Liana Fix\, Program Director in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin\, about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and its lasting consequences. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Liana Fix\, Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (invited). They will talk about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and put it in perspective by discussing the implications and possible paths ahead.  \nPreviously in this series: \n\nImplications and Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Mar 16 | Video | Transcript\nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Mar 2 | Video | Transcript\nWar in Europe | Feb 25 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine | The Crisis Unfolds | Feb 15 | Video | Transcript\nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Feb 1 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Jan 17 | Video | Transcript \n\n  \nWar in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16\n \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Liana Fix is a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office\, while on sabbatical from the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.  \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/the-war-in-ukraine-how-will-this-end-amb-john-kornblum-wednesday/ CATEGORIES:Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kornblum-220413.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T160000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220409T143412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181926Z UID:44175-1649862000-1649865600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:The War in Ukraine: How Will this End? | Amb John Kornblum | Wednesday DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nThe War in Ukraine: How Will This End?\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nWednesday\, April 13\, 2022 \n@ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith \n \nDr. Liana Fix\nResident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Washington office \nAnd Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation to TNWAC.org/donate. Thank you. \n\n\nThe War in Ukraine: How Will This End? \nAlthough there has been a withdrawal of Russian troops in the north of Ukraine\, the images of death and destruction from places like Bucha mark a grim turning point in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Join the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Liana Fix\, Program Director in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin\, about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and its lasting consequences. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Liana Fix\, Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (invited). They will talk about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and put it in perspective by discussing the implications and possible paths ahead.  \nPreviously in this series: \n\nImplications and Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Mar 16 | Video | Transcript\nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Mar 2 | Video | Transcript\nWar in Europe | Feb 25 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine | The Crisis Unfolds | Feb 15 | Video | Transcript\nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Feb 1 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Jan 17 | Video | Transcript \n\n  \nWar in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16\n \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Liana Fix is a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office\, while on sabbatical from the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.  \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/the-war-in-ukraine-how-will-this-end-amb-john-kornblum-wednesday-4/ CATEGORIES:Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kornblum-220413.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T160000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220409T143412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181921Z UID:43087-1649862000-1649865600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:The War in Ukraine: How Will this End? | Amb John Kornblum | Wednesday DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nThe War in Ukraine: How Will This End?\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nWednesday\, April 13\, 2022 \n@ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith \n \nDr. Liana Fix\nResident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Washington office \nAnd Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation to TNWAC.org/donate. Thank you. \n\n\nThe War in Ukraine: How Will This End? \nAlthough there has been a withdrawal of Russian troops in the north of Ukraine\, the images of death and destruction from places like Bucha mark a grim turning point in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Join the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Liana Fix\, Program Director in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin\, about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and its lasting consequences. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Liana Fix\, Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (invited). They will talk about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and put it in perspective by discussing the implications and possible paths ahead.  \nPreviously in this series: \n\nImplications and Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Mar 16 | Video | Transcript\nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Mar 2 | Video | Transcript\nWar in Europe | Feb 25 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine | The Crisis Unfolds | Feb 15 | Video | Transcript\nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Feb 1 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Jan 17 | Video | Transcript \n\n  \nWar in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16\n \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Liana Fix is a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office\, while on sabbatical from the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.  \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/the-war-in-ukraine-how-will-this-end-amb-john-kornblum-wednesday-3/ CATEGORIES:Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kornblum-220413.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220331T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220401T000000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220131T215149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181941Z UID:44171-1648767600-1648771200@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:In-Person | Russia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the U.S. | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31 DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL\nIN PERSON\nRussia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the United States\n \nDr. Roger Kangas\, Ph.D.\nAcademic Dean and Professor \nNear East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies\, National Defense University \nMarch 31\, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m. CT\nwith Moderator \n\nDr. Thomas A  Schwartz\, Ph.D. \nDistinguished Professor of History of U.S. Foreign Relations\, Vanderbilt University \n\nVenue: Belmont University\, Ayres Conference Center\, 4th Floor\, Janet Ayres Academic Center\, 1501 Wedgewood Ave\, Nashville\, TN 37212 \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nIn-Person | Russia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the U.S. | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31\n \nParking: The Janet Ayers Academic Center is located at the corner of Wedgewood and 15th avenues on the northern front of Belmont University’s campus. There is free\, lighted\, parking in the garage located underneath the building\, with elevator access to all floors. Entrances are located off of Wedgewood Avenue via the alley entrance and 15th Avenue\, through both roundabouts. \nThe Ayres Conference Room is on the 4th floor of the Academic Center. \nCAMPUS MAP http://www.belmont.edu/campus-map/files/campusmap.pdf \n\nDr. Roger Kangas \n“I come at [issues] more from a policy side. I do like to see myself as an academic but my day to day world takes me into the practical world. So you may hear me use the term prac-ademia.” \nDr. Roger Kangas – Academic Dean and a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. Previously Dr. Kangas served as a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the George C. Marshall Center for European Security in Garmisch-Partenkirchen\, Germany; Deputy Director of the Central Asian Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington\, DC; Central Asian Course Coordinator at the Foreign Service Institute for the U.S. Department of State; Research Analyst on Central Asian Affairs for the Open Media Research Institute (OMRI) in Prague\, Czech Republic; and as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi. \nDr. Kangas has been an advisor to the Combatant Commands\, NATO/ISAF\, the US Air Force Special Operations School\, National Democratic Institute\, International Research and Exchanges Board\, American Councils\, Academy for Educational Development\, USIA\, USAID\, and other US government agencies on issues relating to Central and South Asia\, Russia\, and the South Caucasus. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. Dr. Kangas holds a B.S.F.S. in Comparative Politics from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Indiana University. \nDr. Thomas A. Schwartz \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020). The book has received considerable notice and acclaim. Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.” Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nProfessor Schwartz has held fellowships from the Social Science Research Council\, the German Historical Society\, the Norwegian Nobel Institute\, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars\, and the Center for the Study of European Integration. He has served as President of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations. He served on the United States Department of State’s Historical Advisory Committee as the representative of the Organization of American Historians from 2005-2008. Professor Schwartz received The Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching on April 3\, 2013 at the Spring Faculty Assembly\, Vanderbilt University. In 2008 Professor Schwartz received the Annual Alumni Education Award from the Vanderbilt Alumni Association. Schwartz is the recipient of the 2008 Book Award by Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order. This award is given to a faculty member who has been particularly influential in the lives and education of members of KAO. Professor Schwartz presented\, “The Arab Spring: Revolution in the Middle East\,” on April 19\, 2011\, as part of the Samuel L. Shannon Distinguished Lecture Series at Tennessee State University. Professor Schwartz has also presented lectures for the OAH Distinguished Lecturers Program. \n\nTNWAC needs your support now more than ever. With a suggested donation of $100\, you can help the Council continue to offer free\, public programming to discuss global issues of critical importance to Americans’ security and prosperity. \nThank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH – BELMONT UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/russia-ukraine-europe-us-kangas-4/ CATEGORIES:Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-03-31-kangas-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220331T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220401T000000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220131T215149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181930Z UID:30365-1648767600-1648771200@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:In-Person | Russia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the U.S. | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31 DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL\nIN PERSON\nRussia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the United States\n \nDr. Roger Kangas\, Ph.D.\nAcademic Dean and Professor \nNear East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies\, National Defense University \nMarch 31\, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m. CT\nwith Moderator \n\nDr. Thomas A  Schwartz\, Ph.D. \nDistinguished Professor of History of U.S. Foreign Relations\, Vanderbilt University \n\nVenue: Belmont University\, Ayres Conference Center\, 4th Floor\, Janet Ayres Academic Center\, 1501 Wedgewood Ave\, Nashville\, TN 37212 \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nIn-Person | Russia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the U.S. | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31\n \nParking: The Janet Ayers Academic Center is located at the corner of Wedgewood and 15th avenues on the northern front of Belmont University’s campus. There is free\, lighted\, parking in the garage located underneath the building\, with elevator access to all floors. Entrances are located off of Wedgewood Avenue via the alley entrance and 15th Avenue\, through both roundabouts. \nThe Ayres Conference Room is on the 4th floor of the Academic Center. \nCAMPUS MAP http://www.belmont.edu/campus-map/files/campusmap.pdf \n\nDr. Roger Kangas \n“I come at [issues] more from a policy side. I do like to see myself as an academic but my day to day world takes me into the practical world. So you may hear me use the term prac-ademia.” \nDr. Roger Kangas – Academic Dean and a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. Previously Dr. Kangas served as a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the George C. Marshall Center for European Security in Garmisch-Partenkirchen\, Germany; Deputy Director of the Central Asian Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington\, DC; Central Asian Course Coordinator at the Foreign Service Institute for the U.S. Department of State; Research Analyst on Central Asian Affairs for the Open Media Research Institute (OMRI) in Prague\, Czech Republic; and as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi. \nDr. Kangas has been an advisor to the Combatant Commands\, NATO/ISAF\, the US Air Force Special Operations School\, National Democratic Institute\, International Research and Exchanges Board\, American Councils\, Academy for Educational Development\, USIA\, USAID\, and other US government agencies on issues relating to Central and South Asia\, Russia\, and the South Caucasus. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. Dr. Kangas holds a B.S.F.S. in Comparative Politics from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Indiana University. \nDr. Thomas A. Schwartz \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020). The book has received considerable notice and acclaim. Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.” Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nProfessor Schwartz has held fellowships from the Social Science Research Council\, the German Historical Society\, the Norwegian Nobel Institute\, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars\, and the Center for the Study of European Integration. He has served as President of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations. He served on the United States Department of State’s Historical Advisory Committee as the representative of the Organization of American Historians from 2005-2008. Professor Schwartz received The Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching on April 3\, 2013 at the Spring Faculty Assembly\, Vanderbilt University. In 2008 Professor Schwartz received the Annual Alumni Education Award from the Vanderbilt Alumni Association. Schwartz is the recipient of the 2008 Book Award by Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order. This award is given to a faculty member who has been particularly influential in the lives and education of members of KAO. Professor Schwartz presented\, “The Arab Spring: Revolution in the Middle East\,” on April 19\, 2011\, as part of the Samuel L. Shannon Distinguished Lecture Series at Tennessee State University. Professor Schwartz has also presented lectures for the OAH Distinguished Lecturers Program. \n\nTNWAC needs your support now more than ever. With a suggested donation of $100\, you can help the Council continue to offer free\, public programming to discuss global issues of critical importance to Americans’ security and prosperity. \nThank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH – BELMONT UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/russia-ukraine-europe-us-kangas/ CATEGORIES:Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-03-31-kangas-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220331T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220401T000000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220131T215149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181938Z UID:43083-1648767600-1648771200@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:In-Person | Russia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the U.S. | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31 DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL\nIN PERSON\nRussia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the United States\n \nDr. Roger Kangas\, Ph.D.\nAcademic Dean and Professor \nNear East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies\, National Defense University \nMarch 31\, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m. CT\nwith Moderator \n\nDr. Thomas A  Schwartz\, Ph.D. \nDistinguished Professor of History of U.S. Foreign Relations\, Vanderbilt University \n\nVenue: Belmont University\, Ayres Conference Center\, 4th Floor\, Janet Ayres Academic Center\, 1501 Wedgewood Ave\, Nashville\, TN 37212 \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation when you register. Thank you. \nIn-Person | Russia\, Ukraine\, Europe and the U.S. | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31\n \nParking: The Janet Ayers Academic Center is located at the corner of Wedgewood and 15th avenues on the northern front of Belmont University’s campus. There is free\, lighted\, parking in the garage located underneath the building\, with elevator access to all floors. Entrances are located off of Wedgewood Avenue via the alley entrance and 15th Avenue\, through both roundabouts. \nThe Ayres Conference Room is on the 4th floor of the Academic Center. \nCAMPUS MAP http://www.belmont.edu/campus-map/files/campusmap.pdf \n\nDr. Roger Kangas \n“I come at [issues] more from a policy side. I do like to see myself as an academic but my day to day world takes me into the practical world. So you may hear me use the term prac-ademia.” \nDr. Roger Kangas – Academic Dean and a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. Previously Dr. Kangas served as a Professor of Central Asian Studies at the George C. Marshall Center for European Security in Garmisch-Partenkirchen\, Germany; Deputy Director of the Central Asian Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington\, DC; Central Asian Course Coordinator at the Foreign Service Institute for the U.S. Department of State; Research Analyst on Central Asian Affairs for the Open Media Research Institute (OMRI) in Prague\, Czech Republic; and as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi. \nDr. Kangas has been an advisor to the Combatant Commands\, NATO/ISAF\, the US Air Force Special Operations School\, National Democratic Institute\, International Research and Exchanges Board\, American Councils\, Academy for Educational Development\, USIA\, USAID\, and other US government agencies on issues relating to Central and South Asia\, Russia\, and the South Caucasus. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. Dr. Kangas holds a B.S.F.S. in Comparative Politics from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Indiana University. \nDr. Thomas A. Schwartz \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020). The book has received considerable notice and acclaim. Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.” Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nProfessor Schwartz has held fellowships from the Social Science Research Council\, the German Historical Society\, the Norwegian Nobel Institute\, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars\, and the Center for the Study of European Integration. He has served as President of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations. He served on the United States Department of State’s Historical Advisory Committee as the representative of the Organization of American Historians from 2005-2008. Professor Schwartz received The Madison Sarratt Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching on April 3\, 2013 at the Spring Faculty Assembly\, Vanderbilt University. In 2008 Professor Schwartz received the Annual Alumni Education Award from the Vanderbilt Alumni Association. Schwartz is the recipient of the 2008 Book Award by Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order. This award is given to a faculty member who has been particularly influential in the lives and education of members of KAO. Professor Schwartz presented\, “The Arab Spring: Revolution in the Middle East\,” on April 19\, 2011\, as part of the Samuel L. Shannon Distinguished Lecture Series at Tennessee State University. Professor Schwartz has also presented lectures for the OAH Distinguished Lecturers Program. \n\nTNWAC needs your support now more than ever. With a suggested donation of $100\, you can help the Council continue to offer free\, public programming to discuss global issues of critical importance to Americans’ security and prosperity. \nThank you for your continuing support in 2022!\n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH – BELMONT UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/russia-ukraine-europe-us-kangas-3/ CATEGORIES:Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-03-31-kangas-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T160000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220131T185507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182000Z UID:30360-1648652400-1648656000@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Why Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield DESCRIPTION:Global Summit Series\nPresented by the Center for International Business (CIB) at Belmont University in association with the Tennessee World Affairs Council\n“Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”\nwith Gary Garfield\nformer Chairman\, President & CEO\, Bridgestone Americas \n\nWhat: Seminar on “Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”  \nWhen: Wednesday\, March 30\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. \nWhere: Via Zoom & In-Person at Belmont University\, Massey Business Center\, Room 103. \nHow: Register below for the Zoom session or for your in-person invitation. \nWhy Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield\n \n\nGary Garfield \nRetired Chairman\, CEO and President of Bridgestone Americas\, Inc. Garfield initially joined Bridgestone Americas in the legal department in 1991\, eventually rising to the position of Vice President\, General Counsel\, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Bridgestone Americas. In March 2010\, he was promoted to Bridgestone Americas’ CEO and President\, and in January 2016 he was named as Executive Chairman of Bridgestone Americas. Over the last years\, he also was promoted to a series of executive positions within Bridgestone Corporation\, ultimately culminating in the position of Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of Bridgestone Americas’ parent company\, Bridgestone Corporation. \nHe has been Director of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce since July 03\, 2014 and served as an Independent Director of Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. since June 2015. He serves as a Director of Firestone Diversified Products\, LLC\, the Tennessee Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation\, the Nashville Ballet and the Middle Tennessee Council\, Boy Scouts of America. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Nashville Bar Association. He has been the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s Board of Trustees since January 2011. Since 2011\, he has also served on the Board of Visitors for Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Business. \nIn 2012\, Mr. Garfield was named National Chair for the Take Steps Be Heard walk program for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. He was a 2013 member of the Greater Nashville Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart Association and is serving as the 2015 Heart Walk Chairman. \nMr. Garfield holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Wittenberg University and his Juris Doctor from Cincinnati University. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n  URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/why-climate-change-is-a-business-matter-gary-garfield/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-03-30-garfield.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T160000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220131T185507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182012Z UID:43082-1648652400-1648656000@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Why Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield DESCRIPTION:Global Summit Series\nPresented by the Center for International Business (CIB) at Belmont University in association with the Tennessee World Affairs Council\n“Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”\nwith Gary Garfield\nformer Chairman\, President & CEO\, Bridgestone Americas \n\nWhat: Seminar on “Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”  \nWhen: Wednesday\, March 30\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. \nWhere: Via Zoom & In-Person at Belmont University\, Massey Business Center\, Room 103. \nHow: Register below for the Zoom session or for your in-person invitation. \nWhy Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield\n \n\nGary Garfield \nRetired Chairman\, CEO and President of Bridgestone Americas\, Inc. Garfield initially joined Bridgestone Americas in the legal department in 1991\, eventually rising to the position of Vice President\, General Counsel\, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Bridgestone Americas. In March 2010\, he was promoted to Bridgestone Americas’ CEO and President\, and in January 2016 he was named as Executive Chairman of Bridgestone Americas. Over the last years\, he also was promoted to a series of executive positions within Bridgestone Corporation\, ultimately culminating in the position of Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of Bridgestone Americas’ parent company\, Bridgestone Corporation. \nHe has been Director of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce since July 03\, 2014 and served as an Independent Director of Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. since June 2015. He serves as a Director of Firestone Diversified Products\, LLC\, the Tennessee Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation\, the Nashville Ballet and the Middle Tennessee Council\, Boy Scouts of America. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Nashville Bar Association. He has been the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s Board of Trustees since January 2011. Since 2011\, he has also served on the Board of Visitors for Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Business. \nIn 2012\, Mr. Garfield was named National Chair for the Take Steps Be Heard walk program for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. He was a 2013 member of the Greater Nashville Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart Association and is serving as the 2015 Heart Walk Chairman. \nMr. Garfield holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Wittenberg University and his Juris Doctor from Cincinnati University. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n  URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/why-climate-change-is-a-business-matter-gary-garfield-3/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-03-30-garfield.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T160000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220131T185507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182016Z UID:44170-1648652400-1648656000@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Why Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield DESCRIPTION:Global Summit Series\nPresented by the Center for International Business (CIB) at Belmont University in association with the Tennessee World Affairs Council\n“Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”\nwith Gary Garfield\nformer Chairman\, President & CEO\, Bridgestone Americas \n\nWhat: Seminar on “Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”  \nWhen: Wednesday\, March 30\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. \nWhere: Via Zoom & In-Person at Belmont University\, Massey Business Center\, Room 103. \nHow: Register below for the Zoom session or for your in-person invitation. \nWhy Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield\n \n\nGary Garfield \nRetired Chairman\, CEO and President of Bridgestone Americas\, Inc. Garfield initially joined Bridgestone Americas in the legal department in 1991\, eventually rising to the position of Vice President\, General Counsel\, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Bridgestone Americas. In March 2010\, he was promoted to Bridgestone Americas’ CEO and President\, and in January 2016 he was named as Executive Chairman of Bridgestone Americas. Over the last years\, he also was promoted to a series of executive positions within Bridgestone Corporation\, ultimately culminating in the position of Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of Bridgestone Americas’ parent company\, Bridgestone Corporation. \nHe has been Director of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce since July 03\, 2014 and served as an Independent Director of Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. since June 2015. He serves as a Director of Firestone Diversified Products\, LLC\, the Tennessee Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation\, the Nashville Ballet and the Middle Tennessee Council\, Boy Scouts of America. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Nashville Bar Association. He has been the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s Board of Trustees since January 2011. Since 2011\, he has also served on the Board of Visitors for Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Business. \nIn 2012\, Mr. Garfield was named National Chair for the Take Steps Be Heard walk program for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. He was a 2013 member of the Greater Nashville Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart Association and is serving as the 2015 Heart Walk Chairman. \nMr. Garfield holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Wittenberg University and his Juris Doctor from Cincinnati University. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. \n  URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/why-climate-change-is-a-business-matter-gary-garfield-4/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-03-30-garfield.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T210000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20211119T191126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182138Z UID:43073-1648404000-1648414800@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Championship | March 27 DESCRIPTION:Updated: Dec 28\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n  \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nCHAMPIONSHIP\nMARCH 27\, 2021 @ 1PM CT\n(New Date) \nIN PERSON AT Belmont University\nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below.  \n \n  \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of December 28\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \nTNWAC will follow the Covid-19 measures in place for the National Championship Match in Washington\, DC. This includes proof of Covid-19 vaccinations and use of masks by all participants. Details here. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-MARCH 4\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nMARCH 5-MARCH 21\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nMARCH 27\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-MAY 1\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \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. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-championship-feb-6-3/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AWQ-Post-Featured-Image-1-revised-championship.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T210000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20211119T191126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182127Z UID:29868-1648404000-1648414800@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Championship | March 27 DESCRIPTION:Updated: Dec 28\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n  \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nCHAMPIONSHIP\nMARCH 27\, 2021 @ 1PM CT\n(New Date) \nIN PERSON AT Belmont University\nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below.  \n \n  \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of December 28\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \nTNWAC will follow the Covid-19 measures in place for the National Championship Match in Washington\, DC. This includes proof of Covid-19 vaccinations and use of masks by all participants. Details here. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-MARCH 4\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nMARCH 5-MARCH 21\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nMARCH 27\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-MAY 1\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \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. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-championship-feb-6/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AWQ-Post-Featured-Image-1-revised-championship.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T210000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20211119T191126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182142Z UID:44161-1648404000-1648414800@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Championship | March 27 DESCRIPTION:Updated: Dec 28\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n  \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nCHAMPIONSHIP\nMARCH 27\, 2021 @ 1PM CT\n(New Date) \nIN PERSON AT Belmont University\nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below.  \n \n  \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of December 28\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \nTNWAC will follow the Covid-19 measures in place for the National Championship Match in Washington\, DC. This includes proof of Covid-19 vaccinations and use of masks by all participants. Details here. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-MARCH 4\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nMARCH 5-MARCH 21\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nMARCH 27\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-MAY 1\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \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. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-championship-feb-6-4/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AWQ-Post-Featured-Image-1-revised-championship.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220316T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220316T160000 DTSTAMP:20260508T104418 CREATED:20220308T193406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182158Z UID:44174-1647442800-1647446400@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:The Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16 | Online DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES \nvia Zoom \nThe Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine\n \nAmbassador John Kornblum\nFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs \nMarch 16\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. CT\nwith \n \nDr. Liana Fix\nResident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Washington office \nAnd Moderator \n\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\nPresident\, American Council on Germany \n\n\nThis special event is free but please consider becoming a member or making a donation to TNWAC.org/donate when you register. Thank you. \n\n\nThe Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine \nThe unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine slogs into a third week and the war criminal in the Kremlin is backed into a corner. Vladimir Putin’s likely hoped for lightning strike into Kyiv to decapitate the Zelensky government and subjugate the country has bogged down amid Russian military incompetence and Ukrainian resolve and heroism. Yet despite the failure of Moscow’s army to snatch its grand prize in short order it is resorting to brute force to move forward\, violating the laws regulating conduct of warring parties\, jus in bello. Over two million Ukrainians have fled to safety across their western border and civilians are being targeted raising comparisons to Russian brutality in Chechnya and Syria. \nThe West has shown unity and commitment to Ukraine that would not have been forecast a year ago. The post-Cold War institutions are proving resilient and Putin’s desire to divide the democratic Allies has paradoxically proven to have bolstered NATO and EU and the international community resolve. Sanctions upon sanctions have surpassed anything seen by any other country as the global economy severs ties to the country. The Russian economy is in a nose-dive. NATO has rejected calls for a “no-fly zone” as tantamount to a direct NATO-Russia war\, but piles of sophisticated Western munitions and fighters from around the world are ready to flow into the battle. Ukrainian resolve is steeled daily by a modern-day Churchill in a Kyiv bunker who said to Putin\, “I am not afraid\,” said Zelensky\, and appearing on TV from his office\, “Come and get me.” \nSo\, how does this end. There does not appear to be an off-ramp for Putin\, who was characterized by one pundit as having ten forward gears and no reverse gear. Indeed\, CIA Director Bill Burns told Congress\, “Putin is angry and frustrated right now.” He added\, “The challenge he faces … he has no sustainable political endgame in the face of what is going to continue to be fierce resistance from the Ukrainians … He’s likely to double down and try to grind down the Ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties.” \nTo aid our understanding of this war that has reached Europe and is transforming the international system and the fate of nations\, the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council have been fortunate to enlist the authority of Ambassador John C. Kornblum for several programs: conversations about the looming war\, the reaction of Germany\, and the opening days of the unfolding conflict. [Videos here]  He is an eminent American diplomat and businessman\, having served the United States: as Ambassador to Germany and to the OSCE\, as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs\, and numerous other posts in NATO and Europe. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Liana Fix\, Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (invited). They will talk about the latest developments of the conflict in Europe and put it in perspective by discussing the lasting consequences.  \nWar in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16\n \n\nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009\, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp\, Technologies AG\, Bayer AG\, Russell Reynolds\, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany\, the American Academy in Berlin\, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin\, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964\, and he has been the recipient of many awards\, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria. \nDr. Liana Fix is a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office\, while on sabbatical from the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.  \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Earlier in his career\, Steve served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. 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