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SUMMARY:Author Preview - "Getting Russia Right"
DESCRIPTION:PRESENTS \n \n  \nWednesday\, February 5th I 11:15am – 1:00pm\nat \nBobby Hotel – 230 4th Ave N\, Nashville\, TN 37219\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCan President Trump End the Russia-Ukraine War?\nThree years ago\, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a brutal war against Ukraine. What\nhe thought would be a blitzkrieg has turned into a bloody war of attrition\, pitting Russia against a\nThe West actively backs Ukraine. Why did Putin choose war? What national interests did he\nbelieve were at stake\, and what personal ambitions drove him? Why did he believe Russia\ncould achieve a quick victory? How and why did he miscalculate Ukrainian resilience\, Western\nresolve\, and Russian might? \nToday\, President Donald Trump wants to resolve this conflict within six months. How can he\npersuade Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate seriously? What might\nbe the outlines of an enduring settlement? At a moment when Putin believes he is making\nsteady progress toward his goal of subjugating Ukraine\, can Trump craft a peace deal that\nsecures Ukraine as a sovereign state\, deters Russia from further aggression\, and burnishes his\nreputation as a statesman and peacemaker? \n*Following the event\, all attendees will receive a free copy of his book Getting Russia Right \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n \nThomas E. Graham is a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. His book\, Getting Russia Right\, was published in September\, 2023. He is a cofounder of Yale University’s Russian\, East European\, and Eurasian studies program and sits on its faculty steering committee. He is also a research scholar at Yale’s MacMillan Center. He has been a lecturer in global affairs and political science since 2011\, teaching courses on U.S.-Russian relations and Russian foreign policy\, as well as cybersecurity and counterterrorism. Graham was special assistant to the president and senior director for Russia on the National Security Council staff from 2004 to 2007\, during which he managed a White House-Kremlin strategic dialogue. He was director for Russian affairs on the staff from 2002 to 2004. \nGraham served as an advisor to Kissinger Associates from 2008 to 2021. He was a Foreign Service officer for fourteen years. His assignments included two tours of duty at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow in the late Soviet period and in the middle of the 1990s\, during which he served as head of the political internal unit and acting political counselor. Between tours in Moscow\, he worked on Russian and Soviet affairs on the policy planning staff at the U.S. Department of State and as a policy assistant in the office of the undersecretary of defense for policy. \nGraham serves on the advisory board of Russia Matters\, a project of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs with the goal of enhancing the understanding of Russia among policymakers and the interested public. Graham holds a BA in Russian studies from Yale University and an MA in history and a PhD in political science from Harvard University. \nModerator:\n \n  \nBreck Walker pursued a twenty years’ career international business\, law\, and finance\,\nbefore turning to academia. For several years\, he taught foreign policy courses at\nSewanee\, The University of the South\, and worked as a contract historian for the Office\nof the Secretary of Defense Historical Office\, researching and writing on early Pentagon\npolicies in the computer security and cyber areas. Dr. Walker is currently retired. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/author-preview-getting-russia-right/
LOCATION:Bobby Hotel\, 230 4th Ave N\, Nashville\, 37219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:A Conversation on Israel\, Iran\, Syria\, and the Shifting Geopolitics of the Middle East (webinar)
DESCRIPTION:A Conversation on Israel\, Iran\, Syria\, and the Shifting Geopolitics of the Middle East (Webinar)\n \n\n\nDoes it feel like the Middle East is changing faster than you can keep pace with?\nJoin TNWAC and The World Affairs Council of Miami on Thursday\, February 6th from 10:30am – 12:00pm CST for a free virtual Distinguished Speaker conversation on Israel\, Iran\, Syria\, and the Shifting Geopolitics of the Middle East.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/a-conversation-on-israel-iran-syria-and-the-shifting-geopolitics-of-the-middle-east-webinar/
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SUMMARY:Reshaping of The Middle East (webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Presents\n \n  \nReshaping of The Middle East\nTuesday\, February 13th – 12:00pm-1:00pm\nPresident Donald Trump returned to office on January 20\, 2025 facing a Middle East that has witnessed historic and tectonic shifts in the four years since he left office. The Israel-Hamas war\, broader conflicts and tensions in the region\, and major changes in Syria and Lebanon are among the events that have reshaped the regional landscape. What are the Trump administration’s likely priorities for the Middle East in the coming year\, and what dynamics and issues within the region will present the biggest challenges and opportunities? Please join the Tennessee World Affairs Council for an online discussion with Brian Katulis\, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute\, as part of its Global Dialog Webinar Series. \n\n\nSpeaker: Brian Katulis (Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy)\nBrian Katulis is a Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy at the Middle East Institute. He was formerly a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP)\, where he built the Center’s Middle East program and also worked on broader issues related to U.S. national security. \nHe has produced influential studies that have shaped important discussions around regional policy\, often providing expert testimony to key congressional committees on his findings. Katulis has also conducted extensive research in countries such as Egypt\, Israel\, Jordan\, and the Palestinian territories. His past experience includes work at the National Security Council and the U.S. Departments of State and Defense. \nEducation\nMaster in Public Affairs\, Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs Bachelor of Arts in history and Arab and Islamic studies\, Villanova University Fulbright scholar in Jordan\, 1994 – 1995 \nRegions of Expertise\nEgypt\, Israel\, the Palestinian territories\, Jordan \nIssues of Expertise\nNational security\, U.S. foreign policy\, diplomacy \nModerator: Dr. Breck Walker\n \n  \nBreck Walker pursued a twenty years’ career international business\, law\, and finance\,\nbefore turning to academia. For several years\, he taught foreign policy courses at\nSewanee\, The University of the South\, and worked as a contract historian for the Office\nof the Secretary of Defense Historical Office\, researching and writing on early Pentagon\npolicies in the computer security and cyber areas. Dr. Walker is currently retired. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/reshaping-of-the-middle-east-webinar/
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