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YOU ARE INVITED
The Tennessee World Affairs Council
presents our
Global Focus Webcast
Crises in the Middle East: Talking with Rami Khouri
Join us for a one-hour interactive Webinar
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
9 am CDT / 10 am EDT / 5 pm Beirut
MR. RAMI KHOURI
Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, and an internationally recognized syndicated columnist at the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper. [more bio data and links to recent articles http://bit.ly/1tcdi9N]
REGISTRATION REQUIRED – Seats limited – RSVP to [email protected] for registration access link
Invited audience/partners:
- Tennessee World Affairs Council members/friends
- American University of Beirut Students/Faculty
- Belmont University Students/Faculty
- Bethel University Students/Faculty
- Vanderbilt University Students/Faculty
- University of Tennessee Students/Faculty
- World Affairs Councils of America network
- Peoria Area World Affairs Council
- Columbus World Affairs Council
Topic: Seeking Context to Understand The Middle East in Crisis
Two Cases:
1 – Iraq/Syria/ISIS/Iran — How did we get here and what are the intersections of regional interests and American foreign policy?
2 – Israel/Palestine — What are viable paths for the combatants to climb back down and what are the competing agendas of the parties – Hamas, Israel, Fatah, US, Egypt, neighboring states, international community?
The symposium will be recorded and archived on TNWAC.org and YouTube.com.
The mission of the Tennessee World Affairs Council is: To promote, on a non-partisan basis, understanding of important international issues, throughout the community with a special focus on the region’s schools. The Tennessee World Affairs Council was launched in Cookeville, Tennessee in 2007. It has since moved its base of operations to Nashville, Tennessee, hosted on the campus of Belmont University, where it will carry out a statewide mission of bringing programs and resources to communities addressing international affairs.
Your membership and support of the Council is what makes it go! Visit TNWAC.org for details on how to get involved.
The Tennessee World Affairs Council, an independent 501.c.3 educational charity registered in the State of Tennessee is a proud member of the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA) — a 100 member network of grassroots organizations dedicated to increasing Americans’ understanding of the world. You’re invited to the WACA National Conference in Washington, DC (November 5-7, 2014)
