ICYMI | This Week’s Webinars & Podcasts | Jul 7

THIS WEEK’S WEBINARS/PODCASTS ICYMI

Global Nashville with Karl Dean” with Alderman Frank McCoubrey, Lord Mayor of Belfast, a Nashville Sister City | Watch Here (YouTube) | Listen Here (Podcast)

In this episode former Nashville Mayor Dean talked with Alderman Frank McCoubrey. He is the current Lord Mayor of Belfast, Northern Ireland, one of Nashville’s sister cities.

They were accompanied by leaders from Nashville and Belfast to join the conversation about the Sister City relationship and exchanges and the common issues in municipal government in times of health and economic challenges.

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Global News Review with Ambassador Dick Bowers, LCDR Patrick Ryan, Dr. Breck Walker and guest co-host Dr. Mark Katz | Watch Here (YouTube) | Listen Here (Podcast)

Global News Review Topics for July 7, 2020
1 – Thucydides Takes a South China Sea Cruise
2 – Vladimir the Great — Putin can serve through 2036
3 – Russia’s murder for hire program in Afghanistan
4 – Hong Kong: End of One City, Two Systems
5 – Iran: Why Are There Fires Breaking Out

* Find our Webinars on our Youtube.com/tnwac channel and our “Global Tennessee” Podcast series. Subscribe to one or both to be updated automatically.

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Next Week, Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Webinar | Energy and “Crude Oil, Crude Money” | Thomas Lippman | Jul 14

The global energy market is in turmoil. Inventories are high and demand is low. We recently saw a negative price call for crude oil and fully laden tankers are sitting at anchorages waiting for customers. The International Energy Agency said oil demand was “down nearly 5% in the first quarter, mostly by curtailment in mobility and aviation which account for nearly 60% of global oil demand. By the end of March, global road transport activity was almost 50% below the 2019 average and aviation 60% below. The energy market fallout from the pandemic, and the crash in oil prices, has threatened the economic stability of numerous countries, especially those in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Some have sought  to ensure market share through price slashing over production, worsening the inventory glut.

This Global Dialogue episode with veteran journalist, author and scholar Thomas Lippman will aim to sort through the global energy crisis and to discuss his new book, “Crude Oil, Crude Money.” It, “tells the untold story of how Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, and Texaco teamed up with the CIA and Department of State to thwart the plans of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who almost managed to reshape the Middle East.”

TNWAC members who attend this Global Dialogue with Thomas Lippman will be eligible for our “door prize” of a copy of “Crude Oil, Crude Money” by Thomas Lippman.  You can join here: www.TNWAC.org/join

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Webinar | Global News Review | July 14

Ambassador Dick Bowers, LCDR Patrick Ryan and Dr. Breck Walker, Ph.D., discuss the top five items in the week’s global news providing commentary and assessments, background and context; and they take your questions and comments. We’re pleased to welcome Dr. Walker to the weekly Global News Review team as a regular co-host.

This week Professor Thomas Schwartz will join the conversation about key issues in global news especially his analyses of US Foreign Affairs. Dr. Schwartz is a Distinguished Professor of History, Professor of Political Science and European Studies at Vanderbilt University and author of the forthcoming book Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography, to be published in September 2020 by Hill and Wang.

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