College Students | Young Professionals | High School Students Via Zoom International Careers Panel April 12, 2023 @ 11:30am-1:00pm CDT Women in National Security Careers Panel April 19, 2023 @ 11:30am-1:00pm CDT TNWAC will host two seminars featuring professionals from a variety of global affairs occupations and women in national security to discuss their career...Read More

WINNER OF WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF THE YEAR FOR 2022 FROM AMONG THE 95 COUNCILS OF THE WAC NETWORK Help celebrate the Tennessee World Affairs Council’s 16th anniversary this month, by becoming a member and a donor to support global education in the public interest. What’s up?  In Case You Missed It In Focus: Russia’s...Read More

“I’m so thankful to the Tennessee World Affairs Council for the opportunity it has given me and for lighting the fire underneath me to learn more.” — Olivia, former Cookeville, TN HS student; UT Knoxville alumna, University of Exeter Doctorate and Arab Language Fluency The Power to Convene The Power to Inform The Power to Inspire...Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council and the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement in association with Belmont University Center for International Business, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Lipscomb University and the Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages International Careers Panel – Fall 2021 Women in International Business October 27, 2021 6:30pm-8:00pm ET / 5:30pm-7:00pm CT...Read More

  Do you wonder what jobs and careers there are in international affairs?  There’s more than you think.  Every Fall and Spring the World Affairs Council assembles diplomats, business people, NGO officials, returned Peace Corps volunteers and more to talk about their experiences and insights and to answer your questions at this very popular panel....Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council in association with Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Global Nashville with Karl Dean A Conversation with Belmont University President L. Gregory Jones October 26 at 7:00pm CT Karl F. Dean Belmont President L. Gregory Jones Global Nashville explores the issues and developments...Read More

TNWAC This Week October 26, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: It’s a very busy week at the World Affairs Council. We have three programs for you this week and we’re readying for a reception and Global Town Hall next week with the Ambassador of Japan to the United States.  In addition to tonight’s “Global Nashville...Read More

TNWAC This Week October 21, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: China… Earlier this week one email in the pile included a note from Foreign Affairs editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan with word of their new issue. In the tease he wrote this: “In September, in his first address to the UN General Assembly as president, Joe Biden...Read More

[LINK] CHINA Town Hall: Fareed Zakaria (Watch on YouTube) Join the Tennessee World Affairs Council, the Belmont University Center for International Business, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, and the National Committee on U.S. – China Relations (NCUSCR) on Tuesday, October 19 at 5:00 p.m. CDT for a conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our cities,...Read More

TNWAC This Week October 12, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: Thirteen million Venezuelans are about to arrive in American cities to be absorbed as refugees from a failing authoritarian nation. What would the social and political implications be? That’s what has happened, proportionally, in Colombia. The nation of 50 million is taking in two million...Read More