The Tennessee World Affairs Council is proud to present China Engagements in Africa and Latin America and the Implications for US Strategic Relations and Interests This discussion will focus on Chinese engagements in Africa and Latin America, and the implications for US strategic relations and interests. Tugendhat will give opening remarks based on the view...Read More

PRESENTS In Person at Belmont University Monday, May 06, 2024 5:30 Registration and Networking6:00-7:00 Keynote Address   Ukraine: How it Can Win, and Why it Matters to the United States Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 rattled the international order that the United States helped establish and lead since World...Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council is proud to present China Engagements in Africa and Latin America and the Implications for US Strategic Relations and Interests via Zoom Wednesday, April 17, 2024 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. CT This discussion will focus on Chinese engagements in Africa and Latin America, and the implications for US strategic relations and...Read More

AND PRESENT In Person at Belmont University Thursday, April 11, 2024 5:30 Registration and Networking6:00-7:00 Keynote Address Eyewitness to History: Lessons from Two Decades Covering the World NPR’s Frank Langfitt has reported from more than 50 countries and territories since the late 1990s. In a video and audio presentation, Frank recounts the history he’s witnessed...Read More

AND PRESENT DISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER PROGRAM GLOBAL TOWN HALL In Person China and U.S. Interests in the Indo Pacific Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, USMC (Ret) at Belmont University Barbara Massey Rogers Center Board Room, 1900 Belmont Blvd., Nashville Thursday, March 14, 2024 5:30 Registration and Networking 6:00-7:30 Program The global security situation today is increasingly...Read More

Join us for a conversation with distinguished historian Dr. Thomas Schwartz of Vanderbilt University and Dr. Breck Walker about U.S. foreign policy.Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council seeks to expand civic conversations so the community can be informed and engaged on important issues of the day. One issue for discussion is the United States Foreign Service and the role and function of diplomacy to advance America’s interests abroad. To bring this conversation to our community TNWAC is...Read More

TO SPONSOR AMBASSADOR RAY’S PROGRAMS IN NASHVILLE CONTACT [email protected]   PRESENTS DISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER PROGRAM LUNCHEON AND GLOBAL TOWN HALL Blueprints for a More Modern US Diplomatic Service Ambassador Charles Ray U.S. Foreign Service (Retired), Chair, Africa Program and Trustee, Foreign Policy Research Instittute & Former U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia and Zimbabwe Tuesday, January 23,...Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council seeks to expand civic conversations so the community can be informed and engaged on important issues of the day. One issue for discussion is the United States Foreign Service and the role and function of diplomacy to advance America’s interests abroad. To bring this conversation to our community TNWAC is...Read More

TO SPONSOR AMBASSADOR RAY’S PROGRAMS IN NASHVILLE CONTACT [email protected]   AND PRESENT DISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER GLOBAL TOWN HALL Blueprints for a More Modern US Diplomatic Service Ambassador Charles Ray U.S. Foreign Service (Retired), Chair, Africa Program and Trustee, Foreign Policy Research Instittute & Former U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia and Zimbabwe Tuesday, January 23, 2024 BELMONT...Read More