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
A global affairs awareness service provided by the Tennessee World Affairs Council CLICK IMAGE FOR QUIZ Thanks to quiz master Patrick Ryan and @TNWAC News Editor Campbell Lahman for this week’s quiz. LAST WEEK’S QUIZ WINNERS Guy Muhire, Nashville, TN Angela Weck, Peoria, IL Lee Gray, Sharjah, UAE Christine Laemmer-Faber, Brookfield, WI Nancy Williams, Rochester,...Read More
Here’s the audio and video recordings of the International Careers Panel in case you missed it. Please share with your friends. The Tennessee World Affairs Council in association with Belmont University Center for International Business, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement, Lipscomb University and the Tennessee Technological...Read More
REGISTER TODAY The Tennessee World Affairs Council in association with Belmont University Center for International Business, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement, Lipscomb University and the Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages International Careers Panel – Fall 2021 Global Affairs Professions Across the Spectrum October 6, 2021 – 5:30-7:00...Read More
A global affairs awareness service provided by the Tennessee World Affairs Council CLICK IMAGE FOR QUIZ Thanks to quiz masters Keira Larson and Patrick Ryan and @TNWAC News Editor Campbell Lahman for this week’s quiz. LAST WEEK’S QUIZ WINNERS Colleen Ryan, Nashville, TN Deanna Kendall, Nashville, TN Peter Sharadin, Blandon, PA Charles Bowers, Nashville, TN...Read More
TNWAC This Week September 28, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: The international scene continues to fascinate those who try to keep up with global developments and issues. This week we are getting to see the inner workings of national security decision making from our top generals and the Defense Secretary, before Congress. There was even...Read More
TNWAC This Week September 21, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: The world turns its eyes to mid-town Manhattan and the headquarters of the United Nations this week for the opening of the General Assembly and remarks from world leaders including President Joe Biden. Yesterday Biden met with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres who said, “The...Read More
