Election 2020: Global Issues: Trade, Climate, Globalization A panel of distinguished speakers with panel chair: Dr. Jeffrey Overby, PhD. Climate: Gary Garfield, former CEO Bridgestone Americas (Confirmed) Globalization: Dr. Richard Wike, PhD, Director Global Attitudes Research, Pew Research Center (Confirmed) Trade: Dr. Erica Owen, PhD, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at...Read More
Program registration is now done via EventBrite. For help in getting registered check this program note: [Link] Join us this week for insightful programs hosted by your World Affairs to inform our community about global issues and challenges. Don’t miss tonight’s special Election 2020 panel on Afghanistan, North Korea and Russia. TUESDAY / REGISTER NOW...Read More
Foreign Policy Challenges: Russia, North Korea, and Afghanistan Panel Chair: Dr. Breck Walker, PhD DAS Annie Pforzheimer [Afghanistan] U.S. Foreign Service (Ret) Rank of Minister Counselor, former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Afghanistan; former Deputy Chief of Mission, Kabul, Afghanistan (Confirmed) Svetlana Savranskaya, PhD., [Russia] Senior Analyst, National Security Archive (Confirmed) Ambassador Christopher...Read More
Program registration is not done via EventBrite. For help in getting registered check this program note: [Link] Join us this week for insightful programs hosted by your World Affairs to inform our community about global issues and challenges. Don’t miss tonight’s special Election 2020 panel on Afghanistan, North Korea and Russia. TONIGHT / REGISTER NOW...Read More
Join us this week for insightful programs hosted by your World Affairs to inform our community about global issues and challenges. Please join us Tuesday evening for Global Nashville with Karl Dean, Wednesday afternoon for our weekly Global News Review and on Wednesday and Thursday evening for a special Election 2020 panel on Afghanistan, North...Read More
China: Confrontation and Conflict or Cooperation? THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 VIA ZOOM WEBINAR 5:30pm-7:00pm (CDT) • Panel Chair: Dr. Susan Haynes, PhD • Dr. Yang Zhong, PhD, Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Confirmed) • Jeremy Goldkorn, Editor in Chief, SupChina.com (Confirmed) • John Scannapieco, Chair Global Business Team, Baker Donelson, Nashville (Confirmed)...Read More
Dear Members and Friends of the World Affairs Council: Have we got some spectacular programs for you! Before we get to next week let me remind you of this past week’s COVID-19 Global Town Hall. It was a fantastic joint effort among your World Affairs Council and six sister Councils. We brought together distinguished...Read More
Join us this week for insightful programs hosted by your World Affairs and from the network of 90+ Councils around the country that are our sister organizations, working to inform our communities about global issues and challenges. Please join us Tuesday evening for Global Nashville with Karl Dean, Wednesday afternoon for our weekly Global News...Read More
The Election 2020 season is upon us and the Tennessee World Affairs Council is addressing the top issues in global affairs. A far ranging series of panels with top national security officials and experts, diplomats, scholars, military officers and more provide the important information needed to be informed voters. This episode of GNKD presents conversations...Read More
The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump Tuesday, August 25, 2020 – 7:00 p.m. CDT William J. Perry Former Secretary of Defense Tom Z. Collina Ploughshares Fund Director of Policy The Tennessee World Affairs Council hosted a Webinar with former Secretary of Defense William Perry and Tom Collina of...Read More
