TNWAC This Week March 1, 2022 Dear Members and Friends: What’s up this week? Your World Affairs Council continues to bring you insights, perspectives and analyses on the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin and Russia. We’re fortunate to have Ambassador John Kornblum join us regularly for his take on developments. Kornblum is an eminent...Read More
TNWAC This Week February 15, 2022 Dear Members and Friends: What’s up this week? A question that doesn’t really need to be asked as the world is watching the start of war in Europe. A Russian invasion of Ukraine, which appears imminent, would upend decades of peace and stability on the continent that propelled two...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
Global Dialogue + Talking with Author Carla Power “Home, Land, Security: Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism” In “Home, Land, Security: Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism,” Carla Power explores what draws young people to violent extremism and what could bring them back to society. Through a series of interviews with mothers of...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
The Tennessee World Affairs Council in association with Belmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present a Global Dialogue Conversation with Ambassador Juan Carlos Pinzón Ambassador of Colombia to the United States Click on image for video Click on image for Podcast or look for the “Global Tennessee” series...Read More
TNWAC This Week August 24, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: Let me open with a note of sadness and hope for our friends in the Waverly, Tennessee community. This week’s flash flood has taken many lives and caused catastrophic physical damage to the area. We appreciate all the “Volunteers” who have flocked to the area...Read More
Global Dialogue+ Afghanistan’s Collapse | Trouble for America’s Enemies A Conversation with Professor Mark Katz Welcome to Global Dialogue+, a program that brings you insights and perspectives on important global developments, featuring brief conversations with newsmakers, officials and specialists. This program runs 13M20S . The August 17th special edition of Global Dialogue+ features TNWAC President...Read More
TNWAC This Week August 17, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: “What is the situation right now?” That was the rhetorical question Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Annie Pforzheimer shared with our Dr. Breck Walker when describing America’s challenge in Afghanistan for our Election 2020 series last fall [here]. “There is rampant corruption. That weakens the...Read More
Global Dialogue+ Afghanistan | Countering Future Terrorist Threats A Conversation with Professor David Des Roches Welcome to Global Dialogue+, a program that brings you insights and perspectives on important global developments, featuring brief conversations with newsmakers, officials and specialists. . The August 16th special edition of Global Dialogue+ features TNWAC President Patrick Ryan talking with...Read More
