TNWAC This Week May 4, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: We’re hoping you are well and that the ready availability of Covid-19 vaccinations has eased your worries some. Like many others we have always looked forward to the next travel adventures in the USA and abroad. Next week we’ll talk more about the joys of...Read More
TNWAC This Week April 27, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: The Internet has blown up with global affairs programming of every stripe. Our World Affairs Council along added 90 virtual programs to the inventory of international speakers, panels, seminars and other forums. The 90+ councils of the World Affairs Councils network produces an incredible amount...Read More
TNWAC This Week April 21, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: In a year where much of our activity has been driven online the annual Championship Match of the World Affairs Academic WorldQuest global affairs competition was no different. Instead of a room at the National Press Club in Washington teeming with students from around the...Read More
TNWAC This Week April 13, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: It’s Academic WorldQuest Team Week at the World Affairs Councils of America in Washington so there won’t be their usual superb compilation of the scores of programs you can visit in this week’s “This Week.” Instead WACA is presenting special programs for students around the...Read More
TNWAC This Week April 6, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: Two weeks ago your World Affairs Council hosted U.S. Foreign Service Officer Allen DuBose, Diplomat in Residence for this region, as part of our Spring 2021 International Careers Program. [Link] We thank him for the program in which he described the process to become an...Read More
Holiday Gift Giving Made Easy Give Them A Gift They’ll Appreciate All Year Long Membership in the Tennessee World Affairs Council Membership – Basic Benefits Newsletters / Member-only events / Discount to fee events / Webinars, Podcasts & Teleconferences / Magazine & Book Discounts / International Travel / Complimentary “Daily Chatter” Newsletter / Members-only...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
Sign Up Now For The Thursday June 4th Evening Trivia Match YOU’RE INVITED TO COMPETE IN THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL GLOBAL TRIVIA TOURNAMENT The Tennessee World Affairs Council, in conjunction with the World Affairs Councils of America network, is hosting a global trivia challenge! Each week for three weeks, TNWAC will host an hour-long online...Read More
REGISTER TODAY FOR THE WEEK ONE MATCH ON MAY 28TH YOU’RE INVITED TO COMPETE IN THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL GLOBAL TRIVIA TOURNAMENT The Tennessee World Affairs Council, in conjunction with the World Affairs Councils of America network, is hosting a global trivia challenge! Each week for three weeks, TNWAC will host an hour-long online trivia...Read More
