The Tennessee World Affairs Council in association with Belmont University Center for International Business, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Japan-America Society of Tennessee and Sister Cities of Nashville GLOBAL TOWN HALL H.E. Koji Tomita Ambassador of Japan to the United States November 2, 2021 Registration: 5:30pm CT Program: 6:00-7:00pm CT In Person Belmont...Read More

The 2022 Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest HS Global Affairs Challenge It’s Academic WorldQuest Time in Tennessee! Here is an opportunity to expand your high school students’ horizons and global literacy. Global literacy among Americans—the understanding of how the world is organized and interconnected—is an area in need of attention. The Tennessee World Affairs Council can...Read More

Global Perspectives U.S.-Japan Relations On the occasion of the visit of Ambassador of Japan Koji Tomita and Mrs. Tomita to Nashville, the World Affairs Council was invited to contribute a guest column to “The Tennessean.” It was a pleasure to share my perspective on the importance of the relationship to the security and prosperity of...Read More

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

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

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

  September 21 is the International Day of Peace. Today we’re pleased to share a message and a challenge from the United States Institute of Peace. The Peace Day Challenge exists to raise the profile of the International Day of Peace and to affirm peace as a real alternative to the violence we see every...Read More

TNWAC This Week September 8, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: This week allow me to share with you the reflections on our times from Bill Clifford, the President of the World Affairs Councils of America, the organization that supports and stitches together the works of the over 90 independent councils like TNWAC across America, from...Read More