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
TNWAC This Week August 31, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: “America exits Afghanistan,” proclaimed the Washington Post’s front page. Over at the New York Times it was, “U.S. Forces Leave Afghanistan; Evacuation Ends.” So, it’s over. The “forever war” on terrorism in Afghanistan and attempt to build a government and modernize a society lasted six...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
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
TNWAC This Week July 7, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: I hope you had an enjoyable Independence holiday and your ear drums are intact. In Nashville we had quite a celebration with 350,000 people visiting for music and a spectacular fireworks show. It seems there’s a lot of pent up desire to get back to...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
