PRESENTS In Person at Belmont University Monday, May 06, 2024 5:30 Registration and Networking6:00-7:00 Keynote Address   Ukraine: How it Can Win, and Why it Matters to the United States Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 rattled the international order that the United States helped establish and lead since World...Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council presents: Global Eats: UZBEKISTAN An Evening at OSH Restaurant and Grill  Wednesday, May 22, 2024 6:00 p.m. CT 216 Thompson Lane, Nashville     With Mark Reese: Founding Director for the Center for Regional Studies at the United States Naval Academy, Mark established programs centered around Islamic studies and curricula...Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council is proud to present Gaza and its Regional Reverberations: A Crucible for the Emerging Order in the Middle East?   The Middle East is at a hinge moment. The old order is collapsing, and a new one has yet to emerge. While the region’s tectonic shifts predate Hamas’s terror attack...Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council is proud to present The Lithuanian Perspective on Russian Aggression in Ukraine via Zoom Wednesday, June 19, 2024 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. CT Lithuania’s political past and borders have been anything but stable since the 13th century when the semblance of a cohesive state began. Now, with Russia’s war in Ukraine,...Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council presents: Global Nashville with Karl Dean: Conversation with  Dr. Sarah Gardial Dean, Belmont University Massey School of Business   Friday, March 1, 2024 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.     About the Speaker: Sarah Fisher Gardial, PhD Dean, Jack C. Massey College of Business Sarah Fisher Gardial joined Belmont University...Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council National Council on U.S.-China Relations Presents via Zoom China Town Hall Ambassador Nicholas Burns United States Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China with Jeremy Goldkorn Editor in Chief, The China Project Wednesday, October 11, 2023 VIA ZOOMChina Town Hall | Oct 11 | Amb Nicholas Burns & Jeremy Goldkorn...Read More

AND PRESENT DISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER PROGRAM GLOBAL TOWN HALL In Person China and U.S. Interests in the Indo Pacific Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, USMC (Ret) at Belmont University   The global security situation today is increasingly reminiscent of the late 1930s. Significant threats and instability in both Asia and Europe are poised to challenge an...Read More

AND PRESENT In Person at Belmont University Thursday, April 11, 2024 5:30 Registration and Networking6:00-7:00 Keynote Address Eyewitness to History: Lessons from Two Decades Covering the World NPR’s Frank Langfitt has reported from more than 50 countries and territories since the late 1990s. In a video and audio presentation, Frank recounts the history he’s witnessed...Read More

The Tennessee World Affairs Council SPECIAL GLOBAL TOWN HALL SERIES IN FOCUS: RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE via Zoom The War in Ukraine: State Department Perspective Liz Zentos Deputy Director of the Office of Russian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State with moderator LCDR Patrick Ryan, USN (Ret) President, TNWAC Thursday, April 27, 2023 @...Read More

  The Tennessee World Affairs Council SPECIAL GLOBAL DIALOGUE SERIES IN FOCUS: RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE via Zoom Ambassador John Kornblum Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs with moderator Patrick W. Ryan President, Tennessee World Affairs Council Wednesday, May 24, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m. CT <br data-mce-bogus=”1″><br data-mce-bogus=”1″><a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/jNDPVkNgBNYkMQeVpfk3Kw”>War...Read More