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IBC Global Update Webinar with Consul-General of Japan in Nashville, Ms. Kayoko Fukushima Thursday, June 25, 2020 The Nashville Chamber’s International Business Council in partnership with Baker Donelson hosted a Global Update Webinar featuring Consul-General of Japan in Nashville Kayoko Fukushima. The Consul General offered updates on Japan’s response to COVID-19, the US-Japan business relationsh...

Former Nashville Mayor Dean will be talking about the Sister Cities of Nashville with key staff and board members. So, what do Kamakura, Japan and Mendoza, Argentina have in common? How about Edmonton, Canada and Magdeburg, Germany? Tamworth, Australia and Chengdu, China? Caen, France and Taiyuan, China? They can all claim to be sister cities of Nashville. Tonight you’ll learn about the relationsh...

Ambassador Dick Bowers, LCDR Patrick Ryan and Dr. Breck Walker, Ph. D., discuss the top five items in the week’s global news providing commentary and assessments, background and context; and they take your questions and comments. Topics for Aug 4, 2020 1 – Global Covid Update – 2 – North Korea: Warhead Diplomacy 3 – Germany: GI Auf Wiedersehen 4 – Turkey: On the Edge of NATO 5 – The Passing of Joh...

In this episode former Nashville Mayor Dean will talk with Consul-General Kayoko Fukushima of Japan. Nashville is home to the Consulate. Japan and the Nashville region have a long history of friendship and collaboration. Our economic connections go back decades with Japanese-owned companies like Nissan, Bridgestone and Mitsubishi making Nashville their North American headquarters. Over 19,000 Midd...

There couldn’t be a more timely program. Admiral Bill Owens fostered bilateral conversations at the highest levels between American and Chinese military officers for the purpose of building trust and confidence and developing initiatives to resolve conflict. This is a must see episode of Global Dialogue with host Patrick Ryan and guest co-host John Scannapieco as they talk with Admiral Owens about...

Ambassador Dick Bowers, LCDR Patrick Ryan and Dr. Breck Walker, Ph. D., discuss the top five items in the week’s global news providing commentary and assessments, background and context; and they take your questions and comments. This week Dr. Charles Womack, MD, joined the conversation about key issues in global news especially his insight and perspectives on COVID-19. Dr. Womack is a founding me...

Ambassador Dick Bowers, LCDR Patrick Ryan and Dr. Breck Walker, Ph. D., discuss the top five items in the week’s global news providing commentary and assessments, background and context; and they take your questions and comments. This week Dr. Charles Womack, MD, joined the conversation about key issues in global news especially his insight and perspectives on COVID-19. Dr. Womack is a founding me...

In this episode former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talked with Commissioner Bob Rolfe. He heads the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development at a critical time for Tennesseans and the business community. The ECD is responsible for recruiting business and industry to the state, supporting existing companies, expanding economic opportunities across rural Tennessee and boosting the st...

Ambassador Dick Bowers, LCDR Patrick Ryan and Dr. Breck Walker, Ph. D., discuss the top five items in the week’s global news providing commentary and assessments, background and context; and they take your questions and comments. We were pleased to welcome Dr. Walker to the weekly Global News Review team as a regular co-host. This week Professor Thomas Schwartz joined the conversation about key is...

Recorded: July 14, 2020 Moderator: Patrick Ryan, President, Tennessee World Affairs Council [If you appreciate the work we do to inspire an understanding of the world please become a member or donate to the Tennessee World Affairs Council (www. TNWAC.org). Thank you!] The global energy market is in turmoil. Inventories are high and demand is low. We recently saw a negative price call for crude oil...

Ambassador Dick Bowers, LCDR Patrick Ryan and Dr. Breck Walker, Ph. D., discuss the top five items in the week’s global news providing commentary and assessments, background and context; and they take your questions and comments. We were pleased to welcome Dr. Walker to the weekly Global News Review team as a regular co-host. This week Professor Mark Katz joined the conversation about key issues i...

In this episode former Nashville Mayor Dean talked with Alderman Frank McCoubrey. He is the current Lord Mayor of Belfast, Northern Ireland, one of Nashville’s sister cities. They were accompanied by leaders from Nashville and Belfast to join the conversation about the Sister City relationship and exchanges and the common issues in municipal government in times of health and economic challenges. L...

Ambassador Charles "Dick" Bowers and LCDR Patrick Ryan tick through the top 5 items in the week's news and provide analysis and commentary. Special guest co-host Dr. Breck Walker joins the team for todays news review. Topics: 1 — Covid Update 2 — US-Russia Relations: GRU Bounties on American GIs in Afghanistan 3 — India-China: Great Power Conflict at 14,000 Feet 4 — EU-US Relations and the travel...

This episode was a terrific panel of State Department Office of Policy Planning staff officers who talked with our moderator, Professor Thomas Schwartz of Vanderbilt, about the "longer term, strategic view of global trends. It was a good tour d'horizon of foreign policy challenges especially the shift to "Great Power" issues. Panelists: Martha Simms, whose portfolio includes counterterrorism, dipl...

Ambassador Charles "Dick" Bowers and LCDR Patrick Ryan tick through the top 5 items in the week's news and provide analysis and commentary. Topics: 1 – Covid Update 2 – The Book – “The Room Where It Happened” - Bolton 3 – The Finish of the Start? – The future of nuclear arms control 4 – The Finish of the Love Affairs – Pyongyang Acting Up 5 – The Finish of American Deterrence in Europe – Troop Red...

Ambassador Charles "Dick" Bowers and LCDR Patrick Ryan tick through the top 5 items in the week's news and provide analysis and commentary. Topics: 1 - Global Solidarity BLM/George Floyd 2 - Troop Reductions in Germany 3 - China Propaganda Attacks 4 - Libya 5 - Israel West Bank Annexation Charles Richard (Dick) Bowers served as the US Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 through 1994. During that time,...

Recorded June 9, 2020 Designing an Economic Model for Nashville as a city of the Future Join former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean in his conversation with Amr El-Husseini, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, consultant, and business leader in what will be a stimulating conversation about the future of Nashville’s economy in the wake of current global events. As founder and CEO of Lodestone Advisory Grou...

Recorded: June 10, 2020 Special Episode: Global Dialogue International Speakers Program This episode featured Rachael Dean Wilson and David Salvo of the Alliance for Securing Democracy and moderator Mark Braden of the World Affairs Council Board of Directors. Foreign interference in our democracy isn’t just about Russia – and it shouldn’t be a partisan issue. Foreign-backed cyberattacks, disinform...

Ambassador Charles "Dick" Bowers and LCDR Patrick Ryan tick through the top 5 items in the week's news and provide analysis and commentary. This week the were joined by Gillian Sjoblom, guest co-host, to talk about the recent release of the 2020 Global Peace Index. Topics: 1 – Global Covid Update 2 – U.S.-Iraq Strategic Talks 3 – Global Peace Index 4 – U.S. Civil Protests Resonating Around the Wor...

In this episode recorded June 16, 2020, TNWAC President Patrick Ryan talks with Nancy Lindborg, President of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). They discussed: - Ms. Lindborg's background and how she came to work in international affairs especially the world of peace and conflict. - The United States Institute of Peace, in its 35th year, its mission and functions and the work it does aro...

Karl Dean, former Nashville Mayor talks with Dr. James Hildreth about the Covid-19 global pandemic. The Tennessee World Affairs Council is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational charity that depends on your support for the global affairs awareness programs like this one that we provide to the community. Please join or make a gift - www.tnwac.org -- Thanks! ~~~Support TNWAC – Text to Give ~~~ Text ‘G...

The Tennessee World Affairs Council is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational charity that depends on your support for the global affairs awareness programs like this one that we provide to the community. Please join or make a gift - www.tnwac.org -- Thanks! ~~~Support TNWAC – Text to Give ~~~ Text ‘Give 10’ to 844-959-2934 ~~~ This Week's Topics: 1 – Covid News – • The Numbers • UK – L’affaire Domi...

Consul General Staunton provides an update on the UK response to Covid-19, Brexit and the U.S.-UK Trade Agreement negotiations that are just beginning. Moderating the event was British Honorary Consul and IBC advisory board member John Scannapieco. Americans and the British are jointly battling the new stormy seas of global pandemic and economic disaster that pose unimagined complications to the a...

As part of Harvard’s American Diplomacy Project: A Foreign Service for the 21st Century, Americans who are “tuned in” to world affairs are asked to contribute their perspectives to this non-partisan national discussion of how to revitalize and modernize American diplomacy and the U.S. Foreign Service. The goal is to generate specific proposals to be published in a Harvard University report for the...

Join TNWAC President Patrick Ryan and guest co-host Colleen Ryan for a review, commentary and analysis of the top five topics in global events this week. Today's Topics: 1 – Covid News – World Health Assembly; 2 – China – Belt and Road Trip; 3 – Global Energy – Cheap Oil and the Outlook; 4 – Afghanistan – Peace and Covid; and 5 – International Criminal Court in America’s Crosshairs Video of this p...