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Dr. Susan Haynes

Susan Turner Haynes is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Lipscomb University. Prior to her doctorate, Haynes was selected as a Public Policy and Nuclear Threat (PPNT) fellow at the University of California, San Diego. Haynes research specializes in Chinese nuclear strategy (Chinese Nuclear Proliferation: How Global Politics is Transforming China’s Weapons Modernization, 2016). In addition, Haynes has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Asian Perspectives, Asian Security, PS: Political Science and Politics, Strategic Studies Quarterly, The Nonproliferation Review, and Comparative Strategy.

Dr. Yang Zhong

Professor Zhong's is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His main research interests include Chinese local government and politics, mass political culture in China, Sino-U.S. relations and relations between China and Taiwan. He has published two scholarly books and edited several others. He has published three scholarly books and edited several others. He has also published over 50 journal articles and book chapters. Some of his works have appeared in top political science journals such as The Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly and Comparative Political Studies. Dr. Zhong also serves as an External Research Associate at China Policy Institute of the University of Nottingham.

Mr. Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkorn is the founder and director of Danwei, a research firm which began life in 2003 as a website that translated and analyzed Chinese media, Internet, government regulation, and censorship. In 2009, shortly after Goldkorn opened a consulting business in Beijing to operate the website, it was blocked, and the company pivoted to providing media and market research services. The Financial Times acquired Danwei in 2013. Goldkorn is an affiliate of the Australian National University’s Centre on China in the World, and a co-editor of the China Story website and annual China Story Yearbook published by the Centre. He is is co-host of the Sinica podcast, and founder of Great Wall Fresh, a social enterprise to help Chinese peasant farmers run small tourism businesses catering to foreign outdoor enthusiasts.

Ms. Bonnie S. Glaser

Bonnie S. Glaser is a senior adviser for Asia and the director of the China Power Project at CSIS, where she works on issues related to Asia-Pacific security with a focus on Chinese foreign and security policy. She is concomitantly a nonresident fellow with the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia, and a senior associate with the Pacific Forum. Ms. Glaser has worked for more than three decades at the intersection of Asia-Pacific geopolitics and U.S. policy. From 2008 to mid-2015, she was a senior adviser with the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies, and from 2003 to 2008, she was a senior associate in the CSIS International Security Program. Prior to joining CSIS, she served as a consultant for various U.S. government offices, including the Departments of Defense and State.

Mr. John Scannapieco

John Scannapieco is head of the global business team at Baker Donelson.

Examining Critical Issues in the Global Pandemic

Thanks to sponsors: University of Harrisburg of Science and Technology and the Kansas University Medical Center

COVID-19 has touched every part of the world but its effects and the reaction of different countries has been uneven. In an interconnected world we need to understand the pandemic’s impact beyond our borders. Importantly, the progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatments is a global pursuit. There are, as well, already no shortage of changes made and those to come in reaction to the global catastrophe – in our communities, technology, health and science, government performance, elections, the global economy and our lifestyles.

A group of World Affairs Councils – nationwide, independent, nonpartisan educational organizations – is joining together with an international network of journalists and specialists to organize conversations over the course of two evenings in early September. The goal is to help Americans understand the impact of the pandemic in an interactive program open to all.

We invite you to join this unique partnership to inform and inspire Americans to know more about COVID-19’s impact around the world, the race for a vaccine and how the vaccine has changed the world.

On September 2nd and 3rd journalists, physicians, researchers, NGO officials and others will come together to discuss the global impact of COVID-19 and the pursuit of a vaccine.

The program is brought to the public in partnership with many of the nationwide networks of World Affairs Councils and an international network of journalists.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT

Panel Two – COVID-19: Global Response and the Future

The second evening of the COVID-19 Global Town Hall will focus on the responses to COVID-19 including the global pursuit of a vaccine and therapeutic remedies with a conversation with Irina Lagunina, Senior Editor at Radio Svoboda, Radio Free Europe’s Russian service; what was America’s response in an international context with Dr. Sandy Johnson, Director of Global Health Affairs at the University of Denver; and how the pandemic has impacted efforts at peace and security in an already troubled world, with Susan Stigant of the U.S. Institute of Peace. Other invited panelists will be announced.

As with panel one, the Wednesday evening panel will feature a distinguished keynote speaker to focus the conversation and the participation of a nationwide audience in the United States and attendees from a global network.

COVID COMPLEXITIES – A GLOBAL TOWN HALL

A Collaboration among World Affairs Councils And An International Network of Journalists

Organized through a partnership of: World Affairs Councils of Kansas City, Denver, Harrisburg, Tennessee, Colorado Springs, Western Massachusetts and Kentucky & Southern Indiana

Part One - September 2, 2020

Examining Critical Issues in the Global Pandemic

COVID-19 has touched every part of the world but its effects and the reaction of different countries has been uneven. In an interconnected world we need to understand the pandemic’s impact beyond our borders. Importantly, the progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatments is a global pursuit. There are, as well, already no shortage of changes made and those to come in reaction to the global catastrophe – in our communities, technology, health and science, government performance, elections, the global economy and our lifestyles.

A group of World Affairs Councils – nationwide, independent, nonpartisan educational organizations – is joining together with an international network of journalists and specialists to organize conversations over the course of two evenings in early September. The goal is to help Americans understand the impact of the pandemic in an interactive program open to all.

We invite you to join this unique partnership to inform and inspire Americans to know more about COVID-19’s impact around the world, the race for a vaccine and how the vaccine has changed the world.

On September 2nd and 3rd journalists, physicians, researchers, NGO officials and others will come together to discuss the global impact of COVID-19 and the pursuit of a vaccine.

The program is brought to the public in partnership with many of the nationwide networks of World Affairs Councils and an international network of journalists.

The World Affairs Councils of Kansas City, Denver, Colorado Springs, Western Massachusetts, Harrisburg and Tennessee have joined together to organize “COVID Complexities: A Global Town Hall,” an international virtual event set for September 2nd and 3rd.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

@ 7-8p ET/6-7p CT/5-6 MT

Panel One -- COVID-19: Impact in the Developing World

The opening night of the two-night program will begin with a scene-setting keynote from Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, U Penn Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and a former advisor for health policy in the Obama White House. That will kick off a deep dive into COVID-19 beyond America’s borders.

Through the eyes and reporters’ notebooks of journalists based around the world we’ll learn from: Yu Fen Tsao, Radio Free Asia’s Executive Director about “China, WHO and the Origins of the Pandemic”; Henry Flores, Regional Reporter Director for Unbound, an NGO that focuses on vulnerable communities on the situation in Latin America; Linord Moudou, VOA’s senior health reporter for Africa on COVID-19 in Africa; and Niusha Boghrati, Radio Farda RFE/RL Iranian Service Executive Editor on the situation in Iran.

The conversations will be aided by questions from our worldwide audience, consisting of nationwide World Affairs Council viewers, the general public, student groups and a virtual group tied in through our global network of partners.

The Tennessee World Affairs Council in cooperation with a half dozen sister Councils collaborated to bring you a two-evening special presentation on COVID-19. This is the sterling keynote and scene setting address by a leading physician and expert on the pandemic, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel.

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Dr. Ezekiel Emanual, MD, Ph.D., is an American oncologist, bioethicist and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He is the current Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania and chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy.

Dr. Emanuel was keynote speaker for the first of two evenings of the COVID-19 Complexities: Global Town Hall seeking a better understanding of the impact of the pandemic and the way out.

Examining Critical Issues in the Global Pandemic

COVID-19 has touched every part of the world but its effects and the reaction of different countries has been uneven. In an interconnected world we need to understand the pandemic’s impact beyond our borders. Importantly, the progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatments is a global pursuit. There are, as well, already no shortage of changes made and those to come in reaction to the global catastrophe – in our communities, technology, health and science, government performance, elections, the global economy and our lifestyles.

A group of World Affairs Councils – nationwide, independent, nonpartisan educational organizations – is joining together with an international network of journalists and specialists to organize conversations over the course of two evenings in early September. The goal is to help Americans understand the impact of the pandemic in an interactive program open to all.

This episode features Amb Dick Bowers, Dr. Breck Walker and LCDR Pat Ryan as they do a deep dive into top global news items. Here's where you can keep up with the news you won't see on your TV.

Topics for Aug 26, 2020

1 – The Race for a COVID-19 Global Vaccine

2 – Belarus Post-Election Revolt

3 – UAE-Israel Normalize Relations

This episode, recorded August 25th, features former Defense Secretary William Perry, Ploughshares Fund Director of Policy Tom Collina and WPerry Project Communications Director Lisa Perry.

The Tennessee World Affairs Council hosted a Webinar with former Secretary of Defense William Perry and Tom Collina of the Ploughshares Fund about their new book, The Button, which recounts the terrifying history of nuclear launch authority, from the faulty 46-cent microchip that nearly caused World War III to President Trump’s tweet about his “much bigger & more powerful” button. Secretary Perry and Tom Collina will share their firsthand experience on the front lines of the nation’s nuclear history and address the concerns we should all have in 2020 about a president’s ability to launch a nuclear weapon.

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 relationship and more.

Consul-General Fukushima assumed her post as Consul-General of Japan in Nashville in December 2019. This is her third diplomatic assignment in the U.S.; she received a Master of Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University in 1985 and served at the Consulate-General of Japan in New York (1993-1996). The Consul- General has extensive experience working with the United Nations. She served as a Program Officer at the United Nations University (2003-2006) and as the founding Director of the UN Women Japan Liaison Office (2015-2017), both based in Tokyo.

Consul-General Fukushima joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) in 1981 after receiving a Bachelor of English Literature from Sophia University. She has held a variety of posts at MOFA headquarters in Tokyo, most recently serving as Director of Diplomatic Archives (2017-2019). Prior to that, she held several posts in the Minister’s Secretariat, including as Senior Coordinator of the Public Diplomacy Strategy Division (2014-2015) as well as Assistant Chief of Protocol (2011-2013). She served overseas at the Embassy of Japan in Ireland (1985-1988) and the Embassy of Japan in Thailand (2006-2008).

Consul-General Fukushima is married with two adult daughters.

The event is in partnership with the TN World Affairs Council and Center for International Business at Belmont. Moderating the event will be IBC advisory board member John Scannapieco.

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 relationships Nashville enjoys with these international partners, and about the organization that makes it all happen.

With us are Sarah Lingo, Executive Director of Sister Cities and a former Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand; Claire Coleman, Sister Cities Director of Student Exchanges, with an extensive background working with youth and international programs; and Professor Marieta Velikova, Member of the Sister Cities Board, immediate past Chair and lucky for us, a member of the TNWAC board and Council Vice President.

When she’s not working in service to the community she moonlights as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Belmont University, partner to the World Affairs Council.

Sarah’s, Claire’s and Marieta’s experiences and achievements are many and I invite you to visit their biographical details on our web site.

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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 John Hume

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 Middle Tennesseans go to work each day in Japanese-owned companies.

Japan is the state’s and the region’s largest foreign direct investor nation both by job creation and capital investment. To put some context around exactly what that means, we would have to add up the jobs created by the next 4 countries to get close to Japan’s 19,000 jobs. The roots of our relationship may have been built on business connections but it is the people who have made this relationship flourish.

Consul-General Fukushima assumed her role as Consul-General of Japan in Nashville in December 2019. The Consulate of Japan in Nashville services the states of Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. This is Consul-General Fukushima’s third diplomatic posting in the United States. She has held a variety of posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Tokyo and has extensive experience working with the United Nations having served as the founding director of the UN Women Japan Liaison office based in Tokyo.

Among the topics that may be discussed:

* The role of the Consul-General and the Japanese Consulate

* Japan-US and Japan-Tennessee relations — commercial, cultural and friendships

* JET (Japan Education and Teaching) Program

* Impact of Japanese economic and cultural influences on Nashville

*The new social media work at the Consulate

*The Tokyo Olympic Games set for July 23, 2021

* Consul General Fukushima’s goals for the time she will be posted in Nashville