News: NSFA

As national and nuclear security challenges intensified in the fall of 2025, the need for a stronger, more prepared workforce came into sharper focus.

Director of the Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs, Krista Weigand, was awarded the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship.

The Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs at the Baker School has received a grant from the Japan-United States Friendship Commission to host a Japan- U.S. Diplomacy Academy in Knoxville in the spring.  

The University of Tennessee (UT) Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs (NSFA) Affiliate Andrew Muhammad has authored a policy brief examining the implications of recent tariffs on the distilled spirits sector in the United States.

The University of Tennessee Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) recently received a grant from The Stanton Foundation to support the development of a new course on nuclear security.

Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) Professor Krista Wiegand opened the school’s final installment of a lecture series examining key issues at stake during the 2024 presidential election with a simple question. “Why should Americans care about foreign affairs?  The question was posed to Bob Corker, a former…

Imagine it is 2026. China and Russia have engaged Japan and the United States in combat over Taiwan and the situation is on the verge of escalating to an all-out war.

Baker School Professor Krista Wiegand joined ORNL Associate Laboratory Director Moe Khaleel for the ceremonial signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Tennessee and UT-Battelle. The agreement strengthens collaboration between UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

This summer 12 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, students followed in the footsteps of former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard H. Baker Jr. for the Japan Ambassadors trip.