KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – University of Tennessee Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) Professor and Director of the Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs Krista Wiegand, PhD, joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Associate Laboratory Director Moe Khaleel, PhD, for a ceremonial signing of a new Memorandum of […]
The Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs’ (NSFA) 2024 – 2025 Foreign Affairs Forums series kicked off last week with Elis Vllasi, senior research associate and lecturer at NSFA, speaking on The Dangers of Modern-Day Disinformation and Propaganda. An expert in analyzing complex challenges emanating in the grey zone as a result of […]
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. Based in Kobe and Tokyo, the immersive experience is designed to provide students with a unique view of U.S.-Japan relations and Japan’s cultural history. It is presented by […]
Baker School graduate assistants Aom Boon and Jackson Scott have leveraged their education and experience to land prestigious summer internships. Boon, who works with our Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs, is using her research experience as an intern for the East-West Center in Washington, D.C. Originally from Thailand, she is interested in U.S. […]
The Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs (NSFA) housed at the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was awarded a grant to develop and organize the U.S.-Japan Diplomacy Academy for university students in Northern Japan. The diplomatic academy is designed to offer […]