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ETEC members meet each Friday morning from 7:30am-8:30am. This meeting is open to all members and their guests.

We welcome our members and their guests to attend the ETEC meetings in person. It is the best way to connect, or re-connect, with friends, colleagues, and potential business opportunities. 

Join us on Friday, February 16, 2024, to hear from Dr. Krista Wiegand, Director, Center for National Security & Foreign Affairs, University of Tennessee Baker School of Public Policy & Public Affairs - Speaking on the Economic vs. National Security Debate with U.S. China Relations. Her bio is below.

This meeting is open for both in-person and virtual attendees who are ETEC members and their guests.

No registration is necessary for in-person attendance.

Click here to register for the VIRTUAL meeting (note, this is a NEW link for the 2024 ETEC Friday morning  meetings):
https://tennessee.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctdu2vqzwiHNMa_b5aisjx0xKW2eP4C6mY

For more information about ETEC’s weekly meetings, click here. 

Visit the Find Us page for the meeting location, address, and map.

Dr. Krista Wiegand
Director, Center for National Security & Foreign Affairs
University of Tennessee Baker School of Public Policy & Public Affairs

Dr. Krista Wiegand is Director of the Center for National Security & Foreign Affairs at the Howard Baker School of Public Policy & Public Affairs, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee. Her doctorate degree is from Duke University in security studies and political science. 

Dr. Wiegand specializes in international conflict and political violence, territorial and maritime disputes, alliances, dispute resolution, and Indo-Pacific security. She has written three books and edited another book on territorial and maritime disputes, Indo-Pacific security, and terrorism and rebel group violence, and published more than 40 journal articles and book chapters on a range of topics related to conflict management. 

She was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in the Philippines in 2017 where she conducted field research about Philippine foreign policy and strategies in the South China Sea dispute, and is the recipient of grants funded by the Department of Defense, Department of State, National Science Foundation, and Korea Foundation. 

Dr. Wiegand provides policy advising to U.S. government agencies and participates regularly in security dialogues in the Indo-Pacific region.