The Center for Puppetry Arts’ exhibition of Indian puppets provides insights into India’s past as well as its future. Its past, because puppetry shows were the main form of community-based […]
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Posted inEducation
A Swan Song for Longtime Global Business Professor David Bruce
David Bruce, who is retiring after more than 33 years in the University System of Georgia, received a heartfelt farewell from colleagues and students Dec. 5 during a luncheon held […]
Posted inBusiness
Kloeckner Metal Corp’s New CEO to Aggressively Pursue Digital Strategy
Kloeckner & Co., the global German steel service company with annual revenues of more than $8 billion, is on a roll. Its “Kloeckner & Co. 2022” strategy is aimed at […]
Posted inBusiness, Diplomacy
Consul General From Houston Visits Atlanta to Strengthen Georgia Ties With Pakistan
In what has turned out to be a preparatory visit for her ambassador’s arrival in Atlanta this week, Aisha Farooqui, Pakistan’s consul general based in Houston, met with local officials […]
Posted inBooks, Diplomacy
Israeli General Claims Iran’s Victory in Syria Provides Peace Opening With Palestinians
Major Gen. Noam Tibon, a veteran of the Israel Defense Forces for 35 years, a former commander of a paratrooper battalion, and commander of the Northern Formation, meaning he was […]
Posted inBusiness, Economic Development, Education
Georgia’s Centers of Innovation Help Commercialize New Ideas at Home and Abroad
R. Steven Justice, the executive director of Georgia’s Centers of Innovation, has access to the official badges which enable him to enter the state’s universities on behalf of companies looking to improve […]
Posted inDiplomacy, Education
Former Ambassador to South Korea Laney Calls for Verbal Restraint in D.C. and Pyongyang on his 90th
James Laney, U.S. ambassador to South Korea (1993-96) and president of Emory University (1977-93), celebrated his 90th birthday Nov. 8 with dire warnings about the possible destruction of Seoul, South […]
Posted inDiplomacy
Irish Ambassador: Brexit Forces Ireland to Turn More Toward the U.S.
Those who favor Brexit could only have been heartened by the World Affairs Council‘s programs earlier this year featuring Lord William Dartmouth and Nigel Farage, who both were active in […]
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Georgia State’s Urban Studies Institute Receives $1 Million Grant to Study Climate Change
Under a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Georgia State University’s Urban Studies Institute is to track how climate change is affecting the Mexican cities Hermosillo and Mexico […]
Posted inCulture
French ‘Chanteuse’ to Provide a New Twist to This Year’s Beaujolais Nouveau Celebration
Once again the French-American Chamber of Commerce is hosting the Beaujolais Nouveau celebration at the Intercontinental hotel in Buckhead. As in the past, the Nov 17 reunion will be fueled […]