Jewish organization Am Yisrael Chai‘s annual Holocaust remembrance event later this month in Atlanta will focus on the remarkable actions of Danes to resist the Nazi regime’s attempts to send […]
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Posted inBooks, Culture
Books 2019: The Literary Giant Who Valued the Little Man
Book: Samuel Johnson: A Biography Author: Professor John Wain Review by: Phil Bolton, founder, Global Atlanta During a recent Christmas tour of homes in Atlanta, I visited several newly, beautifully […]
Posted inBusiness, Diplomacy
Atlanta’s Consuls: U.K. Conservatives’ New Brexit Mandate Will Transform EU Relations
The reactions at a luncheon of the Atlanta Council on International Relations (ACIR) from the Atlanta-based consuls general of Britain, Germany and Ireland to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s pro-Brexit general-election […]
Posted inDiplomacy, Latin American Crossroads
Former Mexican Community Leader’s Legacy Highlighted at Tribute Ceremony
Atlanta was barely prepared for the 1996 Summer Olympics, the city’s epic transformational event. With the Games only 90 days away, a Washington Post reporter described Atlanta as the “hospitable […]
Posted inDiplomacy, Economic Development
Senior Korean Official Promotes Development of the DMZ as Peacebuilding Opportunity
While tensions between North and South Korea remain acute, South Korea’s deputy foreign minister in Atlanta Nov. 19 cited the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two countries as an important […]
Posted inCulture, Economic Development, Global Georgia, Sports
Atlanta’s Dragon Boat Races on Course While Hong Kong Violence Erupts
The announcement that the 1996 Summer Olympics would be held in Atlanta got Gene Hanratty’s attention as it did many others around the world. The former Green Beret had spent […]
Posted inBusiness, Global Health
Atlanta’s Aurora Day Camp Belongs to Global Network of Camps for Kids With Cancer
Launched two summers ago at the Davis Academy in Atlanta, Aurora Day Camp provides programs to bring back the joys of childhood to children with cancer and their siblings free […]
Posted inDiplomacy, Global Health
DRC President’s Reform Agenda Receives Enthusiastic Welcome in Atlanta
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s president, Felix Tshisekedi, received an effusive welcome from the DRC’s diaspora community in Atlanta when he arrived at the Cobb Galleria Centre the afternoon of […]
Posted inBusiness, Education
GSU PhD Candidate Seeks to Ally Insects With Humans to Cure the Earth’s Ills
Sarah Ku, a PhD candidate at Georgia State’s Robinson College of Business, has her own vision of how to deal with the earth’s environmental challenges. Be they how to feed […]
Posted inFood
Taiwanese Chefs Transform ‘Georgia Grown’ Produce Into Works of Art
Since 2018 the “Michelin Guide” to the world’s most prestigious restaurants has been giving out stars to Taiwan’s restaurants in recognition of the quality of their culinary arts. This year […]