Argentina’s recently elected president certainly added life this January at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. While global economic forecasters were worried about recession, the Coca-Cola Co. announced that it […]
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Posted inEducation
U.S. Journalist Jailed in Iran for 545 Days to Receive McGill Medal
The McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage awarded annually by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is to be awarded to Jason Rezaian, a correspondent for […]
Posted inDiplomacy
Macon Attorney Knighted by Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II.
Macon attorney Christopher Smith, the honorary consul of Denmark in Georgia, has been appointed as a Knight of the Order of Dannebrog for his faithful service to the Danish government. […]
Posted inEconomic Development, Education
Korean University With Georgia Ties and KSU’s Coles College Honored for Innovative Programs
With more than 100 representatives of business schools from around the world looking on, the SolBridge International School of Business in Daegeon, South Korea, and the Coles College of Business […]
Posted inBusiness, Trade
Atlanta’s TPP Agreement Enters New Phase With Japan and U.S. Support Critical for Its Adoption
The odds must be very long on the chance that the U.S. presidential candidates have had time to read the 6,400 pages that make up the proposed Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic […]
Posted inEducation
Emory-Carter Center to Remain Tied by Values and Pragmatic Goals
While still in office, President Jimmy Carter came for a groundbreaking of the Cannon Chapel at Emory’s Candler School of Theology in the sweltering August of 1979 — the same […]
Posted inCulture, Education
Child Survivor of the Holocaust and Preeminent Human Rights Judge Recalls His Experience as a Refugee
The plight of refugees is never far from Judge Thomas Buergenthal’s mind. Having experienced by the age of 10 the insecurity of a stateless person, the bombs and bullets of […]
Posted inDiplomacy
Memories of Nigerian-Atlanta Relations to Remain Strong for Departing Ambassador Teneilabe
Geoffrey Teneilabe arrived in Atlanta four and a half years ago as Nigeria’s consul general for the Southeast and he left on Feb. 2 for Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, as an […]
Posted inCulture
While at 20,000 feet in Peru, GSU President Becker Can Be Pretty Hard to Reach
When he wants to get away from it all, Georgia State University President Mark Becker goes to the mountain top. Most recently, he climbed to the top of the 20,200-foot […]
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Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation Signs Deal With Paris-based International Chamber
For almost a hundred years, the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has been on the front lines of creating a world system of rules to govern trade, investment, finance […]