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Books 2018: Avoiding Instincts to Craft an Improved Worldview
Book: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong about the World and Why Things are Better Than You Think Author: Hans Rosling Review by: Jacobus Boers, assistant dean for international engagement, J. […]
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Books 2018: Greatest Generation’s Greatest Contribution: Enacting Justice for War Crimes
Book: East West Street: On the Origins of “Genocide” and “Crimes Against Humanity” Author: Philippe Sands Review by: Shelby Grubbs, managing member, Miller & Martin PLLC’s Atlanta office and founding managing […]
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Books 2018: Key to Survival for Global Capitalism: Include More People
Book: Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? Author: Robert Kuttner Review by: Ahmet Bozer, a non-executive board member and retired executive vice president and president, Coca-Cola International. He serves on the […]
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Q&A: How to Balance Security, Sustainability and Profit in International Space Policy
Editor’s note: In a city like Atlanta blessed with an abundance of universities, the global expertise contained within their halls can sometimes get overlooked. That’s often the case at institutions […]
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Books 2018: Effects of the Newfound U.S. Energy Abundance on Nigeria and Beyond
Books 2018: Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power Author: Meghan L. O’Sullivan (2017) Review by: Kayode Laro, Consul General of Nigeria in Atlanta […]
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Books 2018: India’s Indictment of Unbridled Capitalism
Book: Capital: The Eruption of Delhi Author: Rana Dasgupta Review by: Trevor Williams, managing editor of Global Atlanta I’ve traveled to India once. It’s a pulsating place, loud with the […]
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Books 2018: Tapping Into Latent Leadership
Book: The Transformative Leader: Boldly Declare, Courageously Pursue, and Abundantly Achieve the Extraordinary Author: Amir Ghannad Review by: Soumaya Khalifa, president, Khalifa Consulting and founder of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of […]
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Books 2018: How an ‘Ungentlemanly’ British Unit Showed Creativity Amid WWII Conflict
Book: Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat Author: Giles Milton Reviewer: Christopher N. Smith, Attorney at Law & Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark. “Operation […]
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Books 2018: Chasing Mussolini’s Lost Bugattis Through Ethiopia
Book: The Abyssinian Cache—The End of Italian Colonial Power Author: Kurt J. Jaeger Review by: Dr. Bruce S. Allen, honorary consul in Georgia for the principality of Liechtenstein History and […]