Historian Giles Tremlett’s insightful, comprehensive, and readable biography reveals an enigma of a man. Readers can appreciate two facets of the dictator, and these can be embraced by those who love or hate him.
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Books 2025: Revisiting Animal Farm 80 Years Later
The salvation in the prose comes from a shared understanding with my grandparents’ generation about the significance of democracy and the dangers of power consolidation.
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Books 2025: Understanding the Threat of 21st-Century Autocracy
How, in McFaul’s words, did U.S. and Russian relations go from “euphoria about democracy, globalization, and the West three decades ago to uncertainty about democracy, doubt about the liberal international order, and fear of powerful autocracies today?”
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Books 2025: Reading ‘The Art Thief’ in the Year of the Louvre Heist
Book: The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Author: Michael Finkel Reviewed by: Jorge Fernandez In October of 2025, eight individuals broke into the […]
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New Year, New Caribbean and Mexico Routes from Atlanta on Frontier
With colder temperatures setting in last month, Frontier Airlines launched new international routes to warmer climes from Atlanta, extending the budget carrier’s global reach from the world’s busiest airport.
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Weekly Briefing: Global Stories Worth Sharing
Dec. 24, 2025 | v33i15 | Subscribe This issue of the Global Atlanta Weekly Briefing is sponsored by Smith + Howard: Stories Worth Sharing Hey all — Merry Christmas Eve […]
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Indian Hanukkah? Consulate Marks Decade Celebrating Ties With Israel, Atlanta’s Jewish Community
The Consulate General of India Dec. 18 year marked a decade celebrating Hanukkah at its Sandy Springs offices, a gesture local Jewish community leaders said was all the more timely amid recent antisemitic violence around the world.
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Weekly Briefing — World Cup Clarity
Dec. 13, 2025 | v33i14 | Subscribe This issue of the Global Atlanta Weekly Briefing is sponsored by Smith + Howard: Finding World Cup Clarity For the last year, we’ve […]
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Revealing ‘Untold India’: Atlanta Lifestyle Brand Blends New Designs, Traditional Artisanship
Growing up in Kolkata, Mitun Chaudhuri experienced a world of influences in her hometown, but she also found herself traversing India’s vast hinterland and encountering its dizzying diversity.
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World Cup Clarity for Atlanta Brings Increased International Bookings for Flights, Lodging
One of Atlanta’s biggest exports is travel, and clarity around the teams coming to play in the FIFA World Cup next summer has already begun boosting international inquiries about the city.