Pakistan sees the U.S. returning to a level of trust in international systems, a welcome shift during an era of dramatic challenges requiring deeper global cooperation, the country’s top diplomat in Houston told Global Atlanta. Calling the COVID-19 pandemic one of the biggest epochal changes in modern times, Consul General Abrar Hashmi said the world must work together to […]
Lockdown Lessons: Germany, France Taking New Approaches to Fight Second Wave, Consuls Say
The fact that Europe is facing a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic heading into the colder months is no surprise, but the speed of its resurgence has been uncanny. Over the last month, many European nations have seen per capita rates of infection eclipsing those of the U.S., which has been criticized globally for […]
New European Consuls Stress Solidarity As COVID Cases Rise
Amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases across Europe, three of the newest European consuls general in the South stressed the importance of solidarity and economic cooperation both on the continent and worldwide. Europe’s weekly case load increased more than 30 percent during the week of Oct. 5-11, with several countries responding with new tiered restrictions and curfews […]
Asian Diplomats: Contact-Tracing Apps, Tech Solutions Play Key Role in COVID-19 Fight
When Indonesian Consul General Nana Yuliana went home in April during the pandemic, she found a changed country. Indonesia had yet to reach its peak. It’s still seeing coronavirus case counts climb in hotspots like Jakarta, the capital city, and East Java. But even then the country had begun reckoning with a version of the […]
Keeping It Personal: How Diplomats From Argentina, Costa Rica and Canada Have Weathered the Pandemic
The pandemic has thrown many industries into disarray, but in diplomacy, the uncertainty and stress it has engendered has made it all the more important to keep people at the center. That was the assessment of three diplomats from across the Americas consulted during the second virtual Consular Conversation hosted by Global Atlanta in partnership […]
Consulates and COVID-19: How Japan, Bahamas and the United Kingdom Are Coping, Learning
The work of diplomats is personal by nature, but some leaders of foreign outposts in Atlanta are finding during the pandemic era that this need not mean “physical.” In the first virtual edition of its Consular Conversations series sponsored by Miller & Martin PLLC May 8, Global Atlanta welcomed Japanese Consul General Kazuyuki Takeuchi, Bahamian Consul […]
Bahamas to Pay Forward Dorian’s Recovery Lessons, Deepen Tech Ties With Southeast
When Hurricane Dorian concluded its onslaught on the Bahamas in September, the country was left to face unprecedented destruction. The islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama lost more than 13,000 homes. Many schools including a satellite campus of the national university were wiped out. A key seaport and airport were hit hard, with temporary shutdowns […]
Consul General: Germany Injecting ’New Energy’ Into Anti-Semitism Fight
As the 75th Holocaust Remembrance Day arrived Jan. 24, the world’s eyes turned to Germany. The country may be the place where anti-Semitism reached its gruesome historical climax in the murder of 6 million Jews, but it now plays a key role in the global conversation about ensuring that such a genocide never happens again. […]
Interview: Deeper Dutch Investment to Bring Solutions, Jobs to the South
It’s no accident that Ard Van der Vorst picked mid-November for an interview focused on the Netherlands’ relationship with the Southeast U.S. The Dutch consul general in Atlanta was keen to build on the momentum around Dutch-American Heritage Day, which each year marks the ties linking the nations across the centuries. The Nov. 16 date […]
Consulate Lobbies for Deeper Georgia Presence in India
Atlanta’s Indian Consulate General set down roots in 2012 and has since firmly entrenched itself in the city’s diplomatic community and political sphere. Local officials from Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul to (more recently) Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts have made trips to the country, nods to both India’s economic potential and the political imperatives implied by […]
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