Book: King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa Author: Adam Hochschild Review by: Kirk Bowman, Jon R. Wilcox Professor of Soccer and Global Politics, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech; Founder and Director, Rise Up & Care After procrastinating for two decades, I finally read King Leopold’s Ghost […]
Books 2019: Truman’s State Department and the Man Who Managed a Volatile Period
Book: Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department Author: Dean Acheson Review by: Shelby Grubbs, managing member, Miller & Martin PLLC’s Atlanta office Dean Acheson was perhaps an exemplar of “Eastern elitism.” A bishop’s son, he was educated at Groton, Yale and Harvard Law, served as a State Department official from 1941 […]
Dutch Consulate to Offer Passport Services, Unveil New Office in 2020
The new Dutch consulate in Atlanta that was billed solely as an outpost for the promoting the country’s economic interests is now planning to handle consular issues like passport renewals in 2020. The decision came from the Netherlands foreign ministry, which evaluates annually the needs of Dutch communities around the world in allocating resources for […]
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 victory captured a mixture of relief and recognition that a new age in the diplomatic and economic relations of their countries was upon them. Alasdair […]
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 […]
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 but anxious first city of the South is like a frazzled hostess scrambling to set the table minutes before the Sunday company arrives.” Behind the […]
Isakson’s Foreign Affairs Work Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award
For Johnny Isakson, a position on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee wasn’t a lifelong dream. Instead, as he describes it in a recent tribute video honoring his steadfast commitment to international affairs, it was an assignment that came about by chance but would change the course of his work: Mr. Isakson, who stepped down from the Senate […]
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 stepping stone to a lasting peace between them. Ambassador Chang Jae-bok’s address to a luncheon of the Atlanta Council on International Relations at the Piedmont […]
Berlin Wall Segments in Atlanta Provide Backdrops for 30th Anniversary Commemorations
Pieces of the 27-mile Berlin Wall are not the rarest of historical artifacts; it just takes a quick search on Ebay to find crumbled fragments of the physical barrier that separated free and communist sections of what’s now the German capital. But metro Atlanta is home to at least three complete concrete slabs weighing multiple tons each — […]
Interview: Colombia’s Ambassador on Tech Ties With Atlanta, Optimism on Venezuela and Long-Term Peace Prospects
Editor’s note: The message at the Metro Atlanta Chamber from Colombian Ambassador Francisco Santos Tuesday was clear: the country of 50 million is not only open to American investment, but eagerly seeking more commercial engagement from its long-time military ally. In light of the U.S. trade spat with China, which he sees as a “technological […]
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