Even kids know the value of washing hands, pestered as they are by parents to use soap and water before dinner or after playing outside. COVID-19’s mounting death toll has made hand washing an even more urgent phenomenon and even a life-saving measure, as global health experts constantly remind the world to wash often for […]
Iran, the U.S. and COVID-19: A Wasted Chance to Reset Relations?
The escalating enmity between the U.S. and Iran saw a brief reprieve at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, when the Middle Eastern nation became one of the earliest- and hardest-hit countries after COVID-19 moved out of China. In some ways a forced cooling off period, however brief, couldn’t have been better timed. In January, President Trump […]
European Investors Struggle to Access Pandemic Relief in U.S.
As European firms operating in the United States face disruptions to their supply chains from home, they also seem to be less able to benefit from resources that could help their American competitors more quickly recover from a pandemic-induced recession. European subsidiaries are huge employers in the U.S., with a substantial multiplier effect for the […]
EU Ambassador: Coronavirus Is Proving European Solidarity, Testing Global Unity
Editor’s note: Atlanta’s European consulates and chambers have joined together to host a “Europe Day” webinar featuring local diplomats and business leaders as well as the head of the trade delegation at the EU delegation to the U.S. The free event starts at 10 on Thursday The COVID-19 pandemic, which slammed the European Union before turning its […]
France’s Former Ambassador to the U.S. Fears for the Future of the World’s Liberal Order
When France’s former ambassador to the U.S., Gérard Araud, was last in Atlanta, the Paris agreement on climate change still had not been signed. He had arrived a month prior to the opening of the 2015 conference to promote the United Nations‘ efforts to combat environmental concerns. During his visit, he launched the sixth annual […]
Taiwan’s Donation of 100,000 Medical Masks Arrives in Georgia
A donation of 100,000 medical masks from Taiwan arrived this week in Georgia, the only state in the Southeast to get a portion of the 1 million units in the island’s latest contribution to the fight against COVID-19 in the U.S. Despite its proximity to mainland China, where the coronavirus originated, Taiwan has been lauded for an aggressive […]
A View From China: Bungled COVID-19 Response Eroding U.S. Leadership
The bungled U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic is giving China ample ammunition for anti-democratic propaganda and further eroding American leadership in the world. That’s the view of the Beijing bureau chief for The Economist magazine, who was last posted in Washington and spoke in Atlanta three years ago after President Trump’s election. Outside the […]
Top U.S. Diplomat: COVID-19 Could Devastate Venezuela, Unseat Maduro
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s claims about testing capacity and preparedness for COVID-19 are fabrications that belie how “completely unprepared” the beleaguered country is for the pandemic’s spread, a top U.S. diplomat told the World Affairs Council of Atlanta. Jimmy Story, chargé d’affaires for the U.S. State Department’s Venezuela Affairs Unit, said that if the coronavirus hits […]
The COVID-19 View From India’s Economy: ‘Acute Pain’ but Hope for Recovery
A month into the world’s largest mandatory lockdown, India so far hasn’t seen the exponential spike in COVID-19 cases that worried epidemiologists in a country with a large, dense poor population unable to practice social distancing. About two weeks behind the U.S. in terms of first reported case, the nation of 1.2 billion people is […]
Georgia’s Europe Day Celebration to Move Online; Organizers Seek Input From Potential Attendees
Often hosted as a breakfast or luncheon, an annual celebration of Georgia’s ties to the European Union is moving online amid this year’s pandemic, and the organizers are asking their constituents and members what content they’d like to see covered. The May 7 Europe Day webinar will launch at 10 a.m., organized by the Dutch, […]
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