Editor’s note: Before his speech at Georgia Tech, former CNN International journalist Ralitsa Vassileva interviewed EU Ambassador David O’Sullivan for Global Atlanta about the pressing issue of African migrants. Listen here. […]
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Current U.S.-Russian Relations Hard to Digest at Kiwanis Luncheon
Russia‘s offer to sell Iran S300 surface-to-air missiles and the United States‘ sending the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade to the Ukraine may not be an indication that a new Cold […]
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Diplomats Encounter Moonshine, Race Cars and Dragon Boats on VIP Tour
Diplomats from 28 countries posted in Georgia are touring the northern part of the state on its annual International VIP Tour April 15-17. The program began in 1985 with the goal of getting […]
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Carter Center Names UN Veteran to Peace Program
The Carter Center has named a 24-year veteran of the United Nations as the center’s vice president of peace programs. Jordan Ryan most recently served as assistant administrator of United Nations Development […]
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Atlanta CDC and the African Union to Launch an African CDC
The Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is to cooperate with the African Union Commission in the creation of a CDC in Africa, according to a memorandum […]
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Americas: Little Consensus Expected, but Expect More Than a Handshake Between U.S. and Cuba
The media is atwitter that President Barack Obama will not just shake hands with Cuban President Raúl Castro but will actually talk with him at the Summit of the Americas […]
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Americas Summit: Real Hemispheric Problems Shrouded Behind Leaders’ Delicate Dance
President Obama will join 34 other heads of state from the Western Hemisphere in Panama today, including — for the first time — Cuba. The Summit of the Americas […]
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Carter Center Forum to Explore China’s Reforms
The Carter Center will once again hold a high-level forum on U.S.-China relations May 6-7, this year focusing on economic and political reforms in the world’s second-largest economy. The forum will attract 30 prominent scholars from […]
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EU-Ukrainian Pen Memento a Bitter Reminder of Failed Negotiations
The pen is inscribed EU-Ukraine Association Agreement Vilnius, 29 November 2013. Julius Pranevicius, the consul general of Lithuania who is based in New York, brought it with him to Lawrenceville […]
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Nigeria Elections: Hope Emerges, but Still a Long Way to Go
Nigeria — at least the parts of it that supported new President Muhammadu Buhari — is basking in the afterglow an election that some see as the first real validation of its 55-year-old democracy. The peaceful […]