As its members gather once again for dinner and dancing Feb. 22, this year’s winter gala of the Atlanta Council on International Relations carries special significance: recognizing the achievements of outgoing president Robert Kennedy.
Category: Security
Posted inBooks
Books 2024: Stories of Turmoil Amid the U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Book: The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan Author: Mitchell Zuckoff Reviewed by: Jorge Fernandez, consultant at The Pendleton Group, retired U.S. […]
Posted inIsrael
Israel’s Consul General Expresses Condolences, Solidarity in Wake of New Orleans Truck Attack
Israel’s top diplomat for the Southeast U.S. issued a statement expressing condolences and solidarity following the terror attack that killed at least 15 revelers in the early hours of New Year’s Day in New Orleans.
Posted inUnited Kingdom
U.K. Ambassador: British-American Partnership Deepening on AI, Critical Technologies
As economic and security issues become increasingly intertwined, the United Kingdom is stepping up collaboration with the U.S. on artificial intelligence and other critical technologies, the British envoy to Washington […]
Posted inTaiwan
Opinion: To Secure Peace in the Indo-Pacific, Include Taiwan in the UN system
Editor’s note: This opinion piece was contributed by Lin Chia-lung, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of China (Taiwan), and offered to Global Atlanta for publication by the Taipei […]
Posted inCyprus
Ambassador: Amid Regional Conflicts, Cyprus Gains Relevance as U.S. Security Partner
Visiting Atlanta, Evangelos Savva says the Island in the eastern Mediterranean is a cultural crossroads with ties to the Middle East and beyond.
Posted inKenya
Dispatch From Kenya: Global Atlanta on the Ground During Historic Protests
Editor’s note: Trevor Williams just returned from a reporting trip to Africa, where he inadvertently got caught up in widespread Kenyan protests against the government’s Finance Bill June 25. “Are […]
Posted inFrance
Delta Flies Veterans to France for 80th D-Day Anniversary
Some of the final surviving veterans who landed on the shores of Normandy to wrest France from Nazi control during World War II traveled back to that hallowed ground for […]
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For 80th D-Day Anniversary, Delta to Fly 60 Veterans to Normandy
For the third straight year, Delta Air Lines Inc. will fly American veterans to Normandy for commemorations of D-Day on June 6, this time marking 80 years since some 160,000 […]
Posted inEurope
Estonian Ambassador: Startups in the ‘Land of Unicorns’ Thrive Amid Security Challenges
Estonian Ambassador Kristjan Prikk would love to start coming to Atlanta regularly to showcase all that his Baltic nation has to offer for investors and tech companies. The country of […]