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Carter Center, Georgia Business Groups Issue Statements on U.S. Capitol Riots

The Carter Center has observed elections in some of the furthest reaches of the world, helping nascent democracies often in war-torn lands achieve peaceful transitions of power.   Today, the Atlanta-based nonprofit had to turn its sights inward on the U.S., as rioters supportive of outgoing President Donald Trump breached the Capitol in Washington in […]

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Books 2020: The Hibernation of Progressive Politics in Georgia

Book: The Three Governors Controversy: Skullduggery, Machinations, and the Decline of Georgia’s Progressive Politics  Authors: Charles S. Bullock III, Scott E. Buchanan & Ronald Keith Gaddie  Reviewed by: Glenn P. Hendrix, Chair, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP  Gene Talmadge, nicknamed the “Wild Man from Sugar Creek,” won the Georgia governor’s race in 1946 but died before inauguration, […]

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Books 2020: How to Understand Global Populism

Book: Populism: A Very Short Introduction Authors: Cas Mudde and Crístobal Rovira Kaltwasser Review by: Kirk Bowman, Rise Up & Care Professor of Global Development and Identity, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech; Founder and Director, Rise Up & Care “Populism” tends to pop up in political conversations these days, yet the concept […]

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The Russian Arctic: Putin’s Central Plans for the Top of the World

Anyone with illusions that the Arctic region is a wasteland at the world’s edge, devoid of strategic importance, will have their views shattered upon listening to Thomas Rotnem. In late August, the professor of political science at Kennesaw State University spent the better part of an hour with the Atlanta Council on International Relations explaining how Russia views what many see as […]

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Ambassador: How Germany Is Helping Lead Europe’s Recovery While Juggling a ’Strained’ U.S. Alliance 

At what is looking more like an inflection point for the world, Germany and the U.S. have differences of opinion on tactical approaches on issues as wide-ranging as dealing with Iran, defense spending and tackling COVID-19. That’s to be expected, and the terrain of cordial disagreement is easy enough to navigate, said German Ambassador Emily Haber […]

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Brazil and Mexico: Populist Presidents Cope With Pandemic Realities

Leadership failures in Mexico and Brazil in taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously are hitting Latin America’s two largest countries doubly hard, as they cope with economic downturns in addition to a pressing public health crisis.    Mexico, however, could be less suited to a swift recovery, Michael Reid, “Bello” columnist and senior editor at The Economist […]

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Sunflowers and Umbrellas: Taiwan’s Anxieties Confirmed in China’s Hong Kong Crackdown 

China’s move to impose a national security law in Hong Kong has led to backlash across the Western world, but in Taiwan, it’s simply further confirmation that reuniting with the mainland would constitute its democracy’s demise. “I think it’s safe to say ‘one country, two systems’ is dead,” said Shelley Rigger, an expert on Taiwan […]

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Stacey Abrams: Pandemic Blunders Weaken America’s Global Leadership 

The U.S.’s failed pandemic response is symptomatic of President Trump’s retreat from global institutions, which has created a leadership vacuum autocracies have been only too happy to fill, former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams said Thursday.   Ms. Abrams, a staunch advocate for voting rights who has claimed voting irregularities in the election cost her […]

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Former Atlanta Fed President on COVID-19: China, Migration and the Shape of Recovery

After describing potential shapes of the U.S. recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, former Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart also painted a picture of the global forces that will mold it.  Speaking virtually May 8 on “The Future of a Pandemic Economy” with World Affairs Council of Atlanta President Charles Shapiro, Mr. Lockhart […]

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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 […]

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