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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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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Sen. Loeffler Targets China’s Use of Pandemic to Stifle Speech

One of Georgia’s U.S. senators is taking issue with Chinese censorship she believes hampered the world’s preparation for the coronavirus pandemic that has now sickened nearly 2 million people and killed more than 125,000 around the world.  U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler joined with four of her Republican counterparts in the Senate to urge the State Department […]

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Scholar: Turkey-U.S. Alliance Needs Fresh Life Beyond Security

Turkey has a chance to “return to normalcy” and revitalize its faltering ties with the U.S. if both sides can come to terms with complex new realities of international relations, a top foreign-affairs scholar from the country said in Atlanta Jan. 13. Many have fretted over what they see as Turkey’s devolution from a steadfast NATO […]

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Books 2019: Rethinking the European Origins of American Tolerance

Book: The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America Author: Russell Shorto Review by: Trevor Williams, Managing Editor, Global Atlanta Anyone who has been through fifth-grade civics would know that European thinkers incubated the American sense of reason and the religious tolerance […]

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