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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]