Editor’s note: In a city like Atlanta blessed with an abundance of universities, the global expertise contained within their halls can sometimes get overlooked. That’s often the case at institutions like Georgia Tech and its Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, where world-renowned scholars are addressing issues vital to 21st-century global governance and national security Read more
China Expert’s Kiwanis Address Sounds Alarm for U.S. Tech Companies
China’s ambitions to enter new markets and expand its presence globally were stoked with its admission to the World Trade Organization on Dec. 11, 2001, Dr. Lora Saalman said at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta, coincidently on Dec. 11 at the Loudermilk Conference Center downtown. Billed as a routine address on Read more
Retired General: New U.S. Approach Needed to Counter 21st-Century Threats
If the 20th century was the era of tanks, planes and bombs, the 21st is shaping up to be a time when bits, bytes and “soft power” are becoming weapons of choice. That’s according to retired Air Force Gen. Phil Breedlove, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and now a distinguished professor at Georgia Tech’s Sam Read more
UGA Wins Grant for Russian Language Training
The U.S. Defense Department has awarded the University of Georgia a renewable grant to establish a Russian language program for undergraduates studying a wide variety of fields. UGA’s Russian “Flagship Program” is one of 25 Flagship Centers across the country in languages considered vital to national security and to the challenges of a global society, Read more
Tech-Savvy and U.S. Focused, Latvia Raises Profile in Georgia
Atlanta is no stranger to hosting European diplomats, but the arrival this week of Latvia’s ambassador in the U.S. illustrates just how key the city has become in the Baltic nation’s larger outreach to the United States. On the surface, the economic center of the Southeast U.S. may not seem to have much in common with a nation Read more
Georgia Tech Debate on U.S.’s Role in Europe Foresees Multipolar World
The future of the U.S. relationship with Europe was the theme of a debate held at the Georgia Institute of Technology‘s Academy of Medicine that the university’s Sam Nunn School of International Studies hosted on Jan. 31 as part of a foreign policy series of the Brookings Institution and the Charles Koch Institute. The face Read more
As Their Reputations Grow, Moldovan Wines Gain Market Share in the U.S. and China
For many centuries Moldova has been a major producer of wines appreciated locally as well as by the country’s trading partners, primarily Russia and European countries, These days, however, its wine business is benefiting from a growing global reputation with new markets opening in both the United States and China. Former Moldovan diplomat Victor Postolachi, Read more
Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols Upbeat About Georgia’s Nuclear Future
The decision by the Georgia Public Service Commission in the closing days of 2017 to allow the Georgia Power Co. and its partners to continue constructing two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle may have the greatest impact on the state’s future of any it made during the year. All five members of the commission, Read more
Books 2017: The Artful Story of a Gentleman in Moscow
Book: A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel Author: Amor Towles, Copyright 2016, published by Viking/Penguin Random House LLC, NY Review by: Bruce Allen, honorary consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Georgia Every book has two great hemispheres—the story and the telling of the story. The former is full of facts, details, places, and people; but it Read more
Georgia State Master’s Student to Study Russian Entrepreneurship
A Fulbright scholar earning his master’s degree in public policy at Georgia State University has been selected for an exclusive research collaboration with Russia. Kirill Protasov is one of 31 delegates chosen out of more than 600 applicants for Stanford University’s U.S.-Russia forum. The former economic developer worked three years for the Orenburg oblast Read more
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