Book: A Gentleman in Moscow Author: Amor Towles Review by: Jim Reed, President, YKK Corp. of America When I picked up A Gentleman in Moscow at a friend’s recommendation, I thought I remembered him saying it was a spy novel. After two chapters, I remember thinking, “This guy is a terrible spy and this is […]
UPS Executive Appointed to President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa
Laura Lane, who is president of Global Affairs at UPS and has had widespread international experience on behalf of private industry as well as government, has been appointed to the U.S. Commerce Department’s President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa. Mrs. Lane is to serve on the council for the 2019-2021 term along with […]
The Harlem Globetrotters Spread Joy at Home in Georgia and Around the World
There’s something irresistible about the Harlem Globetrotters. Denis Sullivan felt it as a 12-year-old growing up in Cork, Ireland, when he and 800 others from the town watched the team’s ball handling acrobatics and unique brand of basketball. Today he’s in charge of the team’s world tours and is proud to note that the visit […]
Former KGB Spy Tells Kiwanians Soviet Ideology May Be Dead, But Russian Nationalism Is Alive and Well
Jack Barsky, the former Soviet spy who now lives in the state of Georgia, said at a Kiwanis Club of Atlanta luncheon May 28 honoring the city’s Consular Corps that he could have saved the U.S. government the $30 million spent on the Mueller report to determine whether or not the Russian government colluded with […]
Georgia Tech Prof Asks Kiwanians If the U.S. Has Become Orwellian
Imagine a world where most of its population is in perpetual war as well as subject to omnipresent government surveillance and propaganda. This is the world described by the English writer George Orwell in his novel 1984 and evoked by Georgia Tech Professor Seymour E. Goodman, during his talk at the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta […]
Q&A: How to Balance Security, Sustainability and Profit in International Space Policy
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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