John Shaw is a contributing writer for the Diplomat and is the director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University. Sweden’s Jan Eliasson is one of the most skilled and ...

Michèle Flournoy speaks in calm, measured tones about some of the world’s most terrifying crises, from coronavirus and nuclear weapons to Afghanistan and Iran. But that doesn’t mean her words carry ...

The Philippines, an archipelago of 7,600 islands in Southeast Asia, is the world’s fourth-most vulnerable country when it comes to natural disasters. And a new report by UNICEF Philippines warns that ...

In an Oct. 5 webinar hosted by the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (CACI), Ibrahim discussed his energy-rich country’s regional priorities with S. Frederick Starr, the organization’s chairman, and ...

The Embassy of Iceland rolled out the red carpet last month for Costa Rican jurist Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the United Nations’ independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, during his ...

At left: Guatemala, Czech Republic, Cambodia, Zaire, Australia (Queensland), Albania, Bosnia, Zambia, Algeria. At right: David Mack, former US ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, holds up the ...

Many in the United States look beyond their borders and see a dangerous world with raging wars, surging violence and deepening instability. But a new report by the Eurasia Group, a leading political ...

From L to R: Shaikha Aisha Al Khalifa, wife of Bahrainian Ambassador Shaikh Abdulla Rashed Al Khalifa; Bich Van Tran, wife of Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Dzung; Fatouma Souleiman Aouled, wife of ...

Philippine Ambassador José Manuel del Gallego Romualdez is interviewed by Washington Diplomat news editor Larry Luxner during the Ambassador Insider Series on Nov. 12. (All photos by Ben Droz) The ...

A wall in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, built as a security measure in the early 2000s, is covered in graffiti calling for peace. Separation walls were also built in Northern Ireland during ...

Somaliland's representative in Washington, D.C., Bashir Goth, sits between the flags of Somaliland and the United States in his office in Alexandria, Va. (Washington Diplomat) On one of Bashir Goth’s ...

Antony Anderson is Jamaica's ambassador to the United States. (Photo by Derrick Scott) Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Antony Anderson had been on the job for exactly five months as Jamaica’s ambassador to the ...