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 ...

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Shaikh Abdulla bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s envoy in Washington, wins NUSACC’s coveted 2022 “Ambassador of the Year” award.

Eleven new ambassadors recently won accreditation to represent their countries in the United States—but any casual observer would be hard-pressed to find a more controversial group of diplomats based ...

Miami native Larry Luxner, a veteran journalist and photographer, has reported from more than 100 countries in Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia for a variety of news ...

St. Lucia's former ambassador to the United States, Joseph Edsel Edmunds, displays his acrylic paintings at Art Impact USA’s first annual International 2016 Art Exhibition in Washington DC. Edmunds, ...

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman speaks July 12 at International Student House DC on the failed Iran nuclear deal. (Photos courtesy of ISH-DC) US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman says ...

Shaikh Abdulla bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Bahrain's envoy to the United States, is the winner of NUSACC's 2022 "Ambassador of the Year" award. (Photo by The Washington Diplomat) At only 290 square miles, ...

Yemen's Ambassador to the United States Mohammed Al-Hadhrami Yemen’s Ambassador to the United States Mohammed Al-Hadhrami was hopeful in early May, despite a 10-year civil war between Houthi rebels ...

Veronika Wand-Danielsson presents her credentials to then-President Franoçois Hollande in 2014 to become Sweden's first female ambassador to France. By 2014, Veronika Wand-Danielsson had already spent ...

Six elderly World War II veterans were among the guests of honor at a celebration at the French ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C., of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (Embassy of ...

The Palm, oil on canvas painted by Pierre Bonnard in 1926. Acquired 1928 by the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (©2024 Artists Rights Society, New York) For anyone who delights in color and ...