It’s not every day a politician becomes a diplomat, and then after only a year decides to switch careers entirely and ...

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 ...

Helen Hayes Awards welcomes DC's performing arts community, often supported by various diplomatic initiatives.

Lithuania's Jovita Neliupšienė, the EU ambassador to the United States, faces two crises at once: Trump's tariff threats and ...

AAM Awards Dinner attracted some 200 people, including the DC-based ambassadors of Azerbaijan, Egypt, France and Israel.

Gustavo Petro, 62, is a former M-19 guerrillero who in 1985 was captured and tortured by the army, served 18 months in prison, eventually went into politics and in 2022 won election as the 34th ...

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, ...

French Ambassador Philippe Étienne speaks May 25 on the importance of cuisine in diplomacy. (Photo by Nassereen Mirza/Embassy of France) Perhaps no country in the world is more closely associated with ...

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 ...

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 ...

The entryway of the Georgetown Club in Washington. Washington boasts two clubs on the 11 Most Exclusive Private Clubs in America list, created by Los Angeles-based consultancy Club Marketing. One of ...

Members of the Consular Corps of Washington, D.C., gather for their 2019 Christmas party hosted by TECRO, the Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative Office. (Photos courtesy of the Consular Corps ...