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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When fellow diplomats say Miloslav Stašek is one of the strongest ambassadors in town, they mean it literally. The Czech Republic’s envoy in Washington—a 229-pound, 5-foot-8 bodybuilder who’s been ...

The 55th annual Meridian Ball was held on Oct. 20 (Photo by Meridian International Center). Poker, roulette, blackjack and more were the hit of the night at the 55th annual Meridian Ball on Oct. 20.

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP), a think tank funded by the federal government, focuses on conflict resolution in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and other global hotspots. (Photo by Larry ...

Let’s face it: Virtual galas just aren’t the same thing as the real deal. But they’ve become clever workarounds as everyone adjusts to our new pandemic “normal.” Of course, it helps if you have ...

One of Europe’s poorest and least-known countries, Moldova recently made world headlines when voters decisively rejected efforts by the Kremlin to install a pro-Russia party in Parliament. Final ...

Larry Luxner, news editor of the Washington Diplomat, interviews Ukraine's Oksana Markarova during our Ambassador Insider Series, which took place Feb. 29 at the Embassy Suites Hilton in Bethesda, ...

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 ...