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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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 ...

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 ...

Sikh foreman looks on as his workers repair a valve at the Faregh gas complex near Jalu, deep in Libya's Sahara Desert. (Photo by Larry Luxner) Nearly 14 years after the overthrow and killing of Libya ...

Vladyslav, a combat lifesaver in the Ukrainian Army whose call sign is “Savage,” was completely drained after two years of constant bloodshed. “The only thing that kept me going was the hope of ...

Minerva University President Mike Magee welcomes new students from 47 countries at a Sept. 3, 2024, convocation in San Francisco. (Photos by Martin Klimek) The Biden administration just made a worthy ...

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 ...

EU Ambassador Jovita Neliupšienė hosts the Transatlantic Bridge Awards on May 7. When Lithuania’s Jovita Neliupšienė was born in 1980, in the city of Panevėžys, her country was still part of the ...

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 ...

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.