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 ...

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 ...

Diplomatic envoys attending the celebrate Timor-Leste accession to ASEAN on Nov. 10. Last month, the Embassy of Timor-Leste celebrated the nation’s accession to the Association of Southeast Asian ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (3rd from left) receives NUSACC President and CEO David Hamod; Mohamed Melainine Ould Eyih, Mauritania's minister of professional development; and Mauritanian Ambassador Cissé ...

President Donald Trump poses for an Oval Office photo with Paraguayan businessman and lawmaker Gustavo Leite Gusinky, the country's new ambassador in Washington. (Photo courtesy of the White House) ...

Five newly appointed ambassadors have recently joined Washington’s diplomatic scene, representing Benin, Burkina Faso, Germany, Liberia and Malaysia. The longest vacant position was that of Burkina ...

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 ...

“From Exile to Avant-Garde: The Life of Princess Natalie Paley” is on view at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens’ Adirondack Building through Jan. 4, 2026. (Mark Finkenstaedt / Hillwood Estate, Museum ...

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 ...