John Shaw is a contributing writer for the Diplomat and is the director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University.

Rwandan envoy praises women’s success, US relations Rwandan Ambassador Mathilde Mukantabana may be one of only around 30 women ambassadors in Washington, but in the East African country that she ...

Diplomats and the creative industries collided in Washington last month for Meridian International Center’s fifth edition of its signature cultural diplomacy event, Culturefix. The embassies of ...

Diplomats and the creative industries collided in Washington last month for Meridian International Center's fifth edition of ...

Isabelle Vladoiu knows painfully well what happens when a dictatorship abuses its people. Born in Romania in the aftermath of the December 1989 overthrow and execution of Nicolae Ceaușescu, Vladoiu ...

A new show at Washington’s Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens delivers an exquisite look at a fascinating but forgotten 20th century icon. Whether you’re familiar with her story or just getting to ...

The latest crop of 14 new ambassadors in Washington includes diplomats from two former Soviet republics, two Caribbean nations, three African countries and three Arab ones.

Mpho Churchill Mophuting, Botswana’s new ambassador in Washington, says his country must end its near-total economic dependence on diamond exports. Côte d’Ivoire’s tourism and investment conference ...

Boeing wins award at DC gala, CIA director says Putin ‘miscalculated’ in Ukraine At a diplomat-studded gala last month, hosted by the International Student House in Dupont Circle, US industrial giant ...

European Union Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis on EU-US relations Ambassador of the European Union to the U.S. Stavros Lambrinidis participated in a wide-ranging discussion with Anna Gawel on Global ...