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

D.C. has a wide collection of private organizations catering to the city’s elite, and several court members of Washington’s diplomatic corps ...

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

On one of Bashir Goth’s many visits to Capitol Hill to discuss Somaliland – the strategically placed, “de facto” country in the Horn of Africa that split from Somalia when Mohammed Siad Barre’s ...

Herman Jay "Hank" Cohen, 91, looks back at a long diplomatic career focused on US-Africa relations.

Commissioned by the British Embassy in D.C., and painted by Lisa Marie Thalhammer, the mural is part of the GREAT Love international campaign, which celebrates the world's diverse and flourishing ...

Albert Ramdin of Suriname takes charge at the Organization of American States as the first Caribbean-born secretary-general in OAS history.

Prominent scientist, diplomat, conservationist, artist and poet Joseph Edsel Edmunds, a former ambassador of St. Lucia to the United States, died July 21 at the age of 89.

Egypt faces a “perfect storm” triggered by the Israel-Palestine conflict, Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Russia's war in Ukraine, says Ambassador Motaz Zahran.

Esther Coopersmith is a woman known as Washington’s most famous hostess. At 92, she’s not nearly as energetic as she was just a few years ago. These days, she gets around with a wheelchair and the ...

Washington, D.C., is home to more think tanks—and better ones—than any other city on Earth. In fact, six of the world’s 20 best such organizations are headquartered in the nation’s capital, according ...

The Washington Diplomat presents an exclusive interview with Albania's former president, Sali Berisha, whom the State Department has blacklisted.