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

From Oregon to Ohio, Ukraine war aid requires subnational diplomacy One year ago, Russia began its unprovoked war on Ukraine, using ground troops to overtake a country, and to kill, rape, displace and ...

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.

Isabelle Vladiou knows painfully well what happens when a dictatorship abuses its people. Born in Romania in the aftermath of ...

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

A new show at Washington’s Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens delivers an exquisite look at Princess Natalie Paley.

Puru Trivedi is the Vice President of External and Corporate Affairs at the Meridian International Center, a public diplomacy institution in Washington DC. The views expressed are his own.

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.

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

Daniel García-Peña, Colombia's new ambassador in Washington, talks about evolving bilateral ties under Presidents Trump and Petro.

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

Against the backdrop of 16 huge photographs depicting the architectural splendor of Kyiv, some 200 dignitaries gathered Oct. 22 at the Italian Embassy here in advance of a July 2025 meeting in Rome to ...