Irwin F. Gellman’s “The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961” is an ambitious book. It seeks to underscore President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s reputation as a highly successful president;
During the 2012 U.S. presidential election, President Obama mocked Republican Mitt Romney’s assertion that Russia is America’s chief geopolitical foe. “The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign
Washington has always been a drinking town. Liquor lubricates the city's sometimes stiff social scene, while wine flows freely at countless dinners and events. Alcohol of all varieties plays a
For embassies navigating the Capitol Hill gauntlet, the experience can be byzantine and opaque. The congressional landscape is dotted by small and autonomous fiefdoms. Staff turnover is high. Institutional memories
Not since the AIDS outbreak of the early 1980s has a virus as mysterious and scary as Zika frightened so many people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. In early
EVENT CATEGORIES Art Galas Dance Music Discussions Theater Festivals Tournaments ART April 3 to July 24 Three Centuries of American Prints from the National Gallery of Art Since opening in
Languages Arabic Indonesian Turkish English Japanese French Malayalam Hebrew Spanish Arabic The Midnight Orchestra Directed by Jerome Cohen Olivar (Morocco, 2015, 102 min.) Michael Abitbol, the son of a once
Photos: Embassy of Argentina / Courtesy of the Artist Argentine artist Mache del Campo plays with reality in photographs such as "Time Tunnel." Fragments of the familiar collide with realms
The North Korean dictatorship has a habit of seizing the attention of American officials through provocative weapons tests after months of laying low. Such was the case when Pyongyang earned
The pair of flags proudly displayed behind the desk of Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman says it all. One represents Iraq — a horizontal tricolor of red, white and black, with
Photos: Margot Schulman Above from left, Thaddeus McCants, Laura C. Harris and Evan Casey portray three employees at a derelict movie theater in Annie Baker's Pulitzer-winning "The Flick," now playing
Photos: Turquoise Mountain Part of the mission of Turquoise Mountain, a British NGO, is to provide a sustainable source of income for Afghanistan's young women. We are used to seeing
