In this book, Goodman examines the rise of the Davos Man billionaire class and the surge in income inequality across the world.
Ever since Russia began bombing Ukraine four months ago, the 23 million inhabitants of Taiwan have been eyeing the war nervously, worried that Beijing might want to launch its own invasion. Read what Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the United States, has to say about this growing threat.
The Ambassador Oversight and Transparency Act, sponsored by two Senate Democrats, aims to improve the quality of US diplomats serving abroad.
On May 20, Washington’s Ukraine House—in collaboration with Artfira and Kyiv-based Sofia-A Galleries—held an ‘Art Saves Lives’ exhibit and auction to raise funds for medical treatment of children affected by
We will release a subscription based digital edition of the Embassy Directory in September 2022. This Embassy Directory will be updated quarterly with biographies of new ambassadors.
Perhaps no country in the world is more closely associated with cooking and the culinary world than France. After all, “cuisine” itself, meaning kitchen, is a French word. No wonder
Quick trivia question: Which was the first country to recognize the newly independent United States? Answer: The Netherlands, when on Nov. 16, 1776, an American warship, the Andrew Doria, docked
At least 500 guests gathered on May 18 at Washington’s Four Seasons Hotel to mark Azerbaijan’s Independence Day, Armed Forces Day, and 30 years of US-Azerbaijan diplomatic relations.
Earlier this year, Panama welcomed high-level representatives from twenty countries to develop a joint road map to deal with the irregular migration crisis – perhaps the most visible challenge facing the Americas today, and the best example of how our fates as a region are interconnected.
Traditional Jaipongan dancers and a performance featuring the angklung marked the May 25 inauguration of the Washington Educational & Cultural Attaché Association (WECAA) at the Indonesian Embassy.
Every spring since 1992, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) has staged a mock Passover Seder for the DC diplomatic community. But, to paraphrase the famous question traditionally asked by the youngest at the table: Why was this year different from all other years?
On April 27, Motaz Zahran, Egypt's ambassador to the United States, and his wife, Hala Elhusseiny Youssef, hosted a reception celebrating the month of Ramadan and the 100th anniversary of
When Western Hemisphere heads of state gather in Los Angeles for next month’s Ninth Summit of the Americas, at least three presidents won’t be in attendance: Cuba’s Miguel Díaz-Canel, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega.
Hemmed in between China, the world’s most populous country, and Russia, its largest, is landlocked Mongolia—a former socialist “people’s republic” that’s visited by only 20,000 Americans per year. And except
A blockbuster exhibition at the Phillips Collection attempts the difficult feat of both excising and contextualizing a young Spanish artist from and within decades of explosive, iconic creativity and misogyny.
Vital Voices, a nonprofit group established in 1999 by then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, formally inaugurated its new headquarters May 5 with a celebration
