When Ambassador Ritva Koukku-Ronde of Finland finally took the dive into Twitter in December 2012, she was in the company of another famous diplomat who joined the same day. Her
Over the course of more than four decades, Max Baucus has carved out a reputation in Congress as a dealmaker. In December, President Obama nominated the 72-year-old retiring Democratic senator
Its name sounds like an IKEA armchair that you sink into when you get home after a hard day at the office, but FATCA is anything but comforting. The Foreign
Sitting in a D.C. coffee shop in mid-November, Michael notes with a hint of irony that even though it took him three years to pass the written and oral components
Ahmet Erdengiz may very well be the Rodney Dangerfield of Washington-based foreign diplomats: He don’t get no respect. That’s because only one nation, Turkey, recognizes his self-styled Turkish Republic of
Last November, hundreds of cheering supporters greeted Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Tehran airport when he returned from Geneva after negotiating a deal to ease economic
Photos: Freer Gallery and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archive Turkish photographer Ara Güler documented various historical sites throughout Anatolia, Turkey's Asian mainland, including İshak Paşa Palace in Doğubayazıt. If a
Reply to The Washington Diplomat article “Hiring Slowdown at State Leaves Candidates in Limbo” Thanks to Martin Austermuhle and The Washington Diplomat for bringing attention to the challenges the U.S.
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