Elections in Belarus — home to what is often referred to as Europe’s last dictatorship — are pretty much a foregone conclusion. President Alexander Lukashenko has ruled the former Soviet Republic with an iron fist for 26 years. But the presidential race on Aug. 9 has shaped up to be anything but predictable.
As NATO faces a barrage of criticism from President Trump, two former U.S. ambassadors have come to its defense.
Although the effects of climate change are a threat to everyone, experts say the ramifications will not be felt equally.
After 19 years of fighting, peace talks between Afghan leaders and the Taliban are finally set to begin — and the government’s point person for those talks insists they will be inclusive and won’t sacrifice the gains Afghanistan has made to achieve a political settlement.
Is it too late to turn around U.S.-China relations, which are at their lowest point in history?
We caught up with Pakistani Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan recently for our Global 360 webcast to get an update on the situation in Kashmir, which on Aug. 5 marked the one-year anniversary of the revocation of Article 370.
Change comes to Belarus, Afghans debate their future, the EU hopes to rise to new challenges, the UAE heads to space and local arts organizations adapt to the coronavirus pandemic.
Canada’s new ambassador talks trade, a former White House social secretary talks protocol, China splits transatlantic relations and much more.
Australia’s wildfires, war and coronavirus in Yemen, female pioneers in U.S. defense and diplomacy and much more.
Like many local arts organizations, GALA Hispanic Theatre is scrambling to find a financial way forward in these uncertain times, but this performing arts center that focuses on works by Latino artists was hit with a double whammy: Its co-founder and executive director, Rebecca Read Medrano, came down with coronavirus.
Ambassador Carlos Vecchio talks about what can be done to bring democracy and prosperity back to Venezuela.
The pandemic has forced performing arts organizations to meet patrons where they are: at home.
The grounds of the Czech Embassy are being transformed into a secret garden where visitors can search for treasures in the form of bold, multifunctional fashion by Czech designer Petra Ptáčková.
The former Moldovan ambassador has said goodbye to diplomacy to pursue her childhood dream of becoming a full-time artist.
Despite a year of pandemic and protests, Canada’s new ambassador, Kirsten Hillman, is as busy as ever carrying out her normal duties while also adjusting to our new normal. Yet in many ways, unrest and uncertainty have been Hillman’s “normal” for the last three years.
As the coronavirus swept the globe, the State Department snapped into action to bring home more than 100,000 Americans traveling or living abroad in more than 130 countries.
