Yoko Elizabeth Sugiyama, the wife of Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Shinsuke J. Sugiyama, died Feb. 10 of apparent sudden heart failure at the couple’s home in Tokyo at the
The $4.6 billion Nile Dam has become one of the most contentious and consequential projects in Egyptian and Ethiopian history, but for very different reasons.
Michèle Flournoy speaks in calm, measured tones about some of the world’s most terrifying crises, from coronavirus and nuclear weapons to Afghanistan and Iran. But that doesn’t mean her words carry any less weight or urgency.
Imagine arriving in Washington, D.C., for your first ambassadorial (or even diplomatic) posting during one of the most unpredictable presidencies in modern U.S. history — in the midst of an
The World Health Organization (WHO), the U.N. agency responsible for leadership on matters of global health, was sharply criticized for its response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in
Climate change is usually viewed as a scientific issue or a political debate, at least in the United States where President Trump and his minions deny climate change is real
Jon Oskar Solnes can certainly be described as a jack of all trades. He has been a television sportscaster; foreign news editor; press and information officer; a bank research editor;
Many people know the distinctively horseshoe-shaped nation of Croatia for several things: As the dramatic medieval backdrop for “Game of Thrones”; as the originator of the modern necktie (the cravat,
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Libraries may seem like a dusty relic from a time before the advent of Wikipedia and Google, but in Finland, libraries are still considered revolutionary, serving as communal hubs of
A former politician now uses a paintbrush to express his cynicism with government but also his enduring hope for a gentler, fairer world. He’s also a self-taught artist from the
It’s hard to say anything new or interesting about the 2016 election or President Donald Trump, but playwright Anne Washburn manages to do it in “Shipwreck,” which made its U.S.
