Seventy years ago, on Oct. 1, 1949, communist revolutionary Mao Zedong stood before a battery of microphones above Tiananmen Square in Beijing and declared “Long live the People’s Republic of
Cover Story India Turmoil, Afghan Talks May Be Diplomatic Opportunities for Pakistan It's been a busy few months for Pakistani Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan since he arrived in January. As
Situated on one of the world’s most vital shipping lanes, linking Europe, the Indian Ocean and the rest of Asia, the Horn of Africa is also now fast becoming one
FILM HIGHLIGHT Czech It Off Your Culture List The Czech Embassy, one of the most culturally active missions in town, starts off fall with a full lineup of eclectic events,
Film Highlight Latin American Film Festival Now in its 30th year, the Latin American Film Festival at AFI Silver Theatre (Sept. 12-Oct. 2) is one of North America's largest and
On Aug. 1, diplomats from the United States, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam came together in Bangkok to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Lower Mekong Initiative, or LMI.
In a curving darkened room at the Hirshhorn Museum, Australian actress Cate Blanchett appears simultaneously on a dozen screens inhabiting different characters. A homeless man ranting through a megaphone, a
In January 2009, Alan Solomont received a telephone call. As his wife, Susan Lewis Solomont, recounts in her memoir “Lost and Found In Spain: Tales of An Ambassador’s Wife,” it
Searing, demanding and infused with empathy, “The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement” is an exhibition that should not be missed before it leaves Washington on Sept. 22.
Venezuela’s ongoing political chaos continues to dominate Latin American headlines, with the massive exodus of migrants from Central America also inflaming passions in the United States, Mexico and elsewhere throughout
Washington, D.C., is home to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the National Museum of the American Indian, the National Museum of African American History and Culture and dozens of other,
The United Nations was not even three years old when it launched its first peacekeeping mission in 1948. For the last 70 years, it has been continuously involved in such
New research is untangling the complex relationship between symptoms of depression and losses in memory and thinking that often emerge together with Alzheimer’s disease. In fact, the new data suggests
