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Cover Story
Czech Ambassador Charts Country’s
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People of World Influence
Veteran Ambassador Warns Against
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SPECIAL REPORT
EXCLUSIVE: Envoys to Myanmar Take
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Oman in the Middle
Peacemaker Sultan Qaboos Faces
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Hungary’s Economic Argument
Spokesman Defends Hungary Against
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The Immigrant Dream
Pakistani Immigrants Advance to
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Nordic Vantage Point
Op-Ed: Nobel Peace Prize Presented
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Medical
CDC Probe Continues as Cases
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As a career diplomat who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, and as a former Army infantry officer who fought in Vietnam, Ambassador Ronald Neumann has seen firsthand how American defense and diplomacy can succeed and fail. He’s also seen U.S. administrations often fail to finish what they started. 
Oman has long played a quiet but influential role in the region as an honest broker, walking a fine line between competing interests. But as the U.S. and Saudi Arabia increasingly put the squeeze on Iran, Oman is finding it harder to maintain this precarious balancing act. 
As Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán comes under now-routine fire among critics in the West for his embrace of “illiberal democracy,” his government spokesman has embarked on a charm offensive to counter the criticism and paint a very different picture of his boss. 
The story of Ray and Shaista Mahmood is a familiar one: newly arrived immigrants looking for opportunity; scrambling like so many before them to get a foothold; eager to realize the American dream. And realize that dream they did. 
The Nobel Peace Prize will be presented this month in Oslo to Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. Both have taken great risk to give a strong voice and a helping hand to the victims of unimaginable horrors. 
Ninety confirmed cases of a mysterious polio-like illness called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) continue to mount in 27 states in the U.S., leaving CDC researchers and health officials scrambling to figure out the cause. 