Washington Diplomat

Bhutan Raises Its U.S. Profile,
Even Without an Embassy in D.C.

Foreign Policy Polls Show Americans
Want Restraint, Not Retreat

If there's one word that will never be used to describe the Trump presidency, it's "predictable." Yet on foreign policy, Trump has been relatively consistent, embracing a transactional, "America First" approach. And while the prevailing narrative is that most Americans support this global retrenchment, the picture is more nuanced, according to several new polls. Read More

Arakan Insurgency Against
Myanmar Forces Intensifies

As the world's attention turns once again to the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine state, another conflict is brewing in the troubled state — this one between government forces and Buddhist guerillas known as the Arakan Army. Read More

Envoy Stresses Reliability
Of U.S. Weapons Sales

R. Clarke Cooper, who oversees security assistance as head of political-military affairs at the State Department, acknowledges that doubts have emerged about American reliability he insists that the U.S. remains an indispensable and dependable security partner. Read More

Instability, Long-Held Stereotypes
Threaten Latin America's Women

After decades of colonialism and military coups, Latin America has made tremendous strides in ushering in democracy and economic reforms. But another important area of Latin American life is often overlooked: the progress — or lack thereof — of its women. Read More