On that day in 1973, a US-backed military coup violently overthrew the world’s first democratically elected socialist president, Salvador Allende. That led to the torture, murder and exile of an ...

Angelique Gingras is an associate editor at The Washington Diplomat. She is currently based in London where she is a postgraduate student in international journalism at City St. George's, University ...

John Shaw is a contributing writer for the Diplomat and is the director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University. Sweden’s Jan Eliasson is one of the most skilled and ...

The Phillips Collection’s latest special exhibition offers an immersive and deeply satisfying look at the work and legacy of Czech painter and decorative artist Alphonse Mucha. “Timeless Mucha: The ...

On Wednesday, July 26, the National Council on US-Arab Relations hosted a welcome reception at the Four Seasons in Washington, for Ambassador Al-Zain Al-Sabah, the newly appointed Ambassador of Kuwait ...

Somaliland's representative in Washington, D.C., Bashir Goth, sits between the flags of Somaliland and the United States in his office in Alexandria, Va. (Washington Diplomat) On one of Bashir Goth’s ...

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP), a think tank funded by the federal government, focuses on conflict resolution in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and other global hotspots. (Photo by Larry ...

Esme Chombo has been Malawi's ambassador to the United States since Jan. 1, 2022. (Photo by The Washington Diplomat) If Americans have heard of Malawi at all, it’s likely because singer and actress ...

A silver Nobel Prize medallion from the late President Anwar Sadat of Egypt. A framed portrait with President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Royal silk robes from Thailand. Tickets to every ...

Let’s face it: Virtual galas just aren’t the same thing as the real deal. But they’ve become clever workarounds as everyone adjusts to our new pandemic “normal.” Of course, it helps if you have ...

Honduras, home to 10.3 million people, is precisely the country American writer O. Henry had in mind when he coined the term “banana republic” in 1904. Plagued by violence, poverty and corruption, its ...