John Shaw is a contributing writer for the Diplomat and is the director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University.

D.C. has a wide collection of private organizations catering to the city’s elite, and several court members of Washington’s diplomatic corps ...

The latest crop of 14 new ambassadors in Washington includes diplomats from two former Soviet republics, two Caribbean ...

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Albert Ramdin of Suriname takes charge at the Organization of American States as the first Caribbean-born secretary-general in OAS history.

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Egypt faces a “perfect storm” triggered by the Israel-Palestine conflict, Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Russia's war in Ukraine, says Ambassador Motaz Zahran.

Washington, D.C., is home to more think tanks—and better ones—than any other city on Earth. In fact, six of the world’s 20 best such organizations are headquartered in the nation’s capital, according ...

The Washington Diplomat presents an exclusive interview with Albania's former president, Sali Berisha, whom the State Department has blacklisted.

Prominent scientist, diplomat, conservationist, artist and poet Joseph Edsel Edmunds, a former ambassador of St. Lucia to the United States, died July 21 at the age of 89.

The Washington Diplomat speaks to Esme Jynet Chombo, Malawi's ambassador to the US and a champion of women's rights in Africa.