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 Concert, ca. 1633, by Judith Leyster, is one of several works on display at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. (Photos by NMWA) There’s so much to study here: an ...

Passport DC, a series of programs in May featuring Washington’s diplomatic community and its diverse culture, is returning for the first time since the pandemic began, allowing the public to visit ...

Stavros Lambrinidis, the outgoing EU Ambassador to the United States, has taken relations between the European Union and the United States from “not that loving” in 2019 to a high point in late 2023, ...

Tucked in a corridor of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, a small and exquisitely arranged display of ancient Egyptian art offers intriguing insights into early 20th century collecting — ...

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 ...

Mauritania, one of the least-known of the 22 members of the Arab League, got some long-awaited recognition this week when the National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) named Mauritania’s top envoy ...

On Oct. 20, Stefanishyna recounted the horrors of her country’s ongoing conflict with Russia during our latest Ambassador ...

Sunita Williams and three other NASA crew members of Expedition 72 received a warm welcome Sept. 17 by the Embassy of ...

On Oct. 3, the Washington International Young Artists Music Series and the Bulgarian Music Society teamed up for a concert at ...

Mauritania got some long-awaited recognition this week when the National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) named ...

Muath Edriss is a singer, composer and performer. His professional career, in fact his whole life, revolves around the oud.