U.S. Diplomats Abroad ‘Routinely Denied Access’ to Reproductive Care
By Foreign Policy
A letter alleges the State Department put…
➔ iInside the Secret Meeting Between the CIA Director and Saudi Crown Prince
By The Intercept
In an unusual foray into diplomacy, William Burns…
➔ iSerbia’s Arms Deals Show It’s Tilting Away From Russia and Toward China
By Foreign Policy
Belgrade’s purchase of FK-3 air defense systems…
➔ iFormer Soviet States Are Distancing Themselves From Their Old Imperial Master
By Foreign Policy
The war in Ukraine is prompting countries from…
➔ iU.S. Diplomats Tiptoe Back Into Ukraine—Weeks After Their European Counterparts
By Foreign Policy
Lawmakers push the U.S. State Department to…
➔ iThe Middle East’s Kumbaya Moment Won’t Last
By Foreign Policy
The diplomatic resets and outreach underway are…
➔ iSaudi-Iran talks could endanger Abraham Accords, experts say
By Yedioth News
Analysis: America loosening their grip on the…
➔ iThe Reluctant Peacemaker
By Foreign Policy
Criticized for inaction in Ukraine, U.N...
➔ i3 Years Later, the U.S. Could Finally Send an Ambassador to Ukraine
By Foreign Policy
The nomination of career diplomat Bridget Brink…
➔ iDiplomatic Life Returns to Kyiv—Slowly
By Foreign Policy
Some, but not all, of the embassies that fled…
➔ iMoscow Strikes Back at Countries That Cross It
By Foreign Policy
Russia seeks diplomatic payback at the United…
➔ iCalmes: Biden isn't misspeaking about Putin. He is speaking for the American people
By Los Angeles Times
Atrocities are streaming in detail to our phones…
➔ iBennett should have spent less time with Zelensky, more with opportunist coalition partners
By Yedioth News
Opinion: Even though PM heads the government…
➔ iWe Are With Ukraine
By MoveOn.org
Since February, MoveOn members across the country…
➔ iWest Boots Out Hundreds of Russian Diplomats in Wake of Ukraine Invasion and War Crimes
By Foreign Policy
But the U.S. and other countries are stopping…
➔ iThree scenarios for nuclear risk over Ukraine — and how NATO can respond
By The Washington Post
To deter Putin, NATO must make clear that the use…
➔ iWhy the World’s Largest Democracy Won’t Back Ukraine
By Slate
Inside the globe’s most awkward diplomatic…
➔ iThe U.S. Needs to Bankrupt North Korea's War Machine
By The Wall Street Journal
Diplomacy won’t stop Kim Jong Un from launching…
➔ iMadeleine Albright’s guiding insight: The past is never past
By The Washington Post
The former secretary of state took this wisdom…
➔ iThe United States’ Clueless Diplomacy Won’t Stop a Nuclear Iran
By Foreign Policy
A new nuclear deal will strengthen the Islamic…
➔ iBiden Should Say 'We'll Win'
By The Wall Street Journal
Reagan, Zelensky and Hitchcock provide lessons in…
➔ iLviv Becomes the Center of Ukraine’s Resistance
By Foreign Policy
With the east in flames, the western Ukrainian…
➔ iThere could never be an ‘Elona’ Musk – women are held to far higher standards than men | Arwa…
By The Guardian
We are socially conditioned to think of…
➔ iPutin’s War Killed Syria Diplomacy
By Foreign Policy
It’s time for a new way forward.
➔ i‘Nowhere to Turn to’: U.S. Forces Closure of Afghan Embassy
By Foreign Policy
Afghan diplomats wanted to keep the flag raised…
➔ iCrisis for Biden's Chaotic Foreign Policy
By The Wall Street Journal
The administration’s approach to great-power…
➔ iPutin’s road to victory and other commentary
By New York Post
Foreign desk: Putin’s Road to Victory When…
➔ iForeign Companies Could Lose Everything in Russia
By Foreign Policy
Asset seizure and hostage diplomacy are likely as…
➔ iWe call on Biden to reject reckless demands for a no-fly zone | Open letter
By The Guardian
We deplore Russia’s aggression. However, it…
➔ iIsrael offers to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
By The Washington Post
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's bid is the most…
➔ iThe west v Russia: why the global south isn’t taking sides | David Adler
By The Guardian
The map of global participation in the sanctions…
➔ iThe Guardian view on China and Russia: enough in common | Editorial
By The Guardian
The invasion of Ukraine puts Beijing in an…
➔ iBiden's Bizarre Oil Diplomacy
By The Wall Street Journal
He courts Venezuela and the Saudis, but not U.S...
➔ iWhy the World Can’t Ditch Diplomacy in Putin’s War
By Foreign Policy
A former U.S. diplomat who served in Afghanistan…
➔ iAre Russian Diplomats Lying or Just Clueless?
By Foreign Policy
Russian diplomats take flak misleading the world…
➔ iWhat would a Ukraine-Russia peace deal look like? | Anatol Lieven
By The Guardian
If the Russians are ever to withdraw, then a…
➔ iIndia Must Take a Stand on Russia’s War in Ukraine
By Foreign Policy
New Delhi’s fence-sitting no longer serves its…
➔ iU.N. Denounces Russia’s Ukraine Invasion
By Foreign Policy
U.N. General Assembly deplores Russian aggression…
➔ iFalse Claims of U.S. Biowarfare Labs in Ukraine Grip QAnon
By Foreign Policy
The conspiracy theory has been boosted by Russian…
➔ iThe Blindness of Blinken
By The American Conservative
The same diplomats who got us into previous…
➔ iWhen Diplomacy Fails
By Foreign Policy
Washington and its European allies sought a…
➔ iUkraine Crisis Spills Into Yemen Diplomacy
By Foreign Policy
The UAE withholds criticism of Russia’s…
➔ iVladimir Putin is not Adolf Hitler, but the echoes are getting louder
By Haaretz
The excuses Putin uses to justify his wars, his…
➔ iWhat the Russia-Ukraine Crisis Means for South Asia
By Foreign Policy
Putin’s invasion puts some countries in a…
➔ iPutin's Ukraine assault puts Biden's leadership to the test
By Yedioth News
Analysis: U.S. president's preference for…
➔ iThe U.K. Wanted to Extradite Assange to the U.S. From the Start
By The Intercept
In a 2016 meeting, Britain's deputy minister of…
➔ iDiplomatic Options Shrink as Blinken Cancels Lavrov Meeting
By Foreign Policy
Minsk is dead, and now U.S.-Russia channels are…
➔ iRussian Diplomats’ Credibility Crisis
By Foreign Policy
Shifting justifications for Ukraine aggression…
➔ iBlinken: Russia “Moving Forward” With Plan to Invade Ukraine
By Slate
The secretary of state insisted there is still a…
➔ iWhat Biden Can Learn From Nixon About China
By Foreign Policy
Fifty years later, Washington may be reversing a…
➔ iDiplomats Can’t Wait for the Sky to Fall
By Foreign Policy
The Ukraine crisis is a reminder of how…
➔ iU.S. and Russia Battle for World Opinion at U.N. Over Ukraine
By Foreign Policy
Blinken is still looking for a diplomatic offramp.
➔ iIs This the West’s Last Diplomatic Stand to Avert a Russia-Ukraine War?
By Foreign Policy
Officials say Moscow is still escalating.
➔ iWhat Americans Think About The Crisis In Ukraine
By FiveThirtyEight
For days now, there have been reports that Russia…
➔ iBernie Sanders’s Smart Take on NATO, Ukraine, and Diplomatic Options
By The Nation
John Nichols “A simplistic refusal to…
➔ iThe Guardian view on megaphone diplomacy: countering Russian disinformation | Editorial
By The Guardian
While Vladimir Putin’s military creeps towards…
➔ iThe Observer view on Europe being on the brink of war | Observer editorial
By The Guardian
A united diplomatic front is the best weapon to…
➔ iIs There a Diplomatic Offramp in Ukraine?
By Foreign Policy
As Russia masses troops along the border—and in…
➔ iEvacuating Afghanistan Was ‘Like Pulling Teeth’
By Foreign Policy
Diplomats didn’t get serious about the U.S...
➔ iUkraine and Russia Begin Military Drills as Diplomacy Continues
By Foreign Policy
Moscow and Kyiv meet in Normandy format talks…
➔ iThe Guardian view on trust in Britain: John Major’s timely warning | Editorial
By The Guardian
The former prime minister is right to call…
➔ iWhile everyone watches Ukraine and Russia, don't forget about equally important conversation in Iran
By USA Today
Russia and Ukraine dominate international news...
➔ iThe Guardian view on Beijing’s Winter Games: a very political contest | Editorial
By The Guardian
China says the Olympics must be about sport…
➔ iWe must do everything possible to avoid an enormously destructive war in Ukraine | Bernie Sanders
By The Guardian
I’m concerned when I hear familiar drumbeats in…
➔ iOlaf Scholz Goes to Washington
By Foreign Policy
Amid domestic criticism for his absence on…
➔ iAnd meanwhile there's Iran – the other crisis that threatens the existing world order
By USA Today
Russia and Ukraine dominate international news...
➔ iChina Can’t Carry the Russian Economy
By Foreign Policy
Putin’s courting of Beijing has paid more…
➔ iThe U.S. Is Wrong on Yemen. Again.
By Foreign Policy
The devastating cycle of tit-for-tat attacks…
➔ iThe Guardian view on Russia: cracking down on tainted money | Editorial
By The Guardian
Britain says new legislation will hit the…
➔ iDeploy Tough Sanctions and Diplomacy to Isolate the Houthis in Yemen
By The Wall Street Journal
The radicals and their backers are attacking a…
➔ iWhy India Is Silent on the Ukraine Crisis
By Foreign Policy
As in 2014, New Delhi’s close relations with…
➔ i“There Is No Military Solution Out of This Ukraine Crisis”
By The Nation
John Nichols Representatives Pramila Jayapal and…
➔ iA clear sign that Biden is going to let Iran go nuclear
By New York Post
US Deputy Special Envoy for Iran Richard Nephew…
➔ iNicholas Goldberg: Can sanctions repel a Russian invasion of Ukraine?
By Los Angeles Times
Even when the U.S. is saber-rattling, our real…
➔ iThe Guardian view on the threat to Ukraine: high and rising | Editorial
By The Guardian
Russia hopes for disagreement and distraction. To…
➔ iU.S. Orders Diplomats’ Families to Leave Ukraine Amid Russian Invasion Fears
By Foreign Policy
High-level diplomatic talks between the United…
➔ iThe Observer view on US-Russia talks and tensions in Ukraine | Observer editorial
By The Guardian
Diplomatic talks calm tensions for now but Europe…
➔ iWould Putin Really Invade Ukraine For This?
By Slate
How the Biden administration’s high-stakes…
➔ iWhy Is Taiwan Bankrolling a U.S. Lobbyist for Guatemala?
By Foreign Policy
Taipei’s checkbook diplomacy is poised for a…
➔ iAnother Escalation in Yemen
By The Wall Street Journal
Biden tried to end the war with diplomacy. More…
➔ iIf diplomacy fails with Russia, we all lose. Biden must not abandon talks | Chris S Chivvis
By The Guardian
Hawks in DC are calling for more US involvement…
➔ iHow to Halt Putin's Ukraine Push
By The Wall Street Journal
The U.S. needs unity and tough diplomacy...
➔ iRussian Propagandists Zero In on Kazakh Crisis
By Foreign Policy
Intense interest by diplomats and state media…
➔ iWe need to be able to talk about trans athletes and women’s sports
By The Washington Post
Recently, Swimming World spoke of “the Lia…
➔ iI lost my oldest friend in 2021. Rufus Phillips was the ‘good American.’
By The Washington Post
His example should inspire U.S. diplomats,…
➔ i‘You’re Very Vulnerable’: Afghan Diplomats Fear Violent Taliban Reprisals
By Foreign Policy
The Taliban are pressuring exiled diplomats in an…
➔ iAfghanistan’s Diplomats Refuse to Represent a Terrorist Group
By Foreign Policy
Some are working on resistance. Others, consular…
➔ iBiden still doesn’t have a U.S. ambassador in Ukraine — and it’s not the Senate’s fault
By The Washington Post
The Biden administration's slowness to fill a…
➔ iMorocco’s Diplomatic Morass
By Foreign Policy
Despite Washington’s about-face on Western…
➔ iThe Guardian view on Yemen: the forgotten war | Editorial
By The Guardian
Years of brutal conflict have brought misery to…
➔ iPresidents' Words of Wisdom
"When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were—to the very last minute—a chance to lose it."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
"While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles."
- Franklin Pierce