Parallel Diplomacies
By The American Conservative
Governors gallivanting around the globe,…
➔ iIs Biden right to send tanks to Ukraine? Our panel reacts
By The Guardian
As the war continues to slowly escalate, the…
➔ iThe State Department Makes Life Difficult for Breastfeeding Mothers
By Foreign Policy
At some U.S. missions abroad, diplomats are…
➔ iLetters to the Editor — Jan. 13, 2023
By New York Post
The Issue: Classified documents found in the…
➔ iWhy Did China Banish Its Chief ‘Wolf Warrior’?
By Foreign Policy
Zhao Lijian’s move from foreign ministry…
➔ iFormer U.S. Ambassador to Moscow on the Moment He Realized Russia Would Launch a Full-Scale Invasion
By Foreign Policy
John Sullivan on the road to war, diplomatic…
➔ iBiden may have taken secret documents for his book — doubling his hypocrisy
By New York Post
How will President Biden explain the documents…
➔ iNew and Unusual Forms of Diplomacy
By Foreign Policy
From gastrodiplomacy to Xiplomacy.
➔ iDiversity among diplomats will strengthen U.S. foreign policy
By The Washington Post
Black and Brown Foreign Service professionals can…
➔ iThe West Needs America's Leadership
By The Wall Street Journal
How the U.S. can marshal its strengths—not only…
➔ iKamala Harris had a most excellent year
By The Washington Post
The vice president is finishing a banner year…
➔ iU.S. leaves door open for Iran nuclear diplomacy
By Yedioth News
➔ iAre Autocratic Allies Damaging U.S. and EU Credibility?
By Foreign Policy
From Equatorial Guinea’s leverage over…
➔ iWhat’s the Deal With ‘Hostage Diplomacy’?
By Foreign Policy
Here’s how different states are using the…
➔ iTrading Brittney Griner for the “Merchant of Death” Was Worth It
By Slate
Diplomatic relations are otherwise totally…
➔ iChina Is Locked Into Xi Jinping’s Aggressive Diplomacy
By Foreign Policy
“Xiplomacy” is a political inevitability.
➔ iWe still need a nuclear deal with Tehran. Protests don’t change that.
By The Washington Post
A return to the original deal is unlikely. But…
➔ iThe Guardian view on Modi’s India: the danger of exporting Hindu chauvinism | Editorial
By The Guardian
New Delhi’s foreign policy won’t be insulated…
➔ iThere’s No Peace in Ukraine Without Russian Retreat
By Foreign Policy
Calls for diplomacy are misplaced and naive.
➔ iNoncitizen Bill Makes Aliens and Diplomats D.C. Voters
By The Wall Street Journal
Congress can stop a law that gives the franchise…
➔ iU.S. Seeks to Allay Fears of Military Crisis With China
By Foreign Policy
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin capped a week…
➔ iWhat’s the Harm in Talking to Russia? A Lot, Actually.
By Foreign Policy
Diplomacy is neither intrinsically moral nor…
➔ iLinda Thomas-Greenfield’s journey from the segregated South to the United Nations
By The Washington Post
In this conversation first recorded at the Global…
➔ iBiden just won a significant diplomatic victory with China
By The Washington Post
Biden just showed how diplomacy with China can…
➔ iWill the G-20 Lead to More Engagement With China?
By Foreign Policy
The inside track on the week’s biggest…
➔ iThe Guardian view on the G20 and supporting Ukraine: stay on course | Editorial
By The Guardian
Russian missile strikes are intended to terrorise…
➔ iHow to end the war in Ukraine? Sit down and talk. It’s time.
By The Washington Post
Negotiating a diplomatic solution to the conflict…
➔ iDisrupted Diplomacy
By The American Conservative
Trump's ambassador to the EU oscillated between…
➔ iEco-conference COP-27 is just a shakedown for more money
By New York Post
At every official session, leaders and diplomats…
➔ iWelcome to the New Age of Nukes
By Foreign Policy
Russia’s posturing may encourage a dangerous…
➔ iMr. Scholz Goes to Beijing
By The Wall Street Journal
Germany’s leader may speak only for himself on…
➔ iCall China’s climate bluff
By New York Daily News
While American climate advocates are still taking…
➔ iBiden’s Embarrassing Saudi Failure
By The Nation
Jeet Heer The latest diplomatic fiasco…
➔ iThe Guardian view on Korean soft power: harder than it looks | Editorial
By The Guardian
Pop music and TV shows might not sound like a…
➔ iWe can’t afford US Congress wavering in its support for Ukraine | Steven Pifer
By The Guardian
Kevin McCarthy’s warning of no ‘blank…
➔ iCan Diplomacy Save Brittney Griner?
By Foreign Policy
The U.S. basketball star is set to serve a…
➔ iHow China Abuses U.S. Diplomats
By The Wall Street Journal
Emails and diplomatic cables show how Beijing…
➔ iThe Guardian view on climate diplomacy: it’s crunch time – again | Editorial
By The Guardian
Freezing relations between the US and China…
➔ iProgressives just undermined the one thing Biden has done right — support Ukraine
By New York Post
There’s bad news and good news about the open…
➔ iVeteran Israeli Diplomat: ‘We Are Only Part of the West When It Suits Us’
By Foreign Policy
Alon Liel discusses the lack of arms for Ukraine…
➔ iThe Threat of Humanitarian Crisis Grows as Ethiopia Ramps Up Tigray War
By Foreign Policy
Western diplomatic failure looms large in the…
➔ iBiden just pulled off a big diplomatic victory — and almost no one noticed
By The Washington Post
The Israel-Lebanon agreement is historic. The…
➔ iThe Abraham Accords generation
By Yedioth News
Opinion: The growing cooperation and…
➔ iSo who’s ‘naive’ about Saudi Arabia, now?
By The Washington Post
Biden and the White House have no one to blame…
➔ iCan India Keep Balancing Russia and the West?
By Foreign Policy
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s escalations…
➔ iChina’s Foreign Ministry Reshuffle Could Shift Its Global Approach
By Foreign Policy
Who’s in and who’s out after the Party…
➔ iThe Cuban missile crisis was 60 years ago, but it’s urgently relevant today
By The Washington Post
That pivotal moment proves that de-escalation and…
➔ iThe Quagmire of Climate-Change Diplomacy
By The Wall Street Journal
The U.S. and its allies undermine their own…
➔ iThe Brave Women Protesters in Iran Deserve More U.S. Support
By The New York Times
Diplomatic efforts toward a nuclear deal must go…
➔ iWar or Peace Is the Most Neglected Issue on the November Ballot
By The Nation
John Nichols But most Americans don’t know it…
➔ iGoldberg: The narcissism of small diplomacy
By Los Angeles Times
A lack of understanding between nations is not…
➔ iIsrael - Lebanon pending maritime border deal is a win win
By Yedioth News
Analysis: Likud leader Netanyahu, who demands a…
➔ iA Summit Can’t Fix America’s Pacific Islands Problems
By Foreign Policy
They don’t just want a diplomatic deal; they…
➔ iWashington’s Balancing Act in South Asia
By Foreign Policy
India lambasted a proposed U.S. military sale to…
➔ iThe Guardian view on Russia’s annexations: escalation on escalation | Editorial
By The Guardian
Vladimir Putin is appropriating four Ukrainian…
➔ iDiplomacy Is Still (Just About) Possible in Ukraine
By Foreign Policy
The Black Sea agreement offers a model for…
➔ iBiden’s Sleepy Diplomacy at the UN
By The American Conservative
President Joe Biden has been described as sleepy…
➔ iBiden’s bullish rhetoric on Taiwan risks provoking China with no gain in security | Stephen…
By The Guardian
The president’s latest pledge to defend the…
➔ iHow Ukraine Has Changed Russian Diplomacy
By Foreign Policy
Moscow is shunning legacy platforms for…
➔ iThe U.N. Gave a Quiet Diplomat the Wrong Job
By Foreign Policy
Volker Türk lacks the temperament to be the…
➔ iCan this sport outmatch China in the Pacific? The West is betting on it.
By The Washington Post
In the effort to counteract Chinese sway, the…
➔ iNew ‘objective’ CNN appears to be making itself objectively rightwing
By The Guardian
The cable network’s CEO dramatic hiring and…
➔ iIn Russia, America’s Last Man Standing Stands Down
By Foreign Policy
John Sullivan had a front-row seat to a historic…
➔ iThe Undignified Fall of Russia’s Once-Dignified Diplomatic Corps
By Foreign Policy
Russian diplomats were once viewed with…
➔ iA new nadir for Israeli diplomacy
By Haaretz
Israel has sunk to a new low in the Balkans,…
➔ iIsrael just dropped a diplomatic bomb into Bosnia’s politics
By Haaretz
Israel's strikingly gratuitous act of political…
➔ iHow Countries Use Food to Win Friends and Influence People
By Foreign Policy
From Denmark to Peru, gastrodiplomacy has gone…
➔ iYoon’s Strong Start in Foreign Policy
By Foreign Policy
Despite domestic setbacks, the new South Korean…
➔ iBeijing’s Diplomacy Suffers in Europe
By Foreign Policy
Estonia and Latvia are the latest countries to…
➔ iIsrael slowly pushing Hezbollah out of Lebanon maritime border talks
By Yedioth News
Opinion: Diplomatic goals set by the U.S. energy…
➔ iAmerican Diplomacy Abandons Religious Freedom
By The Wall Street Journal
By pushing faith to the margins, the U.S...
➔ iIsrael must talk to Hamas to break the cycle of bloodshed
By Haaretz
People who realize that the solution to the…
➔ iLetters to the Editor: Pelosi's 'megaphone diplomacy' on Taiwan could backfire
By Los Angeles Times
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's high-profile visit…
➔ iSouth Korea’s Presidential Snub of Pelosi Was an Unforced Blunder
By Foreign Policy
Yoon Suk-yeol simply isn’t up to international…
➔ iFresh proof Iran holds Biden’s nuclear diplomacy in contempt
By New York Post
Even as President Joe Biden struggles to revive…
➔ iThe Guardian view on Taiwan diplomacy: a delicate balance | Editorial
By The Guardian
The US policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’ might…
➔ iNancy Pelosi Just Lit a Match at the Dynamite Factory
By Slate
Fortunately, this is the sort of diplomacy at…
➔ iSenate Hearing on Diversity in Diplomacy Fails to Get to Real Questions
By The Daily Signal
A Senate hearing on “diversity and equity” in…
➔ iCentral Asia Steps Up Its Regional Diplomacy
By Foreign Policy
Uzbekistan hosts two major summits this week with…
➔ iChina’s Pacific Push Is Backfiring
By Foreign Policy
An aggressive diplomatic strategy hasn’t…
➔ iRussia row: Israel's persistence over Jewish Agency may cost it dearly
By Yedioth News
Opinion: Maintaining good relations with Moscow…
➔ iPalestinians in diplomatic blitz to replace Americans as conflict mediators
By Yedioth News
Analysis: Experts say some Palestinian factions…
➔ iThe Guardian view on diplomacy in the Middle East: friends with what benefits? | Editorial
By The Guardian
Visits by Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden have…
➔ iThe brutal truth about Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia
By Haaretz
Joe Biden could have skipped this trip to the…
➔ iIsrael should opt for diplomacy to resolve dispute with Lebanon
By Yedioth News
Opinion: All Lebanese political faction, except…
➔ iCanada Bulks Up Diplomatic Footprint in Europe in Wake of Ukraine War
By Foreign Policy
Leaning forward—from the foreign ministry.
➔ iThe UN continues Israel-bashing after Biden promised to stop it
By New York Post
If US diplomats can't put an end to the UN Human…
➔ iU.S. Defense Secretary to Meet Chinese Counterpart
By Foreign Policy
China has gained military and diplomatic…
➔ iWill India’s Domestic Politics Dent Its Diplomacy?
By Foreign Policy
Offensive remarks about Islam by ruling party…
➔ iThe Guardian view on overriding the Brexit treaty: a national disgrace | Editorial
By The Guardian
Boris Johnson’s plans to shred the Northern…
➔ iWhy did India listen to Arab governments before its own Muslim citizens?
By The Washington Post
The diplomatic kerfuffle is unlikely to draw any…
➔ iBiden's careless comments are hurting his presidency and diplomacy. He needs a reset.
By USA Today
This is an extraordinarily dangerous time for the…
➔ 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
"He serves his party best who serves the country best."
- Rutherford B. Hayes