Diplomacy

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Afghanistan poised to make history, and the US should act accordingly

Daniel DePetris · August 10, 2020 6:23 pm

Beltway Confidential

If Australia wants hostage released from Iran, it should learn from America’s errors

Michael Rubin · August 10, 2020 4:11 pm

China orders US to shut down consulate as tensions escalate

Mike Brest · July 24, 2020 11:56 am

The Obama administration has refused to publicly attribute the OPM breach to China, but the revelation indicates that the government seems sure that the hack was based in China.Â (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Beltway Confidential

China’s espionage on US soil won’t end with consulate closure

Tom Rogan · July 22, 2020 6:22 pm

In this Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 file photo, Kosovo president Hashim Thaci gestures during a press conference in Kosovo capital Pristina.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci cancels White House meeting after war crimes indictment

Zach Halaschak · June 24, 2020 5:45 pm

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Horn of Africa diplomacy will fail without serious investment

Michael Rubin · June 19, 2020 7:31 pm

in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, ahead of Monday's Nuclear Security Summit.

‘Created tension’: South Korea to stop defectors from sending aid to North Korea after communication cutoff

Zach Halaschak · June 10, 2020 6:58 pm

Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols, left, is seen with Zimbabwean President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Zimbabwe summons US ambassador over Trump adviser’s ‘foreign adversaries’ list

Zach Halaschak · June 2, 2020 7:07 pm

‘Unforgivable crime’: Iranian guards allegedly torture and drown dozens of Afghan migrants

Zach Halaschak · May 7, 2020 11:28 pm

'Hope and strength': American flag projected onto Swiss Alps to show solidarity during pandemic

Zach Halaschak · April 17, 2020 12:45 am

A Chinese investor reads a newspaper with the headlines of Chinese leader Xi Jinping gives achievement like on 20th anniversary of the former Portuguese colony's handover to Chinese rule, at a brokerage house in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019.

New restrictions placed on Chinese journalists after country expelled US reporters

Zach Halaschak · March 2, 2020 8:09 pm

US weighs expelling Chinese journalists after American reporters banned in ‘egregious act’

Zach Halaschak · February 24, 2020 8:51 pm