Colum Lynch

Colum Lynch was a staff writer at Foreign Policy between 2010 and 2022.

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Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Biden’s Pick for U.N. Ambassador Will Have to Juggle Containment and Collaboration With China

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Linda Thomas-Greenfield answers questions during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington on Jan. 27.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield answers questions during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington on Jan. 27.

Gumbo Diplomacy Comes to Turtle Bay

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Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President Joe Biden's pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President Joe Biden's pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

Biden’s U.N. Pick Assembles Team of Foreign-Policy Veterans

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Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife, Susan
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife, Susan

Congress Will Continue Probing Pompeo’s Military Housing Long After He Departs State

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Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the White House with President Donald Trump.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the White House with President Donald Trump.

U.S. Diplomats Draft Dissent Cable Following Storming of Capitol by Pro-Trump Mob

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Robbie Gramer, Colum Lynch
The U.S. State Department building in Washington.
The U.S. State Department building in Washington.

State Department Office Sees Last-Minute Surge of New Evangelical Appointees

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Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer
U.S. Capitol Police detain protesters
U.S. Capitol Police detain protesters

National Guard Deployed as Pro-Trump Rioters Storm Capitol

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Jack Detsch, Amy Mackinnon, Robbie Gramer, Colum Lynch
A staff removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of Unites States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at Austria International Centre in Vienna, Austria on July 14, 2015.
A staff removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of Unites States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at Austria International Centre in Vienna, Austria on July 14, 2015.

Iran Increases Nuclear Enrichment, Posing First Challenge for Incoming Biden Administration

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Robbie Gramer, Colum Lynch, Jack Detsch
A nurse prepares to inject a health care worker with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Tor Vergata hospital in Rome on Dec. 28.
A nurse prepares to inject a health care worker with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Tor Vergata hospital in Rome on Dec. 28.

At State Department, Some Concerned That Political Appointees Are Jumping the Line to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

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Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer
China's President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump review the Chinese honor guards during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017.
China's President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump review the Chinese honor guards during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017.

How Trump’s Assault on International Organizations Benefits Beijing

The Year in Review
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Supporters and members of the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement rally outside the White House to urge the United States to end trade deals with China and take action to stop the oppression of the Uyghur and other Turkic peoples on Aug, 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Supporters and members of the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement rally outside the White House to urge the United States to end trade deals with China and take action to stop the oppression of the Uyghur and other Turkic peoples on Aug, 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Pompeo Weighs Genocide Designation for China

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Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer, Amy Mackinnon
U.S. President Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump

Iran: Maximum Pressure, Minimum Gain

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden holds a virtual meeting
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden holds a virtual meeting

The Virtual Transition

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Colum Lynch, Jack Detsch
Smoke spews from the stacks of a nickel plant in Monchegorsk, Russia
Smoke spews from the stacks of a nickel plant in Monchegorsk, Russia

Document of the Week: Aid Donors Blast UNDP for Resisting Appeals to Fight Corruption

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A USAID mural, to commemorate the building of supportive walls and road shoulders, is pictured in the village of al-Badhan, north of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on August 25, 2018.
A USAID mural, to commemorate the building of supportive walls and road shoulders, is pictured in the village of al-Badhan, north of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on August 25, 2018.

Controversial Trump USAID Appointee Returns from Absence

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Jack Detsch, Colum Lynch
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