U.S. State Department

America’s greatest success story in Africa has degenerated into its biggest failure.

Systemic management and morale issues plague the State Department, even after Trump era.

Biden opened the door for talks with Kim Jong Un, but Pyongyang is playing hard to get.

As relations between the West and Belarus crash, the U.S. envoy is barred from entering the country.

And the president is set to announce nominees for two senior USAID posts.

U.S. still grappling with how to respond five years after first reports of suspected microwave attacks in Havana.

New envoys are cropping up even as ambassador posts sit empty.

A new directive comes while the United States commemorates the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder.

Imposing visa restrictions on officials signals the start of a major U.S. policy shift.

Afghan interpreters were promised U.S. visas. Now, red tape may cost them their lives.

China and Russia capitalize on Washington’s resistance.

After Trump, Biden’s top diplomat works to patch up relations with Ukraine—and with beleaguered U.S. diplomats

If the Biden administration wants to advance democracy around the world, it needs to fix U.S. diplomacy first.

The blanket authorization overturns a Trump-era policy.

The Biden administration’s new mantra falls one step short.

Career diplomat Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley will be tasked with reversing the department’s record of big promises and little results.

The U.N. dials up the pressure campaign against Myanmar’s putschists.

Only three top State Department officials have been allowed to travel abroad. That’s no way to preserve U.S. interests.

Human rights advocates say the move is long overdue.