Russians Are Unraveling Before Our Eyes
A wave of fresh humiliations has the Kremlin struggling to control the narrative.
Programs aimed at countering China aren’t getting extra cash.
Team Biden’s split-screen messaging on China at home versus abroad may pay off.
The East African country, once a beacon for change, now faces civil war.
Keri Russell gets Drexel furniture but no Senate confirmation hearing.
Some officials privately worry it’s too little, too late.
The congressional grilling of the Biden administration over the Afghanistan fiasco is just getting started.
When crises hit, local staff at U.S. embassies are often left in the lurch.
The Biden administration is trying to cut red tape. But advocates worry the scissors are slow.
The Biden administration talks a good game, but it must do far more to promote a truly multiracial diplomatic corps.
At some U.S. missions abroad, diplomats are banned from bringing breast pumps into their offices.
The United States is the only Western government that routinely rewards mega-donors with top diplomatic posts.
Crucial posts remain unfilled due to good old-fashioned Washington dysfunction.
Sunday’s election in Brazil will be a test for more than Jair Bolsonaro’s integrity.
From a cork-walled office at the U.S. State Department, diversity chief Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley reveals her plan to vanquish the oldest boys club.
John Sullivan had a front-row seat to a historic low point in U.S.-Russia relations, and he did it with a skeleton crew of diplomats.
A “game-changing” bill hits an impasse over programs in Haiti and Libya.
The strategy seeks to grapple with China’s growing influence in Africa without painting African countries as geopolitical pawns.
Hollowed-out posts could leave the United States playing catch up to China and Russia.
The appointment comes as the department grapples with correcting its own spotted record on diversity and inclusion.
The Biden administration shut down a touchpoint for thousands of refugees from Afghanistan—and left its diplomats in agonizing limbo.