List of U.S. State Department articles
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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 17: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (2ndR), Defense Secretary James Mattis (R), shake hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (2ndL) and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L), during a meeting of the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee at the State Department, on August 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Tokyo and Washington Have Another Nuclear Problem
There’s a plutonium arms race brewing in East Asia that could see China, Japan, and South Korea with the capability to make tens of thousands of nuclear weapons.
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TOPSHOT - View of a Cuban flag at half-mast in front of the US Embassy in Havana, on November 26, 2016, the morning after Cuba's historic revolutionary leader Fidel Castro died aged 90. One of the world's longest-serving rulers and modern history's most singular characters, Castro defied 11 US administrations and hundreds of assassination attempts. / AFP / YAMIL LAGE (Photo credit should read YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images) Targeting American Diplomats, Cuba Is Up to its Dirty Old Tricks
It's hard to believe the level of harassment U.S. officials face in Havana.
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til Tillerson Blasts ISIS for Genocide in Religious Freedom Report
America’s top diplomat also called out allies including Saudi Arabia and Turkey for violating religious freedom.
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tillerson On North Korea, Tillerson Plays Good Cop to Trump’s Bad Cop
Trump's provocative statements could drown out Tillerson's appeal for calm, as thousands of U.S. troops stationed in Guam are in the crosshairs.
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sullivan State Dept. Rebuts Criticism: ‘We Are Hitting on All Cylinders’
Reports of the death of U.S. diplomacy are greatly exaggerated, State says.
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till-crop3 While Moscow Mocks Trump, Tillerson Tries to Repair U.S.-Russia Ties
Vladimir Putin seems to have run out of patience with the administration.
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US President Donald Trump (L) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wait for a meeting with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and others in the Cabinet Room of the White House June 30, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) What Trump and Tillerson Get Wrong About Democracy Promotion
Washington’s commitment to spreading freedom isn’t just good for the world – it’s good for America.
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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 02: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson leaves a closed briefing at the U.S. Capitol with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee August 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. The committee was briefed on 'The Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Administration Perspective. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Why Has Rex Tillerson Belly-Flopped as Secretary of State?
Four explanations for the abject failure of America's top diplomat.
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till crop Tillerson Weighs Latin America Expert for Top State Department Post
While most other top State Department positions still sit empty.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets US President Donald Trump prior to the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7. Leaders of the world's top economies will gather from July 7 to 8, 2017 in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / IAN LANGSDON (Photo credit should read IAN LANGSDON/AFP/Getty Images) Morale Takes a Nosedive at State Department
And you don’t need an employee-wide survey to understand why.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 26: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson exits a brief media availability before his meeting with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani at the State Department, July 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. When prompted by a reporter's question, Tillerson said 'I'm not going anywhere' and that he will stay on as Secretary of State 'as long as the president lets me.' (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) -
State_topgloomy How the Trump Administration Broke the State Department
Morale has hit rock bottom at Foggy Bottom, as American foreign service officers languish and Rex Tillerson builds a mini-empire.
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 28: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) and US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley (R) listen as China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a security council meeting on nonproliferation of North Korea at United Nations on April 28, 2017 in New York City. The growing threat of nuclear North Korea is going to be the focus for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson while he chairs a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council.. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images) Tillerson Wants Fewer U.S. Diplomats, Fewer Meetings at U.N. Summit
The Secretary of State to scale back America's diplomatic presence at President Trump's U.N. General Assembly debut.
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tilly State Department Withdraws From Top Recruitment Program — Sowing Confusion
State no longer will hire finalists from a prestigious fellowship program. It didn’t bother to tell employees or the fellows themselves.
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 06: Radwan Ziadeh, founder and director of the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies in Syria, points to a map of Syrian capital Damascus as he speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club September 6, 2013 in Washington, DC. Ziadeh spoke on "Evidence for Syrian Chemical Massacre." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The Gross Misconduct of Radwan Ziadeh’s Asylum Denial
U.S. immigration officials have said the Syrian dissident was “engaged in terrorist activity.” Nothing could be further from the truth.