Our audiences and artists are increasingly ready to return and have overwhelmingly done the right thing by getting vaccinated. The thing rooted in respect. Now our venues across the D.C. region should ...

With the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics as a backdrop, it’s no surprise the Czech Embassy would choose sports as the theme of its 12th Annual Mutual Inspirations Festival. This year’s edition is ...

Bold black lines, floating red orbs and luminous bursts of yellow light dominate the Phillips Collection’s new exhibition celebrating Joan Miró and the American artists he influenced — and who, in ...

Joseph W. Westphal was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on March 26, 2014. The new Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations, Abdallah Y.

At a diplomat-studded gala last month, hosted by the International Student House in Dupont Circle, US industrial giant Boeing was presented with a prestigious award in recognition of its leadership ...

Anna Gawel and Eric Ham give a candid talk about what went wrong in Afghanistan, what, if any, the long-term repercussions will be, and why there are no easy answers when it comes to a country known ...

Pjer Šimunović, Croatia’s ambassador to the US, says stopping Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is among his nation’s highest priorities. Sweden is about to join the NATO military alliance—its ...

Like many local arts organizations, GALA Hispanic Theatre is scrambling to find a financial way forward in these uncertain times, but this performing arts center that focuses on works by Latino ...

America Abroad Media welcomed DC diplomats, policy leaders and members of the Hollywood creative community to the Kennedy Center on Nov. 17 to celebrate its 2022 outstanding media honorees. French ...

Dutch-speaking Suriname is the smallest independent nation in South America. Rainforests cover 94% of its area, and its biodiversity is exceeded only by its ethnic richness—an unusual mix of East ...

Retired US diplomat Herman Cohen in his Washington DC office. (Photo by The Washington Diplomat) Years ago, Herman Jay “Hank” Cohen, then-assistant US secretary of state for African affairs, was ...

Many in the United States look beyond their borders and see a dangerous world with raging wars, surging violence and deepening instability. But a new report by the Eurasia Group, a leading political ...