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Diplomacy

  1. diplomacy
    U.S. Ambassador to Russia Will Leave After the Olympics“Reset” architect throws in the towel.
    By Adam Martin
  2. diplomacy
    Obamas, Biden ‘Too Busy’ for Winter OlympicsU.S. delegation happens to include gay athletes.
    By Adam Martin
  3. international affairs
    Iran Agrees to Temporary Plan to Curb Its Nuclear ProgramIn exchange for the easing of economic sanctions.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  4. que syria syria
    U.N. Vote Requires Syria to Surrender Chemical Weapons or Else … SomethingA landmark agreement with no threat of force.
    By Adam Martin
  5. international intrigue
    Vladimir Putin Gave Hillary Clinton a $560 Bottle of Cognac She Can’t KeepFor diplomacy.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  6. international affairs
    North Korea Will Hear Out U.S. on Kenneth BaeHere’s hoping they let him go.
    By Adam Martin
  7. spy games
    Edward Snowden May Have Slipped Away on Middle-Name Mix-UpSo says Hong Kong.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  8. higher education
    Chen Guangcheng Says NYU Wants Him Gone Because of ChinaSays the university tried to stage-manage him.
    By Adam Martin
  9. higher education
    NYU Says It Treated Chinese Activist Chen Guangcheng Like Albert EinsteinBut he’s leaving after a year.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  10. reasons to hate new york
    Times Square Push Victim Doesn’t Want to Cause a Diplomatic Incident With SerbiaShe’s declining to speak with press for fear of inflaming international tensions.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  11. media
    How to Get Your Camera on Kim Jong-unStart with basketball, end with more basketball.
    By Adam Martin
  12. diplomacy
    Anna Wintour for Ambassador! Ten Good ReasonsThe “nuclear” option.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  13. diplomacy
    Update: Andrew W.K. Will Not Party in the Middle East in an Official CapacityLooks like he didn’t meet the embassy’s standards.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  14. inevitable things
    At Last, Bubba the Love Sponge Enters Petraeus Scandal“Honorary ambassador” Jill Kelley helped during the deep-fried Koran scandal.
    By Maureen O'Connor
  15. Diplomacy
    Mourad Lahlou Named State Chef in Ceremony Led By Hillary ClintonIt’s called the Culinary Diplomatic Partnership and it formalizes the role that’s already been played by the James Beard Foundation in suggesting chefs to cook for state events.
    By Jay Barmann
  16. Diplomacy
    Exports: Top Chef and Actual Chefs Being Shipped Overseas’Top Chef’ goes to Europe, and top chefs go abroad.
    By Kara Baskin
  17. international intrigue
    Chinese Activist Chen Dials Congress Seeking Asylum in U.S.Guangcheng also wants to thank Hillary Clinton.
    By Brett Smiley
  18. afghanistan
    U.S., Afghanistan Reach Pact on Post-Withdrawal RelationsThe pact covers the decade following the 2014 troop withdrawal.
    By Brett Smiley
  19. crimes and misdemeanors
    U.S. Ambassador Had ‘No Idea’ George Wright Was a FugitiveOr else he probably would have said something.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  20. diplomacy
    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Really Knows How to Clear a RoomHis speech prompted a mass walkout at the U.N. today.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  21. osama bin laden
    New Clue Suggests Group With Ties to Pakistani Intelligence Might Have Helped Shelter Bin LadenU.S. intelligence has gotten its hands on his courier’s cell phone.
    By Noreen Malone
  22. michelle obama’s arms
    Michelle Obama Schools Archbishop Desmond Tutu in a Push-up ContestGleefully.
    By Noreen Malone
  23. hillary clinton
    Hillary Clinton Praises ‘Brave’ Saudi Women in a Half-Brave StatementShe “supports” the efforts of Saudi women defying a driving ban, but stopped short of saying that the country ought to repeal the law.
    By Noreen Malone
  24. loose lips
    Bradley Manning Moved Out of Solitary ConfinementHe’s now kept among medium-security inmates.
    By Julie Gerstein
  25. loose lips
    Brits Pressure U.S. on Bradley Manning DetentionManning qualifies as a British citizen because his mother was born in Wales.
    By Steve Fishman
  26. loose lips
    WikiLeaks Ruins Diplomat’s Ability to Comment on Libyan Leader’s ‘Voluptuous Nurse’It’s like nobody cares about world peace anymore.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  27. wikileaks
    WikiLeaks Cables, Day Two: How Do You Solve a Problem Like North Korea?This couldn’t have come at a tenser time!
    By Nitasha Tiku
  28. wikileaks
    Foreign Leaders Take a Glass-Houses Approach to Insults Revealed in WikiLeaksThey probably had some secret cables lying around too.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  29. land of the free
    Saudi Diplomat Seeks Asylum in Los AngelesHe lost his job and passport after his bosses found out he was gay and had befriended a Jewish woman.
    By Avi Zenilman
  30. diplomacy
    Tim Geithner Owns Chinese Schoolchildren on Basketball CourtIn your face, China!
    By Jessica Pressler
  31. secretary of awesome
    Hillary’s Nagging Fails to Motivate IsraelThey’re continuing with the settlements. Thanks, though.
    By Dan Amira
  32. secretary of awesome
    Hillary Clinton Refuses to Sing for Indonesian TV HostsBut she saves it by saying something in Indonesian.
    By Dan Amira
  33. early and often
    All the Right People Criticize Obama Over IranForeign policy is clearly where McCain feels he’s stronger than Obama. Of course, the punditry is divided over whether that’s actually the case.