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	Scholar Presses for Détente With Iran Amid the speculation of “when we’re going to bomb Iran,” respected scholar Ray Takeyh struck a very different note, arguing instead that Washington must eschew military options to contain Iran and relax hostilities to give pragmatists on both sides the chance to resume some semblance of normalized relations...Read More
	U.S. Undersecretary Addresses Iran Shortly before the United States agreed to join high-level talks with Iran and Syria on the future of Iraq, veteran U.S. diplomat Nicholas Burns made a few think tank stops to discuss the four “interlocking” issues in the Middle East: Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...Read More
	Czechs Say Cuban Prisoners ‘Our Problem Too’ The Czech Embassy highlighted the women who have been left behind by the 75 Cuban dissidents arrested by the Fidel Castro government in the spring of 2003 in a photo-documentary exhibit that also brought out a surprise guest: former Czech President and freedom fighter Václav Havel...Read More

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	Russia Rings in Mardi Gras For the last eight years, Maslenitsa, the traditional festival of Russian Mardi Gras, has been celebrated at the Russian Embassy in partnership with St. Nicholas Cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America and the parish of St. John the Baptist Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church...Read More
	Kuwaiti National Day Kuwaiti Ambassador Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and his high-profile wife Rima looked regal as they greeted guests in their formal Kuwaiti attire for their country’s 46th National Day reception at the Willard InterContinental Washington hotel on Feb. 21...Read More
	Dominican Republic Knows How to Celebrate The music couldn’t have been louder or the dance floor more crowded at the Dominican Republic’s 163rd independence anniversary celebration at the Organization of American States (OAS) Hall of the Americas...Read More
	Una Noche De Vino Although Colombian Ambassador Carolina Barco couldn’t attend and most of Washington was still trying to get home after the city’s snow and ice storm, more than 200 diehard Washington Ballet aficionados gathered at the Colombian Residence for the Women’s Committee’s Third Annual Wine Tasting, called “Una Noche de Vino”...Read More
	AFTA Makes New Friends at Egypt Egyptian Ambassador Nabil Fahmy and his wife Nermin opened their residence to more than 150 members and friends of Lolo Sarnoff and her Arts for the Aging organization (AFTA) for the group’s annual membership and awards party...Read More
	Once Again, Embassies Support CARE CARE—which began 61 years ago in May 1946 as an American relief agency that dropped “care boxes” over France to World War II survivors—has transformed itself into an international humanitarian organization fighting global poverty...Read More