November 30, 2007
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News
By Anna Gawel
The Washington Diplomat
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Experts Weigh in on Annapolis
Was it the photo op skeptics thought it would be or a long-awaited catalyst to resolving one of the world’s most intractable problems? Expert opinion over this week’s Annapolis conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ranged from success to failure to everything in between...Read More
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Iraq’s Tenuous Calm
Back from a 10-day trip to Iraq earlier this month, Stephen Biddle, senior fellow for defense policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, offered a firsthand account of the recent lull in violence in that country, the complex reasons behind the tenuous calm, and the chances it will last...Read More
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‘Symbol of the New Europe’
Former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, who recently completed two successful terms as the country’s first female president, was introduced as “a symbol of the New Europe” at the second annual Christopher J. Makins Lecture held at the Swedish Embassy last month...Read More
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Tapping Libya’s Potential
Special to the Diplomatic Pouch by Larry Luxner
Could Libya be the next Saudi Arabia? With proven oil reserves of 36 billion barrels and only one-fourth of the country having been explored there may well be another 50 billion to 100 billion barrels of petroleum underneath the Libyan desert waiting to be discovered...Read More
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Lifestyle
By Gail Scott
The Washington Diplomat
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Laura Bush Supports Mexican Cultural Ties
As presidential candidates hotly discuss whether to legalize undocumented Mexican immigrants, first lady Laura Bush’s appearance with Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan to present Mexico’s highest honor was a political statement—even if she didn’t come near the microphone...Read More
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Celebrating 200 Years of U.S.-Russian Diplomacy
The American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation’s black-tie gala celebrating the bicentennial of diplomatic and cultural exchange between the two giants, was a diplomatic star-studded evening, although it was obvious who got the most attention: former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger...Read More
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Helping Afghanistan’s Youngest Generation
Every time Shamim Jawad, wife of the Afghan ambassador, visits Afghanistan, she says that it is the children themselves who inspire her, despite their obvious hardships during and since the Taliban era...Read More
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Small Nations Band Together
For the fourth year in a row, a group of small nations, under the leadership of Liechtenstein Ambassador Claudia Fritsche, got together for their annual poetry reading, which has become one of the most intriguing and delightful diplomatic events in Washington...Read More
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Fashions and Foods of ASEAN
In a colorful display of the different fashions and delicious foods of the member countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Ravewan Garnjana-Goonchorn—wife of the Thai ambassador—brought together ASEAN ambassadors and their spouses and others to sample “A Taste of ASEAN.”...Read More
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