Diplomacy

The U.S. president came bearing gifts when the two leaders met face-to-face for the first time since Biden took office.

"The obstacles (are)...something that I think can be bridged," Diplomat Enrique Mora told reporters outside the hotel where Iranian officials have been meeting with envoys from Russia, China, France, Germany and Britain.

Fatou Bensouda was slapped with sanctions by the Trump administration for her investigation into the U.S. and its allies for alleged war crimes. In March 2019, she was placed under a travel ban and 18 months later, a freeze on her U.S.-based assets.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga referred to Taiwan as a country in his remarks during a parliamentary session on Wednesday.

China's Ministry of Commerce said Thursday that a U.S. move to revoke the Trump administration's executive orders intended to ban apps like TikTok and WeChat was a "positive step."

"I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border," Harris said in her speech Monday. "Do not come. Do not come."

If results are to be found during the Biden-Putin chat, they will likely happen at the margins and far away from the big, irreconcilable disputes that continue to hobble bilateral ties.

Delegations from Russia, China, Germany, France, Britain, Iran and the U.S. will return to their home countries to brief their governments before reconvening in Vienna next week.

According to the Xinhua News Agency, Xi told senior Communist Party officials that China needs to "make friends extensively, unite the majority and continuously expand its circle of friends with those who understand and are friendly to China."

"We are seeking a long-term truce, that would enable further discussions and possibly direct talks," an Egyptian official said.

The current Morgan Stanley managing director and vice chairman was deputy secretary of state for management and resources under Hillary Clinton from 2011 to 2013.

An unprecedented influx of Moroccan migrants are desperate to make it into Spanish territory.

Tensions between the two nations are reaching Cold War levels.

American parents living in Russia are unable to make a birth record and claim citizenship for their newborns.

Following the fourth round of talks between world powers in Austria on Friday, a Russian delegate said Iran and the U.S. were making headway in a process to bring the U.S. back into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanek said that Russia will have to limit its number of diplomats to the same number that the Czechs have at their embassy in Moscow.

John Sullivan has said he would leave Moscow and return to the U.S. as the countries imposed tit-for-tat sanctions.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian accused U.S. diplomats of making "groundless attacks" against China's foreign and domestic policies.

Jeff Flake would probably a good non-partisan ambassador for the United States wherever he may go—but not in South Africa.

The Russian embassy in Washington, D.C. has sent a diplomatic note to the State Department after the phones at its New York consulate stopped working.

Lewis Lukens says the Biden administration will have to work hard to rebuild relationships with global partners after the Trump years.

The Netherlands said that the two Russians were seeking information on artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and nanotechnology.

"The United States and the rest of the world will not accept a circumstance in which we do not have an effective public health surveillance system, with an international dimension, in China and across the world going forward," said Jake Sullivan, Biden's NSA nominee.

National Security Adviser Richard O'Brien said on Friday that Taiwan should "really fortify itself in a manner that would deter the Chinese from any sort of amphibious invasion."

One often-overlooked form of influence is the vigor and finesse in foreign affairs that comes from understanding our strategic competitors, as well as friends and partners, in the languages that formed their opinions, outlooks and plans.

The way to stop Xi Jinping is to make clear that he will have to go through the U.S. and its friends in order to take Taiwan.

The quandary of Taiwan, a pivotal issue for U.S.-China relations, calls for caution and nuance, not recklessness.

The U.S. strategy of "maximum pressure" against Iran has failed abysmally. Now is the time for coldhearted, pragmatic diplomacy.

The consul general of Israel in New York shares his final op-ed before returning home.

Anyone who was expecting some miraculous grand bargain between the top U.S. and Chinese diplomat was asking for too much. At this point, managing disputes through dialogue is the best both countries can do.