KRALEV ON DIPLOMACY

Only at The Washington Times: Nicholas Kralev discusses diplomacy around the world.

• More Americans wary of global U.S. engagement

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published December 3, 2009 Comments

  Americans are apparently getting tired of their country's global involvement -- at least more so than they have been in four decades.

• Clinton, unveiling statue of gay U.S. icon, angers Russian gays

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published October 14, 2009 Comments

  One would think that Russian gay activists would be elated by the new statue of American poet and gay icon Walt Whitman in Moscow -- and if that wasn't enough, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was on hand to unveil it Wednesday morning.

• U.S. explores one-on-one talks with N. Korea

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published September 2, 2009 Comments

  The Obama administration signaled Wednesday that it might agree to bilateral talks with North Korea as an incentive for Pyongyang to return to six-country negotiations on its nuclear program.

• U.S. officials: Russia tries to 'divide West'

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published August 3, 2009 Comments

  Russia continues its efforts to divide the West and NATO in order to limit American influence in Europe, senior Obama administration officials said Monday.

• Clinton e-mails all employees worldwide

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published July 14, 2009 Comments

  Tens of thousands of State Department employees around the world received a surprise in their e-mail boxes late Tuesday: The first direct message from their boss ever.

• Albright, Berger businesses join forces

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published June 26, 2009 Comments

  Two international consulting firms founded in 2001 by the Clinton administration's top foreign-policy officials, Madeleine K. Albright and Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger, have decided to merge.

• U.S. wants Chinese Internet filters replaced

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published June 22, 2009 Comments

  The Obama administration issued a rare call Monday for China to invalidate an order issued last week that requires all computers sold in the country to haveGreen Dam internet filtering software.

• Diplomats' union awards dissenters

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published June 18, 2009 Comments

  The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), the diplomats' union, recognized three of its members Thursday for "constructive dissent" with U.S. policy.

• Clinton orders review of security clearances at State

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published June 8, 2009 Comments

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has ordered a complete review of the agency's practices for granting security clearances.

• Americans text $31,000 in donations to Pakistan

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published June 3, 2009 Comments

  On the day of the "American Idol" finale last month, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton asked Americans to send donations via text messaging to Pakistani refugees fleeing heavy fighting between government and Taliban forces in the country's Swat Valley.

• U.S. confirms pending Cuba travel relaxation

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published April 6, 2009 Comments

  The Obama administration confirmed Monday that it will soon ease some restrictions on travel to Cuba by Americans and on the remittances they send to relatives on the island.

• U.S. seeks seat on U.N. human rights body

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published March 31, 2009 Comments

  The Obama administration on Tuesday reversed yet another Bush administration policy by deciding to seek a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, which has been criticized repeatedly for being too hard on Israel while ignoring abuses in Sudan, Syria, Iran, Cuba and other countries.

• Clinton: U.S. no longer uses 'war on terror'

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published March 30, 2009 Comments

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton confirmed Monday that the U.S. government is no longer using the Bush administration's term "war on terror."

• Clinton gives Lavrov reset button with wrong Russian word

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published March 6, 2009 Comments

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greeted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva Friday with a special present: a reset button inside a gift box with a ribbon.

• Clinton delights Europeans, jokes about U.S. politics

  By Nicholas Kralev — Published March 6, 2009 Comments

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton just finished yet another town hall meeting -- her first in Europe as the nation's chief diplomat. The participants were delighted to see and hear her, even though she was more than a half-hour late.