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James Morrison

jmorrison@washingtontimes.com

James Morrison joined the The Washington Times in 1983 as a local reporter covering Alexandria, Va. A year later, he was assigned to open a Times bureau in Canada. From 1987 to 1989, Mr. Morrison was The Washington Times reporter in London, covering Britain, Western Europe and NATO issues. After returning to Washington, he served as an assistant foreign editor until his transfer to the Metro desk as the Virginia editor. Mr. Morrison returned to the Foreign Desk in 1993 to launch the Embassy Row column, a diplomatic news column primarily focusing on foreign ambassadors in the United States and U.S. ambassadors abroad. The column is the only one of its kind in U.S. journalism.
Mr. Morrison was born on Nov. 27, 1950, in Charleston, W.Va. His father worked as a printer for the Charleston Gazette and later relocated to Washington to work as a photo engraver at The Washington Post until his retirement. Before joining The Washington Times, James Morrison was a reporter for the Springfield, Va., Times, the Northern Virginia Sun and the Alexandria Gazette. He attended American University.

Articles by James Morrison

Embassy Row

Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan says his country advocates a four-pronged stimulus assault on the global financial crisis that includes government spending on public construction projects and measures to contain the spread of the economic meltdown.

December 12, 2008

Embassy Row

Latin America will soon be hit by the international financial crisis, but most countries are unprepared for the gathering storm, said a former Costa Rican ambassador to the United States.

December 3, 2008

Embassy Row

When he came to Washington as Romania's ambassador in 1996, Mircea Dan Geoana praised capitalism as the key to success for his country after decades of economic decline under communist rule.

November 28, 2008

Embassy Row

The U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe was shocked to see the distress among starving villagers on a recent trip through the countryside, while President Robert Mugabe continues his grip on his bankrupt southern African nation with a staggering inflation rate of 11.2 million percent.

November 24, 2008

Embassy Row

Ukrainians are depressed about democracy, fearful over the economy and opposed to NATO membership for their former Soviet republic, according to an extensive survey commissioned by a Washington-based public policy center.

November 14, 2008

Embassy Row

Latin America is desperate for action from the incoming U.S. administration, as diplomats and analysts in Washington appeal to President-elect Barack Obama to pay attention to a region with drug violence and failing governments as well as developing nations trying to hold on to economic gains in a worldwide financial crisis.

November 13, 2008