January 19, 2017 Cooperation at the Tigris: U.S. and Iraqi Efforts to Maintain the Mosul Dam The United States is committed to helping our Iraqi partners defeat ISIL in an effective and sustainable way, particularly as… more 0
January 18, 2017 Lifting the Roof: How a New Effort Could Change Everything for Girls in Malawi The man who raped Maureen was a friend of her father’s. At the age of 11, she had left her… more 0
January 18, 2017 Consular Affairs - Serving Citizens Around the World The Bureau of Consular Affairs is often the public face of the U.S. Department of State. We assist the millions… more 0
January 18, 2017 In Nepal, Science and Technology Are Protecting Wildlife and Preventing Disease In 2015, 15 tiger skins were seized by international wildlife crime officers. They assumed that the tigers were poached from… more 0
January 17, 2017 Five Ways to Make the United Nations Even More Effective Accomplishing even just some of these five things would go a long way in making the United Nations system more… more 0
January 17, 2017 Reflecting on Eight Years of U.S. Refugee Assistance As the Obama Administration draws to a close, I write to share reflections on the work of the State Department’s… more 0
January 16, 2017 Diversity and Service in Diplomacy – A Distinctly American Story As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day we are reminded of the valuable work done over the last few… more 0
January 16, 2017 International Religious Freedom – Why Does It Matter, Why Care? Since 1993, successive U.S. Presidents have proclaimed January 16 as National Religious Freedom Day. Religious freedom involves the right of… more 0
January 13, 2017 Renewable Energy’s Low Costs and High Returns As 2017 begins, there’s never been a stronger economic case for renewable energy than there is today. The conventional wisdom… more 0
January 13, 2017 With U.S. Support, 'Life is Now Safe' for Communities in Zimbabwe’s Burma Valley In Shona, the primary language of Zimbabwe, chimbambaira once innocently meant “small sweet potato,” until becoming a slang term for… more 0
January 13, 2017 Dispatches from the Field: Exploring Aid Transparency in Malawi In recent years, the international community has made tremendous progress in sharing foreign assistance data with the public through the… more 0
January 12, 2017 Countering Terrorists’ Use of The Internet Over the last several months, I traveled to Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Silicon Valley to discuss our efforts… more 0
