Diplomatica – Where Diplomacy Lives

The Ambassador Leading Diplomacy’s AI Revolution

Ambassador Sinisa Grgic, the Croatian ambassador in Stockholm, believes artificial intelligence will do for diplomacy what the harnessing of fire did for humanity—and he is already building the tools he thinks will decide who survives the transition.

Six Great Cookbooks to Explore International Cuisine

Six embassies submitted cookbooks as part of their Great Reads from Around the World recommendations, and we can’t wait to try them all.

Sunshine Across Continents

The Lion and the Rose

Nairobi’s First Net Zero Embassy

The Embassy that Held its Breath

A Home on the Nation’s Avenue

Kalorama’s Forgotten Embassy

Nest of Spies

Born in a River

Kalorama’s Dutch Beauty Riot

The Tower Standing Watch Over Sixteenth Street

The Architecture of Quietude

In the heart of Washington D.C., within a building once dedicated to the pragmatic doctrines of Benjamin Franklin, a different kind of enlightenment now breathes.

Photo Reflections of A U.S. Embassy Summer Intern in Kigali, Rwanda

This is part two of a CPD Blog series by USC Master of Public Diplomacy alum Janika Berridge, recounting her ten-week assignment as a management intern in the U.S. Embassy in Kigali.

La Scala in Washington: The Opera Wardrobe of Maria Callas

Maria Callas’ iconic opera costumes from La Scala in Milan are on exhibit now in Washington through a collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington and the Embassy of Greece.

Custodians of Culture Gather at Villa Firenze

At the Italian ambassador’s residence, the historic Villa Firenze, diplomats, law-enforcement officials, and cultural heritage leaders gathered for “Custodians of Culture,” marking 25 years of the U.S.–Italy Cultural Property Agreement with a repatriation ceremony and policy dialogue.