A House Democrat will introduce legislation on Friday that would increase Congress’ oversight of embassy construction projects, following concerns the congressman previously raised regarding ...

The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka, Atul Keshap (fourth from left), and other officials break ground on Dec. 5 for new embassy in Colombo. Credit: Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka January 3, ...

The State Dept.’s embassy construction program has moved more slowly than officials had projected in 2005, completing far fewer major facilities than it had aimed to build by now, because smaller ...

Before the recent war in Iraq, President Bush declared that diplomacy had been a failure. But why did it fail? And what could have been done to make it succeed? Those are the kinds of issues students ...

The architecture of diplomacy balances security and openness. As symbols of protection and representation, embassies are built for utility in both urban and rural contexts alike. At their core, they ...