The changes are set to take place this month, potentially leaving several countries without direct access to visa processing.

The almost 50 U.S. embassies and consulates that are processing visa applications will be reduced to 20 in the coming weeks, ...

The almost 50 embassies and consulates that process visa applications in African countries will be reduced to 20, according ...

Diplomacy has always been an important part of international relations. It helps countries build partnerships, solve disputes ...

In conjunction with this week's launch of the Lowy Institute's Global Diplomacy Index, we present a series of pieces on the role and continued relevance of embassies. Embassies — and their derivatives ...

The embassy, at least in its traditional form, is facing an existential crisis. The global transformations of the twenty-first century have dramatically changed the way nations practice diplomacy. The ...

One of the impacts of the global recession is that it has compelled a number of countries to scale back their diplomatic representation overseas by closing some of their embassies. Faced with the ...