James Morrison

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.

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Articles by James Morrison

Embassy Row

In a rare case of bipartisanship in pursuit of a politically plumb job, a U.S. senator has endorsed the man he defeated in an election to serve as ambassador to Vietnam or in another top foreign policy post in the Obama administration. Published April 21, 2009

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Foreign visitors in Washington this week include Mohammad Karim Khalili, second vice president of Afghanistan, who meets with senior U.S. officials. Published April 20, 2009

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CYPRUS IN THE BALANCE: Turkish-Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat is worried about an expected opposition victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections, just as his government is on the threshold of an agreement to reunite Cyprus. Published April 17, 2009

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The top bureaucrat in Sri Lanka's Foreign Ministry might as well have carried a sign declaring, "The end is near," as he met with Washington officials and predicted an imminent government victory in its 25-year war with separatist rebels, now trapped on a narrow sliver of land with ammunition running low. Published April 16, 2009

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News from Washington's diplomatic community. Published April 15, 2009

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News from Washington's diplomatic community. Published April 14, 2009

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Mexico refused to "turn the other cheek" after a congressional decision to block Mexican commercial trucking in the United States but still permits American trucks free access to Mexico, the Mexican Embassy in Washington said Thursday. Published April 10, 2009

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The Vatican has quietly rejected at least three of President Obama's candidates to serve as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See because they support abortion, and the White House might be running out of time to find an acceptable envoy before Mr. Obama travels to Rome in July, when he hopes to meet Pope Benedict XVI. Published April 7, 2009

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Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor this week told a Jewish student organization in Texas that a nuclear-armed Iran would be a "nightmare" for generations to come. Published April 3, 2009

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A Washington-based institute dedicated to promoting democracy in Muslim nations has gathered nearly 600 signatures from scholars and human rights activists on an open letter to President Obama, urging him to champion freedom in the Islamic world. Published April 2, 2009

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The former U.S. ambassador to Canada warned President Obama to avoid policies that could spark trade wars with U.S. neighbors, like the "buy American" provision that almost slipped into the massive stimulus bill. Published April 1, 2009

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The president of the Asia Society is worried about a "dangerous trend" in relations between Pakistan and her native India, which she criticized for imposing barriers when it should be extending a helping hand in the battle against Islamic extremists. Published March 31, 2009

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The first black U.S. ambassador to South Africa is returning to Washington after spending the past 13 years as a professor of international studies at the University of Oklahoma. Published March 30, 2009

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Canadian Ambassador Michael Wilson denounced an American television show for mocking Canadian forces in Afghanistan and dismissed speculation about his future in Washington in a meeting Thursday with editors and reporters at The Washington Times. Published March 27, 2009

Canadian ambassador chides mocking of soldiers

Canadian Ambassador Michael Wilson Thursday denounced an American television show for mocking Canadian forces in Afghanistan. Published March 26, 2009

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The U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe insists that the United States will maintain sanctions against the crippled southern African nation until the new coalition government improves human rights and respects the rule of law. Published March 26, 2009

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Taliban extremists will gain the "upper hand" in Afghanistan unless NATO and Afghan forces can prevent foreign nations and shadowy organizations from supporting them, a top Afghan diplomat told international intelligence officers in Washington. Published March 25, 2009

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Corruption in Bangladesh costs the country tens of millions of dollars in investment and tens of thousands of jobs, according to the U.S. ambassador to the impoverished South Asian nation. Published March 24, 2009

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Foreign visitors in Washington this week include: Published March 23, 2009

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The NATO alliance that won the Cold War must justify itself to a new generation that never faced any fear of the Soviet Union and retrain its forces to confront the new risk from Islamic terrorists, Britain's defense secretary warned Thursday. Published March 20, 2009