Diplomacy

From a legal activist to the Security Council Chamber, the young ambassador now carries Syria’s bid to turn revolution into a diplomatic renewal.   At 32, Syria’s new Ambassador to the United Nations, Ibrahim Olabi, speaks with the gravity of someone shaped by upheaval. “The war made us really age,” he told Envoy in an…

From TikTok to Coney Island, the former German foreign minister did not come to New York City for a smooth ride. Ahead of her swearing-in ceremony in September 2025 as president of the U.N. General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock launched a TikTok page with an introductory post. In the video, Baerbock hails a cab, hops in…