international relations

Stuart Eizenstat is a diplomat, White House aide and author of the new book "The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World." He discusses his concerns of U.S. isolationism, and what history might tell us about Ukraine and Gaza.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is one Republican who has been especially vocal against the United States financially backing Ukraine in its war against Russia.

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed several key government buildings in Brazil’s capital city on January 8. Members of Kansas City’s Brazilian community now worry about how their home country will deal with deepening political divides.

Volunteer aid efforts continue throughout the metro, but one journalist with experience in Kansas City worries how price hikes in the U.S. might divert attention from the war.

It was Baset Azizi's love of music that led him from Afghanistan to Kansas. Six years later he was helping his family make the trip for very different reasons.

Two men living on two separate continents went into the pandemic with plans to open two very different restaurants. When COVID upended those plans, fate — and technology — threw them together.

Two men living on two separate continents went into the pandemic with plans to open two very different restaurants. When COVID upended those plans, fate — and technology — threw them together.

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