Daniel Ashworth

Daniel Ashworth covers diplomacy and international security from the Washington bureau. He has spent the past decade reporting on treaty negotiations, sanctions regimes and the quiet backchannels that keep conflicts from boiling over, and he is a persistent believer that the most consequential foreign-policy decisions are made in rooms without cameras.

Articles

Armistice Talks Resume in Kestrel Strait After Weeks of Silence

Negotiators from Velmara and Draveland returned to the table in a neutral port city, raising cautious hope that a monthslong standoff over shipping lanes could …

August 28, 2026

Inside the Quiet Diplomacy Trying to Defuse the Solenne Border Dispute

A little-known mediation office has spent eight months shuttling between two capitals, working a dispute that rarely makes headlines but worries regional …

August 25, 2026