Lawmakers care about what happens in Kosovo, Sri Lanka and Georgia. Here's why (Washington Examiner)
Russian and Chinese ambitions to be great powers tested the Obama administration and will pose a continuing challenge to President Trump's ability to maintain the global network of U.S. alliances. But a group of House lawmakers isn't leaving that task to the president.
The House Democracy Partnership, a bipartisan commission of lawmakers started in 2005, is augmenting traditional executive branch diplomacy by building relationships with members of foreign legislatures in emerging democracies.