The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST.org) is pleased to announce its 2016 honorees. The awards will be presented on Tuesday, April 26 at the Washington Plaza Hotel. Strobe Talbott, President of Brookings Institution and Deputy Secretary of State in the Clinton Administration, will receive the Ralph J. Bunche Award for Diplomatic Excellence. Previous recipients include James Baker, Colin Powell and Lee Hamilton.

The Cyrus Vance Award for Advancing Knowledge of Diplomacy will go to Joseph Nye, former Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The International Business Leadership Award will be presented to One Laptop Per Child, which since 2005 has been creating and distributing educational devices for the developing world. Founder Nicholas Negroponte and CEO Rodrigo Arboleda will accept on its behalf.

For more information about ADST or this year’s gala, visit www.ADST.org