Karen Brevard Stewart (born April 10, 1952, Florida[1]) is an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands.

She was nominated by President Barack Obama to be United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands on November 5, 2015, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 17, 2016.

[5] Belarus has been labeled "Europe's last dictatorship" by some Western journalists,[6][7] on account of Lukashenko's self-described authoritarian style of government.

[8][9][10] Lukashenko and other Belarusian officials are also the subject of sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United States for alleged human rights violations off and on since 2006.

Ambassador to the Marshall Islands,[14] Stewart was serving as political adviser to the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, a role she had held since 2013.