On August 7, 1998, three years before President George W. Bush declared the War on Terror, the radical Islamist group…
Many nations felt the disastrous repercussions that followed the 9/11 terrorist attack, and this was the unfortunate case for Spain…
September 11 fundamentally transformed United States foreign policy and shook the country as a whole. This transformation and shock was…
In the midst of war, terrorism, and instability, Stephen Kontos was tasked with uniting a coalition to combat one of…
When terrorists struck Americans in Saudi Arabia in 2004, Washington and a global public wanted answers. In June, Al-Qaeda kidnapped…
Elizabeth Kvitashvili’s USAID career took her from Afghanistan to Honduras to Russia. She led efforts to provide humanitarian assistance amidst crisis…
Beginning in 1970 and spanning over a decade, the “Brigate Rosse” (Red Brigades) and other smaller groups incited a wave…
The U.S. focus on terrorism began to intensify in the late 1970s and 80s. However, it was often difficult to…
U.S. inter-agency coordination on countering terrorism was limited, for bureaucratic and technical reasons, prior to the mid-1980s. As hijackings and…
Arabian Nights and Daze: Living in Yemen with the Foreign Service provides a timely and needed understanding and appreciation for…