Published in November 2012 by Arlington Hall Press, an imprint of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, this collection…
There’s never a dull moment in the life of a USAID social anthropologist! The foreign service can indeed present a…
In 1986 Congress overrode a presidential veto on major foreign policy. During the 1980s, the American public increasingly resented the…
After thirteen months of combating the novel coronavirus pandemic through periods of quarantine, mask mandates, and social distancing, all adults…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is a crucial player in delivering assistance and aid to foreign countries.…
Is anything ever truly up to chance? Or are these moments of chance instead a culmination of one’s hard work?…
Six months after the fall of the Soviet Union, James (Jim) Norris became the USAID mission director in Russia. Not…
As the Cold War died down, U.S. assistance to Latin America shifted focus to a new war: the war on…
The 1990s were a decade marked with intensive peace negotiations between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Although many efforts stalled,…
When USAID employee Judith Gilmore was asked to play First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS), it wasn’t because a…