It was the end of a long, hard road. Although the Vietnam War had finally officially concluded, the Fall of…
Pan Am and the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978
In 1978, the Carter administration passed the Airline Deregulation Act, which deregulated the airline industry, stripping away federal control of…
The Development Process is Never Static: Reorienting and Expanding Family Planning in Yemen
Even when the situation seems most dire, the development process is never static. Bottom-up, local efforts help make the process…
2022 Annual General Meeting Agenda
ADST Annual General Membership Business Meeting Agenda August 31, 2022 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. I. Welcome and General Announcements…
Special Collections
Oral Histories of U.S. Diplomacy in Afghanistan, 2001–2024 The special project aims to collect oral histories of diplomats and other…
Oral Histories of U.S. Diplomacy in Afghanistan
ADST “Oral Histories of U.S. Diplomacy in Afghanistan” Special Projects ADST launched our Afghanistan oral history project on August 22,…
CORDS Alumnus Gives Perspective on U.S. Role in Vietnam
Should the United States ever have gone to war in Vietnam? Nearly fifty years after the last American troops were…
Advancing Unity in the Aftermath of War – Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Mid-1990s
Foreign service officers typically must demonstrate adaptability and proactivity to accomplish their missions smoothly and effectively, but sometimes they find…
Working as a Woman in Intelligence: Alice Shurcliff
Unlike many women’s stories that highlight the immense challenges women face, Alice Shurcliff highlights in her oral history advantages she…
Senegal’s Locust Plague in the late 1980s
The year is 1986. A Senegalese farmer walks out in his field a short while after the drought season has…