Imagine this: It is 1987, you are the president of the United States of America, your country is one of…
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Imagine this: It is 1987, you are the president of the United States of America, your country is one of…
In 1972, during the détente period in U.S.–Soviet relations, the United States handed the Soviets the key to its new…
In 1938, in the shadow of the Great Depression came rumblings from Europe of a great war and with it…
In the 1960s, Bhutan allowed visitors only by royal invitation. The last independent outpost of Tibetan culture after the Chinese…
Even when the situation seems most dire, the development process is never static. Bottom-up, local efforts help make the process…
Foreign Service Officers are posted to positions abroad for terms of one, two, or three years depending on locality, demand,…
Coups often do not go exactly as planned. While some result in military despotism and others in democratic reforms, some…
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” This part of a song would describe the Christmases spent by George…
The study of ancient art in museum collections has long been a stimulus to the human spirit and an important…
In June of 2012, Elizabeth Jones found herself being transferred to the Near East Bureau in the Department of State.…