When President Ronald Reagan was shot on March 30, 1981, chaos ensued behind the scenes at the White House. With…

When President Ronald Reagan was shot on March 30, 1981, chaos ensued behind the scenes at the White House. With…
“With Ukraine, Russia is an empire. Without it, Russia is just another country.” The history between these two is long…
After Augusto Pinochet led a coup d’état in Chile on September 11, 1973, taking power from the democratically elected President…
Oliver Platt is a talented character actor who has appeared in major blockbusters (X-Men: First Class), critically acclaimed TV series…
Pakistan after independence was a strange creation: the capital, Islamabad, and most of the power were located in the west…
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John Service, the son of missionaries who grew up in China, was one of the Department’s “China hands,” an expert…
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More than thirty years later, the Iran Hostage crisis still ranks as one of the most traumatic diplomatic events in…
Frank Carlucci III is best known for his tenure as Secretary of Defense under the Reagan administration, yet in his…