Charles William Thomas was a bright mid-career Foreign Service officer who was selected out because his efficiency report was mixed…
He was a general’s general, tough, unrelenting, a man who embraced the role history thrust on him. He was also…
Every Foreign Service Officer can have a difficult job of navigating cultural differences, memorizing customs and sticking to protocol while…
Beginning in April 1948, the USSR blocked Western Allies’ access to Berlin as a means of protesting the introduction of…
The Madrid Peace Conference, held from October 30 to November 1, 1991, marked the first time that Israeli leaders negotiated…
At the height of the Cold War, with the death toll mounting in Vietnam and the split between the USSR…
In April 1954, amidst growing tensions regarding the situation in the Korean Peninsula and Indochina, the international community convened a…
On June 8th, 1986, Kurt Waldheim was elected President of Austria. The former Secretary General of the United Nations and…
In the mid 1980’s, U.S. bilateral relations with New Zealand, a long-time ally in a relatively peaceful corner of the…
After World War II, Europe was recovering from the devastation of conflict and suffered from high unemployment and food shortages;…