A skilled diplomat and negotiator, James A. Baker III served as the Secretary of State during a period of tumultuous change, including…
Imagine what Europe would be like today if Belarusian strongman Aleksandr Lukashenka were able to threaten his neighbors with nuclear…
The State Department is not exactly known for its jocularity but once in a while, it can have its fair…
The Bosnian War, which began April 5, 1992, was the result of the breakup of Yugoslavia. Pressure began to build…
The Foreign Service has undergone major reforms and tinkering over the past century, so much so that people often joked…
Pakistan after independence was a strange creation: the capital, Islamabad, and most of the power were located in the west…
Codename: Operation Eastern Exit. In January 1991, violence due to the Somali Civil War had escalated so much that Ambassador…
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More than thirty years later, the Iran Hostage crisis still ranks as one of the most traumatic diplomatic events in…
Diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba were frozen in time for more than 50 years. After the U.S. formally severed…