2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, the devastating “war to end all wars.” While…
On December 9, 1987, the deaths of four Palestinian refugees plunged the nation of Israel into four years of strikes,…
In 2001 Ann Wright served as the first political officer in the newly reopened U.S. Embassy in Kabul. Two years…
King Fahd ruled Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005, leading it in a strong alliance with the United States and…
The “Cyprus problem” of ongoing conflict between the Greeks and Turks on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus came to a…
In 1958, the 14 July Revolution ended the thirty-seven-year Hashemite monarchy of Iraq in a coup d’état and established the…
Dean Rusk served as Secretary of State for eight controversial years, from 1961 through 1969, when public discomfort over his…
The Falklands War began as a tragically misguided game of smoke and mirrors, designed to inflame Argentinian patriotism and redirect…
“This is a fight for the homeland – it is either us or the Israelis…. Any of the old Palestine…
As part of its Ambassadorial Seminar, the Foreign Service Institute gives each of the participants a copy of “This Worked…