Ambassador Jonathan Addleton Oral Histories of U.S. Diplomacy in Afghanistan, 2001–2021 Interviewed by: Joe Relk Initial interview date: December 3,…
After the destruction and horrors of World War II, countries across the world banded together to offer support and assistance.…
Whether being assigned to a new post, taking on a new position, or learning a new language, the careers of…
The Romanian Führer. The West’s “favorite communist.” Both of these descriptions have been used to describe Nicolae Ceaușescu, the rapacious…
Benedict Arnold. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Mir Jafar. All of these individuals have something in common: they all betrayed their…
During his opening remarks at the Munich Security Conference in February 2020, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declared that “[I]n…
Revolutions are always exciting times for U.S. Foreign Service personnel, and the November 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia was no…
Up until the late 1990s, Foreign Service careers were denied to openly gay men under the pretense of security concerns.…
As challenging as it is for anyone to become and serve as Ambassador for the United States, the hurdles are…
Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, one the longest-serving rulers in history, opened his newly-independent country’s political system to multiple party…