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…
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) marked a turning point in relations between the U.S. and the USSR. Signed in December 1987 by President Ronald…
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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…
After attempting to convince Washington that a civil war in China was imminent and that the Communists would be the…
Oftentimes the greatest foreign policy struggles are not with the host government but rather with the government bureaucracy back home.…
One of the great dilemmas in foreign policy is when and whether to negotiate with one’s enemies. Will a dialogue…
Despite getting extremely close to agreeing to negotiations to avert hostilities, the U.S. and Japan failed to make peace and…
December 7, 1941 will forever be one of the most memorable dates in American history. The attack on Pearl Harbor, a preemptive…