Gamal Abdel Nasser was one of the most influential modern-day leaders in the Middle East. As part of the Free…
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Gamal Abdel Nasser was one of the most influential modern-day leaders in the Middle East. As part of the Free…
1958 — Lebanon was yet again at the forefront of foreign policy concerns. Gamal Abdel Nasser, one of the most…
Traditionally, U.S. government officials put their hand on the Bible for their swearing-in. In recent years, some have used alternatives,…
Chun Doo-hwan, president of South Korea from 1980 to 1988, seized power in 1979 and crushed many democratization movements during…
Understanding the rules of protocol is essential to conducting diplomacy, as any diplomat would attest. Everything from knowing how to…
Rafael Trujillo, El Jefe, ruled the Dominican Republic as dictator from 1930 until his assassination in 1961. Trujillo gained prominence…
Chas W. Freeman, Jr. is one of those rare diplomats with brilliant language abilities who also was involved in an…
A colony of Belgium until 1962, Rwanda became dominated politically by the minority Tutsis. During the independence movement, the majority…
With his infamous Wheeling, West Virginia speech on February 9, 1950, in which he declared he had a list of…
Known as “El Jefe,” or “The Chief,” Rafael Trujillo ruled as dictator of the Dominican Republic for more than 30…