A skilled diplomat and negotiator, James A. Baker III served as the Secretary of State during a period of tumultuous change, including…
John Paul II was one of the most charismatic popes in recent history, a rock star who attracted millions during…
Revanchist policies from the Kremlin, crackdowns on protesters – lately with Russia it seems like everything old is new again.…
OK, when you think about State Department types — if you think about them at all — chances are they’re…
On August 30, 1983, a Boeing 747, Korean Airlines 007 took off for Seoul from New York’s John F. Kennedy…
The unusually strong response to Stephanie Kinney’s piece on the lack of core values within the Foreign Service — by far…
It is difficult in this day and age to imagine any ambassador being on the cover of a major magazine…
Foggy Bottom, so called because its location alongside the Potomac made it susceptible to dense concentrations of fog and industrial smoke, refers not only…
The Transnistria region in Moldova is a Cold War relic. Along with Nagorno-Karabakh in Armenian-controlled Azerbaijan and South Ossetia in Georgia, it is…
In 1953, the Department of State removed John F. Melby from the Foreign Service because of his affair with acclaimed…