Melissa Foelsch Wells, accomplished diplomat and four-time ambassador, was among the pioneers who paved the way for women to work…
From November 1983 to March of 1985 negotiations between the United States and the USSR languished, leading the U.S. to…
In 1969, Colonel Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry (seen right), who three years earlier had graduated from the United States Army Command…
With thousands of employees from dozens of countries spread across the globe, the U.S. Department of State sometimes falls victim…
After the 1949 defeat of the Chinese Nationalists at the hands of Mao Zedong’s People’s Liberation Army, the newly-proclaimed People’s…
In the 1980s, one of the focal points of U.S. foreign policy was the rise of leftist militants throughout the…
As in so many other professions, integrity is the hallmark of a good diplomat. In most cases. As Henry Wooton…
In June 1993, Chief Moshood (M.K.O.) Abiola, a Muslim businessman and philanthropist, ran for the presidency of Nigeria and appeared…
The first official U.S. diplomatic post in Cameroon was founded in 1957 during its waning days as a United Nations…
In 1973 three bombs, timed to explode with the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir to the U.S., were found…