Elinor Constable had an illustrious career in the State Department from 1955 until 1993, serving not only as Ambassador to…
During the 1990s, the world witnessed the worst conflict since the end of World War II. The violence, bloodshed and…
The Vietnam War remains one of the most contentious foreign policy issues in American history. U.S. military involvement was initially…
The 1970s and 1980s were a long, dark time for Chile. The September 11, 1973 coup against Socialist president Salvador…
To the uninitiated (or to those who simply watch too many B-movies), an ambassador’s life seems to be nothing but…
William Joseph Burns, known as Bill to his colleagues, stepped down as Deputy Secretary of State in October 2014 after…
Will Rogers once observed that “when you get into trouble 5,000 miles from home, you’ve got to have been looking…
It was one of the darkest periods in Latin American history. From 1976-1983, a brutal military junta ruled Argentina in…
Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. was the first African-American Foreign Service Officer to rise to the rank of ambassador without a…
For Russians, it was yet another dramatic confrontation which played out in the streets of Moscow, one which marked the…