The operational level of foreign policy is the essential crucible for the formulation of diplomatic approaches to international challenges. This…
(From Left to Right): The U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, after a bomb attack in 1983; Marine Corps Sgt. Clayton…
Scotland can trace its links to the United Kingdom to more than 400 years ago, when James VI, King of…
This is the story of how a corrupt multinational oil company, a self-centered dictator, lingering ethnic tensions, and lack of…
Since Panama’s independence from Colombia in 1903, the Panama Canal had been a dramatic and ongoing point of discussion. The…
“If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights…
September 11, 2001 left an indelible mark on American history when nineteen members of al Qaeda carried out the deadliest…
2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, the devastating “war to end all wars.” While…
Diplomats working in the USSR had to contend with a wide range of difficulties – poor bilateral relations, KGB surveillance,…
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