Ambassador Richard Olson Oral Histories of U.S. Diplomacy in Afghanistan, 2001–2021 Interviewed by: Robin Matthewman Initial interview date: September 28,…
Annually, as a sign of respect, Americans observe a moment of silence at the 11th hour of the 11th day…
The 45-year-long Cold War of protracted geopolitical contention between two global powerhouses helped determine the unprecedented magnitude of nuclear weapons…
During the 1990s, there were many international agreements created to limit nuclear weapons and the potential consequential effects of deploying…
The Vietnam War was one of the most challenging and complex conflicts of the Cold War era. As the conflict…
During his opening remarks at the Munich Security Conference in February 2020, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declared that “[I]n…
A disastrous famine struck the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1997. Dubbed “The March of Suffering” by the North…
The San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed by 48 nations on September 8, 1951, officially ended Japan’s position as an imperial power,…
The presidential election of November 7, 2000 was one of the most memorable – and controversial – in the history…
Recent disagreements over Beijing’s claim to the South China Seas (in which a tribunal constituted under the UN Convention on the…