In the late eighties, drug trafficking into the United States from Latin America came into the spotlight with Reagan’s War…

In 1986 Congress overrode a presidential veto on major foreign policy. During the 1980s, the American public increasingly resented the…

Following Allied victory in World War II, the world plunged headfirst into a bitter rivalry lasting decades between the two…

Like much of Africa, Ethiopia experienced a watershed moment at the end of World War II, emerging out from under…

In the wake of the Cold War, dictatorial regimes sprang up throughout the world, capturing international attention with news of…

The Romanian Führer. The West’s “favorite communist.” Both of these descriptions have been used to describe Nicolae Ceaușescu, the rapacious…

When Vice President Biden sat next to then Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping at a dinner in 2012, Xi asked…

The ADST team joins many others in the foreign affairs community in condemning recent attacks on our democracy and welcoming…

One of the greatest challenges in a diplomat’s career is serving in a country that is trying to rebuild after…

In December 1999, Côte d’Ivoire experienced its first ever coup d’état after years of stability and economic growth—a coup that…