During the spring of 1994, Americans were gripped by an incident in Singapore which unexpectedly became a cause celebre: the…
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When stationed abroad, Foreign Service Officers may face dangers such as carjackings, bombings, or even assassination attempts. However, for some,…
Board of Directors
Ambassador Anne Patterson Ambassador Patterson is currently the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of ADST. Patterson was the Assistant…
Sound and the Fury — The 1954 Geneva Conference on Vietnam and Korea
In April 1954, amidst growing tensions regarding the situation in the Korean Peninsula and Indochina, the international community convened a…
The Marshall Plan — “The Europeans did the job themselves”
After World War II, Europe was recovering from the devastation of conflict and suffered from high unemployment and food shortages;…
“There were no full bodies” – The Crash of Pan Am Flight 812 in Bali
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Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s Founding Father
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Averell Harriman, The Old Crocodile of Diplomacy
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