William Joseph Burns, known as Bill to his colleagues, stepped down as Deputy Secretary of State in October 2014 after…
With the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, the long-awaited reunification between East and West Germany began. A…
September 11, 2001 left an indelible mark on American history when nineteen members of al Qaeda carried out the deadliest…
The Kurds have had a long and troubled history in Iraq. Under Saddam Hussein tens of thousands of Kurds were…
Over a bloody three years, hundreds of thousands of Europeans were dislocated, imprisoned, raped, tortured, starved and massacred as an…
May 9th, 1994 marked one of the most significant – and previously unimaginable – milestones in modern African history as…
Imagine what Europe would be like today if Belarusian strongman Aleksandr Lukashenka were able to threaten his neighbors with nuclear…
James A. Baker served as the Secretary of State during the Presidency of George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1992,…
The State Department is not exactly known for its jocularity but once in a while, it can have its fair…
It is difficult in this day and age to imagine any ambassador being on the cover of a major magazine…