Have you ever seen a monkey in an airport? How about the Dalai Lama? Have you visited the world’s first…

Have you ever seen a monkey in an airport? How about the Dalai Lama? Have you visited the world’s first…
There’s never a dull moment in the life of a USAID social anthropologist! The foreign service can indeed present a…
On October 18, 2021 America lost a remarkable leader and public servant. Colin Powell served as the highest ranking soldier,…
A single election can have many impacts, but one in particular unmasked a deep, controversial issue based on ethnic tensions.…
In the heat of the Iran-Iraq War, paranoia and uncertainty engulfed the region, with many American allies looking to the…
Was the intelligence correct? Was the U.S. being set up? These were questions facing John Tkacik when the United States…
Egypt and the Suez Canal became a point of global strategic interest during WWII because of the quick access the…
Yemen has experienced violence and poverty in recent decades, but for centuries was a pivotal crossroads for trade and travel.…
Born in Philadelphia, Harold “Hal” Saunders graduated from Princeton and Yale before serving in the U.S. Air Force. After working…
Iraq expelled an American diplomat stationed in Baghdad on November 17, 1988 for having contacts with Iraq’s Kurdish minority. Haywood…