Patricia “Patt” M. Derian was one of the key proponents of integrating human rights in U.S. foreign policy at a…
Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, one the longest-serving rulers in history, opened his newly-independent country’s political system to multiple party…
According to a 2015 Brookings study, while the number of children attending primary school globally has grown dramatically over the…
Throughout the 1970s, trouble was brewing in Chad. President François (N’Garta) Tombalbaye was the first president of Chad following its…
He was a brilliant scholar who focused on the Middle East and whose books were widely read by Arabists. His…
Strobe Talbott assumed the presidency of the Brookings Institution in July 2002 after a career in journalism, government and academia.…
Arriving at a new post and setting up your household and office can be quite a challenge, even for a…
“But if I really say it/ the radio won’t play it/ unless I lay it between the lines.” This song…
Melissa Foelsch Wells, accomplished diplomat and four-time ambassador, was among the pioneers who paved the way for women to work…
From November 1983 to March of 1985 negotiations between the United States and the USSR languished, leading the U.S. to…