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Diplomacy is the art of conducting international relations, negotiating alliances, and exercising tact and skill in dealing with people of…
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During 1998 and 1999, Lawrence Rossin found himself working in the disputed region of the Balkans. Having previously worked in…
Should the United States ever have gone to war in Vietnam? Nearly fifty years after the last American troops were…
There’s never a dull moment in the life of a USAID social anthropologist! The foreign service can indeed present a…
Adversity can often bring out the best in those who are willing to rise to the challenges it throws at…