This article first appeared in the May 2013 edition of the Foreign Service Journal. In it, Susan R. Johnson, the…
John Service, the son of missionaries who grew up in China, was one of the Department’s “China hands,” an expert…
After attempting to convince Washington that a civil war in China was imminent and that the Communists would be the…
Oftentimes the greatest foreign policy struggles are not with the host government but rather with the government bureaucracy back home.…
The attack by the Imperial Japanese Army against the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor catapulted the United States into World…
BOO! Halloween is a holiday on October 31st where costumes, tricks, and treats reign supreme. Originally a pagan holiday, Halloween is…
Frank Carlucci III is best known for his tenure as Secretary of Defense under the Reagan administration, yet in his…
In September of 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited the United States on an unprecedented goodwill trip spanning several days,…
Amid the descent of the Iron Curtain, the Bay of Pigs Invasion, and the conflict in Vietnam lies one of…
As a result of Anwar Sadat’s growing authoritarianism and treatment of his opposition, tensions in Egypt began rising shortly after…