OK, when you think about State Department types — if you think about them at all — chances are they’re…
The unusually strong response to Stephanie Kinney’s piece on the lack of core values within the Foreign Service — by far…
Foggy Bottom, so called because its location alongside the Potomac made it susceptible to dense concentrations of fog and industrial smoke, refers not only…
“With Ukraine, Russia is an empire. Without it, Russia is just another country.” The history between these two is long…
The Transnistria region in Moldova is a Cold War relic. Along with Nagorno-Karabakh in Armenian-controlled Azerbaijan and South Ossetia in Georgia, it is…
The Foreign Service has undergone major reforms and tinkering over the past century, so much so that people often joked…
On February 3rd, 1989 tanks rolled into Paraguay’s capital Asuncion, led by General Andres Rodriguez. Briefly bullets and bombs rattled…
Find articles about diplomatic events from each day of the year Here’s a handy calendar of events linked to Moments…
The civil war in El Salvador lasted from 1979-1992 and was fought between the government and the Farabundo Martí National…
Diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba were frozen in time for more than 50 years. After the U.S. formally severed…