The fall of the Soviet Union upset long-established power dynamics, leaving East and Central Europe, in particular, in uncharted waters.…
Sudan’s long history has been riddled with internal conflict. The United Kingdom and Egypt controlled Sudan for the first half…
Since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, Yemen was been a hot spot for unrest in the Middle East. The…
The State of Qatar declared independence from Great Britain on September 3, 1971 and the U.S. recognized it two days…
Teresita Schaffer enjoyed an illustrious 30-year career in the Foreign Service, developing a reputation as a leading expert on South…
Afghanistan has had a long history of living under foreign rule. Once a protectorate of the British Empire, Afghanistan became fully independent…
C. Douglas Dillon was a politician and diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to France in the critical post World…
In August of 1991, hard-liners opposed to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev initiated a coup attempt to overthrow him. The rebellion…
Malcolm Toon was a fluent Russian speaker and one of the State Department’s top experts on the Soviet Union during…
China scholar Richard Solomon, who was an essential component of the “ping-pong diplomacy” that led to the thaw in relations…