Sometimes it just ain’t easy working for the State Department. If you go through the lengthy history of the Foreign Service…
Dennis Keogh had been Political Counselor in South Africa from 1980-83 and made 25 trips to Namibia. In the spring…
Imagine what Europe would be like today if Belarusian strongman Aleksandr Lukashenka were able to threaten his neighbors with nuclear…
James A. Baker served as the Secretary of State during the Presidency of George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1992,…
Two decades of ethnic tension and a civil war in 1990 laid the groundwork for one of the most savage…
The State Department is not exactly known for its jocularity but once in a while, it can have its fair…
When President Ronald Reagan was shot on March 30, 1981, chaos ensued behind the scenes at the White House. With…
Like many countries, the U.S. has recently grappled with the issue of how to deal with marijuana usage: Should it…
On August 30, 1983, a Boeing 747, Korean Airlines 007 took off for Seoul from New York’s John F. Kennedy…
The following was written by Victor H. Ashe, Ambassador to Poland under the Bush Administration. He argues that President Obama’s past actions…