A primary purpose of public diplomacy is to promote the interests of the United States. Public diplomacy officers on the…
From Les Misérables to Good Americans: One Ambassador’s Fight to Secure Refugee Status for Romanian Dissidents
They were doctors, professors, and, in some cases, even peasants. The one thing they all had in common, however, was…
Travelling with First Lady Hillary Clinton to Romania: “She was Quite Incredible.”
As First Lady, Hillary Clinton traveled extensively to Central and Eastern Europe in order to foster ties with foreign governments…
The 1989 Romanian Revolution and the Fall of Ceausescu
1989 was the year of remarkable popular uprisings throughout the world, most notably Tiananmen Square, the fall of the Berlin…
Saving a Lost Generation – The Rush to Adopt Romania’s Orphans
The despotic reign of Romania’s Nicolae Ceauşescu caused deplorable living conditions for Romanians and left its most vulnerable citizens –…
Life in Ceausescu’s Romania
Romania in the 1970s was a study in contrasts. Traditionally a rich agricultural breadbasket, its backward economy could not provide…
The Road to the Dayton Peace Accords: The Art of (Im)Possible
The Road to the Dayton Peace Accords: The Art of (Im)Possible 1945 – 1992 Socialist Yugoslavia Yugoslavia was a socialist…
ADST Board of Directors
Ambassador Anne Patterson Ambassador Patterson is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors of ADST. Patterson was the Assistant…
Issuing the Visa that Would Save a Jewish Girl
Issuing the Visa that Would Save a Jewish Girl Richard H. Davis, a young Foreign Service officer from Chautauqua County,…
Peregrina
Peregrina is the story of Ginny Carson Young, a young Foreign Service widow and mother who finds an unexpected second…