Haiti has long been plagued by coups d’état and regime changes, leading to long-time political instability and weak governance. In…

Haiti has long been plagued by coups d’état and regime changes, leading to long-time political instability and weak governance. In…
From its inception, the Soviet Union became the first state in the world to actively attempt to eliminate religion from society.…
The November 21, 1979 attack on the American Embassy in Islamabad started as a small group demonstration in front of…
Traditionally, Secretaries of State receive a personal protection detail from the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). However, Henry Kissinger…
The decision to close an embassy and order departure of diplomatic personnel is a signal of last resort that bilateral…
A mountainous country in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan was ceded by China and formally incorporated into the Russian Empire in 1876.…
When Henry Kissinger became Secretary of State in September 1973, he declined the usual Diplomatic Security (DS) protective detail, preferring…
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, departed Iran on January 16, 1979, fleeing political unrest led by the Ayatollah…
After the fall of Yugoslavia in the early 1990’s, the Balkans descended into a bloody ethnic and sectarian conflict. Although…
On August 7, 1998, between 10:30 and 10:40 a.m. local time, the U.S. embassies in Nairobi , Kenya and Dar…