Yearly Archives: 2019
How U.S.-Soviet Scientific and Technical Exchanges Helped End the Cold War
by Olga Krasnyak
A Free Trade Agreement Could Benefit the U.S.-Brazil Trade Relationship
by Peter Sufrin
Reporting on the Spread of HIV in China
by David Cowhig Chinese physician Dr. Wang Shuping predicted the HIV epidemic among Henan peasant blood sellers and eventually raised the alarm all the way to Beijing when local and provincial authorities ignored the rapid spread of HIV among the … Read more
The Education of an Idealist
The Education of an Idealist by Samatha Power
reviewed by Donald Camp
The Anarchy
The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
reviewed by Jon P. Dorschner
Books of Note for November 2019
Democracy for Sale; Kidnap; A Rope From the Sky; Iran Reframed; Faces of the Disappeared; From War to Peace in the Balkans, Middle East and Ukraine; How China Sees the World
Statement of Support for U.S. Diplomats
This Statement of Support for U.S. diplomats, first issued October 22, 2019, has been signed by several hundred former USAID employees.
The Challenges of the Middle East
by Haviland Smith It is clear that there are powerful people both in the United States and in Iran who would like to force a real confrontation between our two countries. What is completely unclear is whether or not those … Read more
The Zombie Returns
Middle East Peace Plan Would Create Palestinian Bantustan
by Edward Marks
Interns Reflect on Their Experiences at the State Department
Deja Gainey and Eric Kindelan were interns in the Bureau of Legislative Affairs (H) at the State Department during the Fall Semester of 2018.