by Peter Sufrin

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

This Statement of Support for U.S. diplomats, first issued October 22, 2019, has been signed by several hundred former USAID employees.

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

Middle East Peace Plan Would Create Palestinian Bantustan
by Edward Marks

by Benjamin Tua

by Christopher Datta

A Lifetime of Diplomatic Engagement
By Paul Foldi

by Richard Combs

by Robert E. Gribbin

Compiled by Robert Gribbin

by Judith Heimann

by Mikael Barfod

by Ophir Falk

by Louis Sell

by Alon Ben-Meir

New items for May 2019

George H.W. Bush held diplomatic posts at the United Nations and in Beijing before becoming vice president and then president of the United States.  As U.S. Ambassador to the UN 1971-73, Bush said “I learned that the United Nations is … Read more

by Keith C. Smith

by William Rugh