Category: Eyewitness
Bohlen’s Dictum: First, Be There
February 2025
by Thomas E. McNamara On my first foreign service posting in Paris, my boss, Ambassador Charles Bohlen, said that the diplomatic service required many skills, but the most important one was “being there when something happens.” Later, working on Vietnam … Read more
When I was a Vice Consul in Nuevo Laredo
November 2024
by Edward Marks When FSOs gather in congenial surroundings, even very senior and well-known diplomatic personalities often begin their favorite stories with “Now, when I was a vice consul in Tegucigalpa….” Time passes and now I tell such stories. When … Read more
Russian Propaganda Efforts: Historical Continuities Accompany Technological Changes
February 2024
by John Katzka
Ambassadorial Accreditation: The Romanian Ambassador Presents His Credentials in Washington
February 2024
by Jonathan Rickert
I Didn’t Join the French Foreign Legion, but It Helped Rescue Me in Chad
November 2023
by James R. Bullington