The Cardinal’s Bath
by Donald Kursch
Linguistic Competence and Diplomacy: Was Bulgaria Really the Sixteenth Soviet Republic?
by Jonathan Rickert
The Diplomat as Reality TV: How Accurate Is It?
by Melissa Clegg-Tripp
“Sneaking and Peeking” in Bulgaria with the Future Director of the NSA and the CIA
by Jonathan Rickert
Under Fire in Bonn
by Donald Kursch
Remembering Cambodia Through USIA Films
by Beatrice Camp
Not Your Average Visitor: Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy in London and Bucharest
by Jonathan Rickert
Political Humor in Communist Eastern Europe
by Jonathan Rickert
My Ambassador Was a Spy for Cuba
by Melissa Clegg-Tripp
Encounters with Bulgarian State Security
by Jonathan Rickert
Bohlen’s Dictum: First, Be There
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
A Subdued “Last Hurrah” for the (Former) Soviet Union in Romania
by Jonathan Rickert
When I was a Vice Consul in Nuevo Laredo
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
A Moment of Cold War Intrigue
by Judith Heimann
The Donhauser Award
by Jonathan Rickert
PanAm 103 and Embassy Moscow: A Country Team at Work
by Raymond F. Smith
Getting NATO Membership to 32: Why We Needed Public Diplomacy
by Renee M Earle
Curious Consular Encounters
by Jonathan Rickert