Category: Eyewitness
Secret Mission
by Larry Lesser In a departure from our usual practice, the following story is wholly a work of fiction but based on a real Foreign Service situation known to the author. We include it not only because it is an … Read more
All Quiet on the Western Front
While some may be nostalgic for the relative simplicity of the Cold War, we should not forget what the stakes were then and how close the world was to catastrophe.–Ed. by J. Edgar Williams For six years, 1955-60 inclusive, I … Read more
Auyantepui
by Bart Moon The Foreign Service usually provides for an interesting and rewarding career, the opportunity to live and work in diverse environments, experience different cultures and ways of life, and meet a variety of fascinating people. On occasion it … Read more
State Department Town Hall Meeting on Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
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The American Withdrawal from Iraq’s Cities
The View from St. George’s Church, Baghdad by Canon Andrew White As previously reported in American Diplomacy, Anglican Canon Andrew White, “The Vicar of Baghdad,” has long and successfully led the struggle for religious reconciliation in Iraq. On the eve … Read more
Living with Terrorism in Buenos Aires, 1970-75
by J. Edgar Williams We tend to think of terrorism mostly in its contemporary Islamic extremist manifestation, but it has been a part of Foreign Service life for many years. In this memoir, a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer recalls … Read more
The Boy from Mizda
by Kirsten Russell The daughter of an American technical expert sent to Libya to create an agricultural school in the early days of the U.S. foreign aid program, then known as Point Four, recalls the determined efforts of a poor … Read more