Category: Eyewitness
How I Became Interested in a Career in Diplomacy
It Was Willy Nilly
by Bobbie Bergesen Riedel
Letter from Niger: December 2005
Ambassador Bullington for years has been a valued contributor to this journal of accounts of his work as director the Peace Corps in Niger and, importantly, the service of the dedicated volunteers in country.—Ed. by J. R. Bullington Leaving Niger … Read more
Manhattan to Vientiane
Another in our “First Post” series, Mr. Sheinbaum’s contribution reminds us of the early days of post-WWII life in a foreign service assignment. It was an exotic adventure, yet it was infused with a feeling of family. It would be hard not … Read more
Behind the Rhetoric
.This journal has the pleasure to present to its readers a longer-than-usual analysis of what the author sees as the foundation of the Bush administration’s approach to perhaps the central contentious issue on the Middle East. Certainly the Arab-Israeli conflict … Read more