Promoting Peace
The personnel of the Civilian Observer Unit, 2022. Photo courtesy of the Multinational Force and Observers
By Sean Lane
Near the southern tip of the Sinai...
Knowledge Power
By Eric Chu
For ten days each year in September or October, the city of Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India, celebrates Durga...
Diplomatic Engine Room
Watch and Crisis Management Officers, from left: Chukwudi Nwadibia, Jasmine Lopez, Lauren O’Doherty, Emily Yu, and Hermes Grullon, who participated in the Pickering Fellowship,...
The Conflict Observatory
By Natasha Christensen, Susan Wolfinbarger, and Jason Lapadula
In the days leading up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Feb. 24, the Kremlin’s rhetoric unveiled...
Diversity Milestones
Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at an event honoring the anniversaries of the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship, Charles B. Rangel...
Intercountry Adoption
By Marisa Light and Tim Eydelnant
Thousands of U.S. citizens were caught up in Russia’s full-scale, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine that began Feb. 24. Among...
Triumph over Terror
Then-Ambassador Donald Blome (right) and Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi of Tunisia (left) rename the street in front of Embassy Tunisia, March 6, 2021, in...
Cultivating Success
Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian McKeon (center) meets with Directorate of Cyber and Technology Security (CTS) Deputy Assistant Secretary Gharun...
Operation London Bridge
President Joe Biden (right), accompanied by First Lady Jill Biden (left), signs a book of condolence at Lancaster House in London, following the death...
Generational Shift
By Scott B. Winton and Flory Yazmin Ore
First-generation college students and Political Officers Scott Winton (far right) and Wesley Collins (far left) stand with...