International Disability Rights
By Charlie Kellett
Disability rights are human rights. As the United Nations’ (U.N.) Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, all human beings are born free...
The Office of Multilateral Nuclear and Security Affairs
By Janet Chen
The global nuclear nonproliferation regime is fundamental to long-term American security. Within the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, the Office of...
Office of Conservation and Water
By Annie Arbuthnot
Tigers poached in India, trees illegally felled in Peru, seeds stored in Morocco, and the quality of drinking water in Southeast Asia...
Office of Global Partnerships
By Megan Soller
The Office of Global Partnerships (GP), a small office in the Department of State that has existed for more than a decade,...
The Office of Casualty Assistance
by Kirk Leach
The Office of Casualty Assistance (OCA) was established within the Bureau of Human Resources (HR) in 1999 in the aftermath of the...
Innovation Sandbox
By Stefano Rivolta
At the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), a nondescript office set among the campus’s numerous classrooms serves as an incubator for new ideas....
The Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund
by John N. Conlon
The Department of State has many responsibilities: maintaining relationships with overseas partners; standing up for human rights; promoting American business; and...
Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance
Above: AVC Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas G. DiNanno inspects a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launch facility at Minot Air Force Base, N.D, June...