The Skeptical Bureaucrat

The British press is all abuzz tonight with the news that Galyna Kolotnytska , the Ukrainian nurse who has been closely associated with Qad...

Over the last few days I've been reading many great letters and posts that debunk the popular misimpression of cushy Foreign Service liv...

The New York Times just ran a story that suggests Spring might come soon to the frozen relations between the U.S. government and the Pakista...

State just released the text of a Special Briefing on The Suspension of United States Embassy Operations in Libya, with Patrick F. Kennedy,...

While I was walking out of the office this afternoon, I saw this old copy of State Magazine lying on a table. An auspicious title, no? When...

Pretty much as expected. Libya's delegate to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva sided with the Libyan people against the Muammar Qadh...

A welcome but somewhat ironic notice went out from the United Nations Human Rights Council today: The Human Rights Council will hold a Spec...