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Research on declassified government and intelligence documents | Chronicling how diplomats and intelligence services shaped world order throughout modern history.

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“From now on, you should call me George.”

Inside Bush and Putin’s brief post-Cold War rapprochement.

Inside the Johnson White House

Responding to the Prague Crisis, 1968

"Sasha, that's not the point."

The transcripts of Moscow’s final warning to Dubček.

Britain's quietly influential diplomat

The Victorian who understood Japan.

Lessons from Satow's Classic

The craft of diplomacy and the selection of agents.

Diplomacy according to Satow

Definitions, precedence, and language.

Hardly a book review (1.2)

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The last superpower bargain: Bush, Gorbachev, and the road to Desert Storm

U.S. foreign policy toward Iraq: 1983-1990 (Part 6)

2nd August, 1990: The end of business as usual

U.S. foreign policy toward Iraq: 1983-1990 (Part 5)

From credits to conflict: economic statecraft before Desert Storm

U.S. foreign policy toward Iraq: 1983-1990 (Part 4)

Winning back Saddam's trust?

U.S. foreign policy toward Iraq: 1983-1990 (Part 3)