Syrian Envoy Najib Ghadbian
Fights Assad from Washington

Najib Ghadbian went from teaching students the complexities of the Middle East at the University of Arkansas to grappling with those complexities firsthand as the Washington envoy for a coalition of rebels battling to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Read More

Ex-CIA, NSA Chief Defends
U.S. Intelligence Gathering

Michael Hayden instituted an era of cyber-savvy at the NSA and has since become one of the spy agency’s most vigorous defenders in the wake of Edward Snowden’s explosive leaks. Read More

Mock U.N. Session Becomes
Real-Life Crisis as Teen Vanishes

They called it an “emergency” U.N. Security Council session but no one had any idea it would lead to a real crisis when a 19-year-old college sophomore vanished into thin air. Read More

Protocol Chief Marshall Bids
Farewell to Diplomatic Corps

Capricia Marshall is hanging up her hat as protocol chief, having been on the front lines and behind the scenes of America’s diplomatic engagement at home and abroad for the last four years. Read More

The Rotunda

Will Congress Put Obama’s Push
To Shutter Gitmo on Lockdown?

President Obama pledged to close Guantanamo Bay back in 2008. Today, 166 detainees remain in Gitmo as an enduring blight of the post-9/11 war on terror. Read More

Productivity, Social Responsibility
Drive Guatemalan Export Profits

Guatemala has been raking in profits from its sugar, banana and palm oil industries by investing in its workers. Read More

National Guard Partnerships
Fortify Ties With 65 Countries

The Red Scare is no longer the main fear that drives U.S. foreign policy, but one important Cold War legacy lives on with the National Guard’s State Partnership Program. Read More

Is There a Doctor
In the Kitchen?

Doctors are always reminding their patients to eat healthy — even though their own nutrition know-how is surprisingly wafer-thin. Read More