Cyrus Roberts Vance was an American lawyer and United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to serving in that position,he was the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Johnson administration. During the Kennedy administration he was Secretary of the Army and General Counsel of the Department of Defense.
Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad is an American diplomat and foreign policy expert. Khalilzad was U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation from September 2018 to October 2021. Khailzad was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as United States ambassador to the United Nations,serving in the role from 2007 to 2009. Khalilzad was the highest ranking Muslim-American in government at the time he left the position. Prior to this,Khalilzad served in the Bush administration as ambassador to Afghanistan from 2004 to 2005 and Ambassador to Iraq from 2005 to 2007.
James Franklin Jeffrey is an American diplomat who served most recently as the United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Special Envoy to the International military intervention against ISIL.
The United States and Russia maintain one of the most important,critical,and strategic foreign relations in the world. Both nations have shared interests in nuclear safety and security,nonproliferation,counterterrorism,and space exploration.
The Republic of Türkiye and the United States of America established diplomatic relations in 1927. Relations after World War II evolved from the Second Cairo Conference in December 1943 and Turkey's entrance into World War II on the side of the Allies in February 1945. Later that year,Turkey became a charter member of the United Nations. Since 1945,both countries advanced ties under liberal international order,put forward by the US,through a set of global,rule-based,structured relationships based on political,and economic liberalism. As a consequence relationships advanced under G20,OECD,Council of Europe,OSCE,WTO,the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council,IMF,the World Bank and Turkey in NATO.
The United States government has been involved in numerous interventions in foreign countries throughout its history. The U.S. has engaged in nearly 400 military interventions between 1776 and 2023,with half of these operations occurring since 1950 and over 25% occurring in the post-Cold War period. Common objectives of U.S. foreign interventions have revolved around economic opportunity,social protection,protection of U.S. citizens and diplomats,territorial expansion,fomenting regime change,nation-building,and enforcing international law.
Qatar and the United States are strategic allies. Qatar has been designated a major non-NATO ally by the United States. Qatar maintains and embassy in Washington,D.C. and the U.S. has an embassy in Doha.
Robert Charles O'Brien Jr. is an American attorney who served as the twenty-seventh United States national security advisor from 2019 to 2021. He was the fourth and final person to hold the position during the first presidency of Donald Trump. He is currently the chairman of the American Global Strategies firm advising companies on international politics,the U.S. government,and crisis management.
Brett Holden McGurk is an American diplomat,attorney,and academic who served in senior national security positions under presidents George W. Bush,Barack Obama,Donald Trump,and Joe Biden. He served as deputy assistant to President Joe Biden and National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa.
Steven Charles Witkoff is an American billionaire real estate investor and developer,attorney,and philanthropist,who serves as the United States Special Envoy to the Middle East. He is the founder and chairman of the Witkoff Group. He began his career as a real estate attorney,before transitioning to property investment and development. His notable acquisitions include the Daily News Building,the Woolworth Building,33 Maiden Lane,and the Park Lane Hotel in Manhattan.
Michael "Mickey" Bergman is the CEO of Global Reach and the Vice President and Executive Director of the Richardson Center for Global Engagement. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service,where his graduate level courses focus on the art of emotional intelligence in international relations and negotiations. Previously,he served as Executive Director of the Global Alliances Program at the Aspen Institute and founded the Solel Strategic Group (SSG).
On 22 September 2014,the United States officially intervened in the Syrian civil war with the stated aim of fighting the Islamic State (ISIL/ISIS) terrorist organization in support of the international war against it,code named Operation Inherent Resolve. The US currently continues to support the Syrian Free Army opposition faction and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces opposed to both the Islamic State and former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
Austin Bennett Tice is an American freelance journalist and a veteran U.S. Marine Corps officer who was kidnapped while reporting in Syria on August 13,2012. He is the longest-held American journalist.
Joseph Yuosang Yun is an American diplomat. He is the former U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations,appointed in March 2022 by President Joe Biden to negotiate amendments to the Compact of Free Association (CFA),the agreement governing the relationship between the United States and the Freely Associated States (FAS) of the Federated States of Micronesia,the Republic of the Marshall Islands,and Palau.
Al-Tanf is a U.S. military base in a part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate,Syria,which is controlled by the Syrian Free Army. It is located 24 km west of the al-Walid border crossing in the Syrian Desert. The surrounding deconfliction zone is located along the Iraq–Syria border and the Jordan–Syria border. The garrison is located along a critical road known as the M2 Baghdad–Damascus Highway. The Rukban refugee camp for internally displaced Syrians is located within the deconfliction zone.
The special presidential envoy for hostage affairs,or more formally the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs,was established in 2015,by an executive order pertaining to the recovery of U.S. hostages held by non-state actors and of U.S. citizens wrongfully detained by foreign states. The Special Presidential Envoy leads and coordinates activities across the Executive Branch to bring home those Americans. The position was created in 2015 during the Obama administration.
The foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration emphasizes the repair of the United States' alliances,which Biden argues were damaged during the first Trump administration. The administration's goal is to restore the United States to a "position of trusted leadership" among global democracies in order to address challenges posed by Russia and China. Both Biden and his Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin have repeatedly emphasized that no other world power should be able to surpass the United States,either militarily or economically. Biden's foreign policy has been described as having ideological underpinnings in mid-twentieth century liberal internationalism,American exceptionalism,and pragmatism.
Cory Lee Mills is an American politician,businessman,and Army combat veteran who has served as the U.S. representative from Florida's 7th congressional district since 2023. He previously served as a Trump appointee on the Defense Business Board from 2020 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Jonathan "Jon" Franks is an American advocate and public relations crisis consultant known for his work in securing the release of individuals held hostage or detained abroad. Franks has successfully advocated for the release of numerous Americans detained in various countries,working through public and private channels. Notable cases include:Andrew Tahmooressi,Michael White,Trevor Reed,Taylor Dudley,James Frisvold,Ridge Alkonis,Savoi Wright,among others. Franks provides commentary to the media on cases of Americans held hostage,and hostage diplomacy.
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