How America got to this place, architecturally speaking, is the subject of these photographs of American embassies published this month by Cornell University Press.
China's moves to distance itself from Kim are revealed in the latest tranche of leaked US embassy cables published by the Guardian and four international newspapers.
In leaked US embassy cables published by WikiLeaks last November, South Korean analysts warned the assistant secretary of state, Kurt Campbell, of possible instability arising from a botched succession.
According to a confidential U.S. embassy cable published by WikiLeaks in 2010, China "rewards [Nepalese forces] by providing financial incentives to officers who hand over Tibetans attempting to exit China".
He was a protégé of Mr. Aristide, and even before the earthquake that further damaged his standing he had become concerned with being forced into exile, according to embassy cables published by WikiLeaks.
According to a US embassy cable published by WikiLeaks, the Unesco director general manoeuvred a delay on the issue last year by claiming there were not enough applicants for the prize.
A US embassy cable published in the Guardian in December 2010 quoted a senior Foreign Office official, Colin Roberts, telling the Americans that as a result of imposing the marine reserve, there would be no "human footprints" or "Man Fridays" on the islands.
Speaking after weeks of revelations from US embassy cables published by WikiLeaks, he said: "From the point of view of public scrutiny, the web and the internet has empowered citizens.
According to a U.S. embassy cable, published last year by WikiLeaks, Pakistan's Prime Minister told the American ambassador what he thought of the drone program: "I don't care if they do it as long as they get the right people," he said.
