April 2017
The Foreign Service Journal covers foreign affairs from an insider's perspective, providing thought-provoking articles on international issues, the practice of diplomacy and the U.S. Foreign Service. Including the AFSA News section, The Journal is published monthly (January-February and July-August issues combined) by the American Foreign Service Association.
The April issue focuses on U.S.-Europe relations.
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FOCUS ON U.S.-EUROPE RELATIONS
The Trans-Atlantic Partnership
Both Europe and the United States have a vital stake in preserving and improving the trans-Atlantic relationship.
The Challenges Facing Europe
The questions hanging over the E.U.-U.S. relationship are made all the more daunting by Europe’s own difficulties—economic stagnation and a demographic crisis.
The United States and Europe: Toward a Global Atlantic
Globalization and digitalization present as fundamental a challenge to the U.S.-European alliance as the task of rebuilding after World War II.
From the FSJ Archives: The United States and Europe
During the mid-1960s, as tensions grew between the United States and Europe, many sought a re-evaluation and updating of trans-Atlantic ties.
FEATURE
Oral History in Real Time: The Maidan Revolution
Embassy Kyiv’s oral history project will prove useful to historians and may be a model for other posts interested in instituting “exit interviews” of departing staff.