Small but Mighty: APHIS Turns 50

APHIS’ compact cadre of FSOs are on the front lines keeping American agricultural trade healthy, flowing and growing around the globe.

The New Core Precepts and What They Mean

After the first significant overhaul since 2015, the State Department core precepts are lean and tuned to the diplomatic requirements of the 21st century.

The Case for a Foreign Service Core Precept on DEIA

Making engagement a requirement will help move support for diversity and equity beyond words.

The Little Book That Could: Inside a U.S. Embassy, Telling the Foreign Service Story for More Than a Quarter Century

This diplomacy primer introduces the people of the U.S. Foreign Service to a worldwide audience.

Jeannette Lafrance: A Pioneering Foreign Service Woman

The upheaval of World War II opened opportunities for adventurous women, including in the U.S. Foreign Service.

How To Be a Zooming Success

With virtual meetings and hybrid arrangements likely to remain standard practice, this primer is bound to come in handy

President’s Views

The Big Impact of a Small Agency

Letter from the Editor

Happy Anniversary, APHIS!

Speaking Out

No One Was Listening: Russia, 1992

Reflections

Touching the Ceiling

FILMS

• Jane Carpenter-Rock on “The American Diplomat”
• Maryum Saifee on “The American Diplomat”

BOOKS

• Eric Rubin on Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir, by Marie Yovanovitch
• Laura Kennedy on Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb, by Togzhan Kassenova

State VP Voice

The Need for Data-Driven DEIA Decisions

USAID VP Voice

FSO Scarcity: Stretching the Limits

Retiree VP Voice

Foreign Service and AFSA Centennials