FOCUS ON DIPLOMACY: THE PROFESSION
The Foreign Service is being deliberately undermined, a new AAD report warns. The Academy offers 23 recommendations to reverse the threat to American diplomacy.
BY RONALD E. NEUMANN
AFSA members discuss the AAD report.
In a quest to become the “best diplomatic service in the world,” the U.K. establishes an institution dedicated to equipping its representatives with the necessary skills, knowledge and tradecraft.
BY JON DAVIES
A participant in developing the 2015 Quadrennial Development and Diplomacy Review summarizes its highlights for skeptics.
BY CHRIS DEGNAN
In 1961, the legendary diplomat talked with his colleagues at AFSA about the profession of diplomacy.
FEATURES
BY STEPHEN RANDOLPH
- “Lessons Learned” from State In 1961, the legendary diplomat talked with his colleagues at AFSA about the profession of diplomacy.
- The Kissinger Memo In National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger’s view, Vietnam offered very few lessons that could be usefully applied elsewhere.
Deconstructing the uproar over a controversial Al-Jazeera interview, the author offers insight into the challenges of public diplomacy.
BY ALBERTO M. FERNANDEZ
FS KNOW-HOW
Here are some lessons learned on the retirement transition from a member of the Foreign Service who's been there recently.
BY EILEEN MALLOY
COLUMNS
The Country Team
BY ROBERT J. SILVERMAN
America Needs a Professional Foreign Service
BY CHARLES A. RAY
The End of the British Empire in Aden
BY KATE CARR
