Students beginning their research for the 2024 National High School Essay Contest may wish to consider the following resources. Be sure to view past winners’ essays, rules and guidelines, and a helpful writer’s checklist.

Study Guide

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“Basics” of Diplomacy

1. AFSA’s Foreign Service Journal: afsa.org/fsj-archives. Please refer to afsa.org/fsj-permissions for a guide on how to cite The Foreign Service Journal in your essay.
2. What diplomats do, why it matters http://chqdaily.com/2018/08/what-diplomats-do-why-it-matters/
3. Economic Diplomacy: What U.S. Diplomats Do and Why It Matters https://youtu.be/MTxlzaG7JVU
4. AFSA’s book: Inside a U.S. Embassy: Diplomacy at Work.
   Note: Although you can purchase this publication online, it is also available in many libraries.
5. Career Diplomacy: Life and Work in the Foreign Service by John K. Naland and Harry W. Kopp
6. The Department of State’s website: www.state.gov
7. The U.S. Agency for International Development’s website: www.usaid.gov
8. Information about the Foreign Service: careers.state.gov/work/foreign-service
9. Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training: adst.org/
10. The Wilson Center publications: www.wilsoncenter.org/publications
11. The Wilson Center research: www.wilsoncenter.org/research
12. Brookings Institute research: www.brookings.edu/
13. The Center for Strategic and International Studies publications: www.csis.org/top-programs
14. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace publications: carnegieendowment.org/
15. American Enterprise Institute: www.aei.org
16. Writing, research, and bibliography guide: owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
17. Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training: www.loc.gov/collection/foreign-affairs-oral-history/?q