FOCUS ON NOTES TO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
Risk aversion is undermining diplomats’ ability to do their jobs. It’s an urgent problem, says an experienced panel that is proposing a solution.
BY GREG STARR AND RONALD E. NEUMANN
How to “get out of our own way” and secure a seat at the foreign policy table.
BY KEITH W. MINES
Eight steps to rebuild U.S. credibility as a world leader and a society worthy of emulation.
BY SHERRY L. MUELLER AND JOEL A. FISCHMAN
Members of the U.S. Foreign Service brief the Biden team, briefly.
FEATURE
Through baseball diplomacy the youth of Romania and Uganda learned important lessons.
BY RONALD E. HAWKINS JR.
FS HERITAGE
Although John M. Francis and son Charles are not well known, they share an important distinction: Both served as ambassadors—in the same countries.
BY STEPHEN H. MULLER
PERSPECTIVES
What We Need Now
BY ERIC RUBIN
The Foreign Service Suggestion Box
BY SHAWN DORMAN
On State Reform
BY DENNIS JETT
One Morning in Nuuk
BY JAMES P. DEHART
Diplomacy and Arms Reduction: A Personal Story
BY WILLIAM H. HILL
AFSA NEWS
AFSA Needs a Second Full-Time Labor Management Position at State
BY TOM YAZDGERDI
A Clash of Bureaucracies: Looking Back to Look Ahead
BY JASON SINGER
FS Grievance Board Appointments: Mike Pompeo’s Dereliction of Duty
BY JOHN NALAND
Data-Driven Decisions in Foreign Policy
BY JULIE NUTTER
AFSA Advocacy: Year in Review
BY KIM GREENPLATE
