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by Jon P. Dorschner American press coverage of Indian issues has generally praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The principal emphasis has been on Modi’s repeated promises to turn India into an economic powerhouse … Continued

by Dr. Morris M. Mottale, Professor of International Relations and Comparative Politics, Chair, Department of Political Science at Franklin University Switzerland Abstract. This article analyzes the origins of Iranian foreign policy since the 1979 Islamic revolution and the ability of … Continued

Our new format designed to replace our book reviews places more of the choice on you, the Reader. My colleagues and I at American Diplomacy will identify a variety of new books that we believe may interest you. We’ll provide … Continued

Reviewed by Anthony Quainton Herman J Cohen, The Mind of the African Strongman: Conversations with Dictators, Statesmen, and Father Figures, New Academia Publishing/Vellum, 2015, ISBN-13: 978-098643530, 288 pp. $34.00 (Hardcover), $24.00 (Paperback) In the course of a forty-year career working … Continued

by Ambassador James Rosenthal Diplomacy is more than high-level foreign policy-making and execution, formal negotiation of treaties and other agreements, carefully-crafted representations to foreign governments, and fancy parties and ceremonies. The mundane day-to-day issues a diplomat at a foreign post … Continued

  “Five Things To Know About the Paris Attack” What the Paris attack tells us about ISIS, France as a target, Syrian refugees in Europe, and whether the United States will be next. By Daniel L. Byman, Brookings Blogs. Byman … Continued

by Zhang Xiaomao Historical events are always astonishingly similar. In the early Korean War, China ruled by the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) frequently publicly warned the U.S. not to go beyond the 38th  parallel north to invade North Korea or China … Continued

“President Hollande’s Remarks in Response to Terror attacks in Paris” French President Francois Hollande spoke to the French people in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris. http://globalnews.ca/news/2338751/read-the-full-text-of-french-president-francois-hollandes-response-to-paris-attacks/ “Architects of Disaster: The Destruction of Libya” Former House Intelligence Committee … Continued

by Bob Baker I had always loved my imagined picture of London, drawn mostly from English essayists like Steele, Addison and Lamb, or novelists like Charles Dickens, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, etc. I was about fifty to a hundred years … Continued

In May 1978 I became the Administrator (really the Director of Administration and Finance, but titles were not a big thing to me then) of the Washington, D.C., law firm of Fried, Frank. Harris, Shriver & Kampelman. (The name of … Continued