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American Diplomacy Links—February 2016

February 2016

“Trump’s America” Trumpism will not fade away if Donald Trump fails to win the Republican nomination. It is an expression of the legitimate anger that many Americans feel about the course that the country has taken, the end game of … Continued

Why India is Not a Great Power (Yet)

February 2016

Reviewed by Jon Dorschner Why India is not a Great Power (Yet) by Bharat Karnad, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, 2015, ISBN 978-0-19-945922-3, 552 pp., $59.95 (Hardcover). Bharat Karnad is a substantive Indian intellectual with a strong pedigree. He … Continued

Six New Books Alerts for January 2016

February 2016

  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 … Continued

American Diplomacy Spoken Word Links—February 2016

February 2016

  “Religious Persecution in the Middle East” Andrew Doran, Senior Advisor at Defense of Christians, spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations on February 9, 2016, about the persecution and displacement of Christians by Islamic militants in the Middle East … Continued

Valentine’s Day Murder of U.S. Ambassador

February 2016

by Bruce K. Byers Thirty-seven years ago in Kabul, Afghanistan U.S. Ambassador Adolph “Spike” Dubs, a career diplomat and U.S. Navy war veteran, was abducted on his way to the embassy in Kabul and taken to a cavernous old hotel … Continued

From the National Archives

February 2016

Department of State Records Relating to Atrocities Against the Armenians During World War I  

Speaking Out

February 2016

by Edward Marks http://www.afsa.org/defining-diplomacy  

Why Not Try Diplomacy?

February 2016

by Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) Remarks to the University Continuing Education Association March 28, 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana I want to speak to you this afternoon about diplomacy as an element of statecraft. By now most Americans … Continued