THREE: July 6, 1994 from Maggie Minds Her Business by Allie Simms It had rained all night, a tropical deluge that turned the country roads to brick-red slush. Within an hour, the windshield of our Chevy Blazer was so covered … Continued

by Peter Bridges One of America’s great evils is bureaucratization, at all levels of our national life including our conduct of foreign affairs. Maybe “bureaucratization” is too long a word; perhaps we might call it office obesity. In any case … Continued

  “U.S.-India Economic and Financial Relationship” Nathan Sheets, Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs, spoke recently at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about U.S.-India economic and financial relationships, and his vision for a closer partnership between the two countries. http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/04/07/vision-for-u.s.-india-economic-and-financial-partnership/iwcb … Continued

“Where in the World Are We?” Joseph Nye steps back from campaign rhetoric for a big-picture look at the challenges confronting the United States  in today’s world. “In a world as complex as the one we face,” he writes, “foreign … 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 … Continued

by Roger L. Jennings Currently the Greek and Turkish Cypriots are negotiating a unification of the two populations on the island of Cyprus. The Turkish Cypriots are very optimistic an agreement will be reached, but Greek Cypriot President Anastasiades counsels … Continued

by Ernest Nagy