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Diplomatic Amateurism and Its Consequences

September 2016

Remarks at the Ralph Bunche Library of the U.S. Department of State Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) Senior Fellow, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University Washington, DC, 9 October 2015 Twenty years ago, I gave a book … Continued

NUNC DIMITTIS

September 2016

With this issue Bill Kiehl’s valuable service to American Diplomacy formally comes to a close. Over the past seven years, Bill was my immediate predecessor as Editor and my colleague as Contributing Editor for Books over the past seven years. … Continued

American Diplomacy Links—September 2016

September 2016

“As Threats Increase, America Needs a Diplomat in Chief” An overview of what the next American president will face: a turbulent Arab world, a missile-rattling North Korean dictator, Putin’s expansive Russia, a more assertive and repressive China, a brutal civil … Continued

American Diplomacy Spoken Word Links—September 2016

September 2016

  “The Rise of New Nationalism in Russia” In July 2016, Charles Clover, author of Black Wind, White Snow, discussed the rise of what he calls a “new nationalism” in Russia fostered by writers and political leaders who seek to … Continued

Books of Interest September 2016

September 2016

Shaper NationsEdited by William I. Hitchcock, Melvyn P. Leffler and Jeffrey W. Legro Making Sense of the Central African Republic Edited by Tatiana Carayannis and Louisa Lombard Music in America’s Cold War Diplomacy by Danielle Fosler-Lussier Open Wounds by Vicken … Continued

Flashback: September 18 1996 Our first webpage

September 2016

Flashback: September 18 1996 Our first webpage Editor: Henry E. Mattox, PhD Publisher: Amb. T. Frank Crigler (Ret.) Chapel Hill, NC Updated as of 18 September 1996 Editorial Advisory Board & Technical Staff CONTENTS Volume I, No. 1 From the … Continued