by Margaret C. Pearson

Tribute to a Fallen Diplomat by David Langbart Nikita Khrushchev’s Memoirs: Fallout? by David Langbart

Diplopundit | Tom Shannon’s “Dear Friends and Colleagues” Note Announcing His Foreign Service Retirement The Hill | American Diplomacy is Not Dead USC Center on Public Diplomacy | Russian Disinformation and US Public Diplomacy The Hill | Pearl Harbor is … Continued

by Amb. Michael W. Cotter (ret.) The media is full of information about the conflict in Afghanistan. Some of the coverage supports the Trump administration’s plan to increase the U.S. military presence in that country; some of it is opposed. … Continued

Our upcoming Eyewitness installments will focus in part on the lives and work of USAID colleagues, highlighting the challenges and contributions of United States international development.  Read their personal accounts of how they arrived at development work—often including service in the Peace … Continued

Chapter 6 of The Atlanticists: A Story of American Diplomacy
by Ken Weisbrode

by Amb. W. Robert Pearson (ret.) Russia and Turkey are dancing a complicated pas de deux—for separate and common reasons. The happy couple has captivated global attention. There are reasons today to anticipate greater collaboration between Turkey and Russia in … Continued

by Ambassador (ret.) Barbara K. Bodine At Minneapolis Council on Foreign Relations Minneapolis, MN November 21, 2017 The News You Have Not Heard On my way here I heard a news report that the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman … Continued

by Anthony C. E. Quainton TFED Chapel Hill, North Carolina November 30, 2017 These days Generals are thick on the ground in Washington. Not only is the Secretary of Defense a general, but so too are the current and former … Continued