The Cost to America and the World
The American Diplomacy journal has focused its mission on presenting the voices of practitioners: commentaries and stories from people who “have been there.” With this section of the journal, we aim to do the same. What is at stake in the current diplomacy crisis can best be explained by those same voices, which we proudly share here with our readers.
American Foreign Service Association, afsa.org
AFSA Statement on Union-Busting Executive Order
Geoffrey Cowan, The Los Angeles Times
Under Trump, the Voice of America has fallen silent. U.S. enemies are cheering.
Ryan Crocker, The National Interest
America Can’t Surrender its Voice in the Middle East
John Roos and John Beed, The Mercury News
DOGE attack on USAID cuts deeply into foreign policy muscle
Dennis Jett, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A nation Trump never heard of matters to America
Mikaela Meredith, Portland Press Herald
USAID dismantling is illegal, cruel and chaotic
Neil Schluger, The Hill
The savings from shuttering USAID aren’t worth the global costs
Annie Beauneu, Medium.com
Foreign Service Nationals: The Unsung Pillars of American Foreign Policy
Bill Whitaker, cbsnews.com
Voice of America journalists speak out after Trump administration shuts down network