Commentary
Reducing Inequity Globally Will Make America Safer, Stronger, and More Prosperous by Marianne Scott
Netanyahu and the End of the Jewish State by Christopher Datta
Today’s Top National Security Threat? You’re Looking at It by Karl Stoltz
Eyewitness
Encounters with Bulgarian State Security by Jonathan Rickert
Moments in Diplomacy
“Tex” Harris describes his monumental efforts to document the “disappeared” in Argentina in the 1970s.
Documenting Human Rights Abuses in Argentina’s Dirty War
One example, admittedly a dramatic one, about how American diplomats help US citizens in foreign countries.
Links
A timely deep dive into US dependence on China for key raw and processed materials with suggestions for how to lessen that dependence.
A Federal Critical Mineral Processing Initiative Securing US Mineral Independence from China
In the current (April-May) issue of the Foreign Service Journal, Ambassador Ted Osius traces the arc of US-Vietnamese relations from early contacts at the end of World War II through the bitter war of the 1960s-1970s to the current era when, after decades of careful diplomatic work by both countries, cooperation and mutual benefit characterize the relationship.
Vietnam and United States Way Ahead
In the January-February issue of the Foreign Service Journal, Ambassador Thomas Shannon offers a compelling personal vision of how diplomacy must face the challenges of the current era.
https://afsa.org/liberate-future
From Our Archives
In a time of exceptional stress for our diplomats, we offer a selection of past AD articles that deal with the challenges and options available to them if they disagree with an administration’s policies. In a bit of déjà vu concerning the possibilities of willing bipartisanship with respect to foreign policy, Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski’s 2008 book offers a guide. And finally, two links remind us of what patient consistent diplomacy can accomplish, with Vietnam as an example.
When a Diplomat Disagrees with Policy by Judith Heimann
The Dissent Channel book review by Robert Whitehead
America and the World AD book review by J. Bullington
Reconciling with a Former Enemy Post War Diplomacy Between the US and Vietnam by Justin Ahn
Book Review
Voice for the Voiceless
Reviewed by Jon Dorschner
Books of Interest
