August 2020
Commentary
Broadening the Foreign Service: The Role of Diplomats in Residence by June Carter Perry
Statement on Diversity and Diplomacy from Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley
U.S.-China Relations and the Need for Continued Public Diplomacy by William Rugh
International Opinion of the U.S. Slides from Respect to Pity by Renee M. Earle
Aligning Venus and Mars: Striking the Appropriate Balance Between Diplomacy and Defense in International Affairs by Charles Ray
Inspector General Steve Linick, a Deep State Conspirator? by Ken Moskowitz
The Cardinal Sins of Political Analysis by Raymond Smith
Eyewitness
Spike Lee Brings Back Vietnam Memories of Race and the Bond in Combat by Kenneth M. Quinn
The Impolite American Consul: A Memoir of the 1966 Buddhist Struggle Movement in Hué by James R. Bullington
Low Profile in the Philippines by Morton Holbrook III
President Bush’s 2005 Mongolia Visit: A Bilateral Relations Milestone by Pamela J. Slutz and Brian L. Goldbeck
Living with Africa for a Lifetime by Mark Wentling
What America Has Lost by Christopher Datta
ADST
The State Department has a history of a lack of diversity. Women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community have been under-represented within the Foreign Service.
ADST.org | Justice and Equality Stories of Progress and Personal Diplomacy in the State Department
National Archives
Text Message | The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918-1919: A Death in Paris
Links
Academy of Diplomacy | Press Release State Must Improve on Diversity
Academy of Diplomacy | Strengthening the Department of State
StateOIG.gov | Spring_2020_Semiannual Report to the Congress