Insight and Analysis from Foreign Affairs Practitioners and Scholars
Established 1996 • Raymond F. Smith, Editor
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 explore what is at stake in the current diplomacy crisis, focussing on the views of practitioners, but also including commentary from informed observers from academia and the media.
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 explore what … Read more
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. … Read more
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. … Read more
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. … Read more
A Statement by the Board of American Diplomacy
The Editor’s Page Commentary Unsolicited Thoughts on How the New Administration Can Improve American Diplomacy by Raymond F. Smith Biden’s Troubled Foreign Policy Legacy by P. Michael McKinley Communicating with the People or with the Leadership Elite? A Diplomatic Juggling … Read more
Notes from Claire Coleman, Renee Earle, Ted McNamara, Bill Harrop, and David C. Litt
by Raymond F. Smith
by Charles Ray
“Eyewitness” Accounts The “Eyewitness” section of the journal provides a window on life and work in the Foreign Service through essays, interviews, and oral histories. The following thematic groupings, selected from across the nearly 30 years of the journal, provide … Read more
by Thomas E. McNamara On my first foreign service posting in Paris, my boss, Ambassador Charles Bohlen, said that the diplomatic service required many skills, but the most important one was “being there when something happens.” Later, working on Vietnam … Read more
by Christian Miller The Message from the American Public The re-election of Donald Trump has prompted renewed reflection on the appeal of isolationism to American voters. Despite President Biden’s multilateral approach, an approach that was much more popular with American … Read more
Review by Ambassador W. Robert Pearson
Review by Sean J. Coleman