Author Archives: amdiplo
The Editor’s Page
Raymond F. Smith The opening article in this issue’s Commentary section describes a Soviet deputy foreign minister “gifting” the Brezhnev doctrine to then-US ambassador Jack Matlock during Christmas season, 1989. Matlock describes the Brezhnev doctrine and then details how … Read more
Russian Propaganda Efforts: Historical Continuities Accompany Technological Changes
by John Katzka
CPR for the Turkish Economy: The 2001 Financial Crisis and its Aftermath
by W. Robert Pearson
Ambassadorial Accreditation: The Romanian Ambassador Presents His Credentials in Washington
by Jonathan Rickert
Books of Interest February 2024
Beijing’s Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World By Joshua Kurlantzick
American Presidents in Diplomacy and War: Statecraft, Foreign Policy, and Leadership By Thomas R. Parker
The Other Side of Silence: A Memoir of Exile, Iran, and the Global Women’s Movement By Mahnaz Afkhami
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Petain By Julian Jackson
Overreach: How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise By Susan L. Shirk
The Politics of Immigration Beyond Liberal States: Morocco and Tunisia in Comparative Perspective By Katarina Natter
November 2023
A church, a mosque, a museum, and then a mosque again; Istanbul’s Hagia Sofia reflects Turkiye’s tumultuous history. The Editor’s Page Commentary Turkiye’s First 100 Years by W. Robert Pearson PEPFAR and the Future of US Responses to International Medical … Read more
HIV, the Legacy of America’s Response, and Lessons for Future Outbreaks
by Alisha Smith-Arthur
Reconciling with a Former Enemy: Post-War Diplomacy between the US and Vietnam
by Justin Ahn
The World After the War: Rebuilding an International Order After the Conflict in Ukraine – A DACOR Conference
Summary by Keith McCormick
I Didn’t Join the French Foreign Legion, but It Helped Rescue Me in Chad
by James R. Bullington
The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership through Soft Power
Reviewed by Logan M. Williams