Gene Schmiel Kathryn (Bonnie) Schmiel American Diplomacy is pleased to announce the publication of a book of essays and Foreign Service memoirs by two of its most popular authors, Gene and Kathryn Schmiel, whose articles have appeared frequently in this … Read more

SOUTHEAST ASIA CRISIS: Background and Current Assessment By Ronald D. Palmer Southeast Asia encompasses ten nations, from Burma on the mainland in the west, to the 17,500-island nation of Indonesia to the southeast. Need more be said to stress the … Read more

American Diplomacy takes pleasure in making available to its readers an announcement by the Journal’s sponsoring organization, the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (T.I.S.S.) ~ Ed.   An Update: Plans unfolding for TISS Conference on Conflict in Africa February 5-6, … Read more

Curt Jones is a member of this journal ’s editorial advisory board. He spent thirty-years as a career diplomat, most of it stationed in the Middle East or concerned with Middle Eastern affairs in Washington. His article “Trying to Stop … Read more

American Diplomacy takes pleasure in making available to its readers an announcement released by the Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., on September 8, 1998. ~ Ed. Foreign Relations Volume Covering Berlin, Cuba Crises Released During … Read more

American Diplomacy takes pleasure in making available to its readers an announcement released by the newly formed Centre for UN Management Accountability in Geneva, Switzerland. ~ Ed. CENTRE FOR UN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILTY (CUNMA) Makes Its Debut Geneva, 28 September. Edward … Read more

The author is Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University. His most recent book is We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History (Oxford University Press, 1997). THE NEW COLD WAR HISTORY By John Lewis Gaddis Outside of a … Read more

David Work is executive director of the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy. POISON EXPORTS: The U.S. has cast a blind eye to poison drug tragedies By David R. Work “It’s an international scandal that, over fifty years later, dealers in … Read more

LIFE IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE Amb. Underhill retired from the U.S. Foreign Service after thirty years of service and now resides with his wife in Flat Rock, NC. His vignettes and commentaries have appeared frequently in this journal, most recently … Read more

by Peter Bridges

by Robert E. Mitchell The Issue Economics is a data-rich discipline with quantitative evidence that can check errant theorizing. Other social sciences are less fortunate, an especially challenging problem in analyzing changes in data-weak developing countries. Development assistance agencies with … Read more

A PERSONAL MEMOIR – A Fulbright Interlude in Nigeria by Henry E. Mattox    Nigeria Today a context-setting introduction supplied by former west african affairs director roy melbourne:* A generation of thirty years has passed since Dr. Mattox’s Fulbright sojourn, completely … Read more

WITNESS TO HISTORY The following account of the author’s adventures during the harrowing days of the Tet Offensive in Vietnam in 1968 could as well be placed under a heading of “Remembering Vietnam” or “Life in the Foreign Service.” But … Read more

Editor’s Note: Again American Diplomacy presents a segment of the proceedings of a conference held at Chapel Hill, NC, on January 10, 1998, sponsored by the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (see the journal’s Spring 1998 issue for the initial … Read more

In an especially timely analysis, Joe Borich, one of the new breed of “old China hands” among U.S. Foreign Service officers, assesses China’s economic and political future. Even more to the point of this journal’s purpose, he sets forth in … Read more

Like Americans in general, our contributing authors differ sharply over Middle East issues and what the US role should be in the region. Here, we present two contrasting commentaries by respected authorities. Then we open the floor for debate in … Read more

EDITOR’S CORNER – “RIGHT TIMING is in all things the most important factor” Hesiod, the Greek farmer-poet observed some 2,700 years ago. If timing is indeed everything in life, this includes even the world of electronic publishing, an endeavor which … Read more

I may be the only living person who actually told Christopher Columbus to go discover America. When I make that assertion, I usually get some funny looks; but it’s true. Here’s how it happened. I was stationed at the Embassy … Read more

In this brief segment, former Foreign Service spouse Kathryn Schmiel illustrates in her understated but descriptive prose style how American personnel stationed abroad in remote parts of the world — especially the children — often find their diversions in unusual … Read more

Like WCPE, We Launch a Campaign to Improve Our Signal I’ M A BIG OPERA FAN, so every Saturday afternoon during opera season I tune in faithfully to my favorite classical music station, WCPE in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, and enjoy … Read more