Author Archives: amdiplo
Restarting Educational Exchanges with China after the Cultural Revolution
by John C. Thomson
Portuguese Diplomacy in Newark, New Jersey
by Jorge Marinho, Júlio Ventura, Guilherme Guimarães
Books of Interest August 2022
Lessons From the Edge By Marie Yovanovitch
Eye on the World By Anthony C.E. Quainton
The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy By Michael Mandelbaum
Here, Right Mattters By Alexander S. Vindman
Cuba: An American History By Ada Ferrer
Brezhnev: The Making of a Statesman By Susanne Schattenberg
Remembering Madeleine Albright and the Community of Freedom
“A Moment of Celebration and of Dedication” Prague, Czech Republic, July 14, 1997
Telling America’s Story in Communist Times
by Jonathan Rickert During my three tours of duty in communist Eastern Europe (USSR 1960s, Romania 1970s, and Bulgaria 1980s), U.S. diplomats were inhibited in their contacts with local citizens. Most of us spoke the local languages and longed to … Read more
Books of Interest
The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine’s Past and Present By Serhii Plokhy
Ukraine’s Nuclear Disarmament: A History By Yuri Kostenko, Translated by Svitlana Krasynska
Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate By M.E. Sarotte
The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel By Kati Marton
The World According to China By Elizabeth C. Economy
Making a Killing: States, Banks, and Terrorism By Ian Michael Oxnevad
The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War By Nicholas Mulder
Violent Fraternity: Indian Political Thought in the Global Age By Shruti Kapila