William Harrop Award
Best Student Writing in American Diplomacy To honor the late Ambassador William C. Harrop, long-time board member and benefactor of American Diplomacy Publications, ADP will award an annual $500 prize to the undergraduate or graduate student who writes an outstanding … Read more
May 1 2026
Commentary
Lessons Learned from Middle East Diplomacy by Daniel C. Kurtzer
The Regime Change America Got Right by Christopher Datta
Planlosigkeit in the Persian Gulf by Luke Zahner
Redesigning US Assistance to Africa in the Post-USAID Era by Mark G. Wentling
Eisenhower’s Public Affairs Legacy by Rick Ruth
Diplomatic Clarity and the Western Sahara File: Lessons from US Envoys by Mohamed Elbaikam
Eyewitness
The Cardinal’s Bath by Donald Kursch
Linguistic Competence and Diplomacy: Was Bulgaria Really the Sixteenth Soviet Republic? by Jonathan Rickert
The Diplomat as Reality TV: How Accurate Is It? by Melissa Clegg-Tripp
Editor’s Page May 2026
by Raymond Smith
Lessons Learned from Middle East Diplomacy
by Daniel C. Kurtzer
The Regime Change America Got Right
by Christopher Datta
Planlosigkeit in the Persian Gulf
by Luke Zahner
Redesigning US Assistance to Africa in the Post-USAID Era
by Mark G. Wentling
Eisenhower’s Public Affairs Legacy
by Rick Ruth
Diplomatic Clarity and the Western Sahara File: Lessons from US Envoys
by Mohamed Elbaikam
February 2026
The Editor’s Page Commentary The Invasion of Venezuela: A Serious Mistake and a Rupture of Traditional US Policies by Thomas E. McNamara Performative Realism: The Dangerous Turn in US Foreign and Defense Policy by Matthew Frederick Public Diplomacy in Single-Party … Read more
Editor’s Page
by Raymond Smith
The Invasion of Venezuela
A Serious Mistake and a Rupture of Traditional US Policies
by Thomas E. McNamara
Performative Realism: The Dangerous Turn in US Foreign and Defense Policy
by Matthew Frederick
Public Diplomacy in Single-Party States: The Case of China
by Donald M. Bishop
Under Trump, America Denies Its Own Professed Values
by Dick Virden
November 2025
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