Category: Commentary

The Editor’s Page Commentary China and America – Are Cooperation and Competition Both Possible? by Robert Pearson Trying to Get Russia Right by Thomas Graham The Widening Atlantic by Robert Cox and Kees Rietveld Thirty Years On, the Middle East Churns … Read more

This is the 30th anniversary issue of American Diplomacy, an occasion that invites an effort to step back from short-term events and try to look at longer-term trends. Accordingly, we’ve asked a distinguished group of experts to reflect in our … Read more

by W. Robert Pearson

by Thomas Graham

by Robert Cox & Kees Rietveld

by Barbara Leaf

by Charles Ray

by Edward Marks

by Raymond F. Smith

by Lisa Heller

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

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

by Raymond Smith

by Daniel C. Kurtzer

by Christopher Datta

by Luke Zahner

by Mark G. Wentling

by Rick Ruth

by Mohamed Elbaikam

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