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

by Raymond F. Smith

by W. Robert Pearson

by Alisha Smith-Arthur

by Raymond F. Smith

by Justin Ahn

Summary by Keith McCormick

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Raymond F. Smith The Commentary section of this issue offers perspectives on the practice of diplomacy that range from the historical through the contemporary to considerations of future challenges. Thomas E. McNamara offers a perspective on the Monroe Doctrine that … Read more

by Thomas E McNamara

by June Carter Perry

By Mark G. Wentling

by David M. Satterfield

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by Raymond F. Smith

by Ambassador Robert Blake

The Case of George Horton by Ismini and Chris Lamb The Department of State recently set a useful precedent by honoring Archer Blood, the U.S. consul general in Dhaka during Pakistan’s brutal suppression of free elections in East Pakistan (now … Read more

by Mark G. Wentling Reducing poverty has been at the heart of U.S. foreign assistance in dozens of low-income countries for more than a half-century. Despite U.S. foreign policy objectives, much work, and hundreds of billions of assistance dollars expended, … Read more

A Journey Through Health Diplomacy By Lisa Rotondo In September 2001, just days before 9/11, I arrived in Pissila, Burkina Faso for my Peace Corps assignment. I was eager to get to work helping my new home community do surveillance … Read more

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