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Diplomacy in Crisis, June 11 2025

June 2025

David Folkenflik, NPR. From 1,300 to 81 workers: Trump official plans to cut Voice of America to the bone 

Scott Busby and Charles O. (Cob) Blaha, Just Security. How the Proposed State Department Reorganization Guts U.S. Human Rights Diplomacy

Diplomacy in Crisis, June 4 2025

June 2025

Ben Johansen, Politico. Termination notices expected to go out to all remaining Voice of America employees this week
Joseph Gedeon, The Guardian. Trump administration closes state department’s office of analytic outreach
Robbie Gramer, Politico. Rubio outlines plans to drastically cut human rights offices in State
Elizabeth Colton, Citizen Times. Support, honor US Peace Corps and other civilian services now being dismantled

Diplomacy in Crisis, May 28 2025

May 2025

Kathryn Rhine, The Conversation. Cutting HIV aid means undercutting US foreign and economic interests − Nigeria shows the human costs

Allison Lombardo, Commentary, CSIS. USAID Cuts Weaken U.S. Influence at the United Nations

Diplomacy in Crisis, May 21 2025

May 2025

Christian Ruth, Time: How Reagan’s USAID Reforms Compared to Trump’s
Joshua Foust, DeseretNews: The hand that feeds: The unseen cost of dismantling foreign aid
Taiwo Adebayo, AP: Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world’s most malnourished
J.R. Bullington, ENews: Peace Corps, under threat, showed America’s benevolence
Michael Posner, The New York Times: Trump Is Destroying a Core American Value. The World Will Notice.

Diplomacy in Crisis, May 14 2025

May 2025

The Cost to America and the World The American Diplomacy journal has focused its mission on presenting the voices of practitioners:  commentaries and stories from people who “have been there.”  With this section of the journal, we aim to explore … Read more

Diplomacy in Crisis, May 7 2025

May 2025

Ethan Dodd/Ted Lipien, The FreePress
Voice of America Needs to Be Fixed, Not Silenced

Elliott Abrams, The National Review
State Department ‘Reform’ Plans Leave Much to Be Desired

May 2025

May 2025

The Editor’s Page   Commentary Reducing Inequity Globally Will Make America Safer, Stronger, and More Prosperous by Marianne Scott Netanyahu and the End of the Jewish State by Christopher Datta Today’s Top National Security Threat?  You’re Looking at It by Karl … Read more

Diplomacy in Crisis, April 16 2025

April 2025

Kathy Cruz, Sequim Gazette
Tibor Nagy, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Arjee Javellana Restar and Don Operario, The Hill
Martha Bayles, Discourse

Diplomacy in Crisis, April 9 2025

April 2025

Dana Deree, Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Maya Elhawary, The Walrus
Jay Nordlinger, National Review
Gretel Kahn, Reuters Institute
Kathleen Mathews, Washington Monthly
Johanna Alonso, Inside Higher Education
Marisa Lally and Gerardo Blanco, The Times Higher Education

Diplomacy in Crisis, April 2 2025

April 2025

American Foreign Service Association, afsa.org
Geoffrey Cowan, The Los Angeles Times
Ryan Crocker, The National Interest
John Roos and John Beed, The Mercury News
Dennis Jett, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Mikaela Meredith, Portland Press Herald
Neil Schluger, The Hill
Annie Beauneu, Medium.com
Bill Whitaker, cbsnews.com

Diplomacy in Crisis, March 26 2025

March 2025

Mark Pomer, Just Security
Matt Armstrong, The Hill
Keith Peterson, Daily Herald
Ronald E. Neumann and Gregory Starr, The National Interest
Kenneth Quinn, Des Moines Register

Diplomacy in Crisis, March 19 2025

March 2025

Chas W. Freeman, Jr., InkstickMedia
Steve Herman, Substack
Andrew I. Rudman, Portland Press Herald
Dana Hayes, Portland Tribune
Dennis Jett, Pittsburgh Gazette
Ian Kelly, Chicago Tribune
Tom Armbruster, Foreign Analysis

February 2025

February 2025

The Editor’s Page Commentary Unsolicited Thoughts on How the New Administration Can Improve American Diplomacy by Raymond F. Smith Biden’s Troubled Foreign Policy Legacy by P. Michael McKinley Communicating with the People or with the Leadership Elite? A Diplomatic Juggling … Read more