Category: Commentary
Pioneering an International Urban Development Program
A Frontline Snapshot of USAID History
by Eric Chetwynd, Jr.
Leveraging Diplomacy for Managing Scientific Challenges
An Opportunity to Navigate the Future of Science
by David P. Hajjar and Steven G. Greenbaum
Peace Works: America’s Unifying Role in a Turbulent World
Review by J. R. Bullington
Peace Works: America’s Unifying Role in a Turbulent World. By Rick Barton. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, April 2018. Pages: 312. ISBN-13: 978-1538113004 and ISBN-10: 1538113007
The Marshall Plan: Seventy Years Since the Start of a Great Diplomatic Effort
by Thomas E. McNamara
The Limits of Opposition
A Case Study of U.S. Reflagging Operations During the Iran-Iraq War
by Christian Heller
Diplomacy as Risk Management
Remarks to the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs
by Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)
Summer 2018 issue
The United Nations designates April 30 as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe. The U.S. has used jazz in diplomacy since the 1950s, when the … Read more
1981: Hollywood Goes to China–First U.S. Film Week in The People’s Republic
by Margaret C. Pearson
Links for Spring 2018
Diplopundit | Tom Shannon’s “Dear Friends and Colleagues” Note Announcing His Foreign Service Retirement The Hill | American Diplomacy is Not Dead USC Center on Public Diplomacy | Russian Disinformation and US Public Diplomacy The Hill | Pearl Harbor is … Read more
Let’s Talk Seriously About Afghanistan
by Amb. Michael W. Cotter (ret.) The media is full of information about the conflict in Afghanistan. Some of the coverage supports the Trump administration’s plan to increase the U.S. military presence in that country; some of it is opposed. … Read more
Russia and Turkey—Dalliance or Alliance
by Amb. W. Robert Pearson (ret.) Russia and Turkey are dancing a complicated pas de deux—for separate and common reasons. The happy couple has captivated global attention. There are reasons today to anticipate greater collaboration between Turkey and Russia in … Read more