by Mark White  I was gratified to learn that my 2007 article on Robert Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis has been among the most widely read essays published in the American Diplomacy e-journal. I would like to introduce the … Read more

A Revision and Update of the 2005 Article US Foreign Policy Since WWII: An Essay on the Corrective Qualities of Realism by Cliff Staten Speaking to the Chicago Council of Global Affairs in 2007 then US Senator and presidential candidate … Read more

by Jason Cooley Introduction Following the September 11th terrorist attacks, the United States government embarked on a campaign to weaken the Islamic extremist organizations that were present in the world. Some of the steps that this lone superpower took to … Read more

by Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) January 13, 2009, ANSER Conference Center, Washington, DC It is a pleasure and honor to be here. I benefited greatly from the introductory remarks by Congressman Skelton and Andrew Hoehn. They have … Read more

by Roger L. Jennings Currently the Greek and Turkish Cypriots are negotiating a unification of the two populations on the island of Cyprus. The Turkish Cypriots are very optimistic an agreement will be reached, but Greek Cypriot President Anastasiades counsels … Read more

by Jon P. Dorschner In 1989 I wrote an article urging the United States to stop selling weapons in South Asia.1 It took a liberal stance, arguing that such a step would enable the U.S. to occupy the moral high … Read more

by Chas W. Freeman

Too Quick on the Draw: Militarism and the Malpractice of Diplomacy in America by Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. ( ret.) Remarks to the the Academy of Philosophy and Letters 13 June 2015 The late Arthur Goldberg, who served on … Read more

by Dick VirdenBrazil: An introduction to your Olympic host Brazil has been much in the news these days, and not in a good way. It’s the epicenter of the horrific Zika plague, its economy is reeling, corruption is out of … Read more

by Roger L. Jennings Currently the Greek and Turkish Cypriots are negotiating a unification of the two populations on the island of Cyprus. The Turkish Cypriots are very optimistic an agreement will be reached, but Greek Cypriot President Anastasiades counsels … Read more

Reviewed by A.J. Andreas Ringl, Ph.D. The Case Against Military Intervention: Why We Do It   and Why It Fails by Donald M. Snow, New York: Routledge, 2016, 192 p., $38.96. Snow has written a book most apropos for current … Read more

by John H. Brown

by Edward Marks http://www.afsa.org/defining-diplomacy  

by Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) Remarks to the University Continuing Education Association March 28, 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana I want to speak to you this afternoon about diplomacy as an element of statecraft. By now most Americans … Read more

by Chas Freeman Remarks to the American Foreign Service Association Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., USFS (Ret.) The Foreign Service Club, Washington, DC, 11 January 1995   Ladies and Gentlemen: There’s a door prize being given out today. Finally, after … Read more

by Jon P. Dorschner American press coverage of Indian issues has generally praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The principal emphasis has been on Modi’s repeated promises to turn India into an economic powerhouse … Read more

by Dr. Morris M. Mottale, Professor of International Relations and Comparative Politics, Chair, Department of Political Science at Franklin University Switzerland Abstract. This article analyzes the origins of Iranian foreign policy since the 1979 Islamic revolution and the ability of … Read more

by Zhang Xiaomao Historical events are always astonishingly similar. In the early Korean War, China ruled by the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) frequently publicly warned the U.S. not to go beyond the 38th  parallel north to invade North Korea or China … Read more

by Jon P. Dorschner In its October 17 edition, the New York Times succinctly described current political developments in India.1 The article asked the pertinent question for American observers regarding Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Is he a Twitter-savvy technocrat … Read more

by Jon P. Dorschner India is at an economic turning point. The resounding victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2014 parliamentary elections has largely been viewed by observers as a ringing endorsement of economic … Read more