The U.S. Government Was Not Adequately Prepared for Coronavirus at Home or Abroad
May 2020
by Ambassador [ret] Jimmy Kolker
Category: Commentary
Diplomats’ Duties in a Time of Disease
May 2020
The following accounts are excerpted from news stories and social media posts.
Making “Devoted Efforts” Visible: The National Museum of American Diplomacy
February 2020
The National Museum of American Diplomacy
by Jane Carpenter-Rock
Ralph J. Bunche – U.N. Mediator in the Middle East and Nobel Laureate
February 2020
by Renee M. Earle
Strengthening the Relationship Between Embassies and U.S. Special Operations Forces: Part 1, the Current Environment
February 2020
by Carter Wilbur
Strengthening the Relationship Between Embassies and U.S. Special Operations Forces: Part 2, Five USSOF–Embassy Truths
February 2020
by Carter Wilbur
How U.S.-Soviet Scientific and Technical Exchanges Helped End the Cold War
November 2019
by Olga Krasnyak
A Free Trade Agreement Could Benefit the U.S.-Brazil Trade Relationship
November 2019
by Peter Sufrin
Books of Note for November 2019
November 2019
Democracy for Sale; Kidnap; A Rope From the Sky; Iran Reframed; Faces of the Disappeared; From War to Peace in the Balkans, Middle East and Ukraine; How China Sees the World
Statement of Support for U.S. Diplomats
October 2019
This Statement of Support for U.S. diplomats, first issued October 22, 2019, has been signed by several hundred former USAID employees.
The Challenges of the Middle East
September 2019
by Haviland Smith It is clear that there are powerful people both in the United States and in Iran who would like to force a real confrontation between our two countries. What is completely unclear is whether or not those … Continued