Category: Commentary

Ari Ban Am and Johanna Yang, The National Interest
Anna Gawel, Devex

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

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

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

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

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

A Statement by the Board of American Diplomacy

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

Notes from Claire Coleman, Renee Earle, Ted McNamara, Bill Harrop, and David C. Litt

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by P. Michael McKinley

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by Keith McCormick and Audrey Straw

“Eyewitness” Accounts The “Eyewitness” section of the journal provides a window on life and work in the Foreign Service through essays, interviews, and oral histories. The following thematic groupings, selected from across the nearly 30 years of the journal, provide … Read more

by Thomas Brodey

Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want To Run The World By Anne Applebaum
Japan’s Quiet Leadership: Reshaping the Indo-Pacific By Mireya Solis
Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for The 21st Century By Josh Rogin
Putin’s Revenge: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine By Lucian Kim
Sovereignty and Extortion: A New state Form in Mexico By Claudio Lomnitz

The Editor’s Page Commentary Representation is Work by Charles Ray China in Africa: The Nuanced Reality of Belt and Road by Hank Cohen Migrant Labor and Economic Assistance by Mark Wentling The International Dynamics of Venezuela’s Presidential Election by Luigi … Read more

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by Charles A. Ray