Category: Diplomacy in Crisis

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

Ben Johansen, Politico
U.S.-funded international broadcaster sends new round of resignation offers to employees

Ryan Gliha, LinkedIn
What’s Going On With the “RIFed” U.S. Diplomats: a 2026 Update

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

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

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

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

Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau, George W. Bush Institute
The strategic importance of U.S. values-based ‘soft’ power

Argie Ghedi with Andrew Natsios, Max Bergman, Akbar Shahid Ahmed, and Kevin Whitaker, 1a WAMU NPR
dot Gov ’26: The State Department and USAID

Alice Hill and Lindsey Doyle, Foreign Affairs
Less Foreign Aid, More Climate Risk The Massive Costs of Gutting USAID

W. Robert Pearson, Substack
DIPLOMACY and OUR SHARED CREED

J. Brian Atwood and Andrew S. Natsios, The Hill
What Americans lost in the dismantling of USAID

Franklin Foer, The Atlantic
The Purged

William Brangham and Dan Sagalyn, PBS Newshour
How recall of career diplomats fits into Trump’s foreign policy shift

Amira El-Fekki, Newsweek
World Map Shows US Embassies Losing Ambassadors in Trump Recall

Akbar Shahid Ahmed, HuffPost
Fear Of Retaliation Grips State Department Lawyers Meant To Advise On International Law

Editorial, The Mining Journal
Trump’s mass firing of diplomats a danger to US standing

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

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

American Foreign Service Association
At the Breaking Point: The State of the U.S. Foreign Service in 2025

Katherine Ntiamoah, Katherine’s Substack
The NYT Article on Demoralized U.S. Diplomats That Misses the Point 

Tibor Nagy, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
United States diplomacy by ‘special envoys’

Julie Moyes, Public Diplomacy Council of America
The Soft Power of Historical Connections

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

Tibor Nagy, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
United States diplomacy by ‘special envoys’

Julie Moyes, Public Diplomacy Council of America
The Soft Power of Historical Connections

Various Authors, Foreign Service Journal, November-December 2025

Service Disrupted: Views from the Field
Kate Yeo, Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Strategic Costs of U.S. Exchange Program Cuts in Southeast Asia

Connor Echols, Responsible Statecraft
Is there a brewing crisis in the State Dept’s Mideast Bureau?

Max Rego, The Hill
Radio Free Asia halting operations for first time in 29-year-history amid shutdown

The message below from the American Foreign Service Association’s general counsel is a stark reminder of the challenges faced today by our country’s professional diplomats. Urgent Message from AFSA’s General Counsel: Your Rights Are at Risk   Dear Colleagues,   … Read more

RIF’d State and AID Employees, American Foreign Service Association
Service Disrupted: Firsthand Accounts from the Field

Alex Thomas, Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Ex-USAID worker mourns agency’s fate