Category: News and Announcements

by Ambassador (ret.) Ed Marks The perpetual, but usually under the radar, policy of political appointments to ambassadorships surfaced recently inside the Beltway and even beyond from the Daily Show to San Francisco. The ostensible reason was a trio of … Read more

IN MEMORIAM William Norris Dale February 7, 1919 – February 24, 2014 I became aware of American Diplomacy in 2000 when I was assigned to UNC Chapel Hill as the State Department Diplomat-in-Residence. I was introduced by one of he … Read more

  Last year, AFSA started the Foreign Service Commemorative Marker program to recognize the careers and contributions of Foreign Service personnel and their spouses and partners. We have sold over 150 markers and shipped them all over the globe from … Read more

by Walter Roberts

American diplomacy is facing a crisis. The professional career service that is intended to be the backbone of that diplomacy no longer claims a lead role at the State Department or in the formulation or implementation of foreign policy. The U.S. Foreign Service is being marginalized — just as military efforts to resolve major diplomatic challenges in Iraq and Afghanistan have failed, and as diplomacy has become both more complex and more important to our national security and prosperity.

  March 26, 2013 Intended for teachers of public diplomacy and related courses, here is an update on resources that may be of general interest. Suggestions for future updates are welcome. Each of the of the entries in my lists … Read more

Mark Palmer, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary from 1986-1990 during that country’s transition from Communism to democracy, died in Washington DC on January 28, 2013, after a long struggle with cancer. He was 71 years old.

by Bruce Gregory

A Break-the-Mold Diplomat
by David Jones

Subject: United Nations issues sixty-second volume of ‘Yearbook of the United Nations’ Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 10:31:34 -0400 United Nations MEDIA ADVISORY 5 September 2012 UNITED NATIONS ISSUES SIXTY-SECOND VOLUME OF “YEARBOOK OF THE UNITED NATIONS” The United Nations … Read more

AFSA Statement on the Tragic Deaths of American Diplomatic Personnel in Libya We are deeply saddened and mourn the tragic loss of Ambassador Chris Stevens, Foreign Service Information Management Specialist Sean Smith, and their colleagues in the outrageous and cowardly … Read more

From our Founding Editor on the occasion of our 15th anniversary
by Henry Mattox

Csaba T. Chikes, American Diplomacy’s new editor, will assume his duties with the next issue of the journal in mid-September following our traditional summer hiatus. Csaba Chikes is a retired Senior Foreign Service officer whose U. S. Information Agency (USIA) … Read more

We are pleased to announce the publication of the third edition of Inside a U.S. Embassy: Diplomacy at Work, the third edition of the American Foreign Service Association’s popular introduction to the Foreign Service. This all-new volume rolled off the … Read more

This spring the Foreign Policy Association is partnering up with the American Foreign Service Association and expanding its popular Foreign Policy Association University (FPA U) to the Washington, D.C. area.

American Diplomacy wishes to bring to your attention an extraordinary research resource easily accessible on line through the Library of Congress at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/diplomacy/

The current Editor of American Diplomacy, Dr. William P. Kiehl will step down following the June 13, 2011 issue. He will continue as a Board Member and the Book Editor of the journal for the foreseeable future, however. We are … Read more

Deadline March 1, 2011

The United States Meets Europe -A Forum for Young Leaders

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations (AJPSIR) is currently accepting manuscripts for publication. AJPSIR publishes rigorous theoretical reasoning and advanced empirical research in all areas of the subjects. The journal welcomes articles or proposals from all perspectives and on … Read more