A Note to Our Readers from the Editor
As is our custom, we will be taking a welcome summer break from publishing American Diplomacy every two weeks. Our last issue before the summer break is this one on June 21. We will resume our regular schedule with the … Read more
The Foreign Service in Crisis Mode, and Undergoing Reform
by Michael Cotter
AFSA/AAFSW Announce 2002 Merit Award Winners
AFSA
Peace Corps Improvement and Expansion Act of 2009 Moves Another Step Forward
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved by voice vote April 13, 2010 the Peace Corps Improvement and Expansion Act of 2009 (S 1382). Sponsored by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), the bill would require the Peace Corps director to develop a … Read more
Future of U.S. Public Diplomacy
Judith A. McHale
The Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 Joint Press Release
Kerry, Lugar Introduce Legislation To Strengthen U.S. Diplomacy
The Peace Corps
2011 marks the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Peace Corps. To mark the occasion, American Diplomacy would like to feature articles on the Peace Corps, including both anecdotal and analytical contributions by former Peace Corp volunteers, current Peace Corps volunteers … Read more
Letter of Resignation
from Matthew P. Hoh
American Foreign Service Association Meeting with Secretary Clinton
AFSA
Forging a New Shield
PNSR
State Department Releases New History Volume: Middle East
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXIV, Middle East Region and Arabian Peninsula, 1969–1972; Jordan, September 1970
A Foreign Affairs Budget for the Future: Fixing the Crisis in Diplomatic Readiness
AAD
Inside a U.S. Embassy: Call for Author Submissions
AFSA
The U.S. Diplomatic Resource Gap
AFSA
The United States Meets Germany: A Forum for Young Leaders
ICD
PROJECT ON NATIONAL SECURITY REFORM CITES NEED FOR RESTRUCTURING OF U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM
PNSR
Foreign Affairs Professional Reading List
FROM THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND THE AFSA PRESIDENT
Fundraising Drive for Children of Fallen Diplomats
Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA)
Summer Publication Schedule
Our schedule for posting new material will be changed from every Tuesday to every other Tuesday for the months of June, July, and August.
Obituary: Richard C. Schoonover
Richard Charles Schoonover, 70, died in Chapel Hill on March 12, 2008, after losing his battle to cancer. He is survived by his wife of forty years, Brenda Brown Schoonover, his son Peter Schoonover, daughter Elizabeth Wrightson and grandson Thomas … Read more