Category: News and Announcements
Department of State and American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) on Reform Measures
Text of a joint AFSA/Foreign Service Director General official cable
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Congress Begins Budget Process
AFSA Statement in the “Congressional Record” — Facts and Figures on Personnel Needs
American Diplomacy announces new volunteer staff members
Associate Publisher Michael W. Cotter; Associate Editor Richard C. Schoonover
U. S. Department of State Releases Foreign Relations of the United States Volumes
On the Soviet Union, 1964-1968, the Near East Region and Arabian Peninsula, 1964-68; and South Korea, 1964-68
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LATEST ON STATE DEPARTMENT REFORM
Stephanie S. Kinney, who contributed a landmark study of Foreign Service attitudes and opinions to the Summer 2000 issue of the journal [Developing Diplomats for 2010: If Not Now, When?], sent us the following “Open Forum” notice describing recent reform-related … Read more
Department of State releases FRUS volume on Mainland Southeast Asia
THE CONSEQUENCES of the war in Vietnam and Laos for U.S. relations with neighboring Southeast Asian states not directly involved in the conflict, as well as for the regional mutual defense organizations, are the focus of the documentary volume, Foreign … Read more
Essay Competition on U.S. – China Relations
The National Committee on United States-China Relations, based in New York, has announced the establishment of an essay contest in the memory of the late A. Doak Barnett, an internationally recognized scholar in the field. The competition is open to … Read more
SIGNIFICANT BOOKS SURVEY
American Diplomacy Announces SIGNIFICANT BOOKS SURVEY The editor and publisher of American Diplomacy announce an inquiry which we hope will elicit thought, comment, and maybe some controversy. We invite you, our readers, to send us your compilation of a top … Read more
Embassy and Diplomatic Scholars Internship Program A Unique Approach to Education in International Relations
by Eugene D. Schmiel The author, a retired U.S. Foreign Service officer and frequent contributor of articles and opinion pieces to this journal, describes below a training program that should be of interest to our younger readers. The institute … Read more
U. S. Department of State Releases Foreign Relations Volume on Arab-Israeli Dispute
On April 4 the U.S. Department of State released Foreign Relations, 1964-1968, volume XVIII, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1964-1967. This documentary collection recounts the difficulties President Lyndon Johnson and other U.S. policymakers encountered in dealing with the long-standing Arab-Israeli conflict from 1964 … Read more
Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide Debuts New Website
Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide Debuts New Website Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide, formerly the Association of American Foreign Service Women, is proud to announce the debut of its new web site. Foreign Service Lifelines, the … Read more
U. S. Department of State Releases Volumes on Africa, Iran in FRUS series
The following was submitted to American Diplomacy by the Office of the Historian, U. S. Department of State, Washington, DC, 20520 ~Ed. On November 10 the Department of State released a new volume in the historical documentary series Foreign Relations … Read more
Political Terrorism Research Interest at Duke University
The following information was submitted to American Diplomacy by the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, a consortium of faculty members at Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University, all located in the … Read more