Category: News and Announcements

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

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, 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

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

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

 On August 25 the Department of State released Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, volume XXXIV, Energy Diplomacy and Global Affairs. In the mid-1960s newly-emerging issues, such as space flight, the technology gap, world population growth, human rights, and … Read more

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced an important forthcoming conference on China, to be held on the campus Thursday, November 4, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Organized by the University’s Center for International Studies … Read more

It may be that any man’s death diminishes each of us, as John Donne held in the seventeenth century. Certainly the recent passing after a brief illness of Frank Underhill lessens all who knew him or knew of him. We at American Diplomacy feel a special sense of this loss.

The SUN (Spouses’ Underground Newsletter), focuses on the challenges of overseas life. It’s published three times a year and is chock full of anecdotes, articles, opinions, Real Post Reports, poetry, satire, and meaningless bits of information. Virtually every item in … Read more

     READERS WILL NOTE THAT American Diplomacy this issue includes two reviews of books in the international relations field, one by Dr. Rorin M. Platt of Peace College in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the other by Richard Schenck, a retired U.S. … Read more

Special from the Editor: Uganda Book Drive Initiative A message from Daniel Cook University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee How many of us own books that we only read once and then let sit on the shelf to collect dust? How many of … Read more

In which he identifies by name and position the journal’s parent organization Board of Directors, with special reference to additions since the journal’s founding in 1996. IN PREVIOUS ISSUES—Volume II, Numbers 1 and 2—we provided biographic information on the nine … Read more

Gene Schmiel Kathryn (Bonnie) Schmiel American Diplomacy is pleased to announce the publication of a book of essays and Foreign Service memoirs by two of its most popular authors, Gene and Kathryn Schmiel, whose articles have appeared frequently in this … Read more

American Diplomacy takes pleasure in making available to its readers an announcement by the Journal’s sponsoring organization, the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (T.I.S.S.) ~ Ed.   An Update: Plans unfolding for TISS Conference on Conflict in Africa February 5-6, … Read more

American Diplomacy takes pleasure in making available to its readers an announcement released by the Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., on September 8, 1998. ~ Ed. Foreign Relations Volume Covering Berlin, Cuba Crises Released During … Read more

EDITOR’S CORNER – “RIGHT TIMING is in all things the most important factor” Hesiod, the Greek farmer-poet observed some 2,700 years ago. If timing is indeed everything in life, this includes even the world of electronic publishing, an endeavor which … Read more

Like WCPE, We Launch a Campaign to Improve Our Signal I’ M A BIG OPERA FAN, so every Saturday afternoon during opera season I tune in faithfully to my favorite classical music station, WCPE in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, and enjoy … Read more

American Diplomacy takes pleasure in making available to its readers an internship announcement submitted by author and scholar Eugene Schmiel. (Be sure not to miss Dr. Schmiel’s piece entitled “Ms. Hearst, I Presume” in the current issue of this Journal). … Read more

American Diplomacy takes pleasure in making available to its readers a press release, dated April 7, 1998, provided by the Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State. ~ Ed. Important News U.S. Foreign Relations Series Laos Volume (1964-1968) Released … Read more

American Diplomacy takes pleasure in making available to its readers a press release, dated February 13, 1998, provided to us by the U.S. Department of State.~ Ed. Important News Historian’s Office Page Added to Department of State Web Site   … Read more