from Jim Fearing

In May 1978 I became the Administrator (really the Director of Administration and Finance, but titles were not a big thing to me then) of the Washington, D.C., law firm of Fried, Frank. Harris, Shriver & Kampelman. (The name of … Read more

Dear Sir or Ma’am: I was recently reading an article on your website written by William M. Dale titled The Impact of Christian Zionism on American Policy from April 2004. Mr. Dale asserts that “England’s legal scholar Blackstone went so … Read more

Dear Editor, I have just learned that our former colleague Edmund DeJarnette has died. Here is the obituary which appeared last month in the Richmond Times-Dispatch: http://www.richmond.com/obituaries/article_53c74576-c09f-523b-a22c-7f467e4a1cd4.html. Ed DeJarnette was one of the most accomplished Africanists in the Foreign Service, … Read more

The following is an exchange between Ambassador William Harrop (ret.) and Ambassador (ret.) Thomas McNamara in response to the latter’s articles (links below) in previous issues. We welcome your comments in response to the article and the discussion below are … Read more

Csaba, I just wanted to tell you that I thought Dick Virden’s article on the Pope’s visit to Poland was a thing of true beauty. And the report that he wrote about the visit at the time reminded me that … Read more

Dear Editor: I read with interest Jon Dorschner’s “Future Battleground of Indo/Pakistan Rivalry.” (www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2014/0105/ca/dorschner_post14.html ) I think he greatly misses Pakistan’s changing role in the regional diplomacy under Nawaz Sharief. If he is tracking the developments inside that country since … Read more

Paranoia: American Foreign Policy Since 1948 From: Vít Å taif Subject: Error in the Text Date: November 25, 2013 at 4:43:08 AM EST Good morning, I’d like to inform You, that an article “Paranoia: American Foreign Policy Since 1948 …” contains … Read more

Nuclear Negotiations: Is it really the Fundamental Impasse between the U.S. and IRAN?

From: “Brian” Date: August 11 Just read the Flood in Lisbon story. I was the one who left the party with the author’s daughter Susan, and did not get to stay behind for the aftermath. I was the one who … Read more

by Harrison Akins I would like to thank Ambassador Anthony Quainton, the distinguished Diplomat-in-Residence at American University’s School of International Service, for writing a review of The Thistle and the Drone: How America’s War on Terror Became a Global War … Read more

An exchange on “The Future of Public Diplomacy in Brazil” (March, 2013) Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 10:34 PM Subject: Blair Rapalyea’s Article in “American Diplomacy” Bill, I just read your student Blair Rapalyea’s article “The Future of  U.S. Public … Read more

Terrorism Must Be Fought By All Means! First of all, me too as a victim of the Serbian genocide and terrorism in Kosovo (1989-1999), with persistence and indignation condemn killing and wounding of innocent people at the Boson Marathon (April … Read more

Sir: As a retired U.S. Information Agency (USIA) officer, I read with great interest the reviews by Dr. Michael Schneider and Mark Dillen of Nicholas Cull’s book on the history of USIA during the Cold War. I have no quarrel … Read more

Reader Comment on: “Did Stalemate Equal Victory? From the Korean to theVietnam Wars“ http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/test/ad2011/1116/Trobinson_wars.html November 26, 2011 To the Editor: On reading the very interesting and scholarly article “Did Stalemate Equal Victory? From the Korean to the Vietnam Wars“, by … Read more

from Bruce K. Byers

http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2011/0104/oped/op_holliday_nwo.html To the Editor: As I started to read Dr. Holliday’s article “New World Order” I began to take notes in order to prepare a lengthy commentary on the astounding number of erroneous and unsubstantiated statements he used in his … Read more

http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2011/0104/comm/horne_measuring.html\ From Fubara David-West: This is a refreshing revision of the dogma about the status of public opinion in authoritarian polities. The point is that the ability of the regimes in these societies to sustain themselves is dependent both on … Read more

Reader Comment on: “Public Diplomacy in Uniform: The Role of the U.S. Department of Defense in Supporting Modern Day Public Diplomacy” www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2011/0104/comm/greensapn_pduniform.html by James Rockwell, Financial Management Specialist, Global Financial Services Center, Department of State This (rather biased) article shoots … Read more