May 2023

How Climate Diplomacy is a Pillar of Efforts to Address Climate Change by Ambassador Robert Blake

Honoring Diplomats Punished for Doing their Job Well: The Case of George Horton by Ismini and Chris Lamb

Coming to Grips with Poverty in Africa by Mark G. Wentling

Glasnost—A Bulgarian View by Jonathan Rickert

Where the “Marshall Plan” Became the Organization for European Economic Cooperation by Renee M. Earle

Would You Say No to Shirley Temple on Thanksgiving? by Raymond F. Smith

Jimmy Carter and SALT II: THE PATH TO FRUSTRATION  by Matthew M Oyos December 1996

Jimmy Carter and the 1979 Decision to Admit the Shah into the United States | by Dr. William J. Daugherty April 2003

The Great Play: The Carter Administration’s Response to the Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan
From December 24, 1979 to January 4, 1980 by Brandon J. Libro June 2017

Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter  Book Review by Don Camp August 2021

Ambassador Thomas Armbruster reflects on the creation of the Arctic Council and both the problems and the possibilities of working with Russia on environmental issues.

The problem of combatting global poverty was the theme of a conference sponsored by the Kennedy Library in 2005.  The participants’ remarks illustrate Mark Wentling’s concern in the Commentary section of this issue about how much remains to be done.

As the war in Ukraine grinds into its second year, debate in the West continues about how it should end.  In the articles below, Timothy Snyder contends that anything less than a Ukrainian victory and a Russian defeat could challenge the future of democracy, while Charles Kupchan sees greater dangers emanating from a push for total victory than from a negotiated settlement.

Ambassador Robert Blake’s article in this issue stemmed from his remarks at a webinar sponsored by Duke University’s Rethinking Global Diplomacy Program. The links below are to the webinar and to a Duke Today article on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhjTg_fKF7Q

https://today.duke.edu/2023/02/ambassador-some-good-news-greater-efforts-needed-fight-climate-change

This issue’s article by Ismini and Chris Lamb takes issue with the portrayal of U.S. consul general Charles Horton in a 2010 article published in American Diplomacy. You can find the 2010 article at the link below.

https://americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu/2010/03/one-man-changed-greece-and-turkey-forever/