Slavery in the Sahel
by Edward Brynn Several forms of human slavery persist today in the Sahel region of Africa. This study explores their nature, their history, and some of the reasons for their stubborn persistence. – Ed. Few Americans are aware that human … Read more
AFRICOM’s Regional Engagement
Designing the Right Mix of Authorities
by Lt. Col. Charles Schlegel, USAF; Lt. Col. Tom Talley, USA
Waiting for Rain
Journal of a Former Peace Corps Volunteer’s Return to Niger by Tom Kelly A Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger, now an associate professor at a law school, returned to the country and the rural village where he had lived in … Read more
The UN: What It Can and Can’t Do
by Shoji Ogawa
Implementing AFRICOM
by Robert Gribbin One of the Foreign Service’s most experienced Africa specialists assesses the Pentagon’s new Africa Command, what it is, what it will do, and how it will relate to American embassies and ambassadors on the continent. There will … Read more
The Rigors of Foreign Service
by Michael W. Cotter
Geographic Bureaucracies and National Security
by Matthew Puglisi, Jason Hanover, Phil Purcell, Kathleen List
Saddam as Pan-Africanist?
by Henry E. Mattox
Letter from Niger: February 2006
by Jim Bullington
Into Africa: China’s Quest for Resources and Influence
by Jaques deLisle
Joining: Real hardship Post
This, the second tranche of a feature on the background to entering a diplomatic career, presents the accounts of five more Foreign Service officers, active or retired. Each officer has an interesting and unique story. We at American Diplomacy believe that each … Read more
Joining the Foreign Service
Generation after generation thousands of us have joined the Foreign Service for thousands of different reasons.Below six Foreign Service Officers of different generations, active duty and retired, describe why they wanted a career in the Foreign Service and how they … Read more
Review of Blix’s Disarming Iraq
Review of Disarming Iraq by Hans Blix Review by Bob Chira Disarming Iraq. By Hans Blix. (Pantheon Books, New York 2004, Pp. 304, hardcover, $24.) Hans Blix, the former chief of the United Nation’s chemical and biological weapons inspection agency charged with verifying … Read more
The Bush Doctrine and U.S. Interventionism
In this extended study of a currently developing facet of American diplomacy, the author presents his analysis of its meaning in the context of U.S. history. Prof. Dolan points up how in his opinion this change incorporates anti-multilateralist views, renewed … Read more
The Blessings of Globalization –“Done Right”
The Blessings of Globalization–“Done Right” Review by Carl Fritz Globalization and Its Discontents. By Joseph E. Stiglitz. (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2001. Pp. xxii, 288. $15.95 paper.) Stiglitz believes globalization is good if done right; removal of free … Read more
The Real Axis of Evil
Ambassador Mark Palmer is the author of the recently published Breaking the Real Axis of Evil: How to Oust the World’s Last Dictators by 2025 (2003) in which he tells the story of all the world’s remaining dictators, their vulnerabilities, and how … Read more
Problems and Prospects of Africa
by Ronald D. Palmer
Surviving the Heart of Darkness: A Consul’s Tale
Surviving the Heart of Darkness: A Consul’s Tale Review by Michael W. Cotter Captive in the Congo: A Consul’s Return to the Heart of Darkness. By Michael P. E. Hoyt. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2000. Pp. xxiv, 275. $29.95 … Read more
Acting Alone? Fidel’s African Imperial Adventures
Acting Alone? Fidel’s African Imperiadventures Review by Margaret Hemenway Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976. By Piero Gleijeses. (Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 2002. Pp. xix, 552. $34.95 cloth; $24.95 paper.) Piero Gleijeses’ Conflicting Missions attempts … Read more