The author has specialized in the study of terrorist groups worldwide for the past twenty years. This essay, originally appearing on www.frontpagemagazine.com. in November 2003, remains relevant to a continuing problem in Iraq—the suicide bombings.— Ed. On October 27, 2003, … Continued

Review by Carl Fritz
Conflict and Confrontation in South East Asia, 1961-1965. By Matthew Jones. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. xxi, 325.)

by Sean L. Yom

by Ronald D. Palmer

by Ronald D. Palmer The following remarks have been adapted from a sermon delivered by the author at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Louisville, KY, on February 24, 2002. Here he focuses attention on another aspect of the war on terrorism, … Continued

by Earl Lubensky

by Lucy Chester

by Edward Marks

By Walter A. McDougall American Diplomacy takes pleasure in offering to its readership the text of Professor McDougall’s thoughtful keynote address at the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s annual meeting held in Philadelphia in November 1999. Several people, including our host … Continued

By Curtis F. Jones Drawing upon decades of experience in the Middle East, the author offers a historical look back, followed by his personal analysis of the current state of affairs in that volatile region. Mr. Jones, a retired senior … Continued

By J. R. Bullington Ambassador Bullington, a thirty-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service and frequent contributor to this journal, assesses the results of recent U.S. intervention, through NATO, in the Balkans. He believes that, given the failure of the … Continued

Ambassador James Bullington’s years in the career Foreign Service included three tours of duty in Vietnam. The following is the text of a speech he delivered to the Rotary Club of Norfolk, Virginia on June 23, 1999. ~ Ed “But … Continued

We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History By John Lewis Gaddis (Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1997. 425 pages. $14.99 paper.) American Diplomacy published an essay by Professor John Lewis Gaddis titled “The New Cold War History” in its Autumn 1998 issue … Continued

Bombs for Peace? MISREADING KOSOVO A Senior Fellow at Foreign Policy Research Institute, Dr. Radu has written extensively on Balkan questions. See also his “Terrorism in Latin America: Learning from Lima” in Volume II, Number 2, 4th of July 1997,of … Continued

The Political-Military Army Officer: Soldier Scholar or Cocktail Commando? By Norvell B. De Atkine “While the military culture has evolved over the years and we now have an Army almost unrecognizable to pre-Vietnam war veterans, one issue has remained pretty … Continued

David Work is executive director of the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy. POISON EXPORTS: The U.S. has cast a blind eye to poison drug tragedies By David R. Work “It’s an international scandal that, over fifty years later, dealers in … Continued

A U.S. diplomat with long experience in Soviet affairs takes a look back at two occasions during World War II when the exercise of diplomacy proved all important   “I am glad to see you. I have tried for a … Continued

Remembering VietnamFollowing is the first in a series of personal reminiscences by U.S. Foreign Service personnel who served in Vietnam, primarily during the United States’ heavy involvement in the war. The series, developed by Editorial Advisory Board member Bart Moon, … Continued

by Richard H. Kohn

by Robert H. Dorff WITH THE PUBLICATION of A National Security Strategy of Engagement and Enlargement in July 1994, the Clinton Administration formally articulated the United States strategic objective of “protecting, consolidating and enlarging the community of free market democracies” … Continued