Not Your Average Visitor: Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy in London and Bucharest
by Jonathan Rickert
Diplomacy and the Mysteries of the How: The ‘Craft’ in Statecraft
by Philip Zelikow
The Modest Geopolitical Case for Pakistan
by Ted Craig
A New Face, But an Old Tactic: History Offers Clues on Stopping Russia’s African Advance
by Herman J. Cohen
Recognizing a Century of Service and Sacrifice by America’s Diplomats
by Tom Selinger
Diplomats at War: Friendship and Betrayal on the Brink of the Vietnam Conflict
Diplomats at War: Friendship and Betrayal on the Brink of the Vietnam Conflict (Part of the series of The Miller Center Studies on the Presidency)
by Charles Trueheart
Reviewed by Bea Camp
The Monroe Doctrine After 200 Years: A Strategic Hinge Period in American History
by Thomas E McNamara
The Battles of Bangui
by June Carter Perry
The Role of US Diplomacy in a Changing World
by David M. Satterfield
Honoring Diplomats Punished for Doing their Job Well
The Case of George Horton by Ismini and Chris Lamb The Department of State recently set a useful precedent by honoring Archer Blood, the U.S. consul general in Dhaka during Pakistan’s brutal suppression of free elections in East Pakistan (now … Read more
Would You Say No to Shirley Temple on Thanksgiving?
by Raymond F. Smith
Stepping Up Our Climate Diplomacy
by Charles Ray
Vladimir Putin’s Mistrust of the West Runs Deep
by Andrew Goodman
Reagan in China: Don’t Say Anything about the Turkeys
by Beatrice Camp
A Master Class in Diplomacy
by Jonathan Rickert
Subcontinent Adrift: Strategic Futures of South Asia
Review by Jon P. Dorschner
Books of Interest February 2023
Leadership By Henry Kissinger
State of Disaster By Maria Cristina Garcia
Nomad Century By Gaia Vince
Republics of Myth By Hussein Banai, Malcolm Byrne, and John Tirman
The Story of Russia By Orlando Figes
Coalitions of the Weak By Victor C Shih
Backfire By Agathe Demarais
Spies, Lies and Algorithms: : The History and Future of American Intelligence By Amy Zegart
Ukrainians to Putin’s Empire: Hell No!
by Dick Virden
U.S.-China Agricultural Dialogue in Des Moines Shows Potential for Improving Relations During a Critical Period
by Kenneth Quinn
U.S. Relations With China: DACOR Conference Summary
by Keith McCormick and Emma W. Sandifer As relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) loom ever larger for the U.S., DACOR’s annual conference in 2022 focused on “Balancing Competing Interests in U.S. Relations With China.” The Washington-based organization … Read more