Tag: East Asia Pacific
U.S. Diplomatic Engagement and Cultural Heritage Protection
by Larry Schwartz
Adapted from Newberry Series Lecture at Dacor-Bacon House
Washington, D.C., July 13, 2018
U.S. Embassy Tokyo Role in the Establishment of U.S.-Mongolia Relations
by Alicia J. Campi
Post-War Burma, a First-Hand Account from John Cady
Excerpted with permission of Ohio University from “Contacts with Burma, 1935-1949: A Personal Account”.
Raising the Flag: America’s First Envoys in Faraway Lands
Review by John M. Handley
Raising the Flag: America’s First Envoys in Faraway Lands, by Peter D. Eicher: Potomac Books, 2018, 370 pages with end-notes and index. ISBN 978-1-61234-970-1.
Responding to the Call for Volunteers “From Every Race and Walk of Life”
by John Coyne
U.S. Ambassadors who Served in the Peace Corps
Editor’s note: This is an unofficial list compiled by John Coyne. Please send any additions or corrections to editor@americandiplomacy.org.
Pioneering an International Urban Development Program
A Frontline Snapshot of USAID History
by Eric Chetwynd, Jr.
Foreign Service Accounts from the Oral History Archives
August marks the 30th anniversary of the Burmese student pro-democracy demonstrations that began on “8/8/88”. The U.S. subsequently withdrew its ambassador in protest of the military regime, beginning a hiatus in relations that lasted until 2012.
The Marshall Plan: Seventy Years Since the Start of a Great Diplomatic Effort
by Thomas E. McNamara
Introduction from Peace Works: America’s Unifying Role in a Turbulent World
by Rick Barton
1981: Hollywood Goes to China–First U.S. Film Week in The People’s Republic
by Margaret C. Pearson
Winds of Change
Chapter 6 of The Atlanticists: A Story of American Diplomacy
by Ken Weisbrode
Moment of Truth—At the Helm
Chapter 17 of Cotton Fields to Summits: The View from Contested Ground
by George Kennedy
The Voice of America and Public Diplomacy
by Hans N. Tuch Currently there is no institutional functional or operational relationship between the Department of State and the Voice of America, a relationship that served the successful conduct of U.S. public diplomacy for many years—from the early 1950s … Continued
On foreign threats and ‘the calm before the storm’
by William P. Kiehl First published in Lancaster LNP October 22, 2017. At a recent photo op with senior military officers and their wives, President Donald Trump was heard to remark that it was “the calm before the storm.” In … Continued
Why Diplomacy
Why Diplomacy American Academy of Diplomacy by Ronald E. Neumann http://www.peoriamagazines.com/ibi/2017/jun/why-diplomacy Permission to reprint courtesy of Ms. Kristin McHugh, Executive Director and It’s essential to the successful pursuit of national security, foreign policy and economic goals. Why should Americans pay … Continued
Confusing Signals: The Impact on U.S. Diplomats’ Mission to Effectively Implement U.S. Foreign Policy
by Amb. (ret.) William A. Rugh There is an unwritten code of conduct among American diplomats that says they should never say anything that is untrue or inaccurate. They are not required to say everything they know because they must … Continued