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Home / Posts Tagged "Europe and Eurasia"

Tag: Europe and Eurasia

The Cardinal’s Bath

May 2026

by Donald Kursch

Linguistic Competence and Diplomacy:  Was Bulgaria Really the Sixteenth Soviet Republic?

May 2026

by Jonathan Rickert

“Sneaking and Peeking” in Bulgaria with the Future Director of the NSA and the CIA

February 2026

by Jonathan Rickert

Under Fire in Bonn

February 2026

by Donald Kursch

The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World

February 2026

Reviewed by Sean J. Coleman

History Matters

October 2025

by Robert Hunter

What You Can Learn Standing on a Street Corner

October 2025

by Raymond F. Smith

Not Your Average Visitor: Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy in London and Bucharest

October 2025

by Jonathan Rickert

Diplomacy and the Mysteries of the How: The ‘Craft’ in Statecraft

May 2024

by Philip Zelikow

A New Face, But an Old Tactic: History Offers Clues on Stopping Russia’s African Advance

May 2024

by Herman J. Cohen

The Life of a Moscow Embassy Staff Aide, 1966-1968

May 2024

by Jonathan Rickert

Death in the Consulate

May 2024

by Donald Kursch

Türkiye’s First 100 Years

November 2023

by W. Robert Pearson

The World After the War: Rebuilding an International Order After the Conflict in Ukraine – A DACOR Conference

November 2023

Summary by Keith McCormick

Getting Russia Right

November 2023

Reviewed by Louis Sell

“La Grande Bouffe” or, Now and Then Diplomatic Life Does Include a Swanky Dinner Party

August 2023

by Jonathan Rickert

Glasnost – A Bulgarian View

May 2023

by Jonathan Rickert

Where the “Marshall Plan” Became the Organization for European Economic Cooperation

May 2023

by Renee M Earle

Would You Say No to Shirley Temple on Thanksgiving?

May 2023

by Raymond F. Smith

Vladimir Putin’s Mistrust of the West Runs Deep

February 2023

by Andrew Goodman

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To mark our 25th anniversary, we spotlight past articles about diplomatic practice and challenges facing the State Department

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American Diplomatic Practice Redefined (1996)

The Work of Diplomacy (2002)

The Other Side of Powell’s Record (2006)

Diplomacy as Risk Management (2018)

Relearning the Art of Nation State Diplomacy (2018)

Diplomatic Readiness (2010)

Musicians and Diplomats (2007)

The Infrastructure of Diplomacy (2000)

Ten Principles of Operational Diplomacy (2014)

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