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Aug 23, 2019 · Both Sharlet and The New Yorker described how Fellowship members used their relationships to advance a diplomatic agenda, including in 2001 brokering a meeting between two African leaders and in...
Jun 2, 2023 · Proof of the program’s success: we anticipate that a new cohort of up to 18 diplomatic fellows are going to take over— which would be an absolute record since the launching of the TDF partnership in 1995.
Nov 28, 2022 · There are two elements to this objective: one is developing new methods of engagement and cooperation that allow the two sides to advance the shared agenda; the other is being strategic about the areas in which there is mutual interest in enhancing cooperation.
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The State Department is capable of reform. The challenge has always been to link that reform to wise statecraft and adequate funding. After 9/11, with uncommon speed and few additional resources, the department managed to retrofit itself to help prosecute the war on terrorism and take on the new imperatives of stabilization and reconstruction in Af...
The ultimate measure of any reform effort is whether it attracts, unlocks, retains, and invests in talent. The last thing the State Department needs is another armada of consultants descending on Foggy Bottom with fancy slide decks full of new ideas about how the department should look. It’s time to focus on—and listen to—the people who drive U.S. ...
Part of investing in people means investing in the technology that allows them to realize their full potential. A more digital, agile, collaborative, and data-centric diplomatic corps depends on more robust and secure communications tools. Today, too many diplomats lack access to classified systems and technology, especially on the road. That leave...
Any effort to reform the State Department should start from within. It should focus in the first year of a new administration or a new term on what can be accomplished under existing authorities and without significant new appropriations. That is the moment of greatest opportunity to set a new direction—and the moment of greatest vulnerability to t...
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Jul 15, 2023 · Despite its myriad drawbacks in terms of detail and resourcing, Global Britain (as most extensively codified in the Review) has arguably operated as an all-encapsulating diplomatic programme designed to provide a post-Brexit UK with a new position in international relations.
Apr 25, 2011 · Indeed, the widespread use of “self-determination” as shorthand for Wilson's diplomatic agenda has encouraged the adoption of a bifocal lens, through which statehood and subjection appear as the only alternatives he offered to human populations.
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New Report: In a groundbreaking discussion hosted by the Global Diplomatic Forum, three advanced AI entities—Gemini, Co-pilot, and ChatGPT—were interviewed about their unique strengths and potential applications in the realm of diplomacy.
