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Nick Faust
UNITED STATES
Ikenna Ezealah, Ph.D.
UNITED STATES & NIGERIA
“I feel better equipped as I proceed along my career path. In the process of trying to resolve the issue at hand, based on the topic, and applying those fundamentals of diplomatic practice, you experience the different challenges a diplomat would run into. WIDA is an experiential immersion. It will give you tools and skills that you wouldn’t get anywhere else.”
Pamela Jahier
UNITED STATES & MAURITIUS
“I applied to WIDA after doing extensive research and quickly determined that it was everything I was looking for. It offered the program that was going to give me the best insight into a career in diplomacy. And it topped all my expectations. I really felt immersed in everything foreign affairs and diplomacy. It changed my perception of things.”
DIPLOMATIC DIARY
How the Lack of Diplomatic Doctrine Impairs Statecraft
Policymakers become fixated on policy and fail to focus on the process and methodologies needed to carry out that policy.
By CHAS W. FREEMAN
Diplomacy’s Hallmark: ‘Patient Accumulation of Partial Successes’
A diplomatic service is the steward of national interests, but few outsiders know what happens in an embassy.
By NICHOLAS KRALEV
Coping with the Extremes of Consular Work in the Foreign Service
Evacuations from the Covid-19 epicenter in China and the advancing Taliban in Afghanistan pushed us to the limit.
By ALAN EATON
The First Practical Diplomacy Textbook Is Out. What Took So Long?
“Diplomatic Tradecraft” focuses on the knowledge and skills that in the past could be learned only on the job.
By NICHOLAS KRALEV