Foreign Service

All in the Family: 70 Years in the Foreign Service

The State Department’s Million-Dollar Mistake

Confessions of an Ex-U.S. Diplomat and Expat in Europe

The Unconventional Diplomatic Career of Victoria Nuland

Amid Chaos, Diplomats Aide Strange Power Transition

Why Lawyers Are Often a Diplomat’s Best Friends

How Political Ambassadors Waste Taxpayer Dollars

WIDA Instructor William Burns Named CIA Director

The ABCs of Marketing That Can Help Public Diplomacy

The Circuitous Route to Becoming an Ambassador

Why Immigrants’ Children Are a Diplomacy Asset

‘Abused’ by Trump, Diplomats Seek ‘Depoliticizing’ and ‘Care’ From Biden

An Outsider’s Peek Inside the Foreign Service’s Inner Workings

The Notorious LTG: Next U.N. Envoy Was Chief Foreign Service Recruiter

How to Prepare for Life After a Career in Diplomacy

Diplomacy and the Peaceful Transfer of Power

How Public Diplomacy Can Help Regain U.S. Credibility

Embassy Election Night Spectacular? Not in 2020

The End of Imperial Diplomacy

When Diplomacy and Ethics Collide

Ambassador
Daniel Fried

Fried is a former assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, senior director for European affairs on the National Security Council and ambassador to Poland. He spent 40 years in the U.S. Foreign Service.

Ambassador
Janice Jacobs

Jacobs is a former assistant secretary of state for consular affairs and ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. During her 34-year Foreign Service career, she also served in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Mexico, Nigeria and Thailand.

Ambassador
Charles Ray

Ray is a former ambassador to Zimbabwe and Cambodia, deputy chief of mission in Sierra Leone, and consul-general in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. His 30 years in the Foreign Service were preceded by 20 years in the U.S. Army.