State Department

Nurturing Diplomats’ Ties to Family and Friends Back Home

Why It Can Take Two Years to Get a U.S. Visa

How Foreign Service Spouses Carve Out a Professional Path

More Americans Seem to Appreciate Diplomacy. Is That Enough?

For a Diplomat’s Child, Global Upbringing Can Mean Lost Identity

Want to Be a Diplomat? You Must Make It Past an A.I. ‘Gateway’

Deputy Chief of Mission: The Toughest Job in an Embassy

Why Exchange Programs Can ‘Make Dreams Come True’

Split Loyalties: The Non-Americans in U.S. Diplomatic Missions

How to Communicate Official Policy to a Globalized World

Forging Diplomatic Connections Through Storytelling

Decree to Disband French Foreign Service Is an Attack on Diplomacy

Can Russia Be Removed from the U.N. Security Council?

How Madeleine Albright Helped Jumpstart My Career

Third-Culture Kids Make Ideal Global Citizens

History Shock: Too Many Diplomats Are Ignorant of the Past

A Visa Doesn’t Guarantee Entry, Just a ‘Knock on the Door’

Diplomats Remember Unique Christmas Experiences Abroad

Are Ambassadors Rarely Useful Relics? Discuss!

Applying Bruce Mau’s Life-Centered Design to Diplomacy

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.