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Remember Her Name: Exhibit Honors Trailblazing Female Diplomats

Foreign Embassies in Washington See Silver Lining in a Tough Year

Afghanistan Doesn’t Have to Spell the End of Transformational Diplomacy

Foreign Policy Reporters See Return to Normal Under Biden

U.S. Diplomats Preach Ideals Their Country Flouts. Is That Hypocrisy?

How to Prepare for Renewed Great-Power Rivalry

Gay U.S. Diplomats Still Battle Discrimination Abroad

Two-Century-Old Mansion Thrives As Center for Diplomacy

Boys Interrupted: Foreign Service Children’s Spell in a Bomb Shelter

Watchdog Rebukes State Department’s Legislative Operation

He Founded a School in South Sudan at 26, and U.S. Bet on Him

Why It Takes So Long to Appoint U.S. Ambassadors

How to Leverage National Assets for City Diplomacy

Inspirations in Diplomacy: Mentorship Makes All the Difference

The World Needs a Democracy That Educates Its Citizens to Lead It

How Values-Based Diplomacy Can Augment U.S. Global Primacy

In Open Letters to Biden, Students Share Views on U.S. Global Role

A Consul General With Housemates and No Office

Why Defense Gets 12 Times More Money Than Diplomacy

Ambassador Gina: WIDA Instructor Is First State Dept. Diversity Chief

Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

During her 32-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service, Abercrombie-Winstanley was ambassador to Malta, consul-general in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and also served in Iraq, Egypt, Israel and Indonesia.

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.

Thomas Countryman

Countryman is a former U.S. assistant secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation. During his 34-year Foreign Service career, he also served in Serbia, Egypt, Greece and Italy.