State Department

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

A State Department Internship Showed Why Diplomacy Isn’t for Me

In Rare Move, Black Career Diplomat Is Named Assistant Secretary of State

U.S. Public Diplomacy’s Secret Weapons Are Too Few

For Americans in Trouble Abroad, a Consular Officer May Be the Only Hope

Curating Diplomacy: Museum Tells of U.S. Global Engagement

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

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

Diplomacy and the Peaceful Transfer of Power

How Public Diplomacy Can Help Regain U.S. Credibility

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.