State Department

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

How to Prepare for Renewed Great-Power Rivalry

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

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

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.