It has also always been one face of American empire. Established during the Cold War to counter Soviet influence, the agency ...

South Africa needs a cohort of career and well-trained diplomats. Currently, the diplomatic service is disproportionately laden with ill-equipped political appointees, especially in key postings.

In his 1994 book Diplomacy, Henry Kissinger wrote about the two dominant strains of American foreign policy: realism as ...