As members of the Association of Black American Ambassadors (ABAA), we express our deep concern and strong disagreement with the August 13 statement from the
Featured Image Credit: AFSA / Joaquin Sosa Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield became the 31st winner of AFSA’s Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award in an October
The Association of Black American Ambassadors (ABAA) strongly supports diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in domestic and foreign affairs. We therefore oppose the current Administration’s
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US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has appointed five new members to three-year terms on East-West Center’s Board of Governors. The new members are:
For too long in the West, primarily the United States and Western Europe, the continent of Africa has been viewed as peripheral to world affairs. It was thought of only in terms of the natural resources that could be extracted from it or as a place of poverty, violence, and disasters—natural and man-made.
Given their life experiences, People of Color (POC) and women already possess many of the skills to succeed in diplomacy. These include cross-cultural communications, linguistic competence, and acceptance of practices absent from life in the United States and Western countries.
The Biden administration faces the opportunity to reset U.S. policy towards Africa and possesses a variety of tools to use in doing so, including traditional diplomacy, economic statecraft, development assistance, and military engagement.