African American Female Ambassadors: First to Serve in Work-Related Positions
When I take a historical look at Black Women in international affairs, I immediately think of outstanding figures such as Patricia Roberts Harris, the first Black female ambassador and others who followed her including Ambassador Mabel M. Smythe, then later in 1990 Ambassador Aurelia E. Brazeal who became the first African American female Foreign Service Officer (FSO) to be appointed ambassador, three times – a singular honor.
Episode 77. The National Guard & US National Security – The Partnership Program between Mississippi and Uzbekistan
Mississippi Adjutant General, General Janson Boyles, and former US Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Pamela Spratlen discuss the role of the US National Guard overseas, focusing on the State Partnership Program between the Mississippi National Guard and Uzbekistan.
Secretary leads TLG’s 50th-anniversary celebration
The Thursday Luncheon Group (TLG), launched a year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary, Feb. 2, with a festive luncheon in the Department of State’s famed diplomatic reception room, the Benjamin Franklin State Dining Room.
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s Interview with Sherwin Bryce-Pease of SABC
Now, you embark on a three-nation visit to Africa later this week, including stops in Ghana, Mozambique, and Kenya, in what your office describes as an effort to affirm and strengthen partnerships with key current and former UN Security Council members.
US Olympian who created history as a diplomat dies just before 99th birthday
The United States’ Dave Bolen, who finished fourth in a celebrated 400 metres race at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, has died a few days short of his 99th birthday, it has been reported.
The US-Africa Leaders Summit 2022: Renewing US-Africa Relations
Delegates from forty-nine African countries and the African Union were in the United States from the 13th to the 15th of December 2022, to attend the US-Africa Leaders Summit (ALS).
Remarks by Ambassador C. Steven McGann: United Negro College Fund Leadership BreakfastRemarks by Ambassador C. Steven McGann
We have to build within this framework to identify policies, programs and people that the African-American Community would support as we begin to define and expand our agenda.
You Better Believe That Africa Matters
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.
How Diversity Can Enhance Diplomacy
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.
Fresh Thinking on U.S. Engagement with Africa: Probing the Limits of Engagement
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.