Expo 2025 Pavilions: An Index of Reviews

A sheet of paper reading 'Job application' rolled into a vintage green typewriter.

A Private-Sector Job Primer for FSOs and Other State Department Denizens

Blind spots Foreign Service Officers hit on the way to private-sector jobs or consulting: titles, P&L roles, equity, rate setting, and who to work for.

What is a Diplomat's Job Description?

I'm working on materials for my course at George Washington University this year. One of the fundamental questions that I keep wrestling with is the distinction between foreign policy and diplomacy. I think too often the two get conflated, positioning diplomats to do both policymaking and policy execution.

Stacked area chart of State Department operations and foreign assistance funding, FY2001 to FY2025, in constant 2025 dollars

Where do your diplomatic dollars go?

A quick look at the balance of State Department's funding over the last 25 years. There are a lot of myths in the State Department community, and some of the biggest are about spending, staffing, and where the money actually goes. Proponents of diplomacy and development rightly argue

Back to the Analog: AI and the Future of Public Diplomacy

A conversation on Public Diplomacy Examined (IPDGC, GW) about what AI changes in diplomacy — and what it makes more valuable than ever.

Read more

A Private-Sector Job Primer for FSOs and Other State Department Denizens

What is a Diplomat's Job Description?

Where do your diplomatic dollars go?

Back to the Analog: AI and the Future of Public Diplomacy