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Sisco Memorial Forum
AAD, in partnership with the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Affairs at Seton Hall, hosted “Crisis Management and Diplomacy: The Value of Stabilization and Conflict Prevention”. The event took place at Seton Hall University on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. Read more
Education and Diplomacy
AAD, in partnership with the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello hosted an Arthur Ross Discussion of American Diplomacy, "Conference on Education and Diplomacy" on June 13, 2011 at the ICJS. Dr. Ruhi Ramazani provided introductory remarks.
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Diplomacy and Development
AAD in partnership with American University School of International Service hosted the 2010 Joseph J. Sisco Memorial Lecture Series, "Diplomacy & Development: Partners or Competitors?" on November 4, 2010 at AU. The deputy administrator of USAID, Donald K. Steinberg, was the keynote dinner speaker. Read more
Diplomacy and Nonproliferation
AAD in partnership with the South Dakota World Affairs Council hosted a Ross Discussion panel that featured Ambassador Avis Bohlen on the important role that diplomacy plays in foreign affairs and advanced the critical issue of non-proliferation abroad on March 24, 2010 in Brookings, SD. Read more
Stability & Reconstruction
AAD hosted a panel discussion titled “Stability & Reconstruction - The Jeffersonian Diplomatic Tradition and Contemporary Security: Lessons Learned from Afghanistan” in partnership with the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies in Monticello, VA on March 20, 2010. View agenda
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Diplomacy & Education - Teaching Resources: The Academy, in partnership with the International Center for Jefferson Studies, hosted a conference titled “Diplomacy and Education: Discovering and Teaching Reality.” A page with resources for those teaching in the field of diplomatic practice has been created and it viewable here.
President Obama issues directive on preventing mass atrocities
A statement was issued by the co-chairs of the Genocide Prevention Task Force, formed by the American Academy of Diplomacy, US Institute of Peace, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and is viewable here.
AAD Announces New Report: “Forging a 21st Century Diplomatic Service for the United States through Professional Education and Training”
AAD Continues Outreach for Landmark Study on Strengthening U.S. Diplomacy
While the U.S. is faced with several urgent foreign policy challenges, the foreign policy tools at its disposal to meet them are increasingly under-resourced. The American Academy of Diplomacy published a ground-breaking study to detail specifically what human and financial resources the State Department and USAID need to accomplish their missions. This report provides a budget the administration can use to strengthen American diplomacy. AAD is also engaged in a nation-wide outreach campaign to advocate the report's recommendations.
Read the report and follow the outreach campaign
Read "U.S. Must Deploy More Foreign Policy Personnel," signed by eight former Secretaries of State
About the Academy
The Academy was founded in 1983 by Ambassadors
Ellsworth Bunker, U. Alexis Johnson, and John J. McCloy to explore
ways in which persons who had served in positions of major responsibility
could cooperate to promote the highest standards in the practice
of American diplomacy. Today, the Academy is dedicated to strengthening
the resources and tools America brings to managing its diplomatic
challenges, and accomplishes this through outreach programs, lectures,
awards, and writing competitions. In doing so, the Academy promotes
an understanding of the importance of diplomacy to serving our nation
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News from AAD
Entries for the 2012 Philip Merrill Fellowship now being accepted
Visit the Merrill Fellowship page for this year's essay question and additional details.
2011 Awards Luncheon
The Academy honored Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at its twenty-second awards luncheon on November 29, 2011 at the U.S. Department of State. Recipients of the Douglas Dillon Award and Ross Media Award were also honored.
2011 Dillon Awardee announced
Ambassador Edmund Hull received the 2011 Dillon Book Award for "High Value Target: Countering Al Qaeda in Yemen."
2011 Ross Media Awardee announced
Sylvia Poggioli, Sr. European Correspondent at NPR, was the recipient of the 2011 Arthur Ross Media Award: commentator category.
Borzou Daragahi of the Financial Times was the recipient of the 2011 Arthur Ross Media Award: daily reporting category.
Sisco Fund for Effective United States Diplomacy
AAD has launched a new fundraising campaign aimed at strengthening U.S. diplomacy. Read more
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