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The Newsletter MEETING OF THE BOARD Members of the Board met for their first meeting of the year on April 2, in the conference facility of the Carlyle Group, courtesy of Frank Carlucci. Chairman Joseph Sisco expressed the Board's deep regret at the recent death of Vivian Gillespie, wife of Board member Tony Gillespie, and of Academy member Paul Boeker. A resolution was moved and adopted recording the Academy's admiration for the example set by Boeker during a 27-year career in the Foreign Service and subsequent public service for the past 15 years. Alex Watson read that resolution at the funeral service in California on April 3; a memorial service is planned in Washington later this spring. The Board reviewed an active Academy program currently underway, formally welcomed seven new members elected in 2002 and the seven new members of the Board's Class of 2005 and heard a generally favorably financial review from Finance Committee chair Nick Veliotes. The latter include plans for a membership response to a major challenge grant. Elements of current programs are noted elsewhere in this Newsletter. FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL REPORT The Foreign Affairs Council is a non-partisan umbrella group of eleven organizations concerned in their programs with US diplomatic readiness, including the Academy, and headed by Tom Boyatt. It has just released a report prepared by a task force of the Council titled Secretary Colin Powell's State Department; an Independent Assessment. The overall assessment is a positive one, but it also includes areas where the Council believes work needs to be done by the President, the Secretary, the Congress and all concerned if America's diplomatic arm is to be fully effective. Copies have been provided to all on the Academy's Board. The text is available on the Academy's website. Members wanting printed copies should contact the American Foreign Service Association at 202/338-4045. FOREIGN AFFAIRS FUNDING The Administration request for $74.7 billion in a fiscal '03 Emergency Supplemental for war costs, homeland security, and foreign aid is in Conference at this writing, both Houses having made increases, pushing the total to about $80 billion. A decision is likely before the two week Easter recess. The bulk, around $62.4 billion in the request, is for DOD, but it also includes $5.1 billion for Foreign Ops, $218 million for State operations, $2.4 billion for an Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund, $9 billion in loan guarantees for Israel (through '05) and about $4 billion for Homeland Security. UPCOMING CONFERENCE ON "COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY" On May 6, the Academy will convene a conference on the way in which our diplomatic missions abroad help further American commercial and economic interests. The conference, co-hosted with the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), will hear presentations by current and former government officers and by corporate representatives on examples of particular effectiveness. The texts of these statements and the product of discussion at the conference will later form the basis for a book, designed for wide distribution in the Foreign Service, the Hill and BCIU membership as a kind of "how to" document. The Academy and BCIU are grateful to the Boeing Company for making its conference center available in Rosslyn, Virginia, and to the Delavan and Cox Foundations and to Sue and Chuck Cobb for their financial support. Sue is ambassador in Jamaica and Chuck previously served in Iceland. AMBASSADORIAL NOMINATIONS The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been conducting confirmation hearings on and is expected to confirm new ambassadors to Azerbaijan, Mauritania, Togo, Benin, Mozambique, Moldova, Turkey, Croatia, Lithuania, the Kyrgz Republic, and Kenya. All are career nominees. Eric Edelman, nominated for Turkey, has been the Principal Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs, for Vice President Cheney. He will be succeeded there by Victoria Nuland, currently DCM at NATO. Roger Francisco Noriega has been nominated as Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, where Curtis Struble is currently Acting. Charlotte Beers, for the past 18 months serving as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, has resigned for health reasons. Current ambassador to Morocco Margaret Tutweiler reportedly will be nominated for the position. THE MERRILL AWARD Together with the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, the Academy annually conducts an essay contest among incoming students at that School's graduate studies program in International Affairs. Contestants compete for an award funded by Philip Merrill, publisher of the Washingtonian magazine. The prize is the Philip Merrill Fellowship, providing a half-tuition scholarship for each of two academic years. This year, it being the centennial of the birth of Dr. Ralphe Bunche, the first African-American winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, contestants were asked to write their essays on one or more of Dr. Bunche's major diplomatic achievements and the principles on which they were based. The prize went to Daniel P. O'Neill, who wrote about the Bunche role in establishing the first UN-led peacekeeping force in the Sinai in 1956. THE MARKS FOUNDATION AWARD Another student essay contest by the Academy has begun this year, funded by the Leonard Marks Foundation, called the "Award for Creative Thought and Writing on Foreign Affairs in an Academic Setting." The contest is open to students at membership schools of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). Students are asked to write 1800 word essays on a significant international challenge to the US, as envisaged by the students, and to propose a policy course to address that challenge over the next 3 - 5 years. Winning essays from competition at each of the participating schools are then reviewed by a committee of AAD members to determine a national winner. That person is invited to appear and defend his essay before a separate panel of AAD members and then meet with a senior Department of State official. This year the winning essay was by David Quayat, a student at SAIS in Washington, writing about "Policy Options for Post-Conflict Operations in Iraq." UPCOMING EVENTS On April 15, at 12:00 noon, Mr. Maurice Greenberg, President and CEO of AIG, will give the 23rd annual Oscar Iden Lecture: "The Role of the Global Corporation in Opening Markets in a Turbulent World." The lecture is organized by the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, and will be in the Auditorium of the Intercultural Center at Georgetown University. On April 22, at 12:00 noon Richard Solomon, who is President of the US Institute of Peace, will speak at DACOR, 1801 F Street NW, on the work of that organization. Chet Crocker, chairman of its Board, will also participate. Sam Lewis will chair a current issues briefing at USIP on April 23 from 10:00 to 12:00 on "The Military and the Making of Foreign Policy." It will feature Dana Priest of the Washington Post, Yoram Peri of Tel Aviv University, and Charles Moskos of Northwestern University. NEWLY PUBLISHED/PLANNED BOOKS Academy member Henry Kissinger has just completed a book titled Ending the Vietnam War; a History of America's Involvement and Extrication from the Vietnam War, published by Simon & Schuster. Another new book, written by Dana Priest of the Washington Post and published by Norton, is The Mission; Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military. The book focuses heavily on the role of the military C-in-Cs in five regions around the world, especially that in the Middle East. As a review in The Economist puts it - "Like the British Empire a century ago, the sun never sets on American soldiers." Ms. Priest has been a guest of the Academy's monthly luncheon seminar series. A third book of particular interest to Academy members, Inside a US Embassy, published by the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), is a reprint but expanded earlier one of that name. It is available from AFSA at $12.95 and will be widely used by the Department of State, both as a recruiting device and as a teaching instrument at the Foreign Service Institute. Wide distribution is also planned among key members of Congress and their staffs. The School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University has recently published its seventh edition of Careers in International Affairs. Compiled by a career counselor and a student at the University, it is a particularly comprehensive account (371 pages), useful not least for Academy members in responding to approaches by graduating college seniors about career choices ahead. A book of some interest on Iran is scheduled for publication in August on the 50th anniversary of the Mossadeqh affair (Operation Ajax) in Iran in 1953. All the Shah's Men: the Hidden Story of the CIA Coup in Iran is by NYT correspondent Stephen Kinzer. THE ACADEMY'S BOOK AWARD FOR 2003 A "Call for Entries" in the Academy's ninth year of its annual award for a book of distinction on the practice of diplomacy has been sent to all members of the Association of American Publishers and the Association of University Presses. The award is funded by The Dillon Fund and carries the title "The Douglas Dillon Award for a Book of Distinction on the Practice of American Diplomacy." Nominations are welcome from any source, including members of the Academy, for books published by an American author between October 1, 2002 and September 30, 2003. It carries a prize of $3,000. Meanwhile the winning book in 2002 - Cursed is the Peacemaker; The American Diplomat vs. the Israeli General, Beirut 1982, by John Boykin, has been published in Arabic in Beirut and reportedly is selling briskly. COLLABORATION WITH THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS The Academy, which shares a suite with the headquarters of the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA) and the World Affairs Council of Washington, DC, benefits from a synergetic relationship with both of them. On March 4, the Academy and the latter Council held a panel discussion on China at the National Press Club. Academy members Charlene Barshefsky and Stapleton Roy were panelists together with former ambassador to China (and Senator) James Sasser, with Chas Freeman as moderator. This followed on a similar event at the Club last summer on the Israeli/Palestinian issue, with Freeman again acting as moderator and with Joe Sisco, Martin Indyk and Frank Wisner as panelists. Separately, on March 28, Bruce Laingen led a discussion with High School students from 14 schools across the country and Hawaii participating in an academic World Quest contest organized by WACA. The World Affairs Council system in this country hosts more than 5000 international visitors each year. UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY CENTER: PROGRESS REPORT Welcome support has been received in the form of a statement signed by all living former Secretaries of State and from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is working on recognizing the Center in the 2003 foreign affairs authorizing legislation. Meanwhile, the State Department's office which is concerned with the museum portion of the Center, has reengaged with the designer, Ralph Appelbaum Inc., after completing its efforts to support two private contract studies now nearing completion; one on the museum concept and the other on fundraising feasibility. Appelbaum's preliminary design concept will be presented in a brochure which should be ready by late summer or early fall. MEETING WITH UNDER SECRETARY MARC GROSSMAN At the invitation of Under Secretary Marc Grossman, Tom Pickering, Bob Kimmitt, Dave Newsom and Joe Sisco spent three hours at the State Department on March 27 at a meeting of former Under Secretaries of State for Political Affairs. The meeting was with the current members of the Operation Center heavily involved in the Iraq operation. Deputy Secretary Armitage and Secretary of State Powell joined briefly. One of the most interesting aspects of the meeting was how, organizationally, the Department was dealing with both Iraq and North Korea. The meeting was yet another example of how Grossman has taken the time to reach out beyond his office for ideas. NEW ACADEMY MEMBERS The following new members of the Academy, elected in 2002, will be formally welcomed at this spring's annual meeting:
NEWS OF MEMBERS Lee Hamilton is currently serving as vice-chairman of the federal panel investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Former New Jersey Governor Kean is chairman; the executive director is Philip Zelikow, of Boston University and incidentally co-winner, with Condoleeza Rice, of an Academy Book Award in 1996 for their book Germany Unified and Europe Transformed. Ed Walker, currently president of the Middle East Institute, has spoken recently on Middle East Issues at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, the San Diego Pacific Pension Institute, the National Press Club and Foreign Policy magazine. On a recent visit to the US Embassy in Brussels, he debated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a panel sponsored by the Department of State and the Royal Institute for International Relations. Princeton Lyman will ocupy the new Ralph Bunche Chair in Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Brandon Grove spoke at Hamilton College on April 10 on "Iraq and US Diplomacy." During his visit there, the class with whom he led a seminar in the fall semester of 2002 on "Diplomacy in Practice" in the annual Sol Linowitz Seminar on International Relations, welcomed him back at a reunion. Larry Eagleberger is chair of the Board of Overseers of the Executive Council on Diplomacy. Tom Pickering is chair of that Council's ambassadorial advisory board, made up primarily of members of the Washington Diplomatic Corps, but Bruce Laingen and Bob Hunter are also members. Tony Quainton has written an article that appears in the current Foreign Service Journal, analyzing how the recommendations for reform made by the Volcker Commission on the Public Service might be applied to the Department of State and the Foreign Service. Max Kampelman and Jim Schlesinger are members of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation Board of Governors. Sam Lewis traveled to London in January. He took part in two conferences; the first at the Institute for Strategic Studies, on Iraq, with participants from Europe and the Middle East as well; the second at the Royal Institute for International Affairs, also focused on Iraq. In February, Sam spoke at a student-run conference at the Patterson School of the University of Kentucky, on Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. James Schlesinger and Tom Pickering co-chair a nonpartisan Task Force at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on Iraq - focusing "on what the Administration should do to ensure that battlefield victory will not be lost by possible post-war failures." The Task Force report builds on the work of the CFR/James Baker Institute working group on post-conflict Iraq, which published "Guiding Principles for US Post-Conflict Policy in Iraq" in December 2002. That group was co-chaired by Ed Djerejian and Frank Wisner. On March 5, Sam Lewis and Bruce Laingen had a debriefing at the Academy from FSO Richard Norland, a son of retired ambassador Don Norland, on a 90-day assignment as Embassy Kabul's liaison with US and Afghan military representatives in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. He also served as an interim consular presence in that area. On January 22, Bruce Laingen spoke on Iran and received the "Diplomat Pillar of Justice Award" at a dinner in New York City from Respect for Law Alliance, Inc. On March 3, he spoke on diplomacy and leadership to this year's US Senate Youth Program - a 41-year old program that identifies the two top high school seniors in each state and brings them to Washington for a Senate-authorized week's stay funded by the Hearst Foundation. The Institute of Current World Affairs in Hanover, NH is looking for candidates for the first Phillips Talbot Fellowship in South Asia. By December, a review process will have identified a winner for a two year fellowship in Phil's name in some country or region in South Asia. Frank Wisner spoke on "The World at Risk" on March 24 at the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Hotel. Hank Cohen was a speaker at DACOR in their Forum luncheon series on February 14, "Surveying the African Scene." An article by Nick Veliotes "The Bush Vision; Realistic or Apocalyptic?" appeared in the winter issue of Mediterranean Quarterly - a periodical published by Nikolaos Stavreau, a good friend and supporter of the Academy. Chet Crocker is chairing an Atlantic Council working group on US-Libyan Relations. He addressed the Council of American Ambassadors (CAA) on November 19. Harry Shlaudeman is currently the Secretary of the County Grand Jury in San Luis Obispo, California. According to Harry, it sits for a year, investigates local government and makes sure the taxpayers' money is well spent. Only in America. Jack Matlock received an honorary doctorate from the Latvian Academy of Sciences in June 2002. He is the first non-Latvian to receive this degree. Bob Kimmitt is now the Executive Vice President for Global & Strategic Policy, for AOL Time Warner, Inc. at 800 Connecticut Avenue in Washington. IN MEMORIAM
EMAIL AS A COURIER We are impressed and proud of the number of Op-Ed articles and other material by Academy members that are appearing currently on the Web. We have begun a practice of forwarding all of current substantive interest that we come across to all AAD members with email addresses and, where we can, to those with only FAX addresses. We have one related request and that is to ask that wherever possible you indicate the fact of your Academy membership in your submissions. The Academy welcomes being identified with you! Henceforth the Academy will provide a monthly list of Op-Ed articles written by Academy members and forwarded earlier. THE ACADEMY WEBSITE Last November, in anticipation of the Academy's fall awards ceremony, the Academy's website was completely redesigned and updated. The main page now includes sections for recent news, upcoming events, and a list of Op-Ed and other pieces published by members in the last 30 days. Also available on the site are descriptions of the Academy's programs, the Awards Luncheon remarks, Academy publications, and a list of members together with a history of the Academy. It is now the most comprehensive and up-to-date place for information on the Academy. Since the re-launch, site traffic has increased from around 200 visits a day to almost 1,000 per day. This is partially due to someone recently "hacking" the Academy site with an anti-war message, and that event being reported in a number of news services. There was no permanent damage to the site, but the Academy did receive plenty of free press coverage in six languages, including pieces in the South China Morning Post, Der Spiegel, and the Sydney Herald Tribune. The most popular pages on the site continue to be the member list, the essay contests, and the Newsletter. The website can be viewed at www.academyofdiplomacy.org QUOTABLE QUOTES "You know
the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best
golfer is a black guy, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing
the US of arrogance, and Germany doesn't want to go to war." "As the
government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded
on the Christian Religion, as it has in itself no character of enmity
against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen…it is declared
by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever
produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries." "In
one of the great ironies of the cold war, the Marxist Angolan regime was
able to purchase arms from the Soviet Union with the revenues earned through
American oil companies whose drilling rigs were protected from the UNITA
rebels by the Cuban expeditionary force." QUOTABLE STATISTICS Of the 1.4
million American military personnel on active duty, at home and around
the world today, 64% are Caucasian, 20% African-American, 9% Hispanic,
4% Asian, 1% Native American and 2% "other." Of officers, 94.7
% are college graduates but only 3.5% among enlisted. Base pay for Army
privates with one-year service is $15,480; starting salary for a second
lieutenant is $26,200. A total of
36,117 men and women are registered to take the Foreign Service written
entrance examination on April 12. "...since
China opened its agriculture to the broader export market in the 1980's...China
produces 15 billion bushels of apples a year - about half the world's
supply and nearly seven times the American production of about 215 million
bushels a year." THE
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