Publications Tag: Training

– A Brief History of Scandals: Special Oversight Challenges in National Security Interrogations
– A CGSC International Hall of Fame Member and the CIA’s Covert Action in 1954
– Application of the Ethical Triangle in the 2014 Ebola Epidemic: A Case Study
– Why We Keep Getting it Wrong: What Makes the JIIM so Different?
– The Vision Process: Seven Steps to a Better Organization
– Speak Smartly and Carry a Big Stick: Competing Successfully in the Global Narrative
– Train with the Brain in Mind: Neuroscience Education as a Force Multiplier
– Decline of Westphalia in West Africa: How Decentralized Power in West Africa Can be a Rebirth of African Identity

Inside this issue:  When Diplomacy Fails: Consent, Risk and Modern Warfare, by M. Shane Riza; Is it Time for an Interagency Goldwater-Nichols Act?, by Sean M. Roche; Social Capital in the Interagency Environment of Iraq, Lynne Chandler-Garcia …and much more.

Inside this issue:  A New Era of Conflict Resolution, by Roméo A. Dallaire; The Military Profession and Counter-Genocide Leadership, by Michael H. Hoffman; The Killing Fields, Ethnic Cleansing, and Genocide in Europe, Hal Elliott Wert …and much more.

by Robert M. Beecroft

Ambassador Beecroft reviews the State Department’s 2010 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) and a 2011 report by the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Stimson Center, both reports stress the importance of professional education and training for the United States Foreign Service, and state that professional education and training are essential to the overall performance of the U.S. Foreign Service if it is to lead an increasingly multi-agency foreign policy apparatus…