The Foreign Service Journal

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Covering diplomacy & foreign affairs from the inside. Flagship publication of the American Foreign Service Association, the voice of the U.S. Foreign Service since 1924. www.afsa.org/fsj

Dark blue book cover depicting one man holding a microphone up to a statue.
Black, white, blue image of a 3-dimensional world map lit by tiny strings of light.
Blue Foreign Service Journal (magazine) cover with the text "AI in Diplomacy Takes Shape" and an abstract image of a person in a suit and tie made up of fragmented light and triangular shapes
A book cover with the text, "To Lose a War: The Fall and Rise of the Taliban" in white against a background of a grey sky, a large full moon, and the silhouette of a stone building on a hill.
A sign reads "Department of State" in front of a long government buildling.
Laura Holgate standing with members of her “sherpa team” in business attire at the final National Security Summit in Washington, D.C., in 2016.
Grey buildings and large machinery next to blue water: an aerial view of operating Westinghouse AP1000 under construction at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant in the Shandong province of China, 2024.
Waste Land book cover: white text on a dark background and a small black and white image of armed soldiers near the top, with a small image of a world map along the bottom.
A sketch of an elephant carrying a rider on its back and a large log in its trunk.
A Shining Path poster from 1985 showing a man carrying a flag with a serious expression, and an armed crowd shouting, below. The poster highlights the “armed struggle” and illustrates the “cult of personality” surrounding Shining Path leader Abimael Guzmán.
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and President Ellen Sirleaf smile as they sit to enjoy a private chat in Monrovia, Liberia.
cover of the January-February 2026 Foreign Service Journal picturing a globe made up of pictures of Foreign Service officers at work in office and outdoor settings, around the world.