So You Want to Work in International Affairs
As students return to their campuses after what was hopefully a busy and productive summer—or as recent graduates begin to reckon with the realities of post-university life and the job ...
Tag: U.S. State Department
Trump’s State Department Cuts Are a Self-Inflicted Wound
Last month, the U.S. State Department carried out its largest single-day layoffs ever—more than 1,300 employees gone overnight in a sweeping shake-up. Diplomats, consular officers, and foreign affairs specialists woke ...
Trump’s State Department Reforms Are Necessary
In July, the Trump administration enacted the most sweeping reorganization of the U.S. State Department in a generation, and the reaction from the mainstream media was overwhelmingly negative. But the ...
The U.S. Is Abandoning the Global Fight for Equality
On July 11, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio carried out his State Department overhaul plan by laying off more than 1,300 career public servants. Though the details remain unclear, ...
How to Lose Friends and Alienate Partners
When the Taliban swept back into power in August 2021, Afghanistan’s elite special operations forces were among the last holdouts. These were the final defenders, holding ground against daily Taliban ...
The State Department Overhaul Is Long Overdue
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan for overhauling the State Department’s 300-plus bureaus and offices has drawn howls of protest from the usual quarters. Critics contend that by restructuring ...
I Was Hacked Because I Work on Russia
Claudie Weber is a senior program advisor at the U.S. State Department. She got in touch with me by email in May, looking to discuss “recent developments” and copying several of ...
‘Our Priority Is the Safety of Americans Overseas and Here at Home’: State Department Launches Middle East Task Force
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday announced the formation of a Middle East Task Force to support Americans abroad amid rising tensions in the region. “One of the highest priorities ...
How Will Revoking Chinese Student Visas Actually Work?
On May 28, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States would “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party ...
Rubio’s Reorganization Plan Is a Wrecking Ball
Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio released his proposal to reorganize the Department of State—and it’s a doozy. When I joined government as the U.S. special envoy for ...
