In 2000, the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy published a guide for professors looking to bring the case study method to their… — In 2000, the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy published a guide for professors looking to bring the case study method to their classroom, called “The ABCs of Case Teaching.” Prepared by Vicki L. …

Kelly McFarland — Kelly McFarland As part of our New Global Commons Working Group series on emerging diplomatic challenges, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Bridging the Gap Initiative, ISD has convened a working group on combatting strategic corruption, building on the findings of its fall working group “Kleptocracy: Confronting Corruption…

China’s support for Russia is undoing decades of effort to build diplomatic ties in Central and Eastern Europe — Joseph Bebel As Russian atrocities grow in Ukraine, Beijing’s ability to feign neutrality in the conflict appears increasingly dubious. In early March 2022, following the invasion, Chinese President Xi Jingping took the time to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone; Xi has yet to speak directly with Ukrainian…

Kelly McFarland — Kelly McFarland As part of our New Global Commons Working Group series on emerging diplomatic challenges, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Bridging the Gap Initiative, ISD has convened a working group on combatting strategic corruption, building on the findings of its fall working group “Kleptocracy: Confronting Corruption…

In 2000, the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy published a guide for professors looking to bring the case study method to their… — In 2000, the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy published a guide for professors looking to bring the case study method to their classroom, called “The ABCs of Case Teaching.” Prepared by Vicki L. …

Aaron Garfield — Aaron Garfield This piece is part of ISD’s blog series, “A better diplomacy,” which highlights innovators and their big ideas for how to make diplomacy more effective, resilient, and adaptive in the 21st century. In March, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a bill bolstering training at the State Department…

Five factors shaking up global food supply chains — Johanna Mendelson Forman What the war in Ukraine has taught us is how easily globalized supply chains can be disrupted. Together, Russia and Ukraine account for a quarter of the global grain trade and 12 percent of the calories traded globally. As the fighting shows little sign of ending, the…

Lindsay Krasnoff — Lindsay Krasnoff As the second season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) nears its halfways point, all eyes will soon be upon Kigali, where the league will hold its culminating playoffs in May. …

It’s time for the diplomats to step up — Kelly McFarland and Alistair Somerville The following piece first appeared March 11 in American Purpose. We are republishing it here, in part, with permission. With all eyes on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is another threat from the Kremlin: “weaponized kleptocracy.” …