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Browse the latest news on our research, updates on academic programs, announcements, highlights from recent events, key initiatives and other news from the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University.
Kelly McFarland on NPR: Trump's State Department
ISD Director of Programs and Research, Professor Kelly McFarland, speaks to NPR’s Weekend Edition about the drastic changes at the U.S. State Department
Bill Burns: A Letter to America's Discarded Public Servants
Read ISD Board Member William Burns’ article in The Atlantic.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield Gives Keynote Address to Indiana University
ISD Board Member, Former Fellow and Former UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield headlined the “America’s Role in the World” conference at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School.
Bill Burns: America in a World of Upheaval
ISD Board Member and former CIA Director Bill Burns joined the Foreign Affairs Interview Podcast.
April 23rd Event | America's Diplomats: A Conversation with Ambassador (ret.) Kamala S. Lakhdhir
A Conversation with Ambassador (ret.) Kamala S. Lakhdhir United States Ambassador to Indonesia (2024-2025)Executive Secretary, U.S. State Department (2021-2023)United States Ambassador to Malaysia (2017-2021) Ambassador (ret.) Barbara BodineDirector, Institute for…
April 16th Event | ISD Graduate and Undergraduate Fellows in Diplomacy Colloquium
Please join us as the 2025-26 ISD Graduate and Undergraduate Fellows present their research on cutting-edge issues in diplomacy. Thursday, April 16, 202612:00-4:00 pmMcGhee Library Register Here A light lunch and refreshments will be served…
ISD's New Fall 2026 Course Offerings
ISD is pleased to announce three new courses – graduate and undergraduate – for Fall 2026. Each will be taught by incoming Diplomatic Fellows who bring decades of senior career…
April 15th Event | Who Are China’s Diplomats? A Discussion with Professor Andrew Scobell and Dr. Yi Li
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | 1:30 – 2:30 PM | McGhee Library, ICC | Register Join Professor Andrew Scobell and Dr. Yi Li for a discussion of their recent report, Who Are China’s Diplomats? Beyond…
America's Diplomats: A Conversation with Maria A. Longi
America’s Diplomats: A Conversation with Maria A. Longi Former Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia, U.S. Department of State Ambassador (ret.) Barbara BodineDirector, Institute for the Study…
America's Diplomats Speaker Series: A Conversation with Ambassador (ret.) Robert Gilchrist
Ambassador (ret.) Robert GilchristPrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor (2023—24)United States Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania (2020—23) Ambassador (ret.) Barbara BodineDirector, Institute for the Study…