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The American Academy of Diplomacy The Academy is an association of former ambassadors and senior-level government officials whose miss
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The American Academy of Diplomacy is a prestigious, independent non-profit association of former ambassadors and senior-level diplomats. The Academy represents a unique wealth of talent and experience in the practice of American foreign policy.

06/12/2026

The first steps in treaties are often framework agreements. But what is a framework agreement?

Did you know that while you watch the , you're actually witnessing ?⚽ Sports, in this case , can often be an importan...
06/12/2026

Did you know that while you watch the , you're actually witnessing ?

⚽ Sports, in this case , can often be an important means of forging cultural connections that foster mutual respect and understanding. The U.S. State Department seeks to foster official dialogue through several organized programs, including the Sports Envoy Program and the Sports Visitor Program.

⚽ Today, the U.S. and Paraguay will face off in the World Cup, bringing fans of both countries together around a more unofficial shared love of soccer! This isn't the first soccer encounter between the two countries, however, and in fact the two met at the first-ever World Cup in 1930, where the U.S. won, 3-0. As it stands, the U.S. comes out on top in past match-ups with Paraguay, with 4 wins, 1 loss, and 2 draws.

⚽ Who are you rooting for tonight?

06/11/2026

Defining relationships is hard, so decide to define International Relationships! Now we’re taking a look down under!

For this week’s , we are covering . The United States established diplomatic relations with the government of Buenos A...
06/11/2026

For this week’s , we are covering . The United States established diplomatic relations with the government of Buenos Ayres, the predecessor to the modern Argentine state, in 1823, forming one of Washington’s oldest partnerships in the western hemisphere. The relationship has not always been smooth-sailing. Economic competition for the European marketplace placed these two agricultural titans at odds throughout much of the early twentieth century, with Argentine neutrality throughout much of World War II leaving the nation the sole nation in Latin America excluded from American Wartime Aid. The latter half of the century saw a gradual realignment between the two nations, culminating in Argentina’s 1998 designation as a Major Non-NATO Ally to the U.S - a position held only by two other nations in the Hemisphere. Today, relations stand at one of their warmest points in history. In 2025, the United States extended a (highly conditional) $20 billion currency swap line in an effort to stabilize the Argentine peso and the position of the new Argentine political administration.

06/10/2026

AAD member Susan Reichle shares her experience working on the Ebola outbreak in 2014 sitting on our panel on the current outbreak. See the full conversation on our website.

📚 Summer Reads is back!This week, Amb. (ret.) Barbara Stephenson recommends The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastro...
06/10/2026

📚 Summer Reads is back!
This week, Amb. (ret.) Barbara Stephenson recommends The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the U.S. and Xi Jinping's China by Kevin Rudd.

"Although a bit dated, it provides a framework for understanding how Xi sees the world, with short summaries of China's relations with Japan, Russia, the US and other countries and regions as well as a "ten circles" approach to understanding what motivates Xi, such as remaining in power."

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Did you know that in history, the Third Taiwan Strait crisis began after Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui shared contr...
06/09/2026

Did you know that in history, the Third Taiwan Strait crisis began after Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui shared controversial remarks to the 1995 graduating class of Cornell University. Tensions rose between and the , ending only after the PRC halted its missile tests following the deployment of U.S. naval forces. 🇺🇸 🇨🇳

Welcome back to ! This month, we are happy to introduce Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt! He is a Senior Managing Director of ...
06/08/2026

Welcome back to ! This month, we are happy to introduce Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt! He is a Senior Managing Director of the Energy and Critical Minerals practice at McLarty Associates, and a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center. He held several senior leadership positions across a 35-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service.

As Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources ('22-'25), he was the U.S.’s chief energy diplomat, leading U.S. diplomacy to mobilize international support for Ukrainian energy resilience and counter Russian weaponization of its energy resources.

Amb. Pyatt also led negotiations with U.S. allies on energy security partnerships and critical mineral agreements. Amb. Pyatt served as Ambassador to Greece (2016-2022) across the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations and was U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (2013-2016).

Earlier in his career, Amb. Pyatt was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs and Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, Austria, where he represented the United States before the IAEA.

Amb. Pyatt was nominated to Career Ambassador, the highest rank in the U.S. Foreign Service, and is the recipient of numerous federal honors, including the Presidential Meritorious Service Award and Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award. He serves in several corporate advisory roles, including the Excelerate Energy International Advisory Board, the U.S.-India Business Council Board of Directors, and the Business Executives for National Security and the Partnership to Address Global Emissions (PAGE). Take a look at some snapshots from Amb. Pyatt's career.

📸 Amb Pyatt with former Secretary of State Pompeo and Foreign Minister Dendias in Greece
📸At the Yavoriv military training ground with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and U.S. trainers
📸In the Oval Office with President Obama
📸Signing a memorandum of understanding with Norwegian energy minister Terje Aasland
📸At a CEO round table discussion with Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova during the 2023 U.N. General Assembly

The American Academy of Diplomacy is pleased to welcome William O’Reilly as one of our Summer 2026 interns! William is a...
06/04/2026

The American Academy of Diplomacy is pleased to welcome William O’Reilly as one of our Summer 2026 interns! William is a recent Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) graduate of Virginia Tech, where he conducted research and participated in student organizations engaged in diplomatic issues and practice. His main interests in diplomacy concern education policy and artificial intelligence regulation. Here at the American Academy of Diplomacy, he looks forward to learning more about how critical institutions manage these and other relevant issues.

📚 Summer Reads is back!This week, Chris Milligan recommends Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the ...
06/03/2026

📚 Summer Reads is back!
This week, Chris Milligan recommends Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID by Nicholas Enrich.
"Into the Wood Chipper" is an important work that documents, through a gripping first-hand account, the dismantling of USAID and the consequences for America and the world.
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