A better diplomacy

“Looking back, I never knew what the consequences of each of my decisions would be, but knowing now where I’ve ended up and what I’ve been…

“Every place has its challenges and opportunities, but if you focus on the challenges, you miss all the good stuff that’s out there.”

“Negotiation is the most violent form of conflict, short of actual fighting.”

A conversation with 2023–2024 ISD Senior State Department Fellow Mustafa M. Popal, a career Foreign Service Officer who most recently…

And how practitioners can leverage the technology

How the public sector can deploy AI today

And how you can prepare

And how blockchain technology will change international relations

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