U.S. Diplomatic Studies Foundation
Project Title
For State Department Training and Education
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
A robust diplomatic corps is critical to the U.S. Government’s ability to navigate an increasingly complicated international arena. Maintaining a highly-capable community of foreign service officers requires ongoing education and training to advance professional skills and understanding of world trends and events. The U.S. Diplomatic Studies Foundation (DSF) will work with the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) to further the capacities of U.S. diplomatic professionals after they enter the Foreign Service. DSF will evaluate FSI’s current course work, encourage teaching by retired diplomats to fill critical gaps, and build more awareness and engagement between the Foreign Service and the U.S. Congress by convening meetings of diplomats and policymakers.