ADST’s 40th anniversary and launch of the 77th volume in the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series
THE ASSOCIATION FOR DIPLOMATIC STUDIES AND TRAINING and DACOR, An Organization of Foreign Affairs Professionals request the pleasure of your company as we celebrate ADST’s 40th anniversary with a reception to launch the 77th volume in the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series: REPRESENTING AMERICA: Firsthand Accounts from A Century of U.S. Diplomacy. Edited by ROBIN...
Special Book Event with Charles Trueheart: Diplomats at War
Special Book Event with Charles Trueheart Diplomats at War: Friendship and Betrayal on the Brink of the Vietnam Conflict Tuesday, October 14, 2025 6:00 – 8:00 PM DACOR Bacon House, 1801 F Street NW Please join us as ADST and DACOR host journalist and scholar Charles Trueheart for reflections on his recent book Diplomats...
ADST 2025 AGM Distinguished Speaker – Evan Thomas
Evan Thomas -“The Legacy of Henry Stimson: His Doctrine, His Decisions, and the End of World War II” © Oscie Thomas. Posted with the author's permission. Please join us as award-winning journalist and scholar Evan Thomas shares his insights on the legacy of former Secretary of State and Secretary of War Henry Stimson. Thomas will draw...
Dealing with Dragons, Bears, and Some Nice People Too A Diplomatic Chronicle by B. Lynn Pascoe
THE ASSOCIATION FOR DIPLOMATIC STUDIES AND TRAINING and DACOR, An Organization of Foreign Affairs Professionals request the pleasure of your company at a reception to celebrate the 76th volume in the ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series for "Dealing with Dragons, Bears, and Some Nice People Too A Diplomatic Chronicle", by B. Lynn Pascoe Tuesday, November...
ADST 2024 Annual Distinguished Speaker – Steve Coll
Steve Coll - “From Ghost Wars to the Achilles Trap: Lessons from a Foreign Policy Journalist and Scholar” Here is the video of the event: https://youtu.be/H531TCBSVb8 Please join us as award winning journalist and scholar Steve Coll shares what he has learned while researching and writing about the greatest foreign policy challenges of modern times....
2023 ADST Annual General Membership Meeting: Distinguished Speaker Professor Philip Zelikow on “Diplomacy and the Mysteries of the How”
An accomplished academic and historian with a distinguished career in public service, Professor Zelikow will examine the mysteries of the art of diplomacy. Drawing from his experiences as a diplomat, Counselor of the State Department, White House and Pentagon advisor, and faculty member at Harvard and the University of Virginia, Zelikow will share his views...
Join us for a Book Launch for: Africa, You Have a Friend in Washington An American Diplomat’s Adventures South of the Sahara by Herman J. “Hank” Cohen
Ambassador Herman "Hank" Cohen joins us in inviting you to celebrate publication of his new book at DACOR Bacon House on Tuesday, September 19, at 6:00–7:30 p.m., including refreshments and book-signing. Click the following links for the book announcement, a form for those who wish to order the book, and an invitation to the reception....
Oral Histories of U.S. Diplomacy in Afghanistan, 2001–2021: Fireside Chat with USAID Mission Directors
IN PERSON & LIVE WEBCAST WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2023 5:00-5:45 PM LIGHT HORS D’OEUVRES & DRINKS 5:45-7:30 PM FIRESIDE CHAT AND Q&A DACOR BACON HOUSE, 1801 F ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) is pleased to announce that eight United States Agency for International Development (USAID) former Mission Directors...
“How NATO is Meeting the Moment” with Ambassador Julianne Smith, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO
Our 2023 Administration Distinguished Speaker Event this year will take place on Tuesday, August 15 from 09:00 to 10:30 am and will feature Ambassador Julianne Smith, since November 2021 the U.S. permanent representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). I hope that you will be able to join us for this special occasion. It...
NCSS Conference: Revolutionary! Ideas and Actions Change the World.
Heather Ashe, ADST Oral History Program Manager and Monica Johnson, Oral History Program Assistant will be participating in this NCSS conference in Philadelphia, building on their work with the Library of Congress, presenting ADST's Foreign Affairs Oral History program, for use as a primary source in the education arena.