On March 9th, 1967, Svetlana Alliluyeva — Joseph Stalin’s only daughter — walked into the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi…
Being Black in a “Lily White” State Department
Terence Todman is one of the few people to attain the rank of career ambassador – the equivalent of a…
Fascinating Figures
Diplomacy and foreign policy attract some of the smartest, most dedicated, and most interesting figures in every generation. In this…
Defiant Diplomacy
Back to Diplomats and Diplomacy Defiant Diplomacy: Henrik Kauffmann, Denmark, and the United States in World War II and the…
Diplomats and Diplomacy – An ADST-DACOR Book Series
For more than 225 years extraordinary men and women have represented the United States abroad. In 1996 the Association for…
Country and Subject Reader Series
Interested in a particular country or subject? Go beyond the experiences of simply one diplomat with Country and Subject Readers.…
Former ADST Interns
We are grateful for the work of our interns both current and former. Our former interns our listed below. For…
ADST Staff
President – Susan Rockwell Johnson is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. She retired in 2015 and has…