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Back to Diplomats and Diplomacy Vietnam and Beyond: A Diplomat’s Cold War Education Robert Hopkins Miller’s forty-year Foreign Service career,…
Recognizing Excellence
Between 1998 and 2016, ADST held biennial galas to recognize individuals who have made exceptional contributions in the practice and…
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President – Susan Rockwell Johnson is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. She retired in 2015 and has…
About ADST
The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) is an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1986. Located at the State…