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Glenn Corn’s TEDx talk on the Peace Games shares how teaching children collaborative, nonviolent conflict resolution through play can create a more peaceful and compassionate world.
Glenn Corn’s Cipher Brief article argues the U.S. should pressure Putin with tougher sanctions and stronger support for Ukraine to force serious negotiations.
This podcast features Ambassador David Miller and Glenn Corn sharing their extensive careers in diplomacy and intelligence. They highlight collaboration, peace-focused wargames, and support for Special Operations families.
This podcast features Ambassador David Miller and Prof. Glenn Corn. They are discussing Miller’s distinguished government career and the Diplomatic Studies Foundation’s Peace Games training. The importance of collaboration in diplomacy and national security is also discussed.
This podcast features Ambassador David Miller and Glenn Corn discussing the evolving challenges in U.S. diplomacy, peace game training, and the critical role of leadership and public-private partnerships in securing America’s global leadership.
These recommendations call for streamlining the State Department’s structure and processes. They are to enhance personnel training and career development, improve budget management, strengthen Congressional relations, and empower USAID to better support U.S. foreign and security policy.
This statement expresses AFSA’s support for President Biden’s cooperative approach with federal employees. It highlights challenges facing the Foreign Service such as morale, diversity, and retention. It also emphasizes the need for respect, training, equal benefits, and restored influence of career officers in policymaking.
This report highlights how structural and personnel failures at the National Security Council have hindered U.S. foreign and defense policy. It urges the next president to make seven key decisions to rebuild an effective NSC for stronger national security management.
This passage argues that the fall of Assad’s regime, recent U.S.-Israeli military successes, and Ukraine’s resilient defense expose the vulnerabilities of Iran, Russia, and Putin’s leadership. It urges the U.S. under President Trump to seize this moment to reassert strong American leadership and confront these weakened authoritarian regimes.
Lawmakers in Congress are trying to reclaim oversight of U.S. foreign policy — especially the State Department — by seeking to regularly pass authorization bills, after decades of appropriations committees dominating the process. They argue this renewal of legislative muscle is driven by bipartisan frustration over cuts under the Trump administration, and the strategic demands of “great power competition,” though political divisions and time constraints pose serious challenges.
Empowering the State Department is increasingly vital as the global landscape grows more complex and unpredictable, presenting the U.S. with constant new challenges. By sustaining strong diplomatic efforts rooted in American interests and values, the department plays a unique role in shaping favorable long-term outcomes, from enhanced national security to greater global stability.
The State Department must bolster its leadership role globally by investing significantly more in professional education and training, moving beyond the prevailing “on-the-job/apprenticeship” model. Without formal, continuous development programs aligned with evolving challenges—from technology and climate to diplomacy and security—the department risks being unprepared for today’s international demands.
SMU’s Cox School of Business is proposing a Center for Commercial and Corporate Diplomacy to train U.S. diplomats in business and business leaders in geopolitics, aiming to close a knowledge gap that weakens both commerce and diplomacy. Observers argue stronger collaboration between business and diplomacy is essential to counter the influence of state-driven economic powers like China, and that boosting commercial diplomacy will enhance U.S. economic strength and national security.
The “Peace Game” is a simulation that trains cross-agency teams in diplomacy, coordination, and crisis response through fictional scenarios. It addresses key training gaps, and Congress has moved to expand such exercises in the 2023 defense bill.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs praised the Diplomatic Studies Foundation for strengthening U.S. diplomacy through education, partnerships, and initiatives like the Peace Game, emphasizing the need for robust training and support for the State Department.
The U.S. State Department urgently needs major reform in professional education and training to improve effectiveness, morale, and global competitiveness, especially as diplomacy faces increasingly complex challenges. Strengthening training programs, promoting diversity, and tying development to career advancement are essential steps to ensure a first-rate diplomatic corps.
This letter urges Ambassador Miller to advance the DSF’s “Peace Games” program, highlighting its potential to train U.S. Government personnel in realistic simulation scenarios. The program aims to strengthen interagency cooperation, identify gaps in capabilities, and enhance diplomatic effectiveness in complex global environments.
DSF urges Secretary Rubio to institutionalize NSC-led strategic planning for major U.S. foreign engagements, ensuring all civilian agencies, military tools, private sector, and NGO partners are integrated from the outset. They stress that such plans must be rigorously tested through simulations and exercises to avoid repeating costly mistakes from past interventions in the Middle East.
Dr. Michael Nwankpa discusses Trump’s “Minerals for Peace” deal in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with Tom Sheehy, a member of the Diplomacy Studies Foundation (DSF). Tom Sheehy is an expert in international policy and diplomatic affairs.