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Glenn Corn Peace Games TEDx Talk
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 Cipher Brief Article
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.
David Miller Wargames for Peace
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.
Preparing for Peace with Ambassador David Miller
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.
Reimagining Diplomatic Strategy: A Time of Transition with Ambassador David Miller
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.
State Department Reform Report
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.
The Foreign Service Journal: May 2021
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.
The National Security Council Reform Project
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.
American Thinker:
It's time for Trump to call Putin's bluff
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 Seek To Flex Dormant Foreign-Policy Muscle On Capitol Hill
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.
State Department Reform Report Launch
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.
Revitalizing State—Closing the Education Gap
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.
How the SMU business school can help the Foreign Service succeed abroad
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.
Peace Games Preparing U.S. Officials for Challenges and Opportunities Abroad
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.
Congressional Letter Supporting Diplomatic Training and Innovation
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.
Valuing Education and Training in 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.
Letter Encouraging Implementation of the Peace Games Program
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.
Letter to Secretary Rubio 08.28.2025
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.
Trump’s “Minerals for Peace” Deal in Central Africa - DRC
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.
Helping General Anderson Win in Africa
A Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the nominations of Frank Bradley and Dagvin Anderson highlighted growing concerns about Chinese, Russian, and extremist influence in Africa. Lawmakers stressed stronger coordination and resource use to protect U.S. strategic and economic interests across the continent.
The American Embassy: Neglected Asset
U.S. embassies have evolved into full interagency platforms where diplomats, military officers, intelligence personnel, and law-enforcement officials coordinate America’s work abroad. Strengthening leadership training and cooperation across agencies is essential to ensure embassies effectively execute U.S. foreign policy on the ground.
Training Personnel on Embassy Country Teams
Modern U.S. embassies function as integrated platforms for diplomacy, intelligence, security cooperation, and economic engagement. Strengthening interagency training and leadership development is essential to ensure embassy “country teams” operate as unified instruments of American strategy abroad.