Articles, Interviews, Speeches
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Articles
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To Protect Free Speech, The Censorship-Industrial Complex Must Be Dismantled
Secretary Marco Rubio
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The State Department Foreign Service Employee Selection Processes: Addressing Biases and Focusing on Merit to Select Our Best Diplomats
Patrick Slowinski
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Birth Tourism: America's Citizenship Loophole and How to Close It
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Collection: The Greatest Mass Migration Border Crisis in US History is Over; RIP January 2021-January 2025
Todd Bensman
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Surgery? Yes. Chainsaw? No. How not to reform the U.S. government
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Trump Wins Big on Tariffs
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Do we need a national ID card?
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The Practical Problems of Rubio’s Visa Hardball
Peter Van Buren
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When Democrats Govern Undemocratically: The Case of Poland
Matt Boyse and Peter Doran
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The Best American Diplomatic Memoir of the Cold War
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US needs an America-first, common-sense approach to global women’s rights
By Tatiana C. Gfoeller and Dr. Sonia Coman
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DRL’s Annual Human Rights Country Reports- Ignoring Repression in Europe
Michael Vance
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Climate Change and National Security
Hankison Testifies Before Congress
BFF Fellow Simon Hankinson appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Intelligence to take part in the hearing, "Deficient, Enfeebled, and Ineffective: The Consequences of the Biden Administration’s Far-Left Priorities on U.S. Foreign Policy." In rejecting DEIA, Hankinson stressed the need for meritocracy, fairness, and common-sense as the personnel standard for the State Department.
Inside State Department And What You Didn’t Know About U.S. Leadership
Acting Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Al Gombis
USAID Reorganization: “Foreign Assistance Done Right”
Tammy Bruce, Department of State Spokesperson
New Momentum in Hungarian-American Relations: A Conversation with Chargé d’Affaires Robert Palladino
Matt Boyse on wPolsce24
Flashback: 2020 Interview with Simon Hankinson, U.S. Consul General in Marseille
Vice President Vance Speaks at Munich Security Conference
U.S. engagement with Africa under Trump
Trump Administration Engages Hamas
Democracy in Poland
Former USAID Official Speaks Out Against Decades-Long Agency Corruption
Anti-Semitism Over the Years
Trump Border and Deportation Policies
Sanctuary City Laws & Immigrations Policies in Washington State
Re-Engaging Russia: When War Ends, Is There a Future for US-Russia Relations?
Marco Rubio Asked Point Blank: 'Do You Trust Putin?
Secretary Marco Rubio