Feb 15, 2019Who can become a political officer?You don’t need a special degree to become a political officer. Like in other career tracks within the Foreign Service, diplomats learn...
Feb 15, 2019My experience with political diplomacyMy experience with political diplomacy is based on two jobs in wildly different countries: the first was as an assistant in the...
Feb 15, 2019Being a political officer – what it's really like No matter their chosen career track, all US diplomats have to complete at least one consular tour at the entry-level (in the first four...
Feb 15, 2019Political affairs: the goalsPolitical officers focus on government-to-government relations, which is what you could call “traditional diplomacy”. They further policy...