News Briefs

Are you a rising senior undergraduate who has been accepted as a Washington, DC-based State Department primary summer 2018 intern and who is committed to a career in international affairs/diplomacy? If so, you should have received an email inviting you to apply for the Council's Summer 2018 Fellowship program.

Congratulations to CAA member and former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright who will receive the 2018 J. Raymond "Jit" Trainor Award for Excellence in the Conduct of Diplomacy on February 12, 2018.

CAA member Ambassador Bonnie McElveen-Hunter has been named a 2018 Woman of Distinction by Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Read the latest issue of The Ambassadors REVIEW. Among the countries covered in the Fall 2017 edition are: Colombia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Romania, Russia and Ukraine. Also included are pieces on public diplomacy by three CAA Davis PD Fellows.

The State Department's Summer 2018 internship application process is now open. Students interested in applying for the Council of American Ambassadors' 2018 International Affairs Fellowships must first be accepted as Washington, DC-based State Department summer 2018 interns.

Ambassador Chin discusses his experience in Timor Leste in two fascinating interviews.

The Council's Legacy Society recognizes support of the Council's work through donors' estate plans.

CAA Member Ambassador Swanee Hunt has published a book entitled "Rwandan Women Rising."

Ambassador James C. Rosapepe recently interviewed former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom Suzan Johnson Cook in the latest edition of the CAALive! podcast series.

The Spring 2017 issue of The Ambassadors REVIEW is now available. Among the countries covered in this issue are Colombia, Morocco, Namibia, Ghana and Turkey. NATO and the EU are also covered in this edition. A piece on public diplomacy is included in the Spring 2017 issue of The REVIEW.