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Diversity, National Identity, and the Fraught History Behind the State Department’s Search for Diplomats Who “Look Like America”

by John Gleb The American foreign policymaking establishment has a diversity problem. The problem is so serious that it has spawned its own in-joke, which mocks top American diplomats for being “pale, male, and [educated at] Yale.” Statistics back up this stereotype. According to a recent audit conducted by the Government Accountability Office, leadership cohorts […]

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