Nicholas Kralev

Nicholas Kralev is a former Financial Times and Washington Times correspondent and author of America's Other Army: The U.S. Foreign Service and 21st Century Diplomacy. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the author. To contact Kralev or for more information about the book, go to AmericasOtherArmy.com.

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John Kerry, U.S. secretary of state, right, and Susan Rice, U.S. national security advisor, listen during a joint news conference with U.S. President Barack Obama and Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, not pictured, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe goes before the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to present Japan as a stalwart ally that's willing to play a bigger military role in Asia, a message likely to be embraced in Washington and greeted with suspicion in Seoul and Beijing. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The State Department Has a Diversity Problem

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Nicholas Kralev

May 22, 2016, 5:00 PM

US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Thomas Nides (not seen) testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee December 20, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The full committee is conducting hearings on the September 11 attacks against the US mission in Benghazi. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Do Presidents Trust the Foreign Service?

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October 1, 2015, 4:07 PM

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The Diplomatic Doldrums

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August 1, 2013, 3:15 PM

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Sink or Swim

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February 19, 2013, 4:47 PM

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America’s Other Army

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September 13, 2012, 11:21 PM

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