Derek Shearer, former US ambassador to Finland, is the Chevalier professor of Diplomacy at Occidental College and directs the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs.
How Tina Turner, Pick-Up Basketball, and Sister Cities Can Undo Trump’s Diplomatic Disasters
A scholar and former “Ambassadude” shows why people-to-people contacts can help Biden, Blinken—and America.
Do Books Matter?
The best-seller list is dominated by volumes on race but there’s an important distinction between the works that are enduring and those that are just for putting on shelves.
How to Really Say Thank You: A Proposal
As a society, we don’t say thank you often enough. So why not credits on a building for everyone who built it and big signage to let you know who gave you that COVID test?
