Chas Freeman: The Collapse of American Diplomacy (31.05.25)

Chas Freeman argues that domestic rivalry within the US political
establishment has reduced its ability to engage in constructive
diplomacy, and the result in a bias toward confrontation and
war.Ambassador Freeman was Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs from 1993-94, earning the highest
public service awards of the Department of Defense for his roles
in designing a NATO-centered post-Cold War European security
system and in reestablishing defense and military relations with
China. He served as U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (during
operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm). He was Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during
the historic U.S. mediation of Namibian independence from South
Africa and Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola. Ambassador Freeman
worked as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires in the
American embassies at both Bangkok (1984-1986) and Beijing
(1981-1984). He was Director for Chinese Affairs at the U.S.
Department of State from 1979-1981. He was the principal American
interpreter during the late President Nixon’s path-breaking visit
to China in 1972. In addition to his Middle Eastern, African,
East Asian and European diplomatic experience, he had a tour of
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