Alliance Maker
As US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel prepares to hand over the reins to a new envoy, he talks to The ACCJ Journal about the experience, the importance of the alliance, and the future.
RTO Diplomacy
As the pace of digitalization quickens and technology plays an increasingly important role in our lives, maintaining global leadership in science, technology, and innovation is critical. To do so, the United States Foreign Service has created a new position—regional technology officer (RTO)—which will focus on enabling the United States to maintain its leadership through transnational approaches to technology policy and development initiatives.
Of One Blood All Nations
There is ample scholarship around Meiji-period Japan and the United States that John Bingham did more to shape America’s initial diplomatic relationship with Japan than any other American. In his biography of Bingham, former ACCJ Executive Director Sam Kidder contributes significantly to that body and makes a persuasive case for the US minister to Japan from 1873 to 1885.