93 out of 196 U.S. ambassador jobs are currently unfilled. That includes countries that are key partners to Washington.
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Two US diplomats have been summoned by their host governments after incidents that suggest diplomacy is at a turning point.
Not having ambassadors representing its interests a year after recalling the previous ones means Nigeria is retreating from the world.
The United States is the only developed, democratic country that has a political culture of selling ambassadorships.
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Professor of International Affairs, Penn State
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Professor of International Relations and Visiting Scholar, Texas State University
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Professor of Practice in Diplomacy, Dept of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Executive Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center and Senior Fellow of Diplomatic Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University