A requiem for innovation: Bidding farewell to State’s Office of eDiplomacy

A requiem for innovation: Bidding farewell to State’s Office of eDiplomacy

The U.S. Department of State recently made the quiet but consequential decision to close the Office of eDiplomacy — an office that, for over two decades, stood as one of the few institutional footholds for innovation inside American diplomacy. As someone who witnessed its impact firsthand, I believe this moment deserves more than a line in an internal memo. Sadly, it deserves a requiem.  Following the recommendations of a Blue Ribbon Panel creat…