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 ADST headquarters at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center, known as the cottage. | |
| Abbreviation | ADST |
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| Formation | 1986 |
| Founder | Stephen Low, Herbert Hansell, and Richard B. Parker |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 38°52′04″N 77°06′06″W / 38.867647°N 77.101536°W |
| Products | World's largest collection of U.S. diplomatic oral history, two book series, and “Moments in U.S. Diplomatic History” short articles series |
| Fields | International Relations (IR), American History, World History, Intelligence Studies, Diplomatic Studies |
President | Susan Rockwell Johnson[1] |
Executive-Director | Dan Tikvart [1] |
| Website | adst |
The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) is a United States 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1986 by retired Foreign Service officers, headquartered at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia.[2] It produces and shares oral histories by American diplomats and facilitates the publication of books about diplomacy by diplomats and others. Its Foreign Affairs Oral History program has recorded over 2,600 oral histories and continues to grow; its book series includes over 100 books. ADST is located on the campus of the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, Virginia. ADST is the sole American private organization principally committed to the collection of documents about recent U.S. diplomatic history.[3]
- ^ a b "ADST Staff". ADST. Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ "SCC efile". ASSOCIATION FOR DIPLOMATIC STUDIES AND TRAINING. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ "About ADST—The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training". American Diplomacy. Retrieved 2023-01-18.