Young Diplomats U.S. Study Program

In June, 2019 the inaugural cohort of the Young Asian Diplomats Program: Strengthening Emerging Asian Leadership in Global Relations brought together 14 young diplomats for a three-week program in three parts.

When President Obama made his first visit to India in 2010, he declared the U.S.-India relationship as “one of the defining relationships of the 21st century.” It’s no surprise, then, that Indians—with much at stake in the outcome under a new U.S. presidential administration—have paid close attention to the 2016 election campaign that ended yesterd… Read more

As part of a partnership dating back to 2007, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) annually selects a handful of young Foreign Service officers to participate in an Asia Foundation sponsored observation program in the United States. Managed by the Foundation’s Asian American Exchange unit in coordination with the India country office…

Within a single week, the San Francisco headquarters of The Asia Foundation hosted 16 new Luce Scholars, a Congressional Fellow from Thailand, and two participants in the Young Diplomats Program from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. These are recent examples of Asia Foundation programs contributing to leadership development in the Asia-Pacific… Read more