The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Dipnote, the State Department blog

The State Department has launched its own blog, Dipnote. I expect much spin and PR for Karen Hughes, and hopefully some helpful tips about seating arrangements and other etiquette issues. Since policy issues will not be discussed with any degree of seriousness (after all there is a press office to handle that) it'd be nice to see some juicy anecdotes from FSOs (that's Foreign Service Officers).