Joseph Mussomeli

Joseph Mussomeli served for almost thirty-five years as an American diplomat, including tours in Egypt, Afghanistan, Morocco, and the Philippines. He was the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia and the Kingdom of Cambodia. Before entering the U.S. Foreign Service in 1980, he worked as a Deputy Attorney General in New Jersey. Mr. Mussomeli is the author of The UnChristmas Story: The One Who Said No.

■Europe

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Russia: Friend or Foe?

by Joseph Mussomeli

Russia's leaders are flawed, inclined toward violence, and covetous of power—but this doesn’t make them much different from the leaders of every other nation-state... On March 10, 2014, American ambassadors from across the globe descended on...

■Donald Trump

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Syria, Red Lines, and Crying Wolf

by Joseph Mussomeli

The problem with red lines is that, while they may provide our adversaries with clear guidelines, they can box us in and make it very difficult to maneuver and be more flexible in new circumstances... On January...

■Donald Trump

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Is Vladimir Putin a Killer?

by Joseph Mussomeli

How is it that so many Senators on both sides of the aisle, and media outlets ranging from liberal to conservative, seem so fixated on goading the Trump Administration into confrontation with Vladimir Putin and Russia...? It...

■American Republic

6 2018

Seeking No Monsters: Redefining American Exceptionalism

by Joseph Mussomeli

Since the founding of the Republic, “American Exceptionalism” has been a guiding principle for candidates seeking high office. Next only to a professed belief in God, a firm, if often unfounded, insistence in our benign and beneficent superiority...

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