The Foreign Service Journal, March-April 2026

Reporting cited here

1. reported

   The American Foreign Service Association's journal places removal of diversity criteria within a broader shift toward political control of diplomacy and reports unusually low career representation among 2025 ambassadorial selections; no causal link to any individual selection is established.

   March–April 2026 discussion of career representation and politicization of diplomatic personnel

   Foreign Service order replaced diversity criteria with presidential foreign-policy alignment · State Department directed to revise personnel rules; no cited court ruling voided the order.