Over the Horizon: The Greenhouse of U.S. Foreign Policy By: Robert Farley | Column

Over the Horizon: The Greenhouse of U.S. Foreign Policy

By: Robert Farley | Column

An archipelago of schools focusing on international policy collectively helps staff the Foreign Service, the intelligence community and a variety of NGOs. The growth in their size and number parallels the dramatic increase in the size and professionalism of the country's foreign-policy apparatus. As America's interests abroad have grown, the institutions providing the personnel who help make U.S. foreign policy function have responded.