On whether Tillerson believed in the proposed cuts to the State Department Parallels Worries Grow As Top Posts Remain Vacant At State Department The chipping away at diplomatic institutions, Farrow argues in the book, did not start with President Trump or former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
"There is this transformation in the way America exists in the world, that we are becoming a nation that no longer has negotiators and peacemakers and in which our first response to crises is to shoot first and ask questions later or not at all," he tells NPR. In War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence, Farrow writes about his time at the State Department and what he sees as a dangerous whittling away of the agency's influence through mass firings and efforts to cut its budget. How?įarrow had worked for the United Nations in Sudan and then, as a young lawyer, went on to become a special adviser in the Obama administration for Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as an adviser to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on global youth issues. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title War on Peace Subtitle The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence Author Ronan Farrow
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