Tutorial

Diplomacy and Intelligence Ethics

John Stempel

Discussant: Robert Pringle

This tutorial will discuss how the relationship between contemporary diplomacy evolved through the Middle Ages--when "Diplomacy" and "intelligence" were not distinguished from each other-- to the separation of the two marked by the Vienna Convention of 1815 and the contemporary stresses of the love/hate relationship between the two types of organizations today. Ethical issues will be drawn, and material presented on current problems. A bibliographical list of materials and suggestions for teaching the subject will be provided.

John D. STEMPEL is Senior Professor at the University of Kentucky's Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce. He was director of the school from 1993-2003. He served as Associate Director 1988-1993, coming to U.K. following a 24-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service. He consults on cross cultural negotiation and homeland security issues. Focusing on political and economic affairs, he had overseas assignments in Africa (Guinea, Burundi, Zambia), Iran, and India, concluding with three years as U.S. Consul General in Madras, where he quadrupled U.S. commercial collaboration with South India. His Middle East service (1975-79) in Tehran provided much of the material for his book, Inside the Iranian Revolution. His Washington assignments featured duty for both the State and Defense Departments, including a two-year tour as Director of the State Department's Crisis Center. Teaching stints at George Washington and American Universities, plus two years as "Diplomat in Residence" at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations, also U.S. Dept. of Commerce District Export Council for Kentucky. Appears in Who's Who in the World and Who's Who in America. AB Princeton, MA and PhD, University of California at Berkeley. Married to the former Susan Hodgetts of Lexington -- three daughters, Amy, Alix and Jill. Member of Lexington's Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal).