As the United States faces unprecedented challenges and
opportunities around the world, Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice has unveiled a bold new vision of American diplomacy
for the 21st century known as “transformational diplomacy.”
According to Secretary Rice, transformational diplomacy is a
vision rooted in partnership, not paternalism—in doing things
with other people, not for them. “I think,” says Ambassador
Patrick Kennedy, that the major focus of transformational diplomacy
has to [do with] getting our personnel out and operating
in different ways, reaching out to new audiences … in ways
that we have not done in other parts of the world.”