André Goodfriend was Deputy Chief of Mission from 2013 to 2015 at the US Embassy in Budapest.
This book presents modern, people-friendly diplomacy in an era in which public officials are increasingly expected to be transparent and engaged..
These topics include the fight against corruption, the protection of civil society, crisis prevention, education, economy, international relations, applied humanities, and the use of the social and traditional media to achieve policy goals.
The mindset of a democracy-rooted Diplomat with a working experience in an increasingly autocratic regime lends a particular perspective to the topics discussed.
Aside from Goodfriend\'s reflections on his personal history, the main focus of the deliberations is on Open government: its characteristics, preconditions, benefits, and its relation to modern diplomacy.
This book contains the distilled essence of Conversations recorded in the fall of 2015 and in the years after his departure.
This tenure was distinguished by an unusually high public visibility and broad-based popularity.
Goodfriend represented his country, and for that matter, liberal democracy, in the early period of the increasingly autocratic Orbán regime.
In the absence of an ambassador, most of the time he was Chargé d\'Affaires.
André Goodfriend was Deputy Chief of Mission from 2013 to 2015 at the US Embassy in Budapest
