This course would focus on the mechanics of foreign policy and active diplomacy from the practitioner's point of view. The students will work in a mock embassy setting with each student holding an “account” or portfolio of an embassy officer in a functional field such as deputy chief of mission, political, economic, consular, management, security, public diplomacy, defense attaché, legal attaché, technology, commercial attaché, intelligence, and aid/development. The instructor will assume the role of Ambassador, Chief of Mission, and working with the “country team,” will work through a number of scenarios, with students switching roles as they work through each scenario. Students will prepare operational memoranda, diplomatic notes, reporting cables, plan mission objectives, and manage crises. This will enable students to experience the nuances of foreign policy formulation from different agency perspectives as they craft a unified embassy-wide response to each scenario.