Finding A Place for Women in the World of Diplomacy: Evidence of Progress Toward Gender Equity and Speculation on Policy Outcomes

This article assesses the role of women in foreign policy bureaucracy, focusing on the Bush and Clinton administrations We advance three arguments: (a) the number and roles of women in the foreign policy bureaucracy have expanded since the Cold War; (b) these opportunities have been concentrated in predictable areas of the foreign policy bureaucracy; and (c) factors at the international, institutional, and societal levels combine to explain the increased opportunities.