Global Fragility Act
Finally, a home at State for what we have learned about global conflicts. Will it make us smarter? Will we demand deeper buy in from Allies and friends? Or do we continue to treat each conflict as ...
13 Jun 202444min
Geopolitics Thrills!
We talk about cultural diplomacy, but what about diplomacy in culture? Laura (MFA, Film and Television, NYU) loves movies and TV, and best of all, Laura loves movies and TV about geopolitics. What d...
6 Jun 202440min
From Harlem Hellfighters to the Jazz Ambassadors, A Leap of Faith
State Department lawyer Mike Peay traces how, during a time of deep racial conflict, black American jazz artists went overseas to promote the American experiment, winning the hearts of millions with ...
30 Mai 202450min
Will Mexico Dodge the Bullet?
"Hugs, not bullets", that is AMLO's mantra for the cartels. This, while homicides have risen to historic highs. Our man in Mexico, retired Ambassador Tony Wayne, is back to discuss the good fight. Wil...
23 Mai 202445min
Two State Solution - Is the Perfect the Enemy of the Good?
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Fred Rudesheim unpacks the complexities of Gaza. Much is said of the very real moral outrages committed by Israel and Hamas. But what now? In the near term, how viable is a t...
16 Mai 202446min
Russian Mercenaries' Regime Survival Kit
Out with Wagner, in with the Africa Corps. What will happen as mercenaries continue to offer attractive alternatives to vulnerable democracies like Niger, the Central African Republic, Burkina Faso an...
9 Mai 202449min
100 Years old and Still Kicking It: The US Foreign Service
Tom Yazdgerdi, President of the American Foreign Service Association reaches back to illustrate how far the Foreign Service has come in the last 100 years and charts how it will meet the complex chall...
2 Mai 202436min
Shakespearean Tragedy: Cuba
Ambassador Vicki Huddleston, author of "Our Woman in Havana", unpacks the dire circumstances in Cuba driving hundreds of thousands to flee the island and parses the impacts of South Florida exile poli...
25 Apr 202437min
