Years ago, many wondered what had become the purpose of NATO. Not anymore! General Doug Lute, former US Permanent...
Today we are reposting one of our most informative episodes on China, which Laura often thinks of when analyzing today’s global news:...
Wait a sec! Diplomacy is between countries, right? So why does State have a whole office for City and State Diplomacy? Ambassador...
On April 26, President Biden will host the second state dinner of his presidency, with President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea. Why is...
Jimmy Carter is in hospice and Lizzy Shackelford is back to focus on human rights in foreign policy, the first rules for which began under...
Ambassador Kevin Whitaker is back to share his knowledge of the populist president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, who has imprisoned...
Argentina, 1970s. The president catches a cold and dies. Who succeeds him? His VP, also his fifth-grade educated wife...
The greatest threat to the Ortega regime in Nicaragua? Ideas. And that’s how Félix Maradiaga, Nicaraguan political...
Who can become a sex or labor trafficking victim? Anyone. We all need food and shelter; we all need to provide for our children, just to...
Pete and John Feeley follow on last week’s interview with Felix Maradiaga, freed Nicaraguan political prisoner. Pete and John...
For Women’s History Month, Ambassador Pru Bushnell returns with leadership tips for women. A lot of power is theater, and we...
More on the labrynth of intelligence, stragety and diplomacy in Ukraine. Centralized control works in concert with decentralized execution...
Amb. Pete Romero had a twenty-five year career as a diplomat in the US Foreign Service. In his last three postings, he was head of our embassy in El Salvador, US Ambassador in Quito, Ecuador and Assistant Secretary of the Western Hemisphere Bureau at the US Department of State.
Laura Bennett has written, directed, produced and edited short films that have won 11 awards and screened at 35 festivals throughout the United States. Laura speaks Spanish, French and English and has traveled in five continents, often solo and working as a volunteer.
The best interns in Washington DC work for the American Diplomat podcast. Angela Martins is an undergraduate in Communications. She is the webmaster of the American Diplomat web page. She also maintains and takes suggestions and comments regarding the podcasts.