Expeditionary Diplomacy is What, Exactly?
Mongolia, Turkmenistan and the Marshall Islands: What do they all have in common? Mike Senko opened the first American embassies in each one! And he lived to tell the tale.
14 Loka 201831min
Can We Make a Diplomat of Laura? Laura in the Hot Seat
Reporting from fictional Sulandia, a skill that can be developed. Dorothy Mayhew and Michael Gray, diplomats who teach at The Foreign Service Institute, lead the way. Plus bonus info on the life of a ...
4 Loka 201826min
Who Knew? Diplomatic Training, Revealed
Are Foreign Service Officers made or born that way? And what, exactly, is a "demarche"? A tour through basic training, Foreign Service style, with Dorothy Mayhew and Michael Gray.
27 Syys 201829min
Bouazizi, Arab Spring, SiriusXM and Is It Happening Here?
Pete and Laura's recent appearance on SiriusXM with host Eric Ham, bookended by discussion of the psychology of frustration, even humiliation, that can lead whole populations to support strongmen.
20 Syys 201823min
Tamil Genocide - History Repeats Itself?
Bob Blake offers an alternative to genocide, but his help is refused. How similar is the tragedy in Sri Lanka to the current crisis in Myanmar?
18 Syys 201830min
Tamil Tigers - The Memory Still Haunts Sri Lanka
Want to go to jail in Sri Lanka today? Just mention the Tamil Tigers in a positive manner and you will be on trial. That's how upset people still are about the war that ended almost ten years ago. B...
13 Syys 201829min
Russia - Is It Happening Here? Putin Consolidates Power
Sandy Vershbow, US Ambassador to Russia 2002-2005, recounts Putin's gradual seizure of power over more and more of the Russian State, leaving ordinary Russians with little, if any, voice in the polici...
8 Syys 201832min
Russia - Is It Happening Here? "He Must Be Like Putin"
Conditions precedent and the rise of populist autocrat Putin, via Sandy Vershbow, US Ambassador to Russia, 2001-2005. Plus bonus Russian hit song "One Like Putin". Your internal soundscape may never b...
30 Elo 201825min
