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 Maj 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 Maj 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 Maj 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
Data Saves Lives
What does it mean when open-source data show that huge populations have moved? Natural disaster? An attack? Relocation of children, forced passportization? Non-classified satellite imagery, cell p...
19 Apr 202438min
Professional Peacemaker
Meghan Stewart, head of the Negotiations Support Unit in State's Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, knows the peace process – its structures, its history, the perspectives of combatants....
11 Apr 202429min
Will Biden Listen to His Base?
Many diplomats urge what the vast majority of voters, including American Jews, want – a restrained Israel and a place for Palestinians. Former Assistant Secretary Eric Schwartz discusses the letter t...
4 Apr 202439min
The Next Thousand Years
Our climate: What we do during this decade will determine our climate for a millennium to come. Diplomats not only negotiate multilateral agreements that protect the earth but, even more so, work with...
28 Mars 202437min
