Scarcity Colors Everything - China Policy (Encore)
Today we are reposting one of our most informative episodes on China, which Laura often thinks of when analyzing today's global news: Why does the West find China so confounding in matters of busines...
27 Apr 202355min
City and State Diplomacy
Wait a sec! Diplomacy is between countries, right? So why does State have a whole office for City and State Diplomacy? Ambassador Nina Hachigian, head of this brand new office, introduces this innova...
20 Apr 202331min
South Korea State Visit, April 26
On April 26, President Biden will host the second state dinner of his presidency, with President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea. Why is this only the second one of Biden's presidency? Why is South Kor...
13 Apr 202339min
Authoritarian Demagogue or Savior?
Ambassador Kevin Whitaker is back to share his knowledge of the populist president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, who has imprisoned thousands and violated human rights brazenly, all in the name of (ra...
6 Apr 202345min
Human Rights in Foreign Policy
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 Carter's presidency. Although the rules survive, our governm...
30 Mars 202343min
In Case of Democracy Break Glass
Argentina, 1970s. The president catches a cold and dies. Who succeeds him? His VP, also his fifth-grade educated wife, selected expressly because she posed no threat to the president's power. So t...
23 Mars 202341min
We Live in a Male Culture
For Women's History Month, Ambassador Pru Bushnell returns with leadership tips for women. A lot of power is theater, and we can use those trappings of power to lead with authority. One, keep the al...
16 Mars 202341min
How'd They Do It?
Pete and John Feeley follow on last week's interview with Felix Maradiaga, freed Nicaraguan political prisoner. Pete and John learn the diplomatic and human story behind the story with Patrick Ventre...
9 Mars 202320min
