Strategic Patience: Can We Return to Diplomacy?
Must our foreign policy be based on ego, resources and might-makes-right? Can we effectively meet future challenges with policies based on American values? Ambassador Mike Polt hopes so, and ASU is de...
15 Jan 32min
Venezuela: Gunboat Diplomacy Redux
Why hasn't Trump decided to keep US boots on the ground? Let us count the reasons. Hint, it's not because it would be a bad look.
8 Jan 29min
Bottoms Up! In Vodka Veritas Once More!
An oldie but a goodie and one of our very favorites, our annual New Year's special: In Vodka Veritas with Dick Hoagland. Ambassador Dick Hoagland, having served many years in Russia and former Soviet ...
1 Jan 28min
A Diplomatic Holiday To You!
For the holidays, we asked diplomats to share their tales. We have Ken Quinn whose young kids' Christmas in Austria was saved by a team including the Chattanooga Choo Choo, a muslim Santa and a tempor...
25 Dec 202526min
Clown Car or Security Strategy?
The Administration's new National Security Strategy document contains exaggerations, contradictions, insults, racism, posturing and slamming, which is to say nothing of the important topics it does no...
18 Dec 202541min
Venezuela: Be Careful What You Wish For
Imagine a free and prosperous Venezuela. What would it take? We take you to a simulated White House Situation Room with diplomat and Venezuela expert Brian Naranjo. Are you ready for some ground truth...
11 Dec 202550min
Milei: Man or Maniac?
The chainsaw was one thing. But the dog economists? Either way, $20billion is a nice bailout package for Argentina. Senior State Department economist Rich Sanders unpacks life in Argentina today, for ...
4 Dec 202534min
From Harlem Hellfighters to The Jazz Ambassadors - A Tale of Hope
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 ...
27 Nov 202550min
