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The greatest threat to the Ortega regime in Nicaragua?  Ideas.  And that’s how Félix Maradiaga,...

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Human Trafficking – Our Country, Every Country

Who can become a sex or labor trafficking victim? Anyone. We all need food and shelter; we all...

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The Triad of US Forces in Ukraine

More on the labrynth of intelligence, stragety and diplomacy in Ukraine. Centralized control...

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The Three-Legged Stool in Ukraine

Ambassador Mike Polt and General Ben Freakley of ASU's Leadership, Diplomacy and National...

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Women, Life, Freedom in Iran

Iranian citizens are being raped and publicly hanged by their government. We are past the point...

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Brazil – January 8

Were the riots in Brazil on January 8, 2023, a January 6 copycat, or a situation all their own?...

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Now We Have to Have Women

Kathleen Stephens, former ambassador to Korea, shares her perspective on how the culture of the...

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Hostage Diplomacy

Daren Nair, whose show Pod Hostage Diplomacy has brought public awareness and government action...

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It Could Have Been a Lot Worse - 2022

Ambassador Tony Wayne is back with a survey of trends, remaining challenges and reasons for...

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Pete Goes Native – Second Part of Pete’s Visit with the Indians – Encore

Pete botches up a boar hunt, drinks the mystery drink chicha, and receives upon his departure a...

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Cowboys and Indian at the Embassy - Encore

From the archive, Pete tells the tale of his visit to the jungle to hang with the Huarini.  Did...

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Home (from the Revolution) for Christmas

Ambassador Peter Bodde shares a Christmas Eve tale of rescue and relief as the walls of Communism...

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Rational, Ruthless, Resilient - The 3 Rs of Dictatorship

The authritarian psychology, with Ken Dekleva, our (fascinating) Foreign Service psychiatrist....

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Shrink of the Foreign Service

Dr. Ken Dekleva, former foreign service psychiatrist, explains that for diplomats stressors are...

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Protests, and China's Endless Complexity

Laura's great old pal Andy Mertha, SAIS professor and China expert, contextualizes recent Chinese...

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Happy Thanksgiving From AmDip!

Our Thanksgiving special featuring pie at the Hague and Turkey in Uzbekistan - Thank you to you,...

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Maikel

A licenced architect in Cuba, our friend Maikel was forced to leave in order to avoid being...

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The Spy Who (I Thought) Loved Me

Can you imaine discovering that your best friend for years, with whom you shared milestones of...

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Gender Apartheid and Protests in Iran

Since the morality police arrested and murdered 22-year-old Mahsa Amini - allegedly for wearing...

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Encore - That Day I Had to Run

April 7, 1994, Rwanda. Not a good day to be mistaken for the acting Prime Minister. Linda...

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