Pedro Castillo, recently ousted in Peru, is the latest of a succession of Peruvian presidents to be jailed or disgraced.
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June 22, 2023
Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, opened hot dog stands upon his release from Russian prison as a young man.
June 15, 2023
Who coined that term anyway? It's true, there have been insults and lots of them. Why?
June 1, 2023
24 hours news TV totally changed the State Department comms staple, the cable. Pete hopped on the “wireless” to save a democracy and Amb.
May 25, 2023
By listener request, Pete and Laura have binged the Netflix show The Diplomat. Pete answers: How real is it?
May 18, 2023
In last Sunday’s election, President Erdogan received almost half of the vote, but not enough to be the winner - yet. How does he hold onto powe
May 11, 2023
Say what? "Reforms?" Or simply a way for Netanyahu to skirt the law and consolidate power?
April 27, 2023
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 t
April 20, 2023
Wait a sec! Diplomacy is between countries, right? So why does State have a whole office for City and State Diplomacy?
April 13, 2023
On April 26, President Biden will host the second state dinner of his presidency, with President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea.
April 6, 2023
Ambassador Kevin Whitaker is back to share his knowledge of the populist president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, who has imprisoned thousands and viol
March 30, 2023
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 pr
March 23, 2023
Argentina, 1970s. The president catches a cold and dies. Who succeeds him? His VP, also his fifth-grade educated wife, selected expr
March 16, 2023
For Women's History Month, Ambassador Pru Bushnell returns with leadership tips for women.
March 9, 2023
Pete and John Feeley follow on last week's interview with Felix Maradiaga, freed Nicaraguan political prisoner.
March 2, 2023
The greatest threat to the Ortega regime in Nicaragua? Ideas. And that’s how Félix Maradiaga, Nic
February 24, 2023
Who can become a sex or labor trafficking victim? Anyone. We all need food and shelter; we all need to provide for our children, just to name a few.
February 16, 2023
More on the labrynth of intelligence, strategy and diplomacy in Ukraine.