Ambassador Mike Polt and General Ben Freakley of ASU's Leadership, Diplomacy and National Security Lab join Pete for a discussion of Ukraine from a co
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February 3, 2023
Iranian citizens are being raped and publicly hanged by their government. We are past the point of words of solidarity.
January 26, 2023
Were the riots in Brazil on January 8, 2023, a January 6 copycat, or a situation all their own?
January 19, 2023
Kathleen Stephens, former ambassador to Korea, shares her perspective on how the culture of the US Foreign Service has changed, as have the cultures o
January 12, 2023
Daren Nair, whose show
January 5, 2023
Ambassador Tony Wayne is back with a survey of trends, remaining challenges and reasons for optimism as we move from 2022 into 2023.
December 29, 2022
Pete botches up a boar hunt, drinks the mystery drink chicha, and receives upon his departure a marriage proposal, ambiguously addressed either to him
December 28, 2022
From the archive, Pete tells the tale of his visit to the jungle to hang with the Huarini. Did he do the right thing?
December 22, 2022
Ambassador Peter Bodde shares a Christmas Eve tale of rescue and relief as the walls of Communism fell like snow in Eastern Europe, 1989.
December 15, 2022
The authritarian psychology, with Ken Dekleva, our (fascinating) Foreign Service psychiatrist.
December 2, 2022
Laura's great old pal Andy Mertha, SAIS professor and China expert, contextualizes recent Chinese protests against Covid policies in the immense time-
November 24, 2022
Our Thanksgiving special featuring pie at the Hague and Turkey in Uzbekistan - Thank you to you, each and all! Have a wonderful holiday!
November 18, 2022
A licenced architect in Cuba, our friend Maikel was forced to leave in order to avoid being jailed by the Cuban state.
November 10, 2022
Can you imaine discovering that your best friend for years, with whom you shared milestones of your life, was in fact a traitor and a spy?
November 3, 2022
Since the morality police arrested and murdered 22-year-old Mahsa Amini - allegedly for wearing her hijab incorrectly - protests have gained inte
October 27, 2022
April 7, 1994, Rwanda. Not a good day to be mistaken for the acting Prime Minister.
October 20, 2022
The story of our very own Pete turns out to be interesting to our intern Lauren!
October 13, 2022
Juan Carlos Pinzón, the youngest-ever Colombian Minister of Defence, and more recently the Colombian ambassador to the United States, weighs in on hem