Here's our earlier episode about Victor Bout, reposted, as he is again in the headlines, part of a proposed prisoner swap with Russia in exchange for
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Ambassador Kevin Whitaker walks us through one of the most significant polticial events in Colombia's history: its recent election of outsider candida
We build trust, says Marcela Celorio, Counsul General of Mexico in Los Angeles, in our first-ever interview with a diplomat representing another count
Ambassador Rufus Gifford, Chief of Protocol for the United States, knows the very real power of setting the stage for successful diplomacy, especially
Dave Silverman, Deputy National Summit Coordinator, Summit of the Americas, talks about the complexity and diplomatic significance of setting the Summ
Brian Nichols, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs brings us up to speed on the most pressing issues on the agenda for the upc
The Summit of the Americas is coming up in ealry June. Who will be there? What's at stake?
The night before the war begain, a calm confidence prevailed in President Zelensky's office.
Assimilation is better than integration, counsels Ambassador Michael Polt of ASU's Leadership, Diplomacy and National Security Lab.
Immigration expert Eric Farnsworth is back to parse what he describes as our unilateral disarmament diplomatically in the Western Hemisphere, due to b
Bringing Europe and China to Africa and Granola Bars to Jail - originally posted in March 2018. Enjoy!
Overseas and at home, Foreign Service officers face danger to themselves and their careers, from Benghazi to McCarthyism to the Trump presidency.
War crimes and genocide, from the Holocaust of World War II to Ukraine today, and many other places on earth.
No one guessed Ukraine could succeed in combatting Putin. How has the country done it? What has Putin got wrong?
What, exactly, is a sanction? An embargo? How do they help Ukraine and the West defeat Putin's aggression? Are they working?
Gas and Oil, Russia, Europe, the US, Azerbaijan, China and the war in Ukraine.
Most of the world is united in its condemnation of Russia's aggression in Ukraine, with the conspicuous absence of comment from Latin America.
What better way to launch a depressive episode than to leave a beloved job as US Ambassador to Panama, at the pinacle of one's career, all because one