Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat’s Behind the Trump-Bukele Bromance?
Is it simply mutual self-interest or is it Bukele's head start on the authoritarian’s handbook? Both? AmDip’s own Pete Romero breaks it down, with feeling!
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Democracy Prevails!
Former US Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens answers the question: How was martial law defeated within hours and the would-be dictator impeached? Hint: The citizens, and the soldiers(!) sai…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Universities in the Trump Crosshairs
US colleges and universities are a battleground for First Amendment rights. Each side of the political spectrum wants to limit these rights for the other side. Now the Trump Administration has weapon…
Published on 5 months ago
DEI: Enemy of the People?
Trump has led a relentless attack on Diversity Equity and Inclusion, saying it undermines a meritocracy. Former State DEI chief Ambassador Gina Abercrombie Winstanley asserts that equity and inclusio…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
South Africans Don't Like to be Bullied
And why does it matter how regular South Africans feel about US behavior toward their country? Ambassador Charlie Ray untangles the powerful dynamics within South Africa domestically and vis-a-vis t…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
We are Americans and we stand for something.
What happens when the US washes its hands of its international obligations? Ambassador Mike Polt, Co-Founder of ASU’s Leadership, Diplomacy and National Security Lab, views our president as our chie…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
How is Trump 2.0 Like An Onion?
A foreign policy grandmaster strategist? Or is our president guided simply by whim and spite, without a cohesive plan? Pete and Laura break it down. You be the judge.
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Tariff Wars
Tony Wayne, former Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs and US Ambassador to Mexico, pulls apart the strands. First, what is an import? How many times would you guess a ra…
Published on 6 months ago
When Economists Wage War
Diplomat and Author Edward Fishman reveals how globalization is giving way to zero-sum self-interest. Can we win the emerging economic warfare? Listen, and read his new book Chokepoints: American P…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
USAID and the Fate of Gazans
Peace in the Middle East starts in Gaza and the West Bank. But beautiful parks and fountains and casinos…the Riviera of the Middle East, a beautiful vacation spot in what is now rubble? And somehow…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago