Diplomacy - Blogs of War

Evaluating the North Korean Threat

Phil Walter joins returns to the show to look at how the U.S. processes and evaluates the threat posed by North Korea. We try to separate the rhetoric and action to cut through the hype. Is war with North Korea likely? Is it justified?

Iraq

Ambassador Lukman Faily on Iraq's Future, the Travel Ban, and ISIS

Lukman Faily served as Iraq’s ambassador to the United States for three years. He left that post, and the Iraqi Foreign Service, in 2016. A lot has transpired since our last chat and we plan to follow this short exchange with a more in depth discussion on Covert Contact soon.

Diplomacy

Book Excerpt: The Embassy: A Story of War and Diplomacy

The Embassy is a graphic, cinematic retelling of the harrowing climax of the Liberian civil war and the U.S. and West African role in ending it. Through interviews with the Ambassador and

Covert Contact

Art in Diplomacy and Conflict

Dr. Julia Tatiana Bailey is an art historian specializing in visual politics in the Cold War and art as propaganda, diplomacy and resistance. She recently completed a PhD focusing on official and unofficial

Covert Contact

Intelligence Failures, eDiplomacy, and Agent Storm

In episode one of the Covert Contact podcast I am looking at the notion of intelligence failures and why they’re often more complicated than they seem – or not failures at all. I’

Interviews

Anthony Bourdain Talks Travel, Food, and War

I’ve never met anyone interested in the world around them who isn’t terribly envious of Anthony Bourdain. Fans of his books and shows like No Reservations and Parts Unknown know that

Iraq

A Brief Chat with Iraq's Ambassador to the United States, Lukman Faily

Ambassador Faily and I have traded tweets for some time now but I am honored that he agreed to take time out what must be an overwhelming schedule to answer a very short