# diplomatic (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier

Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover diplomatic.

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## [US To Go Max On Iran Sanctions (S01E134)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/us-to-go-max-on-iran-sanctions-s01e134)

_2026-08-21 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Plus, how to confront the world’s most dangerous rogue states

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212082291/7c3fb667593f157eda77d3f5bdadba6b.mp3)

## [Israel Is Choking The West Bank Economy. The World Is Finally Noticing (S01E133)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/israel-is-choking-the-west-bank-economy-02b)

_2026-08-20 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

New York Times follows the Crisis Group in focusing on Israel’s strangulation of the West Bank

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211969301/608bcfc4c8fc3dfa67648168caced428.mp3)

## [Civil Servant Dons Body Armor](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/civil-servant-dons-body-armor)

_2026-08-20 · American Diplomat_

In the second of our short series on Afghanistan five years after the US exit, Ken Handelman, former senior civil servant in the Department of Defense, reflects on the beauty, the weirdness and the tragedy of our 20 years in that country. What three institutions' failings led him to believe that it was time to leave? Listen and find out.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Ken_Handelman_Afghanistan_Aug_2026.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## [View from Spain: Seeking 'New Multilateralism'](https://nicholaskralev.substack.com/p/view-from-spain-seeking-new-multilateralism)

_2026-08-19 · Nicholas Kralev · Diplomacy Notebook_

A former senior official calls Trump's agenda "conducive to confrontation," not "peace and prosperity."

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211365597/77225c50c4f95cfae2fc655ef26b7e37.mp3)

## [Iran Has Lots Of Secrets. Its War Plans Ain’t Among Them (S01E132)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/iran-has-lots-of-secrets-its-war)

_2026-08-19 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Tehran has not only signalled that it was willing to escalate the war, it has begun to do so.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211775453/8d43e968e67b0798feb2d5b9a3da2db4.mp3)

## [Screwing Over Your Friends And Neighbors (S01E131)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/screwing-over-your-friends-and-neighbors)

_2026-08-18 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Trump threatens Oman and tosses South Korea under the bus. Iran is watching.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211587716/1898b7c665829f54de50bd7e8191d7d4.mp3)

## [Donald Trump Can’t Shut His Big Fat Mouth (S01E130)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/donald-trump-cant-shut-his-big-fat)

_2026-08-17 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

The president keeps flapping his trap with irresponsible talk. Iranians are responding with esclalatory rhetoric.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211441931/7958e4332b2087c9bc0261381914dbff.mp3)

## [Rogue Regimes: Governments Which Oppress, Abduct, And Brutalize (S01E129)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/rogue-regimes-governments-who-oppress)

_2026-08-14 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Iran, Israel, and the US compete for rogue regime of the week

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211247732/b0be64fc4d8a5d0724a873564d577f5e.mp3)

## [Axing The ‘Axis': Ditching Tired Thinking On Foreign Policy (S01E128)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/axing-the-axis-ditching-tired-thinking)

_2026-08-13 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Former Pentagon official Jasmine El-Gamal on Syria, Iran, and DC groupthink. Plus, updates on the latest Iran diplomacy and West Bank repression.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210966934/1c2d9c6576574c541490a223a0de9ba5.mp3)

## [Bill Burns on Public Service (Encore)](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/bill-burns-on-public-service-encore)

_2026-08-13 · American Diplomat_

Bill Burns says it best: "This is exactly the moment when you need to attract the best in our society to lives in public service, whether it's in the State Department, the US military or elsewhere. I am a passionate believer in that." We are, too! Uncle Sam needs you. (This is a repost from 2019, with a message that has never mattered more than it does today.)

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Aug_2026_Repost_Bill_Burns_from_2019.mp3?dest-id=590599)

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## [The Worst Consequence of Trump's War on Diplomacy](https://nicholaskralev.substack.com/p/the-worst-consequence-of-the-war)

_2026-08-12 · Nicholas Kralev · Diplomacy Notebook_

Few students today are choosing diplomatic careers — a crisis that will weaken governments for decades.

## [Donald Trump Is Stuck In The Quicksand of Iran (S01E127)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/donald-trump-is-stuck-in-the-quicksand)

_2026-08-12 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Watch now | Trump is in hell. His strategy is to paper over the fact that he has no strategy.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210828636/2cd7b1eec2ef46f6aa2be214b5d34fe0.mp3)

## [Is A Free Syria Still Possible? (S01E126)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/is-a-free-syria-still-possible-s01e126)

_2026-08-11 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Part 2 of Robin Yassin-Kassab’s interview. Plus, how Ukraine and Saudi Arabia are undermining Trump's Hormuz strategy

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210667410/37f27fdb977e1d757ce3046796db48df.mp3)

## [What It Means For The US To Lose, What It Means For Iran to Win (S01E125)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/what-it-means-for-the-us-to-lose)

_2026-08-10 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Plus, the updates on the latest esclations between Houthis and Saudi-backed forces in Yemen

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210531109/b9a5a6d90c173795656a4951b415b27f.mp3)

## [Sour Grapes: US, Israel Lose On Hormuz, Diplomatic Alliances (S01E124)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/sour-grapes-us-israel-lose-on-hormuz)

_2026-08-08 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Saudi, Pakistan, Turkey form historic partnership while US downplays handing Persian Gulf to Iran

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210303292/08b5623f9a418a4eda8efd5c5eee05f3.mp3)

## [Who Screwed Lebanon? Iran? Israel? US? (S01E123)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/who-screwed-lebanon-iran-israel-us)

_2026-08-06 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Debate with pro-war advocate Nadim Shehadi. Plus, the US Democrats declare ‘war’ on themselves

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210128189/08cbb34a547d1050c027d4ff90c9d3fb.mp3)

## [High School Reunion in Kabul](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/a-rock-star-in-afghanistan)

_2026-08-06 · American Diplomat_

How did Soviet-era bureaucratic stamps and a personal relationship between highly placed Afghan frenemies impact the outcome of US involvement in Afghanistan? Amb. John Bass shares the part of the story you have never heard before as we reflect on our exit five years later.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/John_Bass_Afghan_Departure_Anniv_8_2026.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## [Narrow Michigan Victory Will Embolden AIPAC (S01E122)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/narrow-michigan-victory-will-embolden)

_2026-08-05 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Plus, why warmongers are unable to learn from their catastrophic failures in Iran.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209996119/4e158e4f79d097c56a615b1db77259fd.mp3)

## [View from Brazil: Watching U.S. with 'Sadness'](https://nicholaskralev.substack.com/p/view-from-brazil-watching-us-with)

_2026-08-05 · Nicholas Kralev · Diplomacy Notebook_

An international relations scholar explains why his country still needs a global order it has long criticized.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209437182/e8a495214d33d75b6242f20dcffe3e5f.mp3)

## [How Israel Lost Michigan, And American Jews (S01E121)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/how-israel-lost-michigan-and-american)

_2026-08-04 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

David Goldberg on shedding Israeli indoctrination, plus the big Michigan primary everyone is watching

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209728446/6bd21a84b1a8428c2af83a79752426ff.mp3)

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## [Spoils Of War: Why Iran Won’t Give Up The Strait of Hormuz (S01E120)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/spoils-of-war-why-iran-wont-give)

_2026-08-03 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Plus, destroying neocon argument that war has been going on for 47 years, plus the latest in diplomatic talks and a brief update on Gaza

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209576624/157fd3ccb8c95af80972c05083599797.mp3)

## [War Escalates In Iran, While Trump Peddles Peace For Gaza (S01E119)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/war-escalates-in-iran-while-trump)

_2026-07-31 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Neocons demand more war crimes as civilians suffer

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209282956/4c24415d736c587fd71fcafedddcf1ca.mp3)

## [The Real Story Of The CIA’s Regime Change Plot In Syria (S01E118)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/the-real-story-of-the-cias-regime)

_2026-07-30 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Author Robin Yassin-Kassab discusses the events leading up to the toppling of Bashar Assad. Plus, the latest on the expanding Iran war.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209038279/7ce0e349a715492a7e29e710ecf6c872.mp3)

## [AI Diplomacy: Dueling Banjos?](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/ai-diplomacy-dueling-banjos)

_2026-07-30 · American Diplomat_

Its economic potential is huge, but AI also brings serious national security threats. How exactly do diplomats work to create global standards that promote innovation but also protect us? Knowledge is power in uncertain times so pull up a chair for an in-depth chat with Daniel Remler, bona fide AI diplomat.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Daniel_Remler_AI_July_2026.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## [Reporting on U.S. Diplomacy Is a Whole New Game](https://nicholaskralev.substack.com/p/reporting-on-us-diplomacy-is-a-whole)

_2026-07-29 · Nicholas Kralev · Diplomacy Notebook_

The rules have changed so drastically that journalists are reduced to deciphering Trump's social-media posts.

## [Iran: Two Publicly Hanged In Isfahan (S01E117)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/iran-two-publicly-hanged-in-isfahan)

_2026-07-29 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Iran’s overuse of the death penalty, plus Trump’s latest threats and the latest diplomatic maneuverings

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208889295/8cca6ef24c2ef682e4968a07e2a45e25.mp3)

## [Iran’s southern cities brace themselves as US attacks focus on sites close to the Strait of Hormuz (No. 39)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/irans-southern-cities-brace-themselves)

_2026-07-28 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

From the Singapore Straits Times

## [Lindsey Graham: More Of A Warmongering Freak Than We Ever Imagined (S01E116)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/lindsey-graham-more-of-a-warmongering)

_2026-07-27 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Plus, the danger that Iran war could expand from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian and Red seas

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208634517/cb4ebae805ada366b4bec00d2656b218.mp3)

## [How A TV Channel Drove The Iran War (S01E115)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/how-a-tv-channel-drove-the-iran-war)

_2026-07-24 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Plus, how nefarious operatives are dehumanizing Iranians with fake casualty counts

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208379121/1dfd0adea45f7432308092e9584614f9.mp3)

## [What Yemen Tells Us About The Iran War (S01E114)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/what-yemen-tells-us-about-the-iran)

_2026-07-23 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Saudi ships burn off the coast of Yemen, while the 'neocon lite' crowd continues to predict American victory

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208157925/777077c3b4e0bc7981dcf65cabc531f2.mp3)

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_2026-07-23 · **Sponsored**_

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## [And in Other News…The Western Sahara](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/and-in-other-newsthe-western-sahara)

_2026-07-23 · American Diplomat_

Ever wonder what it's really like to move policy along as a diplomat? Join Ed Gabriel and Bob Holley as they chronicle the progress of policy in the Western Sahara. Kings die, Texans retire and administrations come and go – but in the end, the people's voices may yet be heard.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Ed_and_Bob_Western_Sahara.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## [View from New Zealand: 'Keep Your Head Down'](https://nicholaskralev.substack.com/p/view-from-new-zealand-keep-your-head)

_2026-07-22 · Nicholas Kralev · Diplomacy Notebook_

A pro-American former minister and ambassador worries about the U.S. trade retreat's global impact.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207043296/35094a698d79249f079e0d7478ab23ee.mp3)

## [Chicago Stories: Nick Fuentes, ICE, And The Pope (S01E113)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/chicago-stories-nick-fuentes-ice)

_2026-07-22 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Plus, the latest on Iran, the Washington neocons' attempt to lure the US into a deeper escalation in the war

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208005353/d8b903fab1dfe068d0a769972bac4cff.mp3)

## [Why Libya Was A Neocon Regime Change War, And Why It Wasn’t (S01E112)](https://borzou.substack.com/p/why-libya-was-a-neocon-regime-change)

_2026-07-21 · Borzou Daragahi · badlands_

Anas al-Gomati on Libya 15 years later. Plus, the latest on Iran

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207868285/091a426723af6f9ab47d665236df4c1b.mp3)

## [My Romance With Romania](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/romania-lets-talk-policy)

_2026-07-16 · American Diplomat_

Why is Romania so important for US interests? Hint: The Black Sea, and a very long border with Ukraine. Amb. Kathy Kavalec shares insights on this often overlooked but strategically powerful US alliance.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Kathy_Kavaelc_PART_TWO_July_2026.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## [New York Gaffe Exposes Local Diplomacy Pitfalls](https://nicholaskralev.substack.com/p/new-york-gaffe-exposes-pitfalls-of)

_2026-07-15 · Nicholas Kralev · Diplomacy Notebook_

The city's international affairs commissioner's "error" is the latest symptom of rampant diplomatic amateurism.

## [Diplomacy is Empathy](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/empathy-is-diplomacy)

_2026-07-10 · American Diplomat_

How does empathy help create a more peaceful world, whether we are a first-year diplomat or Secretary of State? Amb. Kathy Kavalec (one of Dan's besties from way back) shares the diplomatic impacts of personal experience. Part one of two.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Kathy_Kavaelc_PART_ONE_July_2026.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## [View from Brussels: Why Europe Can't Quit America](https://nicholaskralev.substack.com/p/why-europe-cant-quit-america)

_2026-07-08 · Nicholas Kralev · Diplomacy Notebook_

An American-turned-European journalist decries the old continent's longtime addiction.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205435871/70ad95156854d8039a924d664be11966.mp3)

## [Crisis Du Jour](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/crisis-du-jour)

_2026-07-02 · American Diplomat_

Public Diplomacy – Journalists have tough questions. What if you just don't have the answers? How do you prepare? Get inside the machinery with former State Department spokesperson Amb. Mark Toner and learn the policy impacts of the words we use.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Mark_Toner_Jul_2026.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## [Legally, the U.S. Is Not Quite 243 Years Old](https://nicholaskralev.substack.com/p/legally-the-us-is-not-quite-243-years)

_2026-07-01 · Nicholas Kralev · Diplomacy Notebook_

It took more than seven years to negotiate the international recognition of American independence.

## [What They Don't Want You to Know](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/what-the-government-doesnt-want-you-to-know)

_2026-06-25 · American Diplomat_

Gotcha, right? Or, "Click before it's too late!" Or even, "Hey, kid. You're pretty good at this. Want a real gun?" Career public diplomacy officer Karl Stoltz tells the truth about "FIMI" – deep fakes, false personas, trolls, bots – lies that aim to provoke fear and anger and destabilize target populations.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Karl_Stoltz_FIMI_June_2026v2.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## [Diplomacy Notebook Is Now Read in Over 100 Countries](https://nicholaskralev.substack.com/p/diplomacy-notebook-is-now-read-in)

_2026-06-24 · Nicholas Kralev · Diplomacy Notebook_

To mark this milestone and farther expand readership, I’m starting a reader referral program with rewards.

## [Y2K to H1B?](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/immigration-india-and-y2k)

_2026-06-18 · American Diplomat_

When did the US first warm to India and why? Why did Pakistan nominate Trump for a Nobel? And what does the Y2K bug have to do with US-India relations today? Former ambassador Don Lu shares stories and insight on person-to person diplomacy and his personal connection to Disney's Splash Mountain.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Don_Lu_June_2026.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## [How Intelligence Went the Way of Diplomacy](https://nicholaskralev.substack.com/p/why-intelligence-has-gone-the-way)

_2026-06-17 · Nicholas Kralev · Diplomacy Notebook_

Failing to recognize that both are specialized professions, politicians keep putting amateurs in charge.

## [Politics by Other Means?](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/politics-by-other-means)

_2026-06-11 · American Diplomat_

Why can't we just bomb our way to victory in Iran? Listen to Lt. General Karen Gibson, former Director of Intelligence for U.S. Central Command, tell tales of the three-legged stool of military, intel and diplomacy in Iran, Afghanistan, and Iraq – when things go well and when they do not.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Karen_Gibson_Milit_Intel_June_2026.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## [Persona No Deseada](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/persona-no-deseada)

_2026-06-06 · American Diplomat_

Former Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Todd Robinson spent much of his career under fire, of one kind or another. Listen to his candid views on corruption in Guatemala, blowing up ships without due process, and how to stop fentanyl from killing Americans.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Todd_Robinson_June_2026.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## ["This Golden Land"](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/this-golden-land)

_2026-05-28 · American Diplomat_

Is it Burma, or is it Myanmar? Did its former leader Aung San Suu Kyi bring democratic reform or did she commit genocide? Both? Chris Milligan, former Agency Counselor for USAID, highlights breathtaking human resilience and the strategic value of foreign assistance.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Chris_Mulligan_Myanmar_USAID_May_2026.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## [USAID: Into The Wood Chipper](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/usaid-into-the-wood-chipper)

_2026-05-22 · American Diplomat_

What was USAID? How did DOGE destroy it, and with what impacts to global health and stability? Nick Enrich's book "Into the Wood Chipper" details the demolition of the agency that for less than 1% of the US budget saved 92 million lives globally. Listen to him tell the tale.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Nick_Enrich_Woodchipper_May_2026.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## [The Case of the Powdered Orange Drink](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/the-case-of-the-powdered-orange-drink)

_2026-05-14 · American Diplomat_

What is "dumping"? How does it hurt us? Who comes to the rescue? The Foreign Commercial Service! Judy Reinke, after leading the FCS, became Ambassador to Montenegro. Listen to her tales of service near and far.

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Judy_Reinke_FCS_May_2026.mp3?dest-id=590599)

## [Loose Nukes](https://americandiplomat.libsyn.com/loose-nukes)

_2026-05-07 · American Diplomat_

How to get bomb-ready uranium out of the wrong hands? It's the mid-90s. The Soviet Union just fell. Andrew Weber, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs, tells of moose hunts, wild turkey, black ice and convoys under cover of night. How does past diplomacy help us understand the nuclear situation in Iran today?

[Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/americandiplomat/Weber_Nuclear_Dipl_May_2026.mp3?dest-id=590599)