Diplomacy and Discourse Podcast

In this episode, we ask whether multilateralism, the idea that countries can solve shared problems by working together through common institutions, still has a future. We examine the American decision to leave 66 international organizations, giving the Trump administration's reasoning a fair hearing alongside the costs, then follow the money into the UN funding crisis, refuge...

In this episode, we take an honest look at how religion still shapes global politics, starting with two conversations most media would rather skip. First, we walk through the evidence that Christianity has been good for the West, and then we talk openly about the real integration challenges that have come with Muslim migration into Western Europe, while making it clear that m...

A handful of narrow straits and canals, including Hormuz, Suez, Panama, Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, the Bosphorus, and Gibraltar, carry a huge share of the world's trade. This episode breaks down, in plain language, why geography still shapes global power, from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and Panama Canal droughts to China's Malacca dilemma. It also covers what happens to price...

Jared Kushner meets Hamas in Egypt, pushing a Gaza roadmap, while West Bank settlers lay siege to Palestinian villages—even Mike Huckabee calls it terrorism. Netanyahu is trapped: his hard-right coalition commits acts that draw global condemnation, but he needs their support to survive. A pro-Palestinian analysis of US contradictions and the political forces ...