Conversations with Nicholas Kralev is a TV series that examines the practice of diplomacy in the 21st century and the challenges it faces. Produced in 2013-2015 and broadcast on the American Forces Network (AFN), it features interviews with U.S. and foreign diplomats, as well as military and intelligence officials, journalists and foreign policy experts.
EPISODES

U.S. Deputy
Secretary of State
Thomas Pickering
Former Undersecretary of State
Political Affairs (Part 1)
Michelle Kwan
State Deptartment Adviser
Figure-Skating Champion
Joseph Nye
Author
Professor, Harvard University
Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen
Superintendent
U.S. Military Academy, West Point
Peter Westmacott
British Ambassador
to the United States
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Director-General
U.S. Foreign Service
Peter Ammon
German Ambassador
to the United States
Alec Ross
Former Adviser for Innovation
Department of State
Janice Jacobs
Assistant Secretary of State
Consular Affairs
Kurt Volker & Andrew Kuchins
The State and Future of
U.S.-Russian Diplomacy
Daniel Fried
Global Sanctions Coordinator
Department of State
David Ensor
Director
The Voice of America
Nirupama Rao
Indian Ambassador
to the United States
Jan Krc
Advances for Gay
American Diplomats
Susan Johnson
President
American Foreign Service Association
Tom Countryman
Assistant Secretary of State
International Security

Administrator, U.S. Agency
for International Development
Thomas Pickering
Former Undersecretary of State
Political Affairs (Part 2)
John Negroponte
Former Director
National Intelligence
Nisha Biswal
Assistant Secretary of State
South & Central Asian Affairs
Kurt Campbell
Former Assistant Secretary of State
Asian and Pacific Affairs
James Jeffrey & Avis Bohlen
Career Diplomats’ Role
in Policy-Making
Nancy McEldowney
Director
Foreign Service Institute
Stephen Beecroft
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq
Former U.S. Ambassador to Jordan
Gary Doer
Canadian Ambassador
to the United States
P.J. Crowley
Former Assistant Secretary of State
Public Affairs
Kim Beazley
Australian Ambassador
to the United States
Tara Sonenshine
Undersecretary of State
Public Diplomacy & Public Affairs
Jimmy Mauldin
Raising a Family
in the Foreign Service
Philip Reeker
U.S. Consul-General in Milan
Former Ambassador to Macedonia
Barbara Slavin
The State and Future of
U.S.-Iranian Diplomacy
Krishna Urs
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Transportation
Kerry O’Connor
Innovation Catalyst
Department of State