TV Series

TV Series: Conversations on Diplomacy

 
Nicholas’s series 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

 

BurnsWilliam J. Burns
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Career Ambassador

Pickering1Thomas Pickering
Former Undersecretary of State, Career Ambassador (Part 1)

KwanMichelle Kwan
State Department Adviser, Figure-Skating Champion

NyeJoseph Nye
Professor and Former Dean, Harvard Kennedy School

CaslenLt. Gen. Robert Caslen
Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy West Point

WestmacottPeter Westmacott
British Ambassador to the United States

ThomasLinda Thomas-Greenfield
Director-General of the U.S. Foreign Service

AmmonPeter Ammon
German Ambassador to the United States

RossAlec Ross
Former Adviser for Innovation, Department of State

JacobsJanice Jacobs
Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs

RussiaKurt Volker & Andrew Kuchins
The State and Future of U.S.-Russian Diplomacy

FriedDaniel Fried
Global Sanctions Coordinator, Department of State

EnsorDavid Ensor
Director, The Voice of America, former CNN correspondent

RaoNirupama Rao
Indian Ambassador to the United States

KrcJan Krc
Advances for LGBT Diplomats in the U.S. Foreign Service

JohnsonSusan Johnson
President of the American Foreign Service Association

CountrymanTom Countryman
Assistant Secretary of State for International Security

Shah1Rajiv Shah
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development

Pickering2Thomas Pickering
Former Undersecretary of State, Career Ambassador (Part 2)

NegroponteJohn Negroponte
Former Director of National Intelligence

BiswalNisha Biswal
Assistant Secretary of State, South & Central Asian Affairs

CampbellKurt Campbell
Former Assistant Secretary of State, Asian and Pacific Affairs

Jeffrey:BohlenJames Jeffrey & Avis Bohlen
Career Diplomats’ Role in Policy-Making

McEldowneyNancy McEldowney
Director, Foreign Service Institute, Department of State

BeecroftStephen Beecroft
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Former U.S. Ambassador to Jordan

DoerGary Doer
Canadian Ambassador to the United States

CrowleyP.J. Crowley
Former Assistant Secretary of State Public Affairs

BeazleyKim Beazley
Australian Ambassador to the United States

SonenshineTara Sonenshine
Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy & Public Affairs

MauldinJimmy Mauldin
Raising a Family in the U.S. Foreign Service

ReekerPhilip Reeker
U.S. Consul-General in Milan, Fmr Ambassador to Macedonia

SlavinBarbara Slavin
The State and Future of U.S.-Iranian Diplomacy

UrsKrishna Urs
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Transportation

O'ConnorKerry O’Connor
Innovation Catalyst at the Department of State