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
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Career Ambassador
Thomas Pickering
Former Undersecretary of State, Career Ambassador (Part 1)
Michelle Kwan
State Department Adviser, Figure-Skating Champion
Joseph Nye
Professor and Former Dean, Harvard Kennedy School
Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen
Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy West Point
Peter Westmacott
British Ambassador to the United States
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Director-General of the 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 for 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, former CNN correspondent
Nirupama Rao
Indian Ambassador to the United States
Jan Krc
Advances for LGBT Diplomats in the U.S. Foreign Service
Susan Johnson
President of the American Foreign Service Association
Tom Countryman
Assistant Secretary of State for International Security
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Thomas Pickering
Former Undersecretary of State, Career Ambassador (Part 2)
John Negroponte
Former Director of 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, Department of State
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 for Public Diplomacy & Public Affairs
Jimmy Mauldin
Raising a Family in the U.S. Foreign Service
Philip Reeker
U.S. Consul-General in Milan, Fmr Ambassador to Macedonia
Barbara Slavin
The State and Future of U.S.-Iranian Diplomacy
Krishna Urs
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Transportation
Kerry O’Connor
Innovation Catalyst at the Department of State