The Diplomat’s Cabinet
Podcast

Welcome to a thoughtfully crafted series that explores how people’s stories (whether rooted in human insecurity, inequality, socioeconomic dynamics, or global power shifts) shape and are shaped by diplomacy and international affairs.

Through interviews with expert guests, ranging from NATO to gender, career decisions to empathy, sanctions to soft power, The Diplomat’s Cabinet podcast strips foreign affairs down to what matters.

And shows why you should care, too.

Conversations on global affairs featuring the people who think them through

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Conversations on global affairs featuring the people who think them through 〰️

Latest interviews

  • Ep. 10 — Who gets to redefine a more inclusive foreign policy?

    Interview with Ambika Vishwanath, Founder Director of the Kubernein Initiative

  • Ep. 9 — Is strategic foresight the EU's missing superpower?

    Interview with Ricardo Borges de Castro

  • Ep. 8 — What happens when masculinity meets precarity?

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  • Ep. 7 — Could the NATO Summit be a turning point for Article 5?

    Interview with Luka Ignac, Foreign Affairs Analyst

  • Ep. 6 — Why do political elites fail on climate policy?

    Interview with António Valentim from the London School of Economics (LSE)

  • Ep. 5 — When is it time to rethink your career in global affairs?

    Interview with Sofiia Shevchuk, Freelance Independent Consultant

  • Ep. 4 — Will Germany drop its feminist foreign policy?

    Interview with Leonie Stamm, Research Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations

  • Ep. 3 — Ep. 3 – Can local journalism help save democracy?

    Interview with Daniela Melo, Political Scientist and Co-Founder of The New Bedford Light

  • Ep. 2 — Why aren’t there more women Ambassadors?

    Interview with Sara Chehab, Senior Researcher at the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy

    Dr. Sara Chehab standing beside her quote: "[When it comes to the issue of women in diplomacy], it’s not just a numbers game.  Are they posted to influential capitals, to important states? And the answer is, actually, not really."
  • Ep. 1 — Is Kamala Harris the glass cliff candidate in the U.S. elections?

    Interview with Marissa Conway, foreign affairs analyst and senior charity executive in the UK

    Marissa Conway standing beside her quote: “I don't think there will ever be a time where we could say American society is ready for a woman president, or ready for a woman of color as president.”