The Diplomat | ديبلومات
The Diplomat | ديبلومات
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In the rooms where war, peace, and power are decided, words matter most. The Diplomat brings you raw conversations with ambassadors, envoys, and negotiators who shaped the hardest decisions in U.S. foreign policy and Middle East diplomacy. Hosted by Joe Kawly. Recorded from Washington. Produced by Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN).
Joe Kawly brings extensive experience from conflict zones in the Middle East to the power corridors of Washington. As a journalist, he’s seen how words can escalate a crisis or open the door to peace. A Georgetown graduate and former CNN Journalism Fellow, he’s known for connecting the dots others miss, so people don’t just hear what happened, they understand why it matters. As producer and host of The Diplomat, Joe brings clarity to diplomacy and politics, one conversation at a time.
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The show covers significant topics related to U.S. foreign policy and Middle Eastern issues, including nuclear proliferation, revolutionary movements, and freedom of expression. For example, episodes analyze the patterns of nuclear crises, reflect on the impact of diplomatic honesty during revolutionary moments, and explore the geopolitics behind freedom of speech in various contexts.
In the rooms where war, peace, and power are decided, words matter most. The Diplomat brings you raw conversations with ambassadors, envoys, and negotiators who shaped the hardest decisions in U.S. foreign policy and Middle East diplomacy. Hosted by Joe Kawly. Recorded from Washington. Produced by Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN).
Joe Kawly brings extensive experience from conflict zones in the Middle East to the power corridors of Washington. As a journalist, he’s seen how words can escalate a crisis or open the door to peace. A Georgetown graduate and former CNN Journalism Fellow, he’s known for connecting the dots others miss, so people don’t just hear what happened, they understand why it matters. As producer and host of The Diplomat, Joe brings clarity to diplomacy and politics, one conversation at a time.
Lebanon has been called a failed state, a fragile state, even a cautionary tale, but none of these labels capture what’s really happening.
In this episode, Dania Arayssi, Senior Fellow at the New Lines Institute and a political scientist studying Lebanon’s public trust and remittance economy, joins Joe Kawly to unpack:
• Why Lebanon’s leadership can’t disarm Hezbollah without risking civil war
• How the U.S. and Israel’s pressure campaigns are reshaping Beirut’s politics
• What “sovereignty” actually means in a system run by multiple powers
• Why civil society may be the country’s only functioning institution
• How foreign remittances are quietly reshaping political behavior
This is not another segment about Lebanon’s collapse: it’s an explanation of why it hasn’t fallen apart completely.
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