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.
Washington is betting on a new Syria. The question is whether Syria can survive the bet.
In this episode of The Diplomat, Joe Kawly speaks with Will Todman of CSIS, who recently returned from Syria, about what has changed since the fall of Assad and what has not.
The conversation cuts through optimistic policy narratives and examines the risks that remain beneath the surface: fragile security, internal factionalism, unrealistic economic expectations, and the danger of U.S. disengagement once sanctions are lifted.
This is not a story about triumph. It is a story about timing, leverage, and how easily momentum can collapse.
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