32 Best Diplomacy Podcasts

1. When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

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WDF examines how wars broke out, how they were concluded, and their consequences. Expect juicy diplomacy, sneaky intrigue, fascinating characters, and incredible drama. By Dr Zack Twamley, qualified history nerd.Current Series: The July CrisisPatreon Series: The Age of Bismarck Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Host Dr Zack Twamley
Producer/Network Zack Twamley
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
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2. American Diplomat

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American Diplomat goes behind the scenes to hear real stories from diplomats who lived newsworthy events overseas. Experience the Cuban revolution, Central American insurgencies, the end of apartheid and more through the eyes of those who were there. A project of Arizona State University.MORE Hosts Pete Romero, Laura Bennett
Producer/Network Ambassador (Retired) Pete Romero and Writer/Producer Laura Bennett
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Steve Scherer, Bridget Brink +4 more
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 271Facebook 473Twitter 408Instagram 1.2K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Video Podcast YouTube
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3. The Mediator's Studio

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What happens behind closed doors when peace agreements are negotiated? The Mediator's Studio gives you a glimpse into the normally hidden world of peace diplomacy. Host Adam Cooper brings you first-hand stories from mediators, armed groups and governments on what it takes to end wars. The Mediator's Studio is a podcast from the Oslo Forum, the world's leading mediation retreat. It's brought to you by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue.MORE Host Adam Cooper
Producer/Network An Oslo Forum podcast
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 113Twitter 13.2K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Diplomatic Immunity

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Diplomatic Immunity: Frank and candid conversations about diplomacy and foreign affairs Diplomatic Immunity is a podcast from the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. We bring you 'frank and candid' conversations on the issues facing diplomats and national security decision makers globally. We talk to current and former diplomatic officials, scholars, and analysts and seek to understand how best to foster international cooperation in an age of global crises. Hosted by Dr...MORE Host Dr.Kelly McFarland
Producer/Network Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guest Ernest Scheyder
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 48Facebook 2KTwitter 4K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Climate Diplomacy Podcast

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The Climate Diplomacy Podcast gives insights into the latest developments in international climate diplomacy and security. Our hosts Raquel Munayer and Alexandra Steinkraus interview experts and practitioners on their take on climate foreign policy, climate-related impacts to security, and promoting peace and resilience in a changing climate. Together we look into climate-fragility, migration, food insecurity, gender dynamics and much more, not to mention our deep dive into countries and regions. For more information, please visit climate-diplomacy.org or follow @ClimateDiplo on Twitter. MORE Hosts Raquel Munayer, Alexandra Steinkraus
Producer/Network Climate Diplomacy
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7Twitter 9.4K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. The Red Passport

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The Red Passport. The special passport used by Canadian diplomats accredited abroad or travelling from Ottawa on high-level business. Louise Blais, Jeremy Kinsman and Peter Donolo have all held the Red Passport at key moments in their careers and in Canada's recent history. In every episode of the CIC's new podcast, they offer listeners their own 'Red Passport', giving them an inside view how Canadian governments and policy makers try to steer our country through today's turbulent world while advancing our interests, and keeping true to our values...MORE Producer/Network Canadian International Council
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Jon Allen, Bob Rae
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 25 Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Diplomacy and International Relations by Bastian Friborg

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Welcome to 'Diplomacy and International Relations by Bastian Friborg' the podcast where we explore the intricate world of diplomacy, international relations, and cultural consulting. Join us as we delve into the depths of diplomatic strategies, trade, cross-cultural dynamics, and the intersections between global affairs and business consulting. The podcast is experimental in the way that it is generated with AI and verified by humans before release, however, there might still be minor errors. Subscribe and support using this link: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/iqulture/subscribeMORE Producer/Network Bastian Friborg
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. The Delegates Lounge

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Join us in The Delegates Lounge, an independent podcast on world affairs based in New York City at the United Nations, the hub of global insights in plain sight. We hope you'll come back often to listen in on some fascinating conversations hosted by J. Alex Tarquinio, a veteran journalist who writes essays for Foreign Policy from her office across the hallway from the UN Security Council chamber. We'll wade into the rising tide of global threats to peace and security in our discussions with the denizens of high-level diplomacy, as well as assorted scholars, scientists, soldiers, spies, and other influencers...MORE Producer/Network The Delegates Lounge LLC
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

9. The Science Diplomat

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The Science Diplomat is an independent editorial platform of Arete News exploring science as a diplomatic force. The podcast features conversations with global leaders, scientists, and policymakers on how scientific knowledge shapes international negotiations, governance, and cooperation.Hosted by Amna Habiba, and co-hosted by Bupe Chikumbi, with editorial direction from Arete News and founding editor John Heilprin, the series draws on decades of reporting on science and diplomacy.Produced independently by Arete News. www.thesciencediplomat.comMORE Email ****@substack.com
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

10. The Ambassadors

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Join us on a captivating journey as we explore the intricate world of diplomacy, where ambassadors navigate the delicate balance of power, culture, and personal relationships. Discover the stories behind the negotiations and the human connections that shape our global landscape.MORE Email ****@podcastlibrary.org
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11. Space for Diplomacy

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Space for Diplomacy™ is a podcast hosted by Dr. Susmita Mohanty, the trailblazing Director General of Spaceport SARABHAI, India's foremost space policy think tank.Each episode features in-depth conversations with former heads of space agencies, senior diplomats who have shaped international treaties, eminent legal minds advising governments, and leading technologists at the forefront of innovation — exploring complex, ever-evolving themes such as geopolitics, technology diplomacy, international cooperation, and all things space.The podcast tracks the rise of eastern space powers, fractur..MORE Email ****@spaceportsarabhai.org
Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

12. The Art of Diplomacy

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The Art of Diplomacy is a bi-weekly podcast that brings global politics down from the podium and into conversation. Hosted by Florence Gaub and Joshua Yaffa, and created by the Munich Security Conference, it opens up the often opaque world of diplomacy to a broader audience.Through in-depth one-on-one interviews, the podcast explores diplomacy as a craft...MORE Email ****@studio-bummens.de
Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. 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...MORE Host Joe Kawly
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Elliott Abrams, Aaron David Miller
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 11 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. The Global Lens - Science Diplomacy in Focus

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The Global Lens is a podcast showcasing science diplomacy through conversations with leaders at the forefront of innovation, research, and international partnerships. Hosted by Daniella Sussman, the show brings into focus how higher education institutions, research organizations, diplomats, policymakers, and private sector experts are building partnerships that address shared challenges and shape our future.Each episode highlights real-world collaboration across higher education, research institutions, government, and industry, exploring how diplomacy and partnership in science and technolog..MORE Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Rémi Quirion, Martin Rauchbauer +2 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. An Eye On SG Diplomacy

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An Eye On SG Diplomacy is a podcast, where a 13 year old boy, passionate about diplomacy, meets diplomats and interviews them on their career, their jobs and how they matter on the world stage. I recommend this podcast to anyone who likes politics and diplomacy or to someone wanting to learn about a new topic.MORE Email ****@yahoo.fr
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. Negotiating the Ocean

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Negotiating the Ocean, an Ocean Equity podcast by ANCORS, peeks below the surface of international ocean governance. We take you behind the scenes of global talks on biodiversity, fisheries and deep-sea mining and ask the big questions around equity and social justice. This podcast enables a more inclusive understanding for those who can't attend international meetings and provides vital information for new diplomats, NGOs and ocean researchers. This is your audio guide to navigate these high seas negotiations, brought to you by the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Recent Guests Adam McCarthy, Umair Shahid +3 more
Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. How to Diplomat - stories from ordinary people doing extraordinary things

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How to Diplomat reveals the hidden world of diplomacy - part intrigue, part human story. Forget protocol and cocktail parties: these are candid conversations with people who've navigated revolutions, crises, and impossible negotiations. Host Jen Upton brings wit, honesty, and insider experience to show how the skills of diplomacy - listening, influence, connection - aren't just for diplomats. They're tools we all need to lead and thrive in a world that's constantly shifting.MORE Email ****@howtodiplomat.com
Recent Guests Ben Moore, John Devine +1 more
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18. Architects of Peace

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Architects of Peace, a limited podcast series by the award-winning team behind American Jewish Committee's People of the Pod and The Forgotten Exodus podcasts, unpacks the high-stakes diplomacy and behind-the-scenes negotiations that led to the creation of the Abraham Accords five years ago.As the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, AJC began laying the foundation for the possibility of the Accords—which normalized relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco—more than 70 years ago...MORE Email ****@ajc.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. InSights Podcast

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The InSights Podcast discusses Mideast diplomacy with a special focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It assumes that peace is possible but requires vigilance and hard work.Since November 2023, I have spent hundreds of hours in dozens of meetings developing an outline of a war-ending deal in Gaza. I tapped my experience as secretary of the Israeli delegation to the Camp David negotiations in 2000, and in dozens of backchannel and track II ventures. That experience is summaried in my book __InSights: Peacemaking in the Oslo Process Thirty Years and Counting_, which was co-authored wiMORE Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guest Gidi Grinstein
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

20. Diplomacy and Daggers

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Diplomacy & Daggers unravels the secret strategies behind world leaders, empires, and historic deals. From palace conspiracies to modern-day diplomacy, we expose how power is truly played — not on the battlefield, but in backrooms and boardrooms. If you crave realpolitik, history, and untold truths, this is your front-row seat to the game behind the game.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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21. Modern American Diplomacy

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We interview American diplomats, capturing the sacrifice, leadership, humor, heroism, wisdom, and lessons of modern American diplomacy. Through historical reflections and personal anecdotes, guests explain foreign policy and tradecraft, or what they were trying to accomplish and how. Episodes include conversations with America's diplomatic legends -- including Thomas Pickering, John Negroponte, Bill Burns, Maura Harty, Beth Jones and Kristie Kenney -- as well as rising leaders and foreign policy experts from diverse backgrounds...MORE Host Ben Reams
Producer/Network The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST)
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 158Facebook 3.1KTwitter 4.6KInstagram 543 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

22. The General and the Ambassador: A Conversation

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Leadership and National Security: Unique conversations between senior US military and defense officials and US Ambassadors on their partnership in global crises.
Producer/Network American Academy of Diplomacy
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 57Facebook 172Twitter 547 Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

23. Off Duty Diplomat

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Oral memoir of Alexis Alexander's 10 year career with the U.S Department of State. A look behind the scenes at the life and work of diplomats, featuring interviews with current and former foreign service officers. The series will follow Alexis' three overseas tours in Mexico, Israel, and Afghanistan. Support the podcast at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OffDutyDiplomat/membershipMerchandise: https://www.teepublic.com/user/off-duty-diplomatMORE Producer/Network Alexis Alexander
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 22Instagram 17K Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

24. Inside Cyber Diplomacy

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A periodic look at how diplomacy and negotiation shape international cybersecurity. This podcast is made possible by the generous support of the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore and the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.MORE Hosts James Andrew Lewis, Chris Painter
Producer/Network CSIS
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 11Facebook 550.2KTwitter 436.7KInstagram 145.2K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

25. Persona Grata: A Podcast on Israeli Diplomacy

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Persona Grata is a podcast which delves into the world of Israeli diplomacy and foreign affairs. Meet the diplomats, decision makers, and movers and shakers who are leading Israel's diplomacy efforts and shaping international affairs around the world, on behalf of the Jewish State.MORE Host Tamar Schwarzbard
Producer/Network Persona Grata
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 19 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

26. Grassroot Diplomat Talks

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Diplomatic consultancy Grassroot Diplomat discuss innovative practices of diplomacy and international relations in today's world. Topics include leadership and self-development, networking, public diplomacy, personal branding, and digital diplomacy.MORE Email ****@grassrootdiplomat.org
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27. Reeltime Diplomacy

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💼 We help young people get straight to the advice and pathways into diplomacy and foreign affairs.A production of Talking Foreign Affairs with Adil Cader.You learn what roles exist along with the insider tips and tricks to make it in the field.The show deliver discussions to the point with successful young leaders who have already built careers in global organisations. They explain how they started, what the work feels like day to day, and the steps that opened doors for them.Curious about life inside international organisations, this show gives you a simple place to begin with.MORE Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

28. The Diplomacy Podcast

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Recent Guests Chas Freeman, Michael O'Hanlon +2 more
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

29. The Diplomat's Cabinet

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Redefining the role of diplomacy is the what . Bridging a world in transformation is the why . Currently building the how . Presented by Maria Luísa Moreira, Founder & CEO of The Diplomat's Cabinet. For more details visit thediplomatscabinet.com . Subscribe to our Substack thediplomatscabinet.substack.com . Follow on Instagram instagram.com/diplomatscabinet . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Producer/Network Maria Luísa Moreira
Recent Guests Ricardo Borges de Castro, Dr. Julia Stamm
Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

30. Inside Cyber Diplomacy Redux

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CEPA's Inside Cyber Diplomacy Redux podcast hosts foreign and tech policy leaders discussing the state of play in international cybersecurity policy. Engaging experts, innovators, and leaders around the globe, co-hosts Jim Lewis and Chris Painter shine a light on the international environment for cybersecurity.MORE Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

31. The Hague Diplomacy Podcast

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The Hague Diplomacy Podcast is a podcast by The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. For more information about the journal and scholarship in diplomacy, please visit our website: www.haguejournalofdiplomacy.orgMORE Producer/Network The Hague Diplomacy Podcast
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 6Facebook 7.3KTwitter 427Instagram 687 Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

32. New Books in Diplomatic History

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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetworkMORE Host Jenna Pittman
Producer/Network New Books Network
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Jonathan Wilson, Florian Wagner +10 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9Facebook 9.1KTwitter 15.7K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact