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Timothy Mason Roberts, "After Barbary: Algeria's Roles in the French and American Empires" (Cornell UP, 2025)

After Barbary: Algeria's Roles in the French and American Empires (Cornell University Press, 2025) by Dr. Timothy Mason Roberts explores the connection between the United States and North Africa between the Barbary Wars of the early nineteenth centur... more

28 May 2026 • 45 min

Jeremy Yellen, "The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: When Total Empire Met Total War" (Cornell UP, 2019)

Jeremy Yellen’s The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: When Total Empire Met Total War (Cornell University Press, 2019) is a challenging transnational exploration of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japan’s ambitious, confused, and mu... more

25 May 2026 • 1 hr 17 min

Julia F. Irwin, "Catastrophic Diplomacy: US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century" (UNC Press, 2023)

Catastrophic Diplomacy: US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century (UNC Press, 2023) offers a sweeping history of US foreign disaster assistance, highlighting its centrality to twentieth-century US foreign relations. Spanning over seventy... more

25 May 2026 • 56 min

Evelyn Iritani, "Safe Passage: The Untold Story of Diplomatic Intrigue, Betrayal, and the Exchange of American and Japanese Civilians by Sea During World War II" (FSG, 2026)

In October 1943, the Gripsholm—a Swedish ocean liner—and the Teia Maru—a Japanese troop ship—sat in Mormugao, a port in Portuguese India. There, the two ships exchanged their passengers: Allied civilians stuck in Japanese territory after Pearl Harbor... more

21 May 2026 • 51 min • Popular

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Evelyn Iritani

Author of Safe Passage, journalist and researcher

Author, Safe Passage

Episode: Evelyn Iritani, "Safe Passage: The Untold Story of Diplomatic Intrigue, Betrayal, and the Exchange of American and Japanese Civilians by Sea During World War II" (FSG, 2026)

Felicity Vabulas

Blanche Seaver Associate Professor of International Studies at Pepperdine University

Pepperdine University

Episode: Inken Von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas, "Exit from International Organizations: Costly Negotiation for Institutional Change” (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Inken von Borzyskowski

Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University

Oxford University

Episode: Inken Von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas, "Exit from International Organizations: Costly Negotiation for Institutional Change” (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Gregory Brazinsky

Professor of history and international affairs, Elliott School, George Washington University

George Washington University, Elliott School

Episode: Gregg A. Brazinsky, "Cold War Comrades: An Emotional History of the Sino-North Korean Alliance" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

Jülide Etem

Professor and author of Film Diplomacy, A Media History of Turkey-US Relations

University of Virginia / Columbia University Press (book publisher)

Episode: Ayşehan Jülide Etem, "Film Diplomacy: A Media History of Turkey-US Relations" (Columbia UP, 2026)

Gideon Reuveni

Author of The Great Repair, Professor of History

University of Sussex / Institute for Jewish Studies

Episode: Gideon Reuveni, "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Odd Arne Westad

Eliu Professor of History, Public Affairs at Yale University; author of The Coming Storm

Yale University

Episode: Odd Arne Westad, "The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History" (Henry Holt and Co, 2026)

Paola de Santo

Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

Episode: Paola De Santo, "The Ambassador and the Courtesan: Political Bodies in Renaissance Italy" (U Delaware Press, 2026)

Charles Prior

Professor of History at the University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

Episode: Charles W. A. Prior, "Treaty Ground: Diplomacy and the Politics of Sovereignty, from Roanoke to the Republic" (U Nebraska Press, 2026)

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Host of The Asian Review of Books podcast, in partnership with The New Books Network

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Evelyn Iritani, "Safe Passage: The Untold Story of Diplomatic Intrigue, Betrayal, and the Exchange of American and Japanese Civilians by Sea During World War II" (FSG, 2026)

Q: What was the experience like aboard the Gripsholm versus the Teia Maru for the people being exchanged?

The Gripsholm offered relatively comfortable conditions for those aboard, with amenities and care packages, while the Teia Maru carried people under harsher conditions, reflecting wartime shortages and the differing realities of each side's logistics and constraints.

Evelyn Iritani, "Safe Passage: The Untold Story of Diplomatic Intrigue, Betrayal, and the Exchange of American and Japanese Civilians by Sea During World War II" (FSG, 2026)

Q: Could you tell us a bit more about James Hugh Keeley's role and what he was like as a negotiator?

Keeley was a veteran diplomat who ran the Special War Problems Division, signing off on telegrams and guiding the process as two governments negotiated the exchange while direct contact was severed by wartime rules; his moral core and adherence to Geneva Conventions shaped efforts to rescue civilians and improve camp conditions.

Nathaniel Greenberg, "The Long War of Ideas: American Public Diplomacy in Arabic After 9/11" (Columbia UP, 2026)

Q: Did any of these public diplomacy efforts actually achieve their goals?

Most interviewees viewed outcomes as pessimistic, acknowledging that while some elements may have aided certain actors or created bridges, overall the campaigns did not meet their ambitious objectives and often lacked sustained impact.

Jane Vaynman, "Enemies in Agreement: Political Volatility and the Design of Arms Control" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

Q: What are you working on next?

I'm exploring how technology, including dual-use attributes, shapes competition and cooperation, with a project that analyzes how technological characteristics influence arms racing and the design of future control measures.

Jane Vaynman, "Enemies in Agreement: Political Volatility and the Design of Arms Control" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

Q: Why does understanding these dynamics matter?

Because in today's environment there is a perception that arms control is dead, yet history shows that periods of instability or shifting leadership can create windows for new agreements. Understanding the dynamics helps policymakers foresee when cooperation could be feasible and how to structure agreements to maximize mutual benefits even in volatile times.

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This show features scholarly interviews with authors and leading researchers who discuss recently published works on diplomacy, international relations, and historical policy. Episodes span a wide range of topics—from World War II civilian exchanges and Cold War diplomacy to the internal dynamics of international organizations, arms control design, and the use of film and media in statecraft. A throughline across episodes is a rigorous, archival approach: guests walk through methodologies, sources, and the broader implications of their work for understanding diplomacy, memory, and governance. The conversations tend to balance historical detail with contemporary relevance, often drawing out policy and ethics implications for diplomats, schol... more

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