#226 What Diplomats Know - Nicholas Kralev
The Not Old - Better Show
Paul Vogelzang
4.7 • 106 Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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What Diplomats Know - Nicholas Kralev
Smithsonian Associates - Art of Living Series
Few countries around the world cultivate a well-trained corps of professional diplomats— career Foreign Service officers with in-depth expertise in managing a country's relations with other states. Ambassadorial and other diplomatic posts are occasionally given out as rewards for political connections and campaign success to people who need a crash course in under- standing and engaging foreign societies, influencing governments and publics, conducting difficult negotiations, anticipating threats, and taking advantage of opportunities.
Our interview today is with Nicholas Kralev, executive director of the Washington International Diplomatic Academy, he leads programs that teach diplomats what they need to know to be successful in an often-misunderstood and under-appreciated profession.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Nad Old Better Show, I'm your host Paul Woolsang, and this is episode number |
| 0:04.5 | 2, 26. |
| 0:08.0 | As part of our Smithsonian Associates' Art of Living series, our guest today on the Nod Old |
| 0:12.0 | Better show is Nicholas |
| 0:13.6 | Kraleth. Nicholas Kraleth is the executive director of the Washington |
| 0:18.5 | International Diplomatic Academy and independent executive education center for diplomats, dedicated to strengthening |
| 0:26.0 | global diplomacy by providing the highest quality training, executive education, and professional development in diplomatic practice to government officials. |
| 0:37.0 | How it affects our lives, not only the people in diplomacy or in politics, but of us all of the taxpayers who subsidize |
| 0:46.0 | American diplomacy around the world and so I will talk about the impact of |
| 0:50.6 | American diplomacy here at home in the United States but also around the world. |
| 0:56.0 | That of course is our guest today Nicholas Kraloff who will be at the Smithsonian |
| 1:01.1 | Associates program presenting what diplomats know, an insider's look |
| 1:06.1 | at a unique profession, a two-part program starting June 28th and then again on July 19th. |
| 1:13.0 | Please join me in welcoming to the Not Old Better Show via Internet Phone, Nicholas Kralov. |
| 1:20.0 | Nicholas Kralov, welcome to the program. |
| 1:22.0 | You know, there is just so much to talk to you about and I just want to jump in here immediately. |
| 1:27.5 | Why don't you tell us briefly what we're going to learn from your multiple Smithsonian sessions June 28 and then again July 19th. |
| 1:36.5 | I will talk about how American diplomacy has changed since September 11th, 2001. |
| 1:42.3 | How the American Foreign Service has changed, what they do, who these people |
| 1:47.3 | are, where they come from, how we train them, how they represent us overseas. |
| 1:51.8 | And I also look at more globally diplomacy as a profession. |
| 1:56.5 | What is it today? |
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