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How The World Sees The US: The Art of Diplomacy

American History Hit

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America, History

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

How did Egypt and Israel come to an agreement at Camp David in 1979? How did the USSR come to allow the operation of NATO troops in East Germany? Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat has played a leading role in the United States' diplomatic negotiations whilst serving in six Presidential administrations.


In a troubled world, which needs diplomacy more than ever, Stuart joins Don to explore the internal workings of agreements that have shaped the world in which we live.


Produced and edited by Sophie Gee. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.


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0:00.0

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one outsiders. This story has got it all Dilly Dings and Dongs and of course Jamie Vardy's infamous party.

0:25.7

Follow everything to play for wherever you get your podcasts. The porcelain teacup rattles in its saucer as it's passed.

0:40.0

We set it down, stilling the surface, hoping our counterpart hasn't noticed the weary tremor in our hands.

0:47.0

The wallpaper in the room is Jade Green, adorned with intricate painted trees.

0:53.0

Cherry, almond, verburnum, peony.

0:56.0

This green garden room overlooks the tended grounds of Winfield House,

1:01.0

the residents of the American Ambassador here in London.

1:04.7

It is all designed to calm the nerves, to soothe the spirit.

1:09.4

Yet the gold-leafed mirrors and crystal chandeliers hint at the grandeur and gravitas of the place, and the many critical

1:15.6

meetings that occur within these walls. Sipping from the cup, the handle so thin and delicate,

1:22.4

could easily slip from our fingertips, sending the cup crashing

1:25.9

into a hundred shards and slivers on the hardwood floor, splattering tea on the carpets and

1:30.8

upholstery and on our expensive shoes. All from one careless mishap, a human foible. So goes

1:39.0

diplomacy itself. Equally tenuous, equally fragile, equally human, always with the dire

1:46.8

potential of prompt and utter destruction. Good day friends. Welcome to American History Hip. I'm Don Wildman.

2:05.0

In the introduction of the book The Art of Diplomacy,

2:08.0

How American Negotiators reached historic agreements that changed the world, the author states this simple

2:14.5

definition. Diplomacy is the management of international disputes, interests, and

2:19.7

relationships by negotiation. In the right hands, he goes on to right, it can resolve

2:24.7

seemingly intractable disputes between countries for the common good, but in the

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