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Diplomatic Immunity Podcast

Diplomatic Immunity Podcast brings you frank and candid conversations with experts on the issues facing diplomats and national security decision makers around the world.

Hosted and produced by ISD’s Director of Programs and Research, Kelly McFarland, Diplomatic Immunity features current and former officials, scholars and analysts for conversations on the most pressing international issues.

Diplomatic Immunity is the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy’s (ISD) podcast. It is supported by funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Bridging the Gap Initiative. Requests for episode transcripts should be sent to diplomacy@georgetown.edu.

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Historian Lindsay Chervinsky on the Monroe Doctrine & John Quincy Adams

In this episode of Diplomatic Immunity, host Kelly McFarland sits down with presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, to explore one…

Iran Talks, Hungary's Election Surprise & the Shifting Global Order 

In this episode, Kelly and Tristan break down two major stories shaping the world right now – Iran and Hungary. Topics covered: The opinions expressed in this conversation are strictly…

Historian Tyson Reeder on James Madison and the War of 1812

In this episode of Diplomatic Immunity, host Kelly McFarland sits down with Dr. Tyson Reeder, assistant professor of history at Brigham Young University and author of Serpent in Eden: Foreign…

Historian Frank Cogliano on the Jeffersonian Legacies

In this episode of the Road to 250 series, our host Kelly McFarland sits down with Professor Frank Cogliano of the University of Edinburgh to explore Thomas Jefferson’s foreign policy…

Operation Epic Fury and the War in Iran

Two weeks into Operation Epic Fury, we break down what’s happening, what went wrong, and where this is all heading. In this conversation: The opinions expressed in this conversation are…

Three-time Pulitzer finalist Anand Gopal on his new book, Days of Love and Rage

What happens when ordinary people try to build a democracy from scratch in the middle of a civil war — and what happens when it falls apart? In this episode,…

Munich Security Conference 2026: Rubio, Europe's Future & Iran Strike Coming?

In this episode, we break down the major takeaways from the Munich Security Conference, where Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a notably softer speech than last year’s JD Vance…

America's Grand Strategy in the Age of Polarity with Robert Blackwill

In this episode, our host Kelly McFarland sits down with Ambassador Robert Blackwill, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who previously served on the National Security Council and…

Inside Nuclear Negotiations with North Korea

This week, Kelly talks with former US Diplomat Joel Wit, author of the new book Fallout: The Inside Story of America’s Failure to Disarm North Korea. Joel was a diplomat…

Road to 250: Diplomacy in the Revolution

This year, Kelly takes you on a road to 250 in American Diplomacy. First up is Professor Kathryn Statler, University of San Diego Professor and expert on early American foreign…