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The Diplomat | ديبلومات

Joe Kawly

Booking Overview

An interview podcast focused on U.S. foreign policy and Middle East diplomacy, typically featuring ambassadors, senior diplomats, lawmakers, and established regional analysts with direct experience in major international crises. Credible pitches include former or current diplomats, foreign-policy scholars, national-security experts, negotiators, and senior officials with substantive regional expertise; booking is very difficult because the show consistently attracts highly prominent guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 25

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

mbnsm@mbn-news.com

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Host

Joe Kawly - Journalist, Washington Bureau Chief, and host with extensive experience covering conflict zones in the Middle East and the power corridors of Washington. He is a Georgetown graduate and former CNN ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Current or former ambassadors, senior diplomats, foreign-policy lawmakers, negotiators, and established experts on Iran, the Middle East, regional security, or U.S. foreign policy.
Required Achievements:  

Recent Guest Discussions

Danny Danon - The Israel-lebanon Framework, Hezbollah Disarmament, Southern Lebanon, And Regional Security

Michael Baumgartner - Iran’s Nuclear Program, Congressional War Powers, Negotiating Leverage, Lebanon, And Hezbollah

Susan Ziadeh - Gaza, Gulf State Strategy, Regional Diplomacy, Reconstruction, And Middle East Stability

Ryan Crocker - U.s.-iran Talks, Regional Stability, Diplomacy, And The Limits Of Military Pressure On Iran

Tom Nides - U.s.-israel Relations, Saudi Normalization, Iran, Palestinian Policy, And The Changing Middle East

Recent Topics

Diplomacy, Middle East, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, International Relations

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
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The Summit Is the Message | Trump, Xi, and What the Summit Actually Delivered

September 28, 2026

When Washington needs to make sense of Beijing, it calls Bonnie Glaser. She is Managing Director of the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall Fund, and she has spent decades tracking how China makes decisions under pressure.She joins Washington Bureau Chief Joe Kawly fresh off the Trump-Xi summit to deliver the read that official Washington will not: Xi Jinping got more than Trump, Taiwan is being used as a negotiating chip, and Chinese companies are supplying satellite imagery that is ...

Who Controls Southern Lebanon? | Amb. Danny Danon on the Israel-Lebanon Framework

June 30, 2026

Israel and Lebanon have signed a framework agreement both sides are calling historic. Lebanon’s parliament speaker has rejected it, warning of civil war. A secret security annex has leaked. And the question of whether Hezbollah will actually disarm remains open.Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon joins MBN Washington Bureau Chief Joe Kawly to defend the agreement, respond to its harshest critics, and explain what comes next for southern Lebanon, for Hezbollah, and for a region he says is...

Middle East: Oil and Turmoil

June 15, 2026

Four months into the war with Iran, Congress just voted on whether it should continue. Congressman Michael Baumgartner was at the center of that debate.A member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and its Middle East subcommittee, Baumgartner served at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and in Afghanistan before Congress, and first visited the region as a student thirty years ago.In this episode, he tells Washington Bureau Chief Joe Kawly what was actually buried, not destroyed, in Iran's nuclear...

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How do I get in touch with The Diplomat | ديبلومات?

The Diplomat | ديبلومات is hosted by Joe Kawly. Its publicly listed email is mbnsm@mbn-news.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

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The publicly listed email for The Diplomat | ديبلومات: mbnsm@mbn-news.com.

How many listeners does The Diplomat | ديبلومات have?

Podseeker estimates The Diplomat | ديبلومات reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for The Diplomat | ديبلومات?

The Diplomat | ديبلومات typically books well-known public figures. Typical guest background: Current or former ambassadors, senior diplomats, foreign-policy lawmakers, negotiators, and established experts on Iran, the Middle East, regional security, or U.S. foreign policy. Recent guests include Danny Danon, Michael Baumgartner, and Susan Ziadeh.

How hard is it to get booked on The Diplomat | ديبلومات?

Very high. It mostly books well-known names.

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Recent episodes cover Diplomacy, Middle East, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, and International Relations. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

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