Ep 234: A. Wess Mitchell on Diplomacy

School of War · Sep 26, 2025 · 57m

A. Wess Mitchell, former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, historian, and author of Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger, joins the show to discuss just what diplomacy is.

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Times

• 01:37 Introduction

• 02:08 Bad reutation

• 04:37 Misconceptions

• 09:35 A part of grand strategy

• 13:11 Not trickery

• 18:05 Attila the Hun

• 24:17 Appeasement

• 35:00 Other options

• 39:33 The State Department

• 44:22 Molding diplomats

• 47:31 Ukraine

• 52:47 Major risks

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