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Segment 1: Former U.S. ambassador thinks "the diplomatic corps is having a very good moment."Allan Katz was appointed as the ambassador to Portugal and…

With help from Vice President Mike Pence, short-handed U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday made Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback President Donald Trump’s…

Honorary consuls are essentially volunteer diplomats. “You’re representing the country and promoting the country when possible,” Lebert Shultz told KCUR’s…

During World War I, millions of letters were sent between the American servicemen in Europe and their loved ones back home. Kansas City author and…

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has endured for decades, but former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell believes a nonviolent resolution is still possible. Then,…

On October 13, American Public Square and KCUR co-hosted a conversation at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum for the public about an…

First, Ambassador Allan Katz examines the diminishing role of civility in politics, and what might be done to reverse it. Then, the story of Forsyth…

When President Dwight Eisenhower started People to People International, he envisioned everyday people from around the world coming together to form…

There is more to the relationship between the U.S. and Israel than just political gesturing. American diplomat and author Dennis Ross explains how…

In the 1950s, Delano Lewis was a student at segregated Sumner High School in Kansas City, Kansas. Since then, he's held top positions in the Peace Corps,…

Political and economic unrest has many wondering about the power and limitations of democratic values and diplomacy. On this edition of Up To Date, we…

As U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and then the first female Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright often signaled her mood or opinions with the…