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Each week, Foreign Policy Live will feature a substantive conversation on world affairs. Host and FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal will be joined by leading foreign-policy thinkers and practitioners to analyze a key issue in global politics, from the U.S.-China relationship to conflict and diplomacy. FP Live is your weekly fix for smart thinking about the world.

Foreign Policy magazine subscribers can watch these interviews live and submit questions and suggestions by going to https://foreignpolicy.com/live/.

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Each week, Foreign Policy Live will feature a substantive conversation on world affairs. Host and FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal will be joined by leading foreign-policy thinkers and practitioners to analyze a key issue in global politics, from the U.S.-China relationship to conflict and diplomacy. FP Live is your weekly fix for smart thinking about the world.

Foreign Policy magazine subscribers can watch these interviews live and submit questions and suggestions by going to https://foreignpolicy.com/live/.

    How Kyiv Plans to Use American Aid

    How Kyiv Plans to Use American Aid

    Now that Congress has approved around $60 billion in military aid to Ukraine, Washington is racing to get military supplies to the war’s front lines. How will Kyiv use the assistance, and how will it impact the course of the war? Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba sits down with FP Live from his office in Kyiv. 
    Suggested reading:
    J.D. Vance: The Math on Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up
    Jack Detsch: Ukraine Is Still Outgunned By Russia
    Robbie Gramer and Rishi Iyengar: U.S. Allies Relieved After Senate Passes Long-Delayed Aid Bill
    Christian Caryl: What Do Russians Really Think About Putin’s War?
    Ravi Agrawal: How Kyiv Plans to Use American Aid

    • 43 min
    Does the Republican Party Have a Foreign-Policy Vision?

    Does the Republican Party Have a Foreign-Policy Vision?

    The Republican Party is clearly divided on Ukraine, as recent votes in Congress have underscored. But beyond that, is it more united on foreign policy than we imagine? A new book argues just that. Matthew Kroenig is an FP columnist and a co-author of We Win, They Lose: Republican Foreign Policy and the New Cold War. He joins FP Live to discuss what a Trump 2.0 foreign policy might look like and who would be at its helm. 
    Suggested reading:
    Matthew Kroenig and Dan Negrea: Republicans Are More United on Foreign Policy Than it Seems
    Emma Ashford and Matthew Kroenig: Are Both U.S. Parties Divided on Foreign Policy?
    Stephen M. Walt: Another Trump Presidency Won’t Much Change U.S. Foreign Policy
    Ravi Agrawal: Does Trump Have a Foreign-Policy Vision?
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    • 50 min
    Israel Strikes Iran

    Israel Strikes Iran

    Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel last weekend accelerated concerns of a widening Middle East crisis. Israel’s response on Friday was limited and appeared to heed calls for caution by Western allies. What does this mean for the conflict in Gaza as well as the region?
    Ravi Agrawal is joined by Iran expert Suzanne Maloney and Israeli journalist Ronan Bergman for this discussion.
    Suggested reading:
    Emma Ashford and Matthew Kroenig: Have Israel and the United States Done Enough to Deter Iran?
    Jack Detsch and Robbie Gramer: Israel’s Military Risks Being Overstretched
    Sina Toossi: Iran Has Defined Its Red Line With Israel
    David E. Rosenberg: Why Arab States Haven’t Broken With Israel
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    • 28 min
    Inside Narendra Modi’s India

    Inside Narendra Modi’s India

    Why is Narendra Modi so popular? As India begins voting this week, FP Live host Ravi Agrawal discusses his essay “The New Idea of India” with executive editor Amelia Lester. The two take subscriber questions on how India is changing under Modi and what New Delhi’s foreign policy will look like in the future. 
    Suggested reading:
    Ravi Agrawal: The New Idea of India
    Rishi Iyengar: Modi’s Messenger to the World
    Snigdha Poonam: Meet India’s Generation Z
    Josh Felman, Arvind Subramanian: Is India Really the Next China?
    Anusha Rathi: 5 Charts That Explain India
    Amitava Kumar: Becoming Indian
    Mukul Kesavan: 4 Books to Understand Modern India

    • 42 min
    The Crisis in Haiti

    The Crisis in Haiti

    The largest security crisis in the Western Hemisphere—the ongoing violence in Haiti—is severely underreported. Tens of thousands of people are fleeing the capital. Aid organizations are warning of an impending famine. What should be done?
    FP Live host Ravi Agrawal is joined by Miami-based journalist Jacqueline Charles and Jake Johnson, the author of Aid State, to discuss the crisis and possible responses by the international community.
    Suggested reading:
    Jake Johnson: Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti
    Howard W. French: Haiti Must Liberate Itself, Again
    Alexander Causwell: Haiti is Facing an Insurgency, Not a Gang Problem 
    Imran Bayoumi: Haiti’s Chaos Shows How Far U.S. Stability Efforts Have to Go

    • 47 min
    The Return of Great Powers

    The Return of Great Powers

    CNN’s chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto sits down with FP Live to share insights from his new book, The Return of Great Powers. What does a growing alliance between Russia and China mean for U.S. influence abroad? How does this moment differ from past historical instances of great-power competition? And how could this all shift with a potential second term for Donald Trump?
    Suggested reading: 
    Ravi Agrawal: Did Russia Come Close to Using a Nuclear Device in 2022?
    Jim Sciutto: The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War
    Jim Sciutto: The Shadow War: Inside Russia’s and China’s Secret Operations to Defeat America

    • 44 min

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