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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/.

    Is the World Prepared for More Terrorism?

    Is the World Prepared for More Terrorism?

    The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the recent attack in Moscow that killed at least 139 people. It was the country’s deadliest terrorist attack in more than a decade. Why did the Islamic State choose Russia as a target? And what does this mean for terrorism globally?
    Counterterrorism analyst and regular FP contributor Colin P. Clarke shares his insights with Ravi Agrawal. Clarke also serves as a senior research fellow at the Soufan Center.
    Suggested reading:
    Lucas Webber, Riccardo Valle, and Colin P. Clarke: The Islamic State Has a New Target: Russia
    Colin P. Clarke: Could Hamas Become a Global Threat?
    Lynne O’Donnell: Al Qaeda Is Back—and Thriving—in Afghanistan
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    • 40 min
    How the Campaign Trail Impacts Foreign Policy

    How the Campaign Trail Impacts Foreign Policy

    Foreign policy is not typically a priority for the American voter. And yet, the outcome of the upcoming U.S. election will have an outsized impact on world affairs. How are allies and adversaries alike weighing the 2024 election? Former diplomat Richard Haass joins Ravi Agrawal to discuss.
    Richard Haass is president emeritus at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of the popular substack at Home and Away.
    Suggested reading:
    Richard Haass: The War That Israel Could Have Fought
    Richard Haass: At Home and Away
    Fareed Zakaria: The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
    Damon Wilson and Lynn Lee: South Korea Can Be a Democratic Leader
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    • 43 min
    The View From the Middle East

    The View From the Middle East

    Negotiators failed to reach a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war that would have paused hostilities before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. How does the rest of the Middle East view this breakdown in negotiations? For the United States in particular, how will this shape its standing in the region, and what does it mean for the conflict moving forward?
    Mina Al-Oraibi, the editor in chief of the National newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, shares her insights with Ravi Agrawal.
    Suggested reading:
    Aaron David Miller: Why an End to the War in Gaza Is Still Far Off
    Daniel Byman: Will Gaza Ever Recover?
    Caroline de Gruyter: Israel and Palestine Are Now in a Religious War
    Stephen M. Walt: It’s Not Too Late for Restrained Foreign Policy
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    • 44 min
    Susan Glasser on Biden’s State of the Union

    Susan Glasser on Biden’s State of the Union

    President Biden’s tenure has been marked by numerous foreign-policy flash points: the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the war in Ukraine, and the conflict in the Middle East. Public perception of how he has handled these challenges could have a direct effect on his chances for reelection—a factor he tried to influence in his annual State of the Union address on Thursday, March 7.
    Journalist Susan Glasser joins Ravi Agrawal to share her reactions to Biden’s speech. Glasser is a staff writer at the New Yorker and a former editor in chief of Foreign Policy.
    Suggested reading:
    Michael Hirsh: Biden Starkly Lays Out the Stakes for 2024
    Susan Glasser: So Much for “Sleepy Joe”: On Biden’s Rowdy, Shouty State of the Union
    Steven A. Cook: War Between Israel and Hezbollah Is Becoming Inevitable
    Jack Detsch and Robbie Gramer: State Department Beefs Up U.S. Diplomatic Presence in Kyiv
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    • 42 min
    Is America Becoming Isolationist?

    Is America Becoming Isolationist?

    The Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ annual survey of American voters shows that for the first time in nearly 50 years, a majority of Republicans prefer an isolationist approach to foreign policy. Before the Trump presidency, the Republican Party was more likely to support an active U.S. presence in the world.
    Former U.S. ambassador to NATO and the CEO of the Chicago Council Ivo Daalder joins Ravi Agrawal to discuss the survey and what it could mean for the 2024 election. You can listen to Daalder’s podcast, “World Review,” here.
    Suggested reading:
    Survey: Majority of Trump Republicans Prefer the United States Stay Out of World Affairs
    Edward Alden: A Self-Absorbed America Means Disorder for the World
    Doug Klain: How Europe Can Prepare for a Second Trump Term—Now
    Anna Merlan: Trump’s International Fan Club Descends on Maryland

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    • 47 min
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen on a Grim Anniversary for Ukraine

    Anders Fogh Rasmussen on a Grim Anniversary for Ukraine

    Feb. 24 marks two years since Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine. The conflict has changed the face of Europe and set off a protracted war that has had ramifications reaching far beyond its borders. 
    Could Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategy of waiting out the West prove successful, or can Western leaders rally to continue supporting a drawn-out war? What would a future peace deal look like? 
    NATO’s former secretary-general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, argues that Western leaders need to continue to supply Ukraine with weapons—and quickly, before the war results in further instability. He joined FP’s Ravi Agrawal ahead of the war’s second anniversary to discuss the state of the conflict, lessons learned, and what the future might hold for Ukraine.
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If you want a regurgitation of Establishment/ Democrat Party foreign policy that has failed across the board, this podcast is for you. The interviewer is below average and rarely pushes back on the many silly things that many of the guests say. The interviewer is incapable of independent thought or analysis. I often wonder where do they find these intellectual lightweights and kooks who will always praise NATO, unconditionally support funding for Ukraine without a goal in mind, hate Trump and the Abraham Accords, kowtow to China etc.

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