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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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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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