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 fore...
Syria’s Crisis and the Israel-Hezbollah Cease-Fire
For most Middle East watchers, the big news last week was that after nearly 14 months of war, Israel and Hezbollah signed a cease-fire agreement. But before the ink on that agreement was dry, another big shift was afoot: Rebel groups in Syria took control of the country’s second-largest city, Aleppo, in less than four days of battle. Middle East expert Fawaz Gerges joins FP Live to discuss the regional and global implications.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Jeremy Hodge and Hussein Nasser: A Weak Assad Benefits Turkey—and Is a Headache for Trump
Hamidreza Azizi and Nicole Grajewski: What the Fall of Aleppo Means for Russia
The Guardian: One year on from 7 October, our panel considers: what next for the Middle East?
Nathan J. Robinson: Biden Didn’t Really Try to End the War in Gaza
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What’s Wrong With Our Environmental Politics?
The global target of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius looks increasingly unlikely. What approaches to solving the climate crisis can best provide solutions? FP deputy editor Cameron Abadi joins FP Live to debut his new book: Climate Radicals: Why Our Environmental Politics Isn’t Working, which compares the policies of Germany and the United States. He shares what he has learned with Ravi Agrawal.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze: Is Climate Activism Working?
Christina Lu: COP29 Kicks Off Under Trump’s Shadow
Cameron Abadi: Hard Truths Come for Germany’s Climate Prophet
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The Case for Trump’s Tariffs
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is the self-proclaimed “tariff man.” On the campaign trail, he talked about tariffs of 20 percent on goods from most countries and 60 percent on those from China. Now, tariffs have trade-offs, especially domestically. To break it down, Ravi Agrawal is joined by a conservative economist who has long made the case for tariffs: Oren Cass, founder and chief economist of American Compass.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Matthew Kroenig: Why the World Should Stop Worrying About a Second Trump Term
Keith Johnson: Everything You Wanted to Know About Trump’s Tariffs But Were Afraid to Ask
Transcript: Economist Adam Posen on How Trump and Harris Differ on Economic Policy
Transcript: Biden Advisor Heather Boushey on Whether Bidenomics Is Trying to Do Too Much
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Geopolitical Risk in a Trump 2.0 World
Trump’s election can be interpreted as a change election, signaling the rejection of things as they were. But what does all this change mean for the world? How are countries and companies navigating new geopolitical risks with Trump’s win? In a bonus episode, FP’s Ravi Agrawal puts these questions to the world’s foremost geopolitical risk expert, Ian Bremmer. He’s also the president and founder of Eurasia Group, as well as GZERO Media.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Ian Bremmer: The Global Credibility Gap
Ian Bremmer: The Next Global Superpower Isn’t Who You Think
Carl Bildt: Trump’s Dealmaking Record Could Be Bad News for Ukraine
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How to Navigate Trump’s Foreign Policy
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is moving rapidly to nominate loyalists to key administration positions. How much do these choices matter? And what do his personnel choices mean for our assessments of his foreign policy? Conservative scholar Kori Schake sits down with Ravi Agrawal to share what we might expect from a second Trump term.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Transcript: How Much Do Trump’s Personnel Choices Matter?
FP Staff: Trump’s Foreign-Policy Influencers
Stephen M. Walt: The 10 Foreign-Policy Implications of the 2024 U.S. Election
Kori Schake: North Korea Joining Russia’s War Is a Sign of Weakness
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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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