Foreign Policy Live
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/.
Episodes
February 20, 2026 • 47 mins
U.S. President Donald Trump’s China policy often seems deliberately ambiguous. Is that a virtue or a flaw? Kurt Campbell is a longtime China watcher who rose up to run Asia policy under the Biden administration. He was the original architect of the so-called “pivot to Asia” during the Obama administration. He joins FP Live to discuss Trump, former U.S. President Joe Biden, and the world’s most important bilateral relationship.
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February 18, 2026 • 35 mins
Is the age of nuclear nonproliferation over? There are certainly worrying signs. New START, the main nuclear treaty between the United States and Russia, recently expired. China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal. Talks to bring Iran back to the negotiating table seem to be at an impasse. And one increasingly hears about the possibility of South Korea or Japan going nuclear. What can the world do in response?
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February 17, 2026 • 50 mins
The Pentagon’s policy chief Elbridge Colby recently called for a “NATO 3.0”, stating that the United States would “continue to provide the U.S. extended nuclear deterrent” to Europe, but when it came to most defense matters, Europe would need to “assume primary responsibility.” Colby is the undersecretary of war for policy and joins FP Live host Ravi Agrawal at the annual Munich Security Conference.
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February 13, 2026 • 33 mins
U.S. tariffs have upended decades of trade policy, but new U.N. data shows that the economies suffering most are those that can least afford a setback. At the Munich Security Conference (MSC), FP’s Ravi Agrawal hosted a panel on the trade wars, with policymakers on the front lines of these economic changes: Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the director-general of the World Trade Organization; Finnish President Alexander Stubb; German Vice Chan...
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February 9, 2026 • 40 mins
With the White House continuing to threaten military action against Tehran even as diplomatic talks continue, Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour joins FP Live host Ravi Agrawal to discuss what might come next. Sadjadpour is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Plus, One Thing from Ravi on a sobering new report about a world “Under Destruction.”
A transcript of J.D. Vance’s 2025 Munich Security Conference s...
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February 5, 2026 • 41 mins
FP’s Ravi Agrawal sits down with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to discuss NATO, a shifting European defense strategy, and more.
Plus, One Thing from Ravi on the rising nuclear threat.
Ravi Agrawal: Greek PM: ‘I haven’t given up on the trans-Atlantic relationship.’
Stavros Papastavrou: The Trans-Atlantic Energy Relationship Is Stronger Than Ever
Kristi Raik: Europe’s 4 Different Ways of Handling Trump
Luke McGee: Eur...
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January 26, 2026 • 37 mins
U.S. President Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland has brought a geopolitical hot spot—the Arctic—back into the fore. Host Ravi Agrawal is joined by Heather A. Conley, one of the leading experts on the region, to hear more.
Plus, One Thing from Ravi on China’s latest military purge.
Casey Michel: Annexing Greenland Would Be a Strategic Catastrophe
Imran Bayoumi: Trump’s Greenland Threats Paper Over a Lack of Arctic Strategy
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January 22, 2026 • 48 mins
Host Ravi Agrawal is joined by world leaders and industry executives on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The panelists include Bandar Alkhorayef, Saudi Arabia’s minister of industry and mineral resources; Jonathan Price, the president and CEO of Teck Resources; Boitumelo Mosako of the Development Bank of Southern Africa; and SandboxAQ’s Jack Hidary.
Plus, One Thing from Ravi on dueling speeches by U...
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January 15, 2026 • 46 mins
What is driving U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in his second term? Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer says it is the “law of the jungle ... it’s always been about power.” Bremmer sits down with Ravi Agrawal to share his assessment of Trump 2.0 and what the coming months could look like.
Plus, Ravi’s One Thing on U.S universities and immigration.
New York Times: Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. ...
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January 13, 2026 • 43 mins
What comes next after U.S. President Donald Trump’s shocking capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro? Does Trump have a day-after plan? Most experts say no. But FP columnist Matthew Kroenig disagrees, arguing in a recent piece for Foreign Policy that a plan is coming into focus. He shares his take with Ravi Agrawal.
Plus Ravi’s One Thing on the nationwide protests in Iran.
Alireza Nader and Nik Kowsar: Iran’s Currency Cris...
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January 8, 2026 • 42 mins
Comfort Ero joins FP Live for her annual analysis of the 10 conflicts to watch this year.
Plus Ravi’s One Thing on the stunning capture of Nicolás Maduro and the future of Venezuela.
Ravi Agrawal: 5 Unanswered Questions About Trump’s Venezuela Plan
Comfort Ero and Richard Atwood: 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2026
Casey Michel: Annexing Greenland Would Be a Strategic Catastrophe
Christopher Sabatini: Trump Has No Real Plan for Ven...
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January 1, 2026 • 29 mins
We begin 2026 with a look ahead. New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker joins host Ravi Agrawal to share his take on what’s to come in the new year.
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December 22, 2025 • 35 mins
New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker sits down with Ravi Agrawal for a 2025 review. What have we learned from the first year of the Trump administration’s second term? And how have the White House’s foreign-policy choices in particular differed from previous presidencies?
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December 18, 2025 • 42 mins
Tensions continue to rise off the coast of Venezuela as U.S. President Donald Trump orders a blockade on sanctioned ships to and from the country. James Story served as the U.S. ambassador in Caracas under both the Trump and Biden administrations, and he shares his predictions on what might happen next.
Plus Ravi’s One Thing on India, Pakistan, and 2025’s great U.S. policy pivot.
Keith Johnson: Trump’s Venezuela Fixation Is Not...
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December 12, 2025 • 35 mins
Is the growth of sovereign wealth funds, especially in the Middle East, transforming geopolitics? Jared Cohen, co-head of the Goldman Sachs Global Institute, sat down with FP’s Ravi Agrawal to discuss why sovereign funds are so pivotal today.
Note: This discussion is part of a series of episodes brought to you by the Goldman Sachs Global Institute.
Jared Cohen and George Lee: The New Wealth of Nations
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December 8, 2025 • 35 mins
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sits down with Ravi Agrawal in front of a live audience at the annual Doha Forum in Doha, Qatar. The two discussed the Trump administration’s just-released National Security Strategy, the impacts of U.S. foreign policy around the world, women’s rights, how Democrats can revive their fortunes, and also a controversy over remarks Clinton recently made about why young Americans are shifting th...
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December 3, 2025 • 43 mins
Name a consistent throughline in the Trump administration’s foreign policy. The answer could very well be the global scramble for critical minerals. What are they and why are they so important? Why is China so far ahead and how can the United States catch up? Mining expert Gracelin Baskaran sits down with host Ravi Agrawal to discuss.
Plus Ravi’s One Thing on Trump’s attacks on boats off the coast of Venezuela.
Ravi Agrawal: The ...
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November 28, 2025 • 36 mins
Despite headlines suggesting otherwise, this week’s guest says women’s rights around the world are making real gains. Lyric Thompson, the founder and CEO of the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative, sits down with host Ravi Agrawal to share more.
Transcript: The Good News on Women’s Rights
Lyric Thompson: Women’s Rights Are Winning
Rebecca Turkington and Saskia Brechenmacher: Trump Erases Women From Foreign Policy
Hawon Jung:...
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November 26, 2025 • 40 mins
It’s time for another Ask-Me-Anything edition of FP Live. Executive Producer Dana Sherne puts your questions to host Ravi Agrawal.
Alexandra Sharp: Ramaphosa Capitalizes on Trump’s Absence at G-20 Summit
Christian Caryl: Don’t Call This a ‘Peace Plan’
Rachel Oswald and John Haltiwanger: Trump’s Ukraine Peace Effort Devolves Into Chaos Over Conflicting Stories
Ryan C. Berg: Toppling Maduro Without Boots on the Ground
James Palm...
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November 21, 2025 • 42 mins
Climate summits such as the ongoing COP30 conference can often seem like a place where countries agree to disagree and little gets done. But Bill McKibben says there’s one key reason for hope: the sun. New advances in panels and battery technology mean solar power will soon provide a growing share of our electricity consumption.
McKibbon is the author of the new book Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh C...
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