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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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 their views on Israel. 

Plus: Ravi’s One Thing on Trump’s National Security Strategy

Ravi Agrawal: Hillary Clinton: ‘Congress Has Abdicated Its Responsibility’

Rishi Iyengar and Christina Lu: Trump’s New National Security Strategy Goes Full ‘America First’

Nathalie Tocci: Does Europe Finally Realize Its Alone?

Daniel W. Drezner: Foreign-Policy Fantasy Literature

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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 Minerals That Drive Trump’s Global Agenda

Christina Lu: Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line

Rishi Iyengar: The Countries Courting Trump With Critical Minerals

Alasdair Phillips-Robins: Xi May Have Miscalculated on Rare Earths

Patrick Schröder: Why Rare Earths Are About to Cost a Lot More

Rachel Oswald: Republicans Criticize Hegseth for Deadly Caribbean Double Strike

Emma Ashford and Evan Cooper: Trump Should Stick to His Guns on Venezuela

Ellen Knickmeyer: U.S.-Led Regime Change Is Usually Disastrous

Keith Johnson: Trump’s Venezuela Fixation Is Not About the Oil

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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: South Korean Women Are Powerful—and Powerless

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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 Palmer: China-Japan Rift Deepens Over Taiwan

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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 Chance for Civilization.

Plus Ravi’s One Thing on Iran’s water crisis.

Nik Kowsar and Alireza Nader: Tehran’s Residents Are Panicking as the Taps Run Dry

Christina Lu: How China Became a Solar Power

Joseph Rachman and Indra Øverland: A Power-Hungry Southeast Asia Wants China’s Energy

Nigel Pruvis: Will Belém Kill Paris?

Jason Bordoff and Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh: AI’s Rapacious Appetite for Electricity Can Accelerate Clean Energy

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As the United States points its biggest warship at Venezuela, what is the White House trying to achieve in Caracas? How does it fit into the Trump administration’s broader Latin America policy? And how is the region responding? Host Ravi Agrawal sits down with scholar Oliver Stuenkel for answers.

Stuenkel is a leading Latin America scholar and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Plus Ravi’s One Thing on COP30.

FP Columnists: 5 Novelists on Their Favorite Climate Fiction

Oliver Stuenkel and Adrian Feinberg: Milei’s Midterm Miracle

Matthew Kroenig: Trump Should Oust Maduro

Carlos Ruiz-Hernández: The Nostalgic Delusion of 1989

Philip A. Berry: The Use and Abuse of ‘Narco-Terrorism’

John Haltiwanger: Latin America’s Disjointed Reaction to Trump’s Drug Boat War

Geoff Ramsey: What’s the U.S. Endgame in Venezuela?

Ryan C. Berg: Toppling Maduro Without Boots on the Ground

Catherine Osborn: How Migration Became a U.S. Foreign-Policy Priority

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China analyst and former policymaker Elizabeth Economy sits down with Ravi Agrawal to unpack the meeting that took place last week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. What was agreed to? What does it mean for the broader trajectory of the world’s most important bilateral relationship?

Plus, Ravi’s One Thing on Trump threatening military action in Nigeria.

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún: Why Is Trump Suddenly Talking About Invading Nigeria?

Wall Street Journal: Lingling Wei: China’s New Strategy for Trump: Punch Hard, Concede Little 

Rishi Iyengar, Christina Lu, and Keith Johnson: What Trump and Xi Did—and Didn’t—Agree to

James Palmer: Trump and Xi Step Back From the Brink—for Now

Alasdair Phillips-Robins: Xi May Have Miscalculated on Rare Earths

Christina Lu: Will Trump’s Critical Minerals Blitz Pay Off?

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Is the AI boom a bubble? What happens if it pops? Economist Jared Bernstein joined FP Live to sound the alarm on the growth and investment in the AI sector.

Plus, Ravi’s One Thing on the first Trump-Xi meeting in six years. 

James Palmer: Trump and Xi Step Back From the Brink—for Now

Rishi Iyengar, Christina Lu, and Keith Johnson: What Trump and Xi Did—and Didn’t—Agree To

Sahil Shah: Trump’s Vagueness Over Nuclear Testing Could Fuel an Arms Race

New York Times: Jared Bernstein and Ryan Cummings: Warning: Our Stock Market Is Looking Like a Bubble

Ravi Agrawal: Is the AI Economy a Bubble?

Bhaskar Chakravorti: 10 New AI Challenges—and How to Meet Them

Bhaskar Chakravorti: American AI Is High on Its Own Supply

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How can history help make sense of U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign policy? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Greg Grandin shares how Trump’s imperialist impulses may be inspired by the country’s Founding Fathers, and that he “rummages around the trash bag of history to find what’s useful at any given moment.”

Plus, Ravi’s One Thing on the recent U.S. sanctions on Russian oil companies.

Keith Johnson: Will Trump’s Russia Oil Sanctions Finally Sway Putin?

Greg Grandin: America, América: A New History of the New World

Ravi Agrawal: Why Trump Is a ‘Scarcity President’

Syrus Solo Jin: With Territory Comes Torment

Stephen M. Walt: Donald Trump Will Never Be a Restrainer

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