Foreign Policy Live

Top humanitarian aid official and longtime diplomat Samantha Power discusses lessons learned from her post at USAID and what she’d like to share with the next administration in this bonus episode.

This conversation was taped before the passage of last week's Continuing Resolution.

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Walter Kerr and Amanda Arch: U.S. Foreign Aid Is Broken but Fixable 

Agathe Demarais: Aid Is the Next Battleground Between China and the West

Laura Thornton: How a Second Trump Term Will Redefine Foreign Aid

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The incoming Trump administration is expected to gut a key piece of President Biden’s climate legacy: the Inflation Reduction Act. How will rolling this law back shape energy policy in the future? And what does this mean for the Paris Climate Accords? The Biden administration’s top climate diplomat, John Podesta, joins FP Live to discuss. 

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Transcript: Will Trump Dismantle Biden’s Clean Energy Initiative

Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze: The Complicated Legacy of Biden’s Climate Legislation

Tim Hirschel-Burns: On Climate, Paying Now Is Cheaper Than Paying Later

Jason Bordoff and David R. Hill: The Key to a Successful Trump Energy Agenda Is Electricity

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Inside a nontraditional war: the chip wars. Can Trump’s tariffs stop China’s efforts to catch up on semiconductor production? How will the AI boom change the game? The leading expert on semiconductor competition, Chris Miller, joins FP Live to discuss the state of the tech race and the impact of a second Trump administration. 

Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):

Rishi Iyengar: Everyone Wants a Chip Factory

Chris Miller: Biden Opens Sneaky New Front in Trade War Against China

Vivek Chilukuri: America Needs Clear Standards for China Tech Decoupling

Chris Miller in the Financial Times: The global chip war could turn into a cloud war

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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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What was supposed to be one of the closest elections in history ended early Wednesday morning with a decisive victory for former U.S. President Donald Trump. The election took place against a backdrop of a particularly divided and polarized electorate. Does history have any precedents or lessons for the current moment? 

Join FP’s Ravi Agrawal in conversation with historians Julian E. Zelizer and Joanne Freeman.

Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):

FP Staff: What Trump’s Win Means for U.S. Foreign Policy

Julian E. Zelizer: When Did Democrats Lose the Working Class?

Michael Hirsh: Why She Lost

Barbara F. Walter: Could Civil War Erupt in America?

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As China’s influence grows in Asia and around the world, how will the next U.S. president manage Washington’s most important relationship? And beyond China, how do Donald Trump and Kamala Harris compare in their approach toward other Asian countries? In the fifth and final episode of a special election series, FP’s Ravi Agrawal speaks with Ryan Hass and Lynn Kuok. 

Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):

Lili Pike: How Does the U.S.-China ‘Cold War’ End?

Agathe Demarais: Why China Is Rooting for Trump

Derek Grossman: The Once Wobbly Quad Is Here to Stay

Sumit Ganguly and Dinsha Mistree: Modi’s Third-Term Foreign Policy Looks the Same

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