Foreign Policy Live

Host Ravi Agrawal sits down with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for a special one-on-one conversation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 

Suggested reading:

The Economist’s Country of the Year for 2023

Elisabeth Braw: In the Red Sea, the Royal Navy Is Back

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The rise of artificial intelligence, and its potential risk to the democratic process, is top of mind in a year of record elections. From mis- and disinformation to deepfake videos, this emerging technology could dramatically shape election outcomes. How should policymakers and tech companies work together to combat this threat? Host Ravi Agrawal moderated a panel discussion titled “Protecting Democracy Against Bots and Plots” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Panelists:

Jan Lipavský is the foreign minister for the Czech Republic.

Smriti Zubin Irani is India’s minister of women and child development. 

André Kudelski is the CEO of the Kudelski Group.

Alexandra Reeve Givens is the CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology.

Matthew Prince is the co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare.

Suggested reading:

Ravi Agrawal: The Year the World Votes

Rishi Iyengar: What AI Will Do to Elections

Pratap Bhanu Mehta: The Specter of Nationalism

Jan-Werner Müller: The Myth of Social Media and Populism

Leslie Vinjamuri: What Another Trump-Biden Showdown Means for the World

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Jan. 15 marks 100 days since the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people. Israel then retaliated by launching a ground invasion of Gaza. More than 23,000 Palestinians have been killed, and numerous others face a dire humanitarian crisis. 

After months of conflict and mounting international pressure, Israel announced on Jan. 1 that it would begin to pull some troops back from Gaza. But the war’s reverberations continue to threaten the stability of the larger region as tensions between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon rise and the United States responds to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. Hezbollah and the Houthis are both backed by Iran. 

Host Ravi Agrawal revisits conversations with experts on all sides of this conflict as we enter a new phase of the war.

Suggested reading:

Jon Hoffman: U.S. Middle East Policy Has Failed

Elisabeth Braw: In the Red Sea, the Royal Navy Is Back

Amy Mackinnon: How the Gaza War Could Shape Global Politics in 2024

Raphael S. Cohen: The Trouble With a Cease-Fire

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With wars in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, the world begins the new year on high alert. Comfort Ero, the president of the International Crisis Group, joins Ravi Agrawal to share her analysis of the state of the world, building on her annual essay in Foreign Policy. 

Suggested reading:

Comfort Ero and Richard Atwood: 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2024

FP Contributors: 8 Simmering Threats You Shouldn’t Ignore in 2024

FP Contributors: 5 Issues to Watch in 2024

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We already know that 2024 will be the year that more people vote than in any other time in history. That’s an easy prediction to make. But what other global trends will impact the world this year? FP columnist and Harvard University professor Stephen M. Walt sits down with Ravi Agrawal to look ahead at the next 12 months.

Suggested reading:

Allison Meakem: Elections to Watch in 2024

Comfort Ero and Richard Atwood: 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2024

FP Contributors: 5 Issues to Watch in 2024

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From wars on two continents to U.S. competition with China and the rise of artificial intelligence, 2023 has been yet another impactful year. FP Live looks back on the year with columnist and political scientist Stephen M. Walt. 

Suggested reading:

Stephen M. Walt: 5 Things in the World to Be Thankful for in 2023

Stephen M. Walt: Universities Shouldn’t Ever Take Sides in a War

Stephen M. Walt: The World Won’t Be the Same After the Israel-Hamas War

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FP Live host Ravi Agrawal is joined by Foreign Policy’s executive editor, Amelia Lestor, for another ask-me-anything episode. The two discuss the Biden administration’s foreign policy strategy, the wars in Europe and the Middle East, how FP covers these conflicts, and much more.

Suggested reading:

FP Contributors: How Will This War End? How Can the Next One Be Prevented?

Jared Cohen and Ian Bremmer: The Global Credibility Gap

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Leaders from nearly 200 countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels at this year’s annual U.N. climate summit, known as COP28. But the agreement is nonbinding, and questions on how to finance such a transition remain unanswered. This week’s guest, however, might have those answers—and it all comes down to public-private partnerships, the reform of multilateral lenders, and better political will. 

Rajiv Shah served as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development under President Barack Obama. He is now president of the Rockefeller Foundation and the author of Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens.

Suggested reading:

Rajiv Shah: Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens

Christina Lu: Good COP or Bad COP?

Lili Pike: The Climate Envoys Who Could

Shayak Sengupta and Abhinav Jindal: Are Global Climate Partnerships Fit for Purpose?

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More than 16,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel’s response to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack. As Israel resumes ground operations in Gaza, is there an end in sight?

Rashid Khalidi is the author of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance and a professor at Columbia University. He describes why he thinks decades of failures of diplomacy have led to this moment and why the Biden administration’s Middle East policy gets an “F” in his report card. 

Suggested reading:

FP Contributors: How Will This War End? How Can the Next One Be Prevented?

Tareq Baconi: What Was Hamas Thinking?

Steven A. Cook: Israel May End Up Reoccupying Gaza

Steven Simon and Aaron David Miller: Grading Biden on the Israel-Hamas War

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The 28th edition of the international climate summit known as the Conference of the Parties—or COP—convened in Dubai this week, just as scientists announced that 2023 was likely to be the hottest year in human history. Host Ravi Agrawal spoke to Vijay Vaitheeswaran, the Global energy and climate innovation editor at The Economist, about what to expect.

Suggested reading:

Rajiv J. Shah: At COP28, the World Needs to Prioritize Financial Reform

Catherine Osborn: Will COP28 Jump-Start Latin America’s Green Energy Ambitions?

Shayak Sengupta: India Isn’t Interested in the West’s Climate Money

Vijay Vaitheeswarran: The Dark Side of Climate Finance

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