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.
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How can you tackle poverty and create infrastructure amid an active conflict? Alexander De Croo is the head of the U.N. Development Program, and he joins FP’s Ravi Agrawal to make the case for spending development dollars on building long-term resilience. He’s exploring solutions to opium poppies in Afghanistan, electric grids in Ukraine, and sanitation in Gaza, even as major donors such as the United States pull back.
Plus, Ravi shares his read on the war rapidly escalating in Ethiopia.
Nosmot Gbadamosi: Ethiopia’s Return to War Threatens to Engulf the Horn of Africa
World’s Toughest Job: The Triage Game: Own, Delegate, or Drop
Adam Tooze: The End of Development
David Miliband: It’s Time to Update the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
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The Case for Trump’s Global Strategy
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 • Duration 41:17
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz has become one of the Trump administration’s most visible spokespeople, publicly explaining and defending its policies on everything from Iran to Venezuela and Sudan. But how has Washington’s global role changed as the White House pulls back from multilateral institutions? How does the administration make the case for an unpopular war in Iran? Waltz sits down with FP Live to talk through the White House’s foreign-policy strategy.
Michael Waltz and Massad Boulous: Peace in Sudan Can Only Flower After a Weapons Embargo
Abdalfatah Alburhan: How to Bring Peace to Sudan
New York Times: David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager, Katie Rogers, and Zolan Kanno-Youngs: Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
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Maria Ressa on Fighting Back Against Big Tech
Friday, September 25, 2026 • Duration 32:47
Maria Ressa is one of the most inspiring journalists of our age, a media leader whose bravery against authoritarianism earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021. Now, she’s focusing her energy on artificial intelligence and Big Tech and how ordinary citizens can reclaim their attention, their time, and their democracies. She’s also a co-chair of the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on AI. Ressa joined Ravi Agrawal on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly this week at FP’s Tech and AI Forum.
Plus, Ravi shares his read on what gave him chills, and what gave him hope, this UNGA week.
Rockefeller Foundation: New Global Poll: Amid Growing Pessimism, Security Tops Priorities for International Cooperation
Preliminary Report of the U.N. Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
U.N. Independent International Scientific Panel on AI: Thematic Brief on AI Agents, Misalignment, and the Risk of Losing Human Control
Adam Elkus: Are AI and Democracy Compatible?
Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze: Can AI Be Regulated?
Sarosh Nagar and David Eaves: The World Needs to Know When AI Goes Wrong
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How to Create a Billion Jobs
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 • Duration 26:44
Ajay Banga has a simple north star as he runs the World Bank: jobs, jobs, jobs. And for good reason. The World Bank estimates that developing countries are on track to create only a third of the approximately 1.2 billion jobs they will need to keep up with demand. How can countries and companies bridge this gap? Banga sat down with FP’s Ravi Agrawal to detail how the bank is mobilizing private capital and working with governments to create sustainable jobs.
Mariana Mazzucato: How to Write Better Rules for Global Finance
David Miliband: It’s Time for the World Bank to Break With Tradition
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‘Ask Me Anything,’ and Why Ravi’s Kyiv Visit Left Him So Worried
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 • Duration 35:33
It’s time for another ask-me-anything edition of FP Live. After a trip to Kyiv, FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal explained why new developments in drone technology have him worried about conflicts around the world. Plus, he takes on the energy market, why both the United States and Iran have overreached in their ongoing conflict, and how Chinese President Xi Jinping sees the world.
Ravi Agrawal: Why My Kyiv Visit Worried Me So Much
Ravi Agrawal: Trump Has Peaked
Ravi Agrawal: Iran Could Be Trump’s Greatest Failure
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Has Trump Peaked?
Friday, September 11, 2026 • Duration 13:25
In this bonus episode, host Ravi Agrawal presents his recent essay arguing that U.S. President Donald Trump has peaked. While Trump still has two years left in office and immense potential for global disruption, Ravi makes the case that his coercive powers are in clear decline, as seen through a depleted military and an array of global moves to de-risk from the White House. As companies and countries realize this shift, they will change how they act toward the United States and how they think about a future world order.
Ravi Agrawal: Trump Has Peaked
Hal Brands: How to Survive in a World Without Rules
Charles A. Kupchan: The World’s Only Real Hope of Maintaining Order
Mariana Mazzucato: How to Write Better Rules for Global Finance
Michael Beckley: A New Engine of Development
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The Industry That Explains the World
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 • Duration 33:08
Behind every major decision, whether by a family buying a home or a shipping company deciding to transit the Strait of Hormuz, lies the judgment of the insurance markets. How do insurers evaluate risk, and what can we learn from how they attach a premium to conflict or natural disasters? John Doyle, the president and CEO of Marsh, a conglomerate that includes the world’s largest insurance broker, joins the show to discuss how he evaluates geopolitical risk—and how companies and countries should protect themselves from disruption.
Ravi Agrawal: Trump Has Peaked
Hal Brands: How to Survive in a World Without Rules
Charles A. Kupchan: The World’s Only Real Hope of Maintaining Order
Mariana Mazzucato: How to Write Better Rules for Global Finance
Michael Beckley: A New Engine of Development
Elisabeth Braw: Can Ships in the Gulf Take Trump at His Word?
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The Only Way to Save Global Order?
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 • Duration 44:05
The global order may be broken, but international relations scholar Charles A. Kupchan has a plan to remake it. In a forthcoming Foreign Policy essay, he argues that because power is becoming more diffuse, regional groupings such as the European Union and Association of Southeast Asian Nations will become more essential. But to really manage global governance, he proposes the creation of a high-level brain trust that would sit above a currently paralyzed United Nations and resolve disputes between world powers. Kupchan joins FP Live to discuss how to put his provocative plan into action.
Plus, Ravi shares his read on how China and the United States are presenting two different visions of leadership at this week’s G-20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organization conferences.
Alexandra Sharp: Moscow’s Moment of Global Summitry
Comfort Ero and Richard Gowan: Peacemaking Is Power Politics Again
Bruno Maçães: What Comes After Global Order
Nick Danforth: Who Killed the Liberal International Order?
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Why America Is Running Out of Munitions
Friday, August 28, 2026 • Duration 41:53
The United States is burning through some of its most advanced munitions in its war with Iran this year. By some accounts, inventories of high-end Patriot and THAAD interceptors may be depleted by as much as 80 percent. Replacing them could take years, even as military planners worry about needs in Europe and the Indo-Pacific. Tom Karako, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Missile Defense Project, has tracked just how deep the shortfall runs and what it would take to fix it. He joins FP Live to assess the state of U.S. stockpiles and what it means about the future of American preparedness.
John Haltiwanger and Rishi Iyengar: The Iran War Has Left the U.S. Dangerously Exposed
Sam Skove: U.S. War in Iran Leaves Ukraine’s Air Defense in Limbo
Robert Almelor Delfeld: The U.S. Munitions Deficit Is a Political Problem
Franz-Stefan Gady: Europe’s Dangerous Hesitation on Its Own Air Defense
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Why Your Political Anger Feels Futile
Friday, August 21, 2026 • Duration 42:43
Political outrage is a constant part of modern life, from social media to surges of global protests. But what actually changes? Why do so many structural issues seem deeply entrenched despite high levels of voter turnout? Anton Jäger has a term for this mismatch: hyperpolitics. He joins FP Live to explain the paradox of politicization without institutionalization, why right-wing parties maneuver this era more successfully, and whether the Democratic Socialists of America party is a sign of a new political order.
Plus, Ravi shares his read on why the United States canceled its joint military exercises with South Korea.
Alexandra Sharp: Is Trump Choosing North Korea Over South Korea?
Derek Grossman: Colby’s ‘Flexible Realism’ Won’t Work in the Indo-Pacific
Anton Jäger: The End of Political Parties
Steven A. Cook: Outrage Culture Is Ruining Foreign Policy
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