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 fore...
Legal scholars argue that the Trump administration’s push to curtail the power of the U.S. judiciary mirrors moves by several authoritarian governments around the world. What does this mean for the United States’ court system and the rule of law? And what can be learned from global advocacy and civil society defying these trends?
Political scientist Andrew O’Donohue joins FP Live to share his findings.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Andrew O’Donohue: The U.S. Judicial Crisis Is Uniquely Dangerous
Julian E. Zelizer: Why Republicans Love Strong Presidents
David E. Rosenberg: Can Israel’s Highest Court Stop Netanyahu?
Halil Karaveli: Erdogan Is Trying to Divide and Conquer Turkey’s Opposition
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FP’s New Print Issue: Billionaire Rule
Several of the world’s wealthiest men stood behind Donald Trump as he was inaugurated for a second term, contradicting his image as a populist president. This prompts the question, how much influence do the wealthy have on U.S. politics?
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy joins FP Live to share his take on the state of U.S. democracy, and whether the United States is becoming more corrupt, to mark the launch of Foreign Policy’s latest print issue: “Billionaire Rule.”
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Spring 2025 Print Issue: Billionaire Rule
Jodi Vittori: Is America a Kleptocracy?
Adam Tooze: Elon Musk’s First Principles
James Crabtree: How Modi and Trump Treat Billionaires Differently
Priya Satia: The Deep Roots of Oligarchy
James Palmer: Did China Get Billionaires Right?
Andrew O’Donohue: The U.S. Judicial Crisis Is Uniquely Dangerous
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How Should Europe Navigate the Trump Era?
The Trump administration has dramatically shifted the United States’ long-standing relationship with Europe, pushing it to shore up its own defense. How is the continent grappling with these changes? And what does it mean for its policies, both foreign and domestic?
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Kishore Mahbubani: It’s Time for Europe to Do the Unthinkable
Transcript: The Speech That Stunned Europe
Edward Lucas: Comrade Trump
Ivo H. Daalder: It’s Time for a New Trans-Atlantic Bargain
Michael Hirsh: On Ukraine, Split the Difference Between Trump and Biden
Anchal Vohra: Europe’s Economic Decoupling From America Is Underway
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Trump’s First 50 Days
Geopolitical risk analyst Ian Bremmer joins FP Live to assess U.S. President Donald Trump’s first 50 days in office and how it is impacting the world.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Ravi Agrawal: Trump Is Ushering In a More Transactional World
Daniel C. Kurtzer and Aaron David Miller: Lessons from the Trump-Zelensky Confrontation
Howard W. French: Trump’s Plan for a Greatly Diminished America
Daniel W. Drezner: Does the Madman Theory Actually Work?
Stephen M. Walt: What I Got Wrong About Trump’s Second Term
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What Is America’s China Policy?
With so much of the focus in recent weeks on the Trump administration’s policies toward Europe, where does that leave the broader trajectory of the U.S.-China relationship? Expert and former Biden administration official Rush Doshi sits down with Ravi Agrawal to discuss.
Doshi is currently the C.V. Starr senior fellow for Asia studies and director of the China Strategy Initiative at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Rush Doshi: Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order
Lili Pike: Trump’s Europe Shock Creates an Opening for China
Lili Pike: Did Biden Get China Right?
James Crabtree: Trump Could Make China Great Again
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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/.
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