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...
“I don’t give up on Trump. I do think that, for the wrong reasons, we can get him to do the right things” says former Human Rights Watch chief Kenneth Roth. Roth sits down with Ravi Agrawal to share his take on human rights today amid democratic backsliding, ongoing conflict, and a new U.S. administration on the world stage.
Roth led Human Rights Watch for nearly 30 years and is the author of Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Transcript: Can the World Do Anything About Conflict in 2025?
Pankaj Mishra: How Gaza Shattered the West’s Mythology
Matthew M. Kavanagh and Luis Gil Abinader: Abolishing USAID Is Both Unconstitutional and Disastrous
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One-on-One With Finnish President Alexander Stubb
Finnish President Alexander Stubb sits down with Ravi Agrawal on the sidelines of the annual Munich Security Conference to discuss European security in Trump 2.0.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Transcript: Finland’s President: Trump’s Strategy ‘Is a Bit of a Seesaw’
Transcript: The Speech That Stunned Europe
C. Raja Mohan: India Sees Opportunities as Trump Jettisons the Western Order
James Crabtree: Trump Could Make China Great Again
Kishore Mahbubani: It’s Time for Europe to Do the Unthinkable
Kristi Raik: Europe’s 4 Different Ways of Handling Trump
Bojan Pancevski and Alexander Ward: Vance Wields Threat of Sanctions, Military Action to Push Putin Into Ukraine Deal
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Why the World Is So Polarized Over Gaza
How history will weigh the war in Gaza, with author Pankaj Mishra. Mishra recently previewed his new book on the subject with Foreign Policy, in a piece titled “How Gaza Shattered the West’s Mythology.” He shares more now with Ravi Agrawal.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Pankaj Mishra: The World After Gaza: A History
Pankaj Mishra: How Gaza Shattered the West’s Mythology
David E. Rosenberg: Why Gaza Is Israel’s Forever War
Ran Greenstein: Settler Colonialism Isn’t What You Think It Is
Howard W. French: Why Are We Ignoring Human Rights Criticism of Israel?
FP Contributors: What Trump’s Gaza Plan Means for the World
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Assessing Trump’s Early Moves
U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term with rapid-fire proposals ranging from invading Greenland to imposing tariffs on top trading partners. How are these moves being viewed globally? FP Live host Ravi Agrawal is joined by three experts, spanning three continents, to learn more.
Nathalie Tocci serves as the director of the Italian think tank Istituto Affari Internazionali. Former Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani is an author and geopolitical analyst. And Ed Luce is a columnist for the Financial Times.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Ravi Agrawal: Trump is Ushering In a More Transactional World
Emma Ashford and Jennifer Kavanagh: Europe Isn’t Ready for Trump 2.0
Matthew M. Kavanagh and Luis Gil Abinader: Abolishing USAID Is Both Unconstitutional And Disastrous
Stephen M. Walt: What IR Theory Predicts About Trump 2.0
Edward Alden: Trump Will Be His Own Trade Czar
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Trump’s Tariff Wars
At a White House press briefing on Tuesday, the Trump administration maintained that it would impose a 25 percent tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada on Feb. 1. This comes after announcing a 10 percent duty on China earlier in the week. Trade and capital expert Brad Setser is skeptical that it will follow through, though, saying that the economic ramifications of tariffs at that scale would be a “ pretty bloody big shock.” Setser sits down with host Ravi Agrawal to share more.
Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):
Aaron L. Friedberg: Tariffs Are a Scalpel, Not a Hammer
Wendy Cutler: How Trump Could Strike a Trade Deal With China
Keith Johnson: How to Read Trump’s Day-One Trade Actions
Scott Kennedy: Markets Are Underpricing the Possibility of a U.S.-China Economic War
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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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