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Is the U.S.-Israel Special Relationship Over?
Jun 17, 2026
39m 53s
The Geopolitics of the World Cup
Jun 10, 2026
38m 31s
How to End the Iran War
Jun 5, 2026
42m 08s
How to Survive a Chaotic World
May 27, 2026
41m 13s
Trump, Xi, and a New Balance of Power
May 19, 2026
48m 20s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/17/26 | ![]() Is the U.S.-Israel Special Relationship Over? | U.S. public opinion is undergoing a dramatic shift, with more and more Americans calling for less military support to Israel. So, is the “special relationship” between the two countries over? According to an essayist in Foreign Policy’s latest print issue, the partnership has peaked—and the only way to go is down. Why is that, and how did we get here? Joshua Leifer, a columnist for Haaretz and author of that essay, joins FP Live to explore trends in the U.S.-Israeli partnership. Plus, Ravi shares his read on the proposed U.S.-Iran cease-fire deal. Paul Musgrave: Iran Is a Bigger Defeat Than Vietnam Will Todman: Everyone Lost the War With Iran Menahem Merhavy: Iran’s Victory Is More Pyrrhic Than It Looks Joshua Leifer: The End of the U.S.-Israel Alliance FP’s Summer Print Issue: The End of the World as We Know It David E. Rosenberg: Netanyahu’s Reelection Could Hinge on Outcome of Iran War Steven A. Cook: Why the U.S. Should Wind Down Military Aid to Israel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 39m 53s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | ![]() The Geopolitics of the World Cup✨ | World Cupgeopolitics+3 | Mehreen Khan | IranFinancial Times+3 | CanadaMexico+1 | World Cupgeopolitics+5 | — | 38m 31s | |
| 6/5/26 | ![]() How to End the Iran War✨ | Iran warU.S. foreign policy+4 | Robert Malley | New York TimesWall Street Journal | — | IranU.S. foreign policy+6 | — | 42m 08s | |
| 5/27/26 | ![]() How to Survive a Chaotic World✨ | geopoliticsrules-based order+3 | Mark Leonard | European Council on Foreign RelationsSurviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail | — | geopoliticsrules-based order+3 | — | 41m 13s | |
| 5/19/26 | ![]() Trump, Xi, and a New Balance of Power✨ | U.S.-China relationsTrump-Xi summit+4 | Rana Mitter | — | — | TrumpXi+7 | — | 48m 20s | |
| 5/12/26 | ![]() Is Russia the Unintended Winner of Trump’s Iran War?✨ | RussiaIran conflict+4 | Alexander Gabuev | Carnegie Russia Eurasia CenterForeign Policy+1 | IranUkraine+1 | RussiaIran+5 | — | 38m 20s | |
| 5/8/26 | ![]() The surprisingly normal streets of Tehran✨ | IranTehran+4 | Ali Hashem | NetflixUber+1 | IranTehran | TehranIran+5 | — | 31m 46s | |
| 5/5/26 | ![]() ‘Ask Me Anything’—the Iran War Edition✨ | Iran Wareconomic impact+5 | Ravi Agrawal | Foreign Policy | Iran | Iranwar+7 | — | 41m 15s | |
| 5/2/26 | ![]() Where the Iran War Goes From Here✨ | Iran WarMiddle East+4 | Karim Sadjadpour | — | IranStrait of Hormuz+1 | IranMiddle East+5 | — | 51m 00s | |
| 4/29/26 | ![]() How Much Will the Iran Conflict Hurt the Global Economy?✨ | Iran conflictglobal economy+4 | Gita Gopinath | International Monetary FundHarvard University+2 | — | Iranglobal economy+7 | — | 31m 55s | |
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| 4/15/26 | ![]() Is America Becoming a Rogue State?✨ | U.S. foreign policyrogue state+4 | Stephen M. Walt | Foreign PolicyPew Research Center | HungaryUnited States | U.S. powerforeign policy+6 | — | 43m 53s | |
| 4/9/26 | ![]() An Iran Hawk’s Take on the Cease-Fire✨ | IranMiddle East+4 | John Bolton | Trump administrationNew York Times | — | IranTrump+5 | — | 33m 43s | |
| 4/8/26 | ![]() The Iran War Cease-Fire and the Return of the Energy Weapon✨ | Iran conflictenergy security+4 | Meghan O’Sullivan | Harvard UniversityGeorge W. Bush administration+7 | — | Irancease-fire+5 | — | 41m 11s | |
| 3/31/26 | ![]() What Is Iran’s Endgame?✨ | Irangeopolitics+4 | Ali Vaez | International Crisis Group | — | IranU.S.-Israel war+6 | — | 42m 44s | |
| 3/26/26 | ![]() How High Could Oil Prices Go?✨ | oil pricesenergy crisis+3 | Jason Bordoff | Center on Global Energy PolicyColumbia University+1 | Strait of HormuzMiddle East | oil pricesenergy shock+3 | — | 41m 48s | |
| 3/24/26 | ![]() The World After Trump✨ | post-Trump worldglobal affairs+5 | Hal Brands | Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International StudiesThe Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World | — | Trumpglobal affairs+5 | — | 40m 34s | |
| 3/18/26 | ![]() How to Have Politics Without Politicians✨ | democracycitizen assemblies+4 | Hélène Landemore | Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule | — | democracypoliticians+4 | — | 46m 15s | |
| 3/12/26 | ![]() A Debate Over the War in Iran✨ | Iran WarU.S. Foreign Policy+3 | Trita ParsiMatthew Kroenig | Quincy InstituteAtlantic Council | Iran | IranU.S. interests+5 | — | 40m 59s | |
| 3/5/26 | ![]() Will the Gulf States Join the War?✨ | Gulf StatesIran+4 | Mina al-OraibiFiras Maksad | NationalEurasia Group | IranQatar+2 | Gulf StatesIran+4 | — | 42m 47s | |
| 3/3/26 | ![]() War in the Middle East | On Saturday, Israel and the United States struck Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tehran has been responding with volleys of missiles aimed at Israel—and also at several other countries in the region. How will the conflict end? How long can Tehran sustain this fight? Iran expert Vali Nasr joined Ravi Agrawal for an emergency episode that ran live on the afternoon of Monday, March 3. Daniel Byman: 6 Questions About Operation Epic Fury Barbara Slavin: Death Comes to the Dictator Ali Hashem: Iran Is Built to Withstand the Ayatollah’s Assassination Alireza Nader and Nik Kowsar: Khamenei Is Dead. Who’s In Charge of Iran? Amos C. Fox and Franz-Stefan Gady: Iran, Israel, and the U.S. Are Racing the Clock Anchal Vohra: Iran’s Proxies Are Out for Themselves for Now Emma Ashford: Trump Is Betraying His Base by Waging War on Iran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 39m 26s | ||||||
| 2/25/26 | ![]() What a U.S. Attack on Iran Will Look Like | As U.S. President Donald Trump considers a military strike on Iran, what are the options on his table? What will his military advisors recommend he should and shouldn’t do? David Petraeus has often been in the position of providing such advice to the White House, and he joins FP Live to explain what could happen in the coming days. Petraeus ran U.S. and allied forces in the Middle East as the head of Central Command (CENTCOM) and later ran the CIA. Plus, One Thing from Ravi on the fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine. FP Contributors: Four Years of War in Europe Marc Lynch: Four Scenarios for a Postwar Iran Arash Reisinezhad and Arsham Reisinezhad: What War With Iran Would Look Like Ali Hashem: The United States Is Dangerously Misreading Iran Ali Hashem: Iran Dangerously Misunderstands Its Situation Brought to you by: quince.com/fplive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 46m 29s | ||||||
| 2/20/26 | ![]() Kurt Campbell on Trump’s China Ambiguity | U.S. President Donald Trump’s China policy often seems deliberately ambiguous. Is that a virtue or a flaw? Kurt Campbell is a longtime China watcher who rose up to run Asia policy under the Biden administration. He was the original architect of the so-called “pivot to Asia” during the Obama administration. He joins FP Live to discuss Trump, former U.S. President Joe Biden, and the world’s most important bilateral relationship. Plus, One Thing from Ravi on Trump’s Board of Peace. Aaron David Miller: Billions in Pledges Expected for Trump’s Board of Peace but Doubts Persist Mira Rapp-Hooper and Ely Ratner: Washington’s Silence in Asia Is a Gift to Beijing New York Times: On China, Trump Is Rolling the Dice on America’s Future Foreign Affairs: The U.S.-China Crisis Waiting to Happen A. Wess Mitchell: The Grand Strategy Behind Trump’s Foreign Policy Craig Singleton: China Grapples with Trump’s Radical Use of Power Lili Pike: Did Biden Get China Right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 47m 38s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 | ![]() Is the Nuclear Club Expanding? | Is the age of nuclear nonproliferation over? There are certainly worrying signs. New START, the main nuclear treaty between the United States and Russia, recently expired. China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal. Talks to bring Iran back to the negotiating table seem to be at an impasse. And one increasingly hears about the possibility of South Korea or Japan going nuclear. What can the world do in response? Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, sits down with Ravi Agrawal. Rebecca Lissner and Erin D. Dumbacher: The Pillars of the Global Nuclear Order Are Cracking Decker Eveleth: The Real Risk After New START Isn’t Arms Racing Fareed Zakaria: The Post-Cold War Nuclear Era Might Have Just Ended Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: An Oil Deal for Trump Can Mean a Nuclear Deal for Iran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 35m 27s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 | ![]() The “America First” Defense Strategy | The Pentagon’s policy chief Elbridge Colby recently called for a “NATO 3.0”, stating that the United States would “continue to provide the U.S. extended nuclear deterrent” to Europe, but when it came to most defense matters, Europe would need to “assume primary responsibility.” Colby is the undersecretary of war for policy and joins FP Live host Ravi Agrawal at the annual Munich Security Conference. And in part two of this podcast, Colby and Agrawal were joined by four other guests: Richard Marles, the deputy prime minister and defense minister of Australia; Judith Collins, the minister of defense of New Zealand; Toshimitsu Motegi, the foreign minister of Japan; and David van Weel, the foreign minister of the Netherlands. Plus, One Thing from Ravi on U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference. Listen to Munich Moments on Apple or Spotify. A transcript of U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance’s 2025 speech at the Munich Security Conference. A transcript of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s 2026 speech at the Munich Security ConferenceA transcript of Colby’s interview with Ravi A collection of FP’s reporting and analysis from the Munich Security Conference Matthew Kroenig: Two Cheers for the National Security Strategy A. Wess Mitchell: The Grand Strategy Behind Trump’s Foreign Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 50m 12s | ||||||
| 2/13/26 | ![]() FP at MSC: How to Navigate a Trade War | U.S. tariffs have upended decades of trade policy, but new U.N. data shows that the economies suffering most are those that can least afford a setback. At the Munich Security Conference (MSC), FP’s Ravi Agrawal hosted a panel on the trade wars, with policymakers on the front lines of these economic changes: Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the director-general of the World Trade Organization; Finnish President Alexander Stubb; German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil; and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis. Follow FP’s MSC coverage here. Wendy Cutler: How Countries Should Respond to Trump’s Tariffs Keith Johnson: Tariffs Have Hurt, Not Helped, the U.S. Economy Rishi Iyengar: EU Don’t Need U.S.? Ramon Pacheco Pardo and Robyn Klingler-Vidra: Middle Powers Don’t Have to Work Together to Get Ahead Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 33m 31s | ||||||
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