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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 11: People clap as British Home Secretary Theresa May makes a statement after Andrea Leadsom pulled out of the contest earlier today to become Conservative Party leader outside the Houses of Parliament on July 11, 2016 in London, England. Theresa May will become the UK's new Prime Minister on Wednesday evening after David Cameron holds his final PMQs and visits the Queen to officially resign his position. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
British Prime Minister Theresa May (L) walks through Portcullis House before attending Prime Ministers Questions (PMQs) at the Houses of Parliament in central London on September 14, 2016. / AFP / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)
SOUTH SHIELDS, ENGLAND - APRIL 30: UK Independence Party (UKIP) Leader Nigel Farage enjoys a pint of beer after canvassing with the party’s local candidate for South Shields on April 30, 2013 in South Shields, England. The UK Independence party leader, Nigel Farage, said that his party faced "one or two teething problems" with its 17000 candidates for Thursday's local elections after the suspension of UKIP candidate Alex Wood, who was photographed making a Nazi salute. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
BOLTON, ENGLAND - MAY 25: Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), Nigel Farage enjoys a pint of beer during a break from campaigning for votes to leave the European Union on May 25, 2016 in Bolton, England. Nigel Farage took his battle bus to Bolton encouraging British people to vote to leave the EU on 23rd June 2016. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) supporter holdin a cap with an eurosceptic's slogan as he takes part in a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on October 24, 2011, the day that Parliament votes on whether to hold a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union. David Cameron faced the biggest rebellion of his premiership today as eurosceptic backbenchers in his Conservative Party vowed to defy orders and vote for a referendum on Britain's EU membership. AFP PHOTO/ CARL COURT (Photo credit should read CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images)
Can U.S. President Joe Biden really support Ukraine against Russia for “as long as it takes,” as he has pledged? Congressional support for this aid has largely been bipartisan and wide-r...Show moreanging, but Ron DeSantis and other leading Republicans are beginning to question whether the United States is prepared to keep it up. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Moscow, as the competition between the United States and China intensifies and the diplomatic relationship dives to a new low.
Heading into a possible reelection year, FP’s reporters will discuss if and how Biden can juggle these substantial foreign-policy issues—and how the campaign trail might change things. They’ll also talk about the budget and what it reveals about the administration’s foreign-policy agenda.
Plus, as always, there will be a glimpse into the reporters’ notebooks, with insider insights into what Washington is really talking about when it comes to geopolitics. Tune in for the inside scoop and watch FP’s reporters in conversation with the magazine’s executive editor, Amelia Lester.
Protesters gather during a rally against the government's controversial judicial overhaul bill in Tel Aviv on March 18.
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been protesting weekly against their government’s plans to overhaul—and weaken—the country’s judiciary. Several former military officials have ...Show moreaccused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a judicial power grab, raising the question of whether serving officers will disobey what they might see as an illegitimate government.
How will Israel’s constitutional crisis develop? What happens if an internal mutiny actually takes place? And how does the United States continue its partnership with a country it once lauded as the sole democracy in the Middle East?
Ehud Barak, Israel’s former prime minister, who also served as the country’s defense minister and army chief, will join FP’s Ravi Agrawal for a live discussion about the future of Israel’s democracy and what happens next in the current standoff.
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 05: A general view of the Great Hall of the People during the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a speech in the opening of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress at The Great Hall of People on March 5, 2023 in Beijing, China.China's annual political gathering known as the Two Sessions will convene leaders and lawmakers to set the government's agenda for domestic economic and social development for the year. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
Every year, the top Chinese legislative and advisory bodies meet for two weeks to rubber-stamp decisions already made by the Chinese Communist Party. It’s called the “two sessions,” ...Show moreand it began on March 4. This year’s meeting is the first since the end of zero-COVID restrictions; it’s also an opportunity to get an inside look into the Chinese leadership’s fears and priorities.
Beyond the headlines, what can the world expect from the convening? What will it mean for China’s economy, defense budget, and foreign policy?
Join FP’s Ravi Agrawal in conversation with a panel of China experts as they decipher the news from Beijing: Ryan Hass is the former China director at the National Security Council under President Barack Obama and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Zongyuan Zoe Liu is an FP columnist and fellow for international political economy at the Council on Foreign Relations, and James Palmer is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy and the author of the magazine’s China Brief newsletter.
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