FP Live

Former U.S. President and now President-elect Donald Trump is a relatively known quantity when it comes to policymaking—but with immense potential for variance in a second term. Kori Schake is a conservative foreign policy and defense scholar who has been a fierce critic of both the Trump and Biden administrations. Join FP Live’s Ravi Agrawal for a discussion about what to expect from a second Trump term.

Between conflicts, the climate crisis, and trade wars, the world was already in a state of turmoil. How will a second Trump term change the status quo? What countries and industries are in for the greatest shake-up? Join FP’s Ravi Agrawal in conversation with geopolitical risk expert Ian Bremmer, the founder and president of Eurasia Group.

What was supposed to be one of the closest elections in history ended early Wednesday morning with a decisive victory for former U.S. President Donald Trump. The election took place against a backdrop of a particularly divided and polarized electorate. Does history have any precedents or lessons for the current moment? Under what conditions will Trump begin his next term? Join FP’s Ravi Agrawal in conversation with historians Julian E. Zelizer and Joanne Freeman.

As China’s influence in Asia and around the world grows, how will the next U.S. president manage the world’s most important relationship? And beyond China, how do Trump and Harris compare on their approach toward other Asian countries? FP’s Ravi Agrawal is joined by Ryan Hass, a former director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia at the White House National Security Council, and Lynn Kuok, the Lee Kuan Yew chair in Southeast Asia studies at the Brookings Institution.

In recent elections, Latin America has largely come up as a scapegoat for immigration and drug cartels. But it’s a region that contains America’s largest trading partner, Mexico, and is also the site for intense geopolitical competition. Moisés Naím, former Venezuelan minister of trade and chief international columnist for El País, and Catherine Osborn, writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly Latin America Brief, compare Trump and Harris on how they’d approach the region.

Africa has been neglected by recent administrations; the last presidential visit was in 2015, though Biden is due to visit Angola in December. How will the next president handle this large and diverse continent? FP’s Ravi Agrawal is joined by two Africa experts: Martin Kimani, a former Kenyan ambassador to the United Nations, and Zainab Usman, the director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Africa Program.

The trans-Atlantic relationship may be the most obvious area of difference between presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. To find out why, watch Nathalie Tocci, the director of Rome’s Istituto Affari Internationazionali, and Mark Leonard, the director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, on the second episode of FP Live’s special election series.

The next president will be tasked with containing an escalating regional crisis in the Middle East. FP convenes Chatham House’s Sanam Vakil and FP columnist Steven A. Cook to explore how Trump and Harris compare on their policies toward the region.

The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, raises several questions about the future of the Israel-Hamas war and the broader regional conflict. Join FP Live for an in-depth discussion with retired U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, who oversaw U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan at the height of the counterterrorism effort in those countries.

Are we witnessing the rise of a new global autocratic bloc? There are growing revelations about North Korea's assistance to Russia in its war in Ukraine, just as there is evidence of cooperation between Iran and Russia. What does it mean for the wars in Europe and the Middle East? How does China fit in? FP’s Ravi Agrawal got to the heart of this budding alliance with Barbara Slavin and Chung Min Lee.

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas launched a brutal attack on Israel and set in motion a cycle of violence that has rocked the Middle East. Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East advisor, joined FP Live to look back—and ahead.

The African National Congress party lost its outright majority to govern South Africa. What might that do to the country’s long-standing policy of “nonalignment”? FP’s Ravi Agrawal sat down with Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s foreign minister. They discuss South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, how the country manages its relationship with its BRICS partner Russia, and its leadership role in Africa.