Q&A
List of Q&A articles
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas. What Drives Elon Musk?
His wealth, political power, and support for far-right parties are setting off alarm bells.
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U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders during the inaugural parade in Washington on Jan. 20. How Trump’s Tariffs Are Changing Geopolitics
Countries will retaliate as much as they’re willing to hurt themselves—or make a point.
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A Daily News newspaper in a rack with the headline: Fjord to Trump: Drop Dead with the subhead: Denmark mocks Don's desire to buy Greenland. Can the United States Actually Purchase Greenland?
Trump wants it from Denmark, but it’s Greenlanders who will decide.
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A girl looks at pictures of missing persons hanging from a rope in front of the National Palace during the International Day of the Disappeared in Mexico City. Trump Takes Aim at Drug Cartels
The president has designated Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Here’s what that means.
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Frank McCourt sits in a white chair on the center of a stage. The Man Who Would Buy TikTok
Frank McCourt sees the Chinese-owned social media platform as a catalyst for a deeper conversation.
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Asylum-seekers wait for processing near the U.S.-Mexico border in California on Feb. 2, 2024. Will Trump Actually Deport Millions of Undocumented Workers?
The economic costs are high, but the president-elect believes he has a mandate for dramatic changes to immigration policy.
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A satellite view shows two large plumes of smoke extending from land south out to sea. The Economics of Living on Earth
A new concept tries to account for humanity's connection to the entire planet.
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A refugee from the war in Sudan carries her belongings after arriving at a transit center for refugees in South Sudan on Feb. 13, 2024. Can the World Do Anything About Conflict in 2025?
A conversation with the International Crisis Group’s Comfort Ero.
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U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office in Washington on Nov. 13, 2024. What to Expect From Geopolitics in 2025
Fareed Zakaria plays the annual predictions game on FP Live.
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An Israeli artillery unit fires across the border toward Lebanon on Jan. 11. Fareed Zakaria Looks Back at 2024
FP Live’s annual tradition of recounting the biggest highlights and trends of the year.
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A man pulls a dolley stacked high with boxes across the floor of a warehouse room. Another stack of boxes looms in the foreground, with a paper taped to the top box labeling it as from USAID in English and Arabic writing. Samantha Power on Biden’s Foreign Aid Legacy
The USAID chief on Gaza and why she feels she can make more of a difference in government than outside it.
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Wind turbines operate at a wind farm near solar panels near Palm Springs. Will Trump Dismantle Biden’s Clean Energy Initiatives?
Climate envoy John Podesta on why clean energy investments “are here to stay.”
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An employee makes a chip at a JieJie Semiconductor factory in Nantong, China, on March 17, 2021. a factory of Jiejie Semiconductor Company in Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on March 17, 2021. - China OUT (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) How Trump’s Return Will Impact the Chip Wars
A central question is where the president-elect will land on tariffs—and how China might retaliate.
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Élysée Palace in Paris on Dec. 7, 2024. Can Trump Really End the War in Ukraine?
A Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize winner weighs in on his prospects.
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Hayat Tahrir al-Sham chief Abu Mohammad al-Jolani checks the damage following an earthquake in the village of Besnaya in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province on Feb. 7, 2023. What to Know About the Man Who Toppled Assad
Abu Mohammed al-Jolani has worked for years to rebrand himself, but has he truly broken from his al Qaeda past?
