The Trump-Putin summit on Friday, followed by Monday’s unprecedented White House meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky and seven other European leaders, has left analysts wondering whether recent diplomacy will result in an end to hostilities—or if it’s all just pageantry. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Sergey Radchenko sit down with Ravi Agrawal to debrief these two high-level meetings.
Kendall-Taylor is a former CIA analyst and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Radchenko is a Johns Hopkins University professor and the author of To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power.
Ravi Agrawal: Grading Trump’s Ukraine Diplomacy
Ivo H. Daalder: Russia and Ukraine Are as Far Apart as Ever
Stephen M. Walt: Trump Has No Idea How to Do Diplomacy
Rishi Iyengar: Key Takeaways From Trump’s Meeting with Zelensky
Keith Johnson: 7 Lingering Questions After the Trump Ukraine Summit
Michael Hirsh: Trump’s Putin Gambit Failed—but Maybe It Was Still Worth Trying
Sergey Radchenko: Not Unprecedented but Unprincipled
Christina Lu: ‘There’s No Deal Until There’s a Deal’
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The Future of Europe’s Defense
European leaders, having agreed to spending 5 percent of their GDP on defense, now must decide where that money goes. What factors should they consider to make sure the money leads to the continent’s growth and a cutting-edge defense industrial base? Ravi Agrawal sits down with Jared Cohen, the president of global affairs at Goldman Sachs, to discuss.
Note: This discussion is part of a series of episodes brought to you by the Goldman Sachs Global Institute.
Ravi’s Recommendations:
Amitav Acharya: Pharaohs, Maharajas, and the Making of a Multipolar World
Robert Kagan: The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World
Additional Reading:
Ravi Agrawal: NATO Is Avoiding a Difficult Conversation
Jared Cohen: Don’t Bet Against the Dollar
Justin Logan: Trump Shouldn’t Settle for European Spending Pledges
Kori Schake: Is NATO Dead?
Matthew Kroenig: A Division of Labor Between Europe and Asia Won’t Work
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How to Navigate the Trade Wars
Harvard University professor and economist Dani Rodrik first questioned in the late 1990s whether globalization had gone too far. He joins FP Live to share his take on the Trump administration’s tariffs and how to navigate a historically turbulent moment in global trade.
Jamieson Greer: Trump’s Trade Representative: Why We Remade the Global Order
Dani Rodrik: Where Is the Global Resistance to Trump?
Ravi Agrawal: How to Navigate Trump’s Tariffs
Cameron Abadi: Are Tariffs the American Brexit?
Keith Johnson: Trump’s Long-Promised Tariffs Upend Global Trade
Peter Coy: No Need for Hoarding
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Is the West Turning Against Israel?
As images of starvation in Gaza continue to circulate online, unequivocal support for Israel may be waning in the West, with Britain, Canada, and France moving to formally recognize Palestine in recent weeks. How might this shift the status quo in the region? Daniel Levy, former Israeli peace negotiator and co-founder of J Street, sits down with Ravi Agrawal to discuss.
Stephen A. Cook: Why Recognizing Palestine Is Meaningless or Even Harmful
Stephen M. Walt: Meet the New Middle East, Same as the Old Middle East
Rob Geist Pinfold: Israel Is Sowing Chaos to Secure Displacement in Gaza
Oz Katerji: Britain’s Palestine Action Ban Is a Dangerous Overreach
Aaron David Miller and Lauren Morganbesser: Netanyahu’s Hold on Power Is Slipping. Will Trump Help?
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An AMA on Ravi’s Visit to China and India
From Labubus and Chinese soft power to U.S. President Donald Trump’s flip-flopping on Ukraine, join host Ravi Agrawal for another FP Live Ask-Me-Anything.
Ravi Agrawal: Trump is Ushering In a More Transactional World
Henry Tugendhat and Janes Palmer: China Isn’t Ready to Replace USAID
Howard W. French: The U.S. Can No Longer Stave Off Competition From China
Alexandra Sharp: Trump Announces a 25 Percent Tariff on India
Rishi Iyengar: The Trump Trade Tracker
Graham Allison: Is This the Start of a U.S.-China Friendship?
Stephen M. Walt: Trump’s Missed Opportunities Are Piling Up
Sushant Singh: Trump Is Pushing India to Submit to China
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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.
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