Foreign Policy Live

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. 

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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
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With the White House continuing to threaten military action against Tehran even as diplomatic talks continue, Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour joins FP Live host Ravi Agrawal to discuss what might come next. Sadjadpour is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Plus, One Thing from Ravi on a sobering new report about a world “Under Destruction.”

A transcript of J.D. Vance’s 2025 Munich Security Conference speech

Under Destruction: Munich Security Report 2026

Amitav Acharya: The World-Minus-One Moment

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The Atlantic: Karim Sadjadpour and Jack A. Goldstone: Is the Iranian Regime About to Collapse?

Trita Parsi: Iran’s Despair Is U.S. Policy

Saeid Golkar: Why Iran’s Regime Didn’t Collapse

Abbas Milani: Iran’s Crown Prince Has Become Indispensable
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FP’s Ravi Agrawal sits down with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to discuss NATO, a shifting European defense strategy, and more.

Plus, One Thing from Ravi on the rising nuclear threat.

Ravi Agrawal: Greek PM: ‘I haven’t given up on the trans-Atlantic relationship.’

Stavros Papastavrou: The Trans-Atlantic Energy Relationship Is Stronger Than Ever

Kristi Raik: Europe’s 4 Different Ways of Handling Trump

Luke McGee: Europe Is Prepared to Create Its Own Army

Stephen M. Walt: NATO’s Leader is Totally Lost

Rebecca Lissner and Erin D. Dumbacher: The Pillars of the Global Nuclear Order Are Cracking
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland has brought a geopolitical hot spot—the Arctic—back into the fore. Host Ravi Agrawal is joined by Heather A. Conley, one of the leading experts on the region, to hear more.

Plus, One Thing from Ravi on China’s latest military purge.

Casey Michel: Annexing Greenland Would Be a Strategic Catastrophe

Imran Bayoumi: Trump’s Greenland Threats Paper Over a Lack of Arctic Strategy

Christina Lu: Greenland’s Rare Earths Aren’t All That

Stephen M. Walt: What Spheres of Influence Are—and Aren’t

Michele Barbero: To Protect Greenland, Europe Kicks Into High Gear

Deng Yuwen: As Generals Fall, Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Is Eating Itself

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Host Ravi Agrawal is joined by world leaders and industry executives on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The panelists include Bandar Alkhorayef, Saudi Arabia’s minister of industry and mineral resources; Jonathan Price, the president and CEO of Teck Resources; Boitumelo Mosako of the Development Bank of Southern Africa; and SandboxAQ’s Jack Hidary.

Plus, One Thing from Ravi on dueling speeches by U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Ravi Agrawal: In Davos, a Tale of Two Speeches

Transcript: Trump Says He ‘Won’t Use Force’ to Acquire Greenland

Transcript: ‘A Rupture in the World Order’
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