Name a consistent throughline in the Trump administration’s foreign policy. The answer could very well be the global scramble for critical minerals. What are they and why are they so important? Why is China so far ahead and how can the United States catch up? Mining expert Gracelin Baskaran sits down with host Ravi Agrawal to discuss.
Plus Ravi’s One Thing on Trump’s attacks on boats off the coast of Venezuela.
Ravi Agrawal: The Minerals That Drive Trump’s Global Agenda
Christina Lu: Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line
Rishi Iyengar: The Countries Courting Trump With Critical Minerals
Alasdair Phillips-Robins: Xi May Have Miscalculated on Rare Earths
Patrick Schröder: Why Rare Earths Are About to Cost a Lot More
Rachel Oswald: Republicans Criticize Hegseth for Deadly Caribbean Double Strike
Emma Ashford and Evan Cooper: Trump Should Stick to His Guns on Venezuela
Ellen Knickmeyer: U.S.-Led Regime Change Is Usually Disastrous
Keith Johnson: Trump’s Venezuela Fixation Is Not About the Oil
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The Good News on Women’s Rights
Despite headlines suggesting otherwise, this week’s guest says women’s rights around the world are making real gains. Lyric Thompson, the founder and CEO of the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative, sits down with host Ravi Agrawal to share more.
Transcript: The Good News on Women’s Rights
Lyric Thompson: Women’s Rights Are Winning
Rebecca Turkington and Saskia Brechenmacher: Trump Erases Women From Foreign Policy
Hawon Jung: South Korean Women Are Powerful—and Powerless
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The ‘Ask-Me-Anything’ Episode
It’s time for another Ask-Me-Anything edition of FP Live. Executive Producer Dana Sherne puts your questions to host Ravi Agrawal.
Alexandra Sharp: Ramaphosa Capitalizes on Trump’s Absence at G-20 Summit
Christian Caryl: Don’t Call This a ‘Peace Plan’
Rachel Oswald and John Haltiwanger: Trump’s Ukraine Peace Effort Devolves Into Chaos Over Conflicting Stories
Ryan C. Berg: Toppling Maduro Without Boots on the Ground
James Palmer: China-Japan Rift Deepens Over Taiwan
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Can Solar Energy Save the Planet?
Climate summits such as the ongoing COP30 conference can often seem like a place where countries agree to disagree and little gets done. But Bill McKibben says there’s one key reason for hope: the sun. New advances in panels and battery technology mean solar power will soon provide a growing share of our electricity consumption.
McKibbon is the author of the new book Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization.
Plus Ravi’s One Thing on Iran’s water crisis.
Nik Kowsar and Alireza Nader: Tehran’s Residents Are Panicking as the Taps Run Dry
Christina Lu: How China Became a Solar Power
Joseph Rachman and Indra Øverland: A Power-Hungry Southeast Asia Wants China’s Energy
Nigel Pruvis: Will Belém Kill Paris?
Jason Bordoff and Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh: AI’s Rapacious Appetite for Electricity Can Accelerate Clean Energy
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Is Trump Angling for Regime Change in Venezuela?
As the United States points its biggest warship at Venezuela, what is the White House trying to achieve in Caracas? How does it fit into the Trump administration’s broader Latin America policy? And how is the region responding? Host Ravi Agrawal sits down with scholar Oliver Stuenkel for answers.
Stuenkel is a leading Latin America scholar and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Plus Ravi’s One Thing on COP30.
FP Columnists: 5 Novelists on Their Favorite Climate Fiction
Oliver Stuenkel and Adrian Feinberg: Milei’s Midterm Miracle
Matthew Kroenig: Trump Should Oust Maduro
Carlos Ruiz-Hernández: The Nostalgic Delusion of 1989
Philip A. Berry: The Use and Abuse of ‘Narco-Terrorism’
John Haltiwanger: Latin America’s Disjointed Reaction to Trump’s Drug Boat War
Geoff Ramsey: What’s the U.S. Endgame in Venezuela?
Ryan C. Berg: Toppling Maduro Without Boots on the Ground
Catherine Osborn: How Migration Became a U.S. Foreign-Policy Priority
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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.
Foreign Policy magazine subscribers can watch these interviews live and submit questions and suggestions by going to https://foreignpolicy.com/live/.
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