Is the AI boom a bubble? What happens if it pops? Economist Jared Bernstein joined FP Live to sound the alarm on the growth and investment in the AI sector.
Plus, Ravi’s One Thing on the first Trump-Xi meeting in six years.
James Palmer: Trump and Xi Step Back From the Brink—for Now
Rishi Iyengar, Christina Lu, and Keith Johnson: What Trump and Xi Did—and Didn’t—Agree To
Sahil Shah: Trump’s Vagueness Over Nuclear Testing Could Fuel an Arms Race
New York Times: Jared Bernstein and Ryan Cummings: Warning: Our Stock Market Is Looking Like a Bubble
Ravi Agrawal: Is the AI Economy a Bubble?
Bhaskar Chakravorti: 10 New AI Challenges—and How to Meet Them
Bhaskar Chakravorti: American AI Is High on Its Own Supply
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What’s Behind Trump’s Expansionist Instincts?
How can history help make sense of U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign policy? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Greg Grandin shares how Trump’s imperialist impulses may be inspired by the country’s Founding Fathers, and that he “rummages around the trash bag of history to find what’s useful at any given moment.”
Plus, Ravi’s One Thing on the recent U.S. sanctions on Russian oil companies.
Keith Johnson: Will Trump’s Russia Oil Sanctions Finally Sway Putin?
Greg Grandin: America, América: A New History of the New World
Ravi Agrawal: Why Trump Is a ‘Scarcity President’
Syrus Solo Jin: With Territory Comes Torment
Stephen M. Walt: Donald Trump Will Never Be a Restrainer
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The Road Ahead for Palestine
With the cease-fire more than a week old, Palestinians now turn to what comes next: rebuilding and governing. Former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization Diana Buttu sits down with Ravi Agrawal to share her perspective.
Plus, Ravi’s One Thing on the Trump administration’s moves on Venezuela.
Diana Buttu: A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it.
Omar H. Rahman: Can Palestinians Trust Donald Trump?
Daniel Byman: One Question Looming Over the Gaza Deal: Why Now?
Michael J. Koplow: Three Reckonings the Gaza Deal Will Force
Christopher Sabatini: Will Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner Stick With Trump?
Geoff Ramsey: What’s the U.S. Endgame in Venezuela?
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Are Young Americans Swinging Right?
43 percent of voters under 30 supported U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, a 7 percent jump in support from both the 2016 and 2020 elections. What’s underpinning this rightward shift among young voters? Conservative commentator and journalist Emily Jashinsky shares her take.
Plus, Ravi’s One Thing on the Israel-Hamas deal over hostages and an end to hostilities.
Megan DuBois: The Shape-Shifting MAGA Hat
Adrian Karatnycky: An Emerging Trump Doctrine?
Emma Ashford: Four Explanatory Models for Trump’s Chaos
Emma Ashford: If Trump Is Neither Hawk nor Dove, What Is He?
Howard W. French: Trump Is Ushering in the Era of the Strongman
Stephen M. Walt: How Assassinations Became Normal Again
Julian E. Zelizer: Why Don’t Younger Americans Vote?
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The World After Oct. 7, 2023
Tuesday marks two years since Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Since then, Israel has decimated Gaza in what many independent organizations are calling a genocide and attacked several countries in the region. How have all of these events impacted the world? FP columnist Stephen M. Walt sits down with Ravi Agrawal to share his take.
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt: The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
Stephen M. Walt: Meet the New Middle East, Same as the Old Middle East
Steven A. Cook: The Delusions Driving U.S. Policy in the Middle East
Pankaj Mishra: How Gaza Shattered the West’s Mythology
Emma Ashford: What Was the Tipping Point on Gaza?
John Haltiwanger: Why Israel’s War in Gaza Has Been So Deadly for Journalists
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