U.S. foreign-policy coverage often focuses on the Middle East, China, or Europe. So, what is the view from what is sometimes called the world’s biggest invisible country? Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most populated country and third-biggest democracy, gets surprisingly little attention. How is Jakarta navigating a changing world? Former Indonesian Vice Foreign Minister Dino Patti Djalal joins FP Live.
Derek Grossman: Why Rubio’s Asia Visit Was a Total Bust
Oliver Stuenkel and Margot Treadwell: Will Trump’s Unpredictable Foreign Policy Boost BRICS?
Salil Tripathi: How Will Prabowo Lead Indonesia?
Christopher S. Chivvis and Beatrix Geaghan-Breiner: How Washington Should Manage Rising Middle Powers
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Trump, Netanyahu, and the Future of the Middle East
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman sits down with Ravi Agrawal to debrief this week’s meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Friedman is also the author of From Beirut to Jerusalem, among other books.
Thomas L. Friedman: How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again
Thomas L. Friedman: If This Mideast War Is Over, Get Ready for Some Interesting Politics
Thomas L. Friedman: How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle
Adrian Karatnycky: An Emerging Trump Doctrine?
Daniel C. Kurtzer and Aaron David Miller: Less Gloating and More Diplomacy Are Needed to Heal the Middle East
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Why Zbig Still Matters
Journalist Edward Luce is the author of a new biography on President Jimmy Carter’s national security advisor Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet. He joins FP Live to share how this grand strategist’s legacy still shapes foreign policy today.
Theodore Bunzel: Where Have All the Geostrategists Gone?
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How India Is Navigating the Trump Era
How does India view a shifting world order? Former national security advisor Shivshankar Menon sits down with Ravi Agrawal to discuss New Delhi’s vision in a period defined by geopolitical flux and several global conflicts. Menon is also the author of Choices: Inside the Making of Indian Foreign Policy.
Sumit Ganguly: Kashmir Attack Shatters Illusion of Calm
Shivshankar Menon: A New Cold War May Call for a Return to Nonalignment
C. Raja Mohan: India Sees Opportunities as Trump Jettisons the Western Order
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Trump and the NATO Summit
FP Live host Ravi Agrawal is on the ground at the NATO summit in The Hague this week. He shares his take on how European leaders pledged to increase their defense spending in a bid to please U.S. President Donald Trump. But where is that money going to come from?
Insider: A Debrief on the NATO Summit
Ravi Agrawal: NATO Is Avoiding a Difficult Conversation
NATO Public Forum LIVE
Fabian Hoffmann: A Russia-NATO War Would Look Nothing Like Ukraine
Edward Lucas: America Will Miss Europe’s Dependence When It’s Gone
Philip H. Gordon and Rebecca Lissner: How Trump Can Reset His Failed Ukraine Policy
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