Foreign Policy Live

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 [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/opinion/trump-bill-clean-energy-china.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VE8.WjO7.hQQhGDWj0zSs&smid=url-share] Thomas L. Friedman: If This Mideast War Is Over, Get Ready for Some Interesting Politics [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/opinion/iran-israel-regime-change.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VE8.lc0L.xCs1FudqdSxu&smid=url-share] Thomas L. Friedman: How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/opinion/iran-israel-attack-global-struggle.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VE8.C8MH.bFKGzXY5TD4L&smid=url-share] Adrian Karatnycky: An Emerging Trump Doctrine? [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/03/trump-doctrine-iran-israel-russia-ukraine-war/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=dHJ1bXAtZG9jdHJpbmUtaXJhbi1pc3JhZWwtcnVzc2lhLXVrcmFpbmUtd2Fy&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] Daniel C. Kurtzer and Aaron David Miller: Less Gloating and More Diplomacy Are Needed to Heal the Middle East [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/03/trump-netanyahu-visit-washington-israel-ceasefire-syria-iran/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=dHJ1bXAtbmV0YW55YWh1LXZpc2l0LXdhc2hpbmd0b24taXNyYWVsLWNlYXNlZmlyZS1zeXJpYS1pcmFu&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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? [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/16/zbigniew-brzezinski-zbig-review-edward-luce/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=emJpZ25pZXctYnJ6ZXppbnNraS16YmlnLXJldmlldy1lZHdhcmQtbHVjZQ==&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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 [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/28/kashmir-attack-pahalgam-india-pakistan-security/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=a2FzaG1pci1hdHRhY2stcGFoYWxnYW0taW5kaWEtcGFraXN0YW4tc2VjdXJpdHk=&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] Shivshankar Menon: A New Cold War May Call for a Return to Nonalignment [https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/01/nonalignment-international-system-alliance-bloc/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=bm9uYWxpZ25tZW50LWludGVybmF0aW9uYWwtc3lzdGVtLWFsbGlhbmNlLWJsb2M=&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] C. Raja Mohan: India Sees Opportunities as Trump Jettisons the Western Order [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/18/modi-trump-india-us-china-russia-europe-ukraine/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=bW9kaS10cnVtcC1pbmRpYS11cy1jaGluYS1ydXNzaWEtZXVyb3BlLXVrcmFpbmU=&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] Brought to you by: quince.com/fplive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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 [https://foreignpolicy.com/live/insider-access-nato-summit/] Ravi Agrawal: NATO Is Avoiding a Difficult Conversation  [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/25/nato-summit-defense-spending-public-approval/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=bmF0by1zdW1taXQtZGVmZW5zZS1zcGVuZGluZy1wdWJsaWMtYXBwcm92YWw=&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] NATO Public Forum LIVE [https://www.youtube.com/live/D2Hj7bYSUxA?t=4199s] Fabian Hoffmann: A Russia-NATO War Would Look Nothing Like Ukraine [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/19/russia-nato-war-putin-ukraine-nuclear-strategy-baltics/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=cnVzc2lhLW5hdG8td2FyLXB1dGluLXVrcmFpbmUtbnVjbGVhci1zdHJhdGVneS1iYWx0aWNz&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] Edward Lucas: America Will Miss Europe’s Dependence When It’s Gone [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/23/us-europe-trump-nato-eu-defense-military-weapons-intelligence-security-russia/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=dXMtZXVyb3BlLXRydW1wLW5hdG8tZXUtZGVmZW5zZS1taWxpdGFyeS13ZWFwb25zLWludGVsbGlnZW5jZS1zZWN1cml0eS1ydXNzaWE=&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] Philip H. Gordon and Rebecca Lissner: How Trump Can Reset His Failed Ukraine Policy [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/12/trump-ukraine-defense-russia-sanctions-putin/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=dHJ1bXAtdWtyYWluZS1kZWZlbnNlLXJ1c3NpYS1zYW5jdGlvbnMtcHV0aW4=&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Conflict broke out between Israel and Iran on Friday, with Israel launching an attack on Iran’s nuclear and military facilities and Iran responding in turn. Vali Nasr, a Middle East expert and professor at Johns Hopkins University, sits down with Ravi Agrawal to discuss. Nasr is the author, most recently, of Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History.  FP Staff: Israel Strikes Iran [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/12/israel-iran-attack-us-nuclear-program/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=aXNyYWVsLWlyYW4tYXR0YWNrLXVzLW51Y2xlYXItcHJvZ3JhbQ==&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] Iselin Brady and Daniel Byman: How the Israel-Iran War Might End [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/13/israel-iran-war-netanyahu-us-scenarios/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=aXNyYWVsLWlyYW4td2FyLW5ldGFueWFodS11cy1zY2VuYXJpb3M=&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] Steven A. Cook: Israel Is Going for the Death Blow on Iran [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/13/israel-iran-attack-death-blow-nuclear/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=aXNyYWVsLWlyYW4tYXR0YWNrLWRlYXRoLWJsb3ctbnVjbGVhcg==&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] Jeffrey Lewis: Nuclear Claims Are a Smoke Screen for Hopes of Toppling Iran [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/13/israel-iran-strikes-regime-change-nuclear-claims/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=aXNyYWVsLWlyYW4tc3RyaWtlcy1yZWdpbWUtY2hhbmdlLW51Y2xlYXItY2xhaW1z&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] John Haltiwanger: Iran’s Military Just Lost Its ‘Brain Trust’ [https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/13/iran-military-leaders-killed-israel-irgc/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=aXJhbi1taWxpdGFyeS1sZWFkZXJzLWtpbGxlZC1pc3JhZWwtaXJnYw==&pid=PNIESs9hMqnvgec] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]