FP Live

For a preview of COP28, watch FP’s Ravi Agrawal in conversation with Vijay Vaitheeswaran, a longtime COP attendee and the Economist’s global energy and climate innovation editor.

FP's Ravi Agrawal spoke with Rashid Khalidi, a professor of Arab affairs at Columbia University and the author, most recently, of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance. He was briefly an advisor to Palestinian negotiators in the 1990s.

Watch FP’s Ravi Agrawal for a post-APEC debrief with experts Evan Medeiros, a former China policy advisor to former U.S. President Barack Obama, Cindy Yu, an assistant editor at the Spectator and the host of its Chinese Whispers podcast, and James Palmer, the author of FP’s China Brief newsletter.

Will a broader regional war break out? FP's Ravi Agrawal spoke with two experts on the Middle East: Steven Cook, a columnist at FP, and Kim Ghattas, a Beirut-based journalist. 

The former Israeli prime minister on how to navigate one of the biggest crises in Israel’s 75-year history. 

Aaron David Miller, who worked closely with six Republican and Democratic secretaries of state on Washington’s Middle East policy, analyzes Hamas’s deadly attack and Israel’s response.

How is Beijing navigating the country’s economic slowdown? How will China’s struggles impact the global economy? For answers, watch FP’s Ravi Agrawal in discussion with three experts: Economist Adam Posen; the Wall Street Journal’s chief China correspondent, Lingling Wei; and James Palmer, author of FP’s weekly China Brief newsletter. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “destroy” Hamas, the militant group that launched the deadliest attack on Israel in the country’s history. But how exactly does Israel’s military plan to root out a group that is scattered among 2.3 million people in Gaza and that holds an estimated 200 Israeli hostages? FP's Ravi Agrawal spoke with David Petraeus about Israel’s war in Gaza.

As Israel escalates its fight against Hamas, and amid fears of a broader conflict breaking out in the Middle East, Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to grind on.

Andy Kim says "we're just not able to function now." Kim, a Democrat who represents New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District, is also a member of the high-profile House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Join Kim in discussion with Ravi Agrawal. This FP Live interview will also serve as a taping for Global Reboot, a seasonal FP podcast that explores solutions to big international problems.

As world leaders arrive in New York City for high-level meetings at the United Nations General Assembly, what are the White House’s main priorities? Linda Thomas-Greenfield is the Biden administration’s ambassador to the United Nations. She joined FP’s Ravi Agrawal to discuss the war in Sudan, the global food crisis, international cooperation in Ukraine, and the world’s progress in meeting the U.N.’s sustainable development goals.

Ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal sat down with USAID administrator Samantha Power for a wide-ranging interview. The two discussed USAID's priorities for UNGA, Russia's war in Ukraine, and how the Biden administration views the United Nations.