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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A U.S. Shutdown and a Constitutional Crisis
With increased polarization and ongoing budgetary disputes, the U.S. government does not seem to be acting in the way that the American forefathers intended. Host Ravi Agrawal brings on historian Jill Lepore to share more. Lepore is a professor at Harvard University and the author of We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution.
Plus, One Thing from Ravi on the U.S. government shutdown.
Rishi Iyengar: How a U.S. Government Shutdown Could Impact Washington’s Foreign Policy
John Haltiwanger: Why America’s ‘Unusual’ Democracy Leads to Shutdown
Andrew O’Donohue: The U.S. Judicial Crisis Is Uniquely Dangerous
Stan Veuger: Americans Need to Acknowledge Their Unwritten Constitution
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Will Qatar Continue to Mediate Between Hamas and Israel?
Qatar often presents itself as a neutral mediator in the world’s trickiest problems, but on Sept. 9, its sovereignty was violated as Israel launched a strike to assassinate top Hamas leaders in Doha. Will Qatar change its strategy? No, explains Majed al-Ansari, the spokesperson of the country’s Foreign Ministry, at a live event with host Ravi Agrawal along the sidelines of the 80th U.N. General Assembly.Â
Plus, One Thing from Ravi on a feeling that seems in rare supply but was surprisingly abundant in New York this week: hope.
Mina Al-Oraibi: Qatar Strike Creates Rift but Not Rupture in Gulf-Israel TiesÂ
Matthew Duss: Recognize Palestine, Then Put Real Pressure on Israel
Ravi’s interview with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Ravi’s interview with Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
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One-on-One With Europe’s Top Diplomat
How is Europe navigating the Trump administration and a troubling moment in the trans-Atlantic relationship? FP Live host Ravi Agrawal sits down with Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s top diplomat, on the sidelines of the United Nations’ annual meetings to discuss relations with Washington, Russia’s war in Ukraine, recognizing Palestine, and dealing with China.Â
Plus, One Thing from Ravi on a spate of countries recognizing Palestine.
South China Morning Post: China Tells EU it does not want to see Russia lose its war in Ukraine: Sources
Sam Skove: Trump Makes U-Turn on Ukraine RhetoricÂ
Christian Caryl: Europe Is on Its Own With Russia Now
Ravi Agrawal: How Europe Is Navigating Trump
Agathe Demarais: Europe’s Hippopotamus Strategy for Handling Trump
Caroline de Gruyter: Europe Has Found Its True Language
Anchal Vohra: Trump’s Trade Deal With Europe Is Already Unraveling
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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/.