Foreign Policy Live

Is the age of nuclear nonproliferation over? There are certainly worrying signs. New START, the main nuclear treaty between the United States and Russia, recently expired. China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal. Talks to bring Iran back to the negotiating table seem to be at an impasse. And one increasingly hears about the possibility of South Korea or Japan going nuclear. What can the world do in response?

Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, sits down with Ravi Agrawal.

Rebecca Lissner and Erin D. Dumbacher: The Pillars of the Global Nuclear Order Are Cracking

Decker Eveleth: The Real Risk After New START Isn’t Arms Racing

Fareed Zakaria: The Post-Cold War Nuclear Era Might Have Just Ended

Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: An Oil Deal for Trump Can Mean a Nuclear Deal for Iran
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The Pentagon’s policy chief Elbridge Colby recently called for a “NATO 3.0”, stating that the United States would “continue to provide the U.S. extended nuclear deterrent” to Europe, but when it came to most defense matters, Europe would need to “assume primary responsibility.” Colby is the undersecretary of war for policy and joins FP Live host Ravi Agrawal at the annual Munich Security Conference.

And in part two of this podcast, Colby and Agrawal were joined by four other guests: Richard Marles, the deputy prime minister and defense minister of Australia; Judith Collins, the minister of defense of New Zealand; Toshimitsu Motegi, the foreign minister of Japan; and David van Weel, the foreign minister of the Netherlands. 

Plus, One Thing from Ravi on U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference. 

Listen to Munich Moments on Apple or Spotify.

A transcript of U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance’s 2025 speech at the Munich Security Conference.

A transcript of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s 2026 speech at the Munich Security ConferenceA transcript of Colby’s interview with Ravi

A collection of FP’s reporting and analysis from the Munich Security Conference

Matthew Kroenig: Two Cheers for the National Security Strategy

A. Wess Mitchell: The Grand Strategy Behind Trump’s Foreign Policy
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U.S. tariffs have upended decades of trade policy, but new U.N. data shows that the economies suffering most are those that can least afford a setback. At the Munich Security Conference (MSC), FP’s Ravi Agrawal hosted a panel on the trade wars, with policymakers on the front lines of these economic changes: Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the director-general of the World Trade Organization; Finnish President Alexander Stubb; German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil; and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis. 

Follow FP’s MSC coverage here.

Wendy Cutler: How Countries Should Respond to Trump’s Tariffs

Keith Johnson: Tariffs Have Hurt, Not Helped, the U.S. Economy

Rishi Iyengar: EU Don’t Need U.S.?

Ramon Pacheco Pardo and Robyn Klingler-Vidra: Middle Powers Don’t Have to Work Together to Get Ahead
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With the White House continuing to threaten military action against Tehran even as diplomatic talks continue, Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour joins FP Live host Ravi Agrawal to discuss what might come next. Sadjadpour is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Plus, One Thing from Ravi on a sobering new report about a world “Under Destruction.”

A transcript of J.D. Vance’s 2025 Munich Security Conference speech

Under Destruction: Munich Security Report 2026

Amitav Acharya: The World-Minus-One Moment

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The Atlantic: Karim Sadjadpour and Jack A. Goldstone: Is the Iranian Regime About to Collapse?

Trita Parsi: Iran’s Despair Is U.S. Policy

Saeid Golkar: Why Iran’s Regime Didn’t Collapse

Abbas Milani: Iran’s Crown Prince Has Become Indispensable
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FP’s Ravi Agrawal sits down with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to discuss NATO, a shifting European defense strategy, and more.

Plus, One Thing from Ravi on the rising nuclear threat.

Ravi Agrawal: Greek PM: ‘I haven’t given up on the trans-Atlantic relationship.’

Stavros Papastavrou: The Trans-Atlantic Energy Relationship Is Stronger Than Ever

Kristi Raik: Europe’s 4 Different Ways of Handling Trump

Luke McGee: Europe Is Prepared to Create Its Own Army

Stephen M. Walt: NATO’s Leader is Totally Lost

Rebecca Lissner and Erin D. Dumbacher: The Pillars of the Global Nuclear Order Are Cracking
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