Foreign Policy Live

What’s the best way to navigate the Trump White House? Some countries employ flattery; others look to keep a low profile. Spain is a rare country that openly disagrees with several U.S. positions. On issue after issue, from the war in Iran to immigration policy, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s left-wing government has publicly forged a path that runs counter to a global trend of right-wing policies. But is such a path electorally viable? We’ll find out when Spaniards head to the polls in November. On the latest episode of FP Live, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares explains how Madrid thinks about the trade-offs in following its progressive agenda while risking the ire of the world’s biggest economy.

Plus, Ravi shares his read on how conflicts around the world, from Ukraine to Iran, are increasingly linked.

Keith Johnson: Trump’s Diesel Deal Has No Winners

Antonio De Loera-Brust: Spain Is the Friend That the United States Needs

Omar G. Encarnación: A Tale of Two Socialists

Michele Barbero: Spanish Immigration Is Different
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It is well known that at least part of Washington’s reluctance to regulate artificial intelligence comes from wanting to make sure the United States stays ahead of China. But what exactly are the two countries racing for? Matt Sheehan, a co-director of the China AI Initiative at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins FP’s Ravi Agrawal to explain the countries’ very different definitions of winning and why U.S. models are only months ahead of their Chinese competitors.

Plus, after Brazil’s first round of elections, Ravi shares his read on Latin America’s rightward swing.

Adam Goldsmith: Brazil’s Election Won’t Fix Its Biggest Problems

Van Jackson: Trump’s ‘Greater North America’ Is Fascist Geopolitics

New York Times: Jack Nicas: A Bolsonaro Win Would Nearly Complete Trump’s Latin America Map

Agathe Demarais: China’s AI Rollout Has No Off Switch

Robert A. Manning and Giulia Neaher: China’s Success Is Forcing a U.S. AI Rethink

Fareed Zakaria: America Can Regulate AI—and Still Win the AI Race

Suzanne Nossel: Don’t Let China Stack the Deck
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How can you tackle poverty and create infrastructure amid an active conflict? Alexander De Croo is the head of the U.N. Development Program, and he joins FP’s Ravi Agrawal to make the case for spending development dollars on building long-term resilience. He’s exploring solutions to opium poppies in Afghanistan, electric grids in Ukraine, and sanitation in Gaza, even as major donors such as the United States pull back.

Plus, Ravi shares his read on the war rapidly escalating in Ethiopia.

Nosmot Gbadamosi: Ethiopia’s Return to War Threatens to Engulf the Horn of Africa

World’s Toughest Job: The Triage Game: Own, Delegate, or Drop

Adam Tooze: The End of Development

David Miliband: It’s Time to Update the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz has become one of the Trump administration’s most visible spokespeople, publicly explaining and defending its policies on everything from Iran to Venezuela and Sudan. But how has Washington’s global role changed as the White House pulls back from multilateral institutions? How does the administration make the case for an unpopular war in Iran? Waltz sits down with FP Live to talk through the White House’s foreign-policy strategy.

Michael Waltz and Massad Boulous: Peace in Sudan Can Only Flower After a Weapons Embargo

Abdalfatah Alburhan: How to Bring Peace to Sudan

New York Times: David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager, Katie Rogers, and Zolan Kanno-Youngs: Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
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Maria Ressa is one of the most inspiring journalists of our age, a media leader whose bravery against authoritarianism earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021. Now, she’s focusing her energy on artificial intelligence and Big Tech and how ordinary citizens can reclaim their attention, their time, and their democracies. She’s also a co-chair of the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on AI. Ressa joined Ravi Agrawal on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly this week at FP’s Tech and AI Forum.

Plus, Ravi shares his read on what gave him chills, and what gave him hope, this UNGA week.

Rockefeller Foundation: New Global Poll: Amid Growing Pessimism, Security Tops Priorities for International Cooperation

Preliminary Report of the U.N. Independent International Scientific Panel on AI

U.N. Independent International Scientific Panel on AI: Thematic Brief on AI Agents, Misalignment, and the Risk of Losing Human Control

Adam Elkus: Are AI and Democracy Compatible?

Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze: Can AI Be Regulated?

Sarosh Nagar and David Eaves: The World Needs to Know When AI Goes Wrong
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