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Each week, Foreign Policy’s Amy Mackinnon, will recommend one podcast from around the world, interview the host, and play an excerpt. This curated show is designed to help listeners interest...

Episodes

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Can Development Work in Wartime?

How can you tackle poverty and create infrastructure amid an active conflict? Alexander De Croo is the head of the U.N. Development Program,...

29:45Oct 2, 2026

The Case for Trump’s Global Strategy

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz has become one of the Trump administration’s most visible spokespeople, publicly explaining...

41:17Sep 30, 2026

How to Create a Billion Jobs

Ajay Banga has a simple north star as he runs the World Bank: jobs, jobs, jobs. And for good reason. The World Bank estimates that developin...

26:44Sep 23, 2026

Has Trump Peaked?

In this bonus episode, host Ravi Agrawal presents his recent essay arguing that U.S. President Donald Trump has peaked. While Trump still ha...

13:25Sep 11, 2026

The Industry That Explains the World

Behind every major decision, whether by a family buying a home or a shipping company deciding to transit the Strait of Hormuz, lies the judg...

33:08Sep 9, 2026

The Only Way to Save Global Order?

The global order may be broken, but international relations scholar Charles A. Kupchan has a plan to remake it. In a forthcoming Foreign Pol...

44:05Sep 2, 2026

Why America Is Running Out of Munitions

The United States is burning through some of its most advanced munitions in its war with Iran this year. By some accounts, inventories of hi...

41:53Aug 28, 2026

Why Your Political Anger Feels Futile

Political outrage is a constant part of modern life, from social media to surges of global protests. But what actually changes? Why do so ma...

42:43Aug 21, 2026

The Gulf’s Postwar Playbook

Gulf countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have created entire cities and world-class airlines off the back of en...

40:01Aug 12, 2026

Why Everyone Is Talking About Chokepoints

The Strait of Hormuz may be the chokepoint of the moment, but it’s actually not even the one that’s most concerning to Eddie Fishman, the au...

45:11Aug 5, 2026

Why the Energy Crisis Isn’t Worse—Yet

The ongoing war in Iran has been called the biggest energy crisis in history. How is it changing the plans of countries and companies? Which...

43:48Jul 30, 2026

The Iran Expert Trump Fired

Iran and the United States are locked in a familiar pattern. Conflict has resumed, both sides seem caught in an escalation trap, and oil pri...

45:19Jul 21, 2026

Can Ukraine Win in Russia?

Ukraine has a new strategy in its full-scale war with Russia: using drones to attack deep into Russian territory and bring the war home to t...

39:46Jul 10, 2026

Is Trump Really Planning to Invade Cuba?

After the United States ousted Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in January and then took out Iran’s senior leadership in the following months, U.S...

40:13Jul 1, 2026

The Geopolitics of SpaceX and Elon Musk

SpaceX’s initial public offering broke records as the largest ever and one that (briefly) made Elon Musk the first trillionaire. But just ho...

44:11Jun 26, 2026

Deciphering the U.S.-Iran Deal

The United States and Iran have struck a memorandum of understanding to end the war that began in February. Will the deal last? And what doe...

39:48Jun 24, 2026