Trump’s plan to end the Russia - Ukraine war heated up with Wednesday’s call to Putin. With Ukraine and Europe sidelined from negotiations, can this administration bring about a lasting peace that both sides agree to? Also hot are Trump’s trade wars, which include a directive to impose reciprocal tariffs on all countries. How practical is this plan, and what will it achieve? Finally, most U.S. foreign aid is frozen, and the agency that distributes much of that aid, USAID, is being dismantled. How will it affect U.S. national security?

Topics Discussed in this Episode

• 09: 00 - Russia-Ukraine: Trump’s Perfect Phone Call Part II and the Munich Conference
• 24:00 - Looming Trade Wars
• 43:00 - US Soft Power Collapse: End of USAID and Foreign Aide

Articles and Resources Mentioned in Episode

Russia-Ukraine: Trump’s Perfect Phone Call Part II and the Munich Conference

• Trump’s call with Putin alarms Europe and shocks Ukraine (WaPo)
• The Day the Ukraine War Ended (The Atlantic)
• Ukraine’s fears are becoming reality, after Trump talks to Putin (The Economist)

Trade Wars Incoming

• Trump Says He’ll Rework Global Trading Relations With ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs (NY Times)
• ‘The W.T.O. Is Toast.’ What Happens to Global Trade Now. (NY Times)
• Donald Trump’s Super Bowl tariffs are an act of self-harm (The Economist)

US Soft Power Collapse: End of USAID and Freezing of all Foreign Aide

• Visualizing the international reach of U.S. funding cut by Trump (WaPo)
• Falsehoods Fuel the Right-Wing Crusade Against U.S.A.I.D. (NY Times)
• As USAID retreats, China pounces (Politico)

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President-elect Donald Trump recently made his own challenge to the liberal rules-based global order by articulating an expansionist U.S. foreign policy focused on regaining control of the Panama Canal, owning Greenland, and referring to Canada as the 51st state. We discuss the likelihood of such a foreign policy agenda and how seriously we should address Trump’s tendency towards blustering remarks. Then we review and grade the last four years of Biden’s foreign policy. Is the U.S. better or worse off than when he took office?

Topics Discussed in this Episode

• 05:00 - Trump’s Imperial Grab Bag: Panama Canal and Greenland
• 30:00 - Biden’s Foreign Policy Report Card

Articles and Resources Mentioned in Episode

Trump’s Imperial Grab Bag: Panama Canal and Greenland

• An American purchase of Greenland could be the deal of the century (The Economist)
• We Went to Greenland to Ask About a Trump Takeover (Politico)
• Why Does Trump Want the Panama Canal? Here’s What to Know. (NY Times)

Biden’s Foreign Policy Report Card

• The Interview: Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls (NY Times)
• Biden’s Legacy on China (The Diplomat)
• The Strange Triumph of a Broken America (Foreign Affairs)

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It has been an eventful week with the declaration of martial law in South Korea and the sudden collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. We analyze both events and their impact on the United States. Additionally, we look at Donald Trump’s picks for key foreign policy positions and what they bode for the future.

Topics Discussed in this Episode

• 09:20 South Korea’s Wild Week
• 29:00 Syria’s Assad Regime Collapses
• 52:00 Trump’s Foreign Policy Nominees

Articles and Resources Mentioned in Episode

South Korea’s Wild Week

• Martial law in South Korea—and then not. What comes next? (The Economist)
• South Korean Leader’s Deal to Avoid Impeachment Risks Bigger Turmoil (NY Times)
• Political Turmoil Adds to South Korea’s Economic Woes (NY Times)

Syria’s Assad Regime Collapses

• Rebel advance in Syria threatens to unravel Putin’s previous triumph (NY Times)
• Who Are the Rebels Leading the Offensive in Syria? (NY Times)
• 10 days in Syria that shook the Middle East (Politico)

Trump’s Foreign Policy Nominees

• ‘The Evolution of Marco Rubio (NY Times)
• Mike Waltz wants America to focus on the threat from China (The Economist)
• Trump’s pick for China ambassador could be bad news for Beijing (Politico)
• Pete Hegseth’s Crusade to Turn the Military into a Christian Weapon (Politico)
• Military leaders are rattled by a list of ‘woke’ officers that a group urges Hegseth to fire (Politico)

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On this episode, we react to Donald Trump’s historic victory for the U.S. presidency and what it means for the world. Will Trump be able to end the Ukrainian war on day one? How will he pursue this goal? What will be his policy in the Middle East? How will he show strength towards China? And what does this election mean for NATO and other U.S. allies?

But first, is this the end of democracy as we know it in the U.S.?!

Topics Discussed in this Episode

• 00:30 US Election and the Post-War World Order
• 36:00 Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan
• 52:00 Israel-Iran Conflict
• 1:01:00 China: Tariffs and Taiwan
• 1:23:00 Trump’s Foreign Policy Posse

Articles and Resources Mentioned in Episode

US Election

• Welcome to Trump’s world (The Economist)
• The Long Global Trail of Resentment Behind Trump’s Resurrection (NY Times)

Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan

• Why Volodymyr Zelensky may welcome Donald Trump’s victory (The Economist)
• The right way for Trump to play peacemaker (WaPo)

Israel-Iran Conflict

• Will Donald Trump “stop the wars” in the Middle East? (The Economist)
• Israel strikes hint at push to finish Middle East war before Trump term (The Times of London)

China: Tariffs and Taiwan

• Is the return of Donald Trump China’s dream or nightmare? (The Economist)

Trump’s Foreign Policy Posse

• ‘They Would Never Be Doing This Under Trump’: Two G.O.P. Foreign Policy Experts on What a Second Term Would Mean for the World (NY Times)

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This is a special 50th Episode recorded live with Pyotr Kurzin of the Global Gambit. The discussion was wide-ranging, including China's growing international influence, geopolitics at the UN, The Israel-Iran conflict, and the growing global demand for energy.

You can watch the video stream at: https://www.youtube.com/live/hFWcI2bri80?si=F_fmr_szagNJhwk-

While you are there, check out the Kellogg's Global Politics channel.

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On this episode, we are delving into the foreign policy vision of Project 2025 and to what extent it previews what we can expect from a Trump administration. What will the world look like if we reshape our relations with competitors and allies? We discuss what the report says about our relationships with China, Ukraine, Iran, and Mexico. We also address how the culture wars influence foreign policy and explain their so-called fair trade agenda.

In our news brief, we cover the Ukraine Kursk Offensive into Russian territory and ponder the lack of Iranian retaliation for the Israeli assassinations of key Hamas and Hezbollah figures in Lebanon and Iran.

Topics Discussed in this Episode

• 07:30 - Ukraine Kursk Offensive
• 11:45 - Why hasn’t Iran retaliated yet?
• 15:45 - Project 2025: Foreign Policy Breakdown

Articles and Resources Mentioned in Episode

Ukraine Kursk Offensive

• What Ukraine’s Kursk incursion means for the war with Russia (WaPo)
• What the fall of Pokrovsk could mean for Ukraine (Euromaiden)

Why hasn’t Iran retaliated yet?

• Iran and Hezbollah vowed revenge against Israel. Why hasn’t it come? (LA Times)
• Why Iran Has Not Yet Retaliated Against Israel for Hamas Leader’s Killing (NY Times)

Project 2025: Foreign Policy Breakdown

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What a difference a month makes! The Democrats have a new Presidential nominee in Kamala Harris. But what are her views on Foreign Policy? We talk about the potential differences between her policies and those of the Biden Administration.

Also in this episode, Anita had the pleasure of speaking to Angela Stent, a senior non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution and Senior adviser to the U.S. Institute of Peace. We covered a range of topics, including how the U.S. elections might affect Putin’s execution of the Ukraine war, the current domestic situation in Russia, and Russia’s relationships with the large number of neutral countries that haven’t bought into the West’s story of the Ukraine war as an existential threat to democracy and the global order. We also discussed the far-right’s white nationalist dream of allying with Russia against China.

Topics Discussed in this Episode

• US Election Madness
• 18:00 - Kamala Harris Foreign Policy
• 39:00 - Interview with Angela Stent

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Kamala Harris Foreign Policy

• What a Kamala Harris foreign policy could look like (Politico)
• With Kamala Harris, U.S. Free Trade Skepticism May Continue (NY Times)
• Russia wary of U.S. and France election surprises, especially Kamala Harris (WaPo)
• How to decode Kamala Harris’s foreign policy (The Economist)

Interview with Angela Stent

• Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest
• Georgetown University (Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies)
• Brookings
• X|Twitter

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In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to Sameer Lalwani, a senior expert on South Asia at the U.S. Institute of Peace on India’s Foreign Policy. We touched on topics ranging from how India would likely respond to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan to technological and defense cooperation between the U.S. and India. We also discussed the importance of the U.S.-India alliance with respect to strategic competition with China and the problematic nature of India’s relationship with Russia.

First, however, we react to last night’s televised Presidential Debate between President Biden and Former President Trump. Focusing on foreign policy topics, we cover what each side said and their potential impact on Americans and U.S. global standing.

Topics Discussed in this Episode

• 01:00 - US Presidential Debate Fallout
• 18:00 - Debating Foreign Policy
• 47:00 - Interview with Sameer Lalwani

Articles and Resources Mentioned in Episode

US Presidential Debate Fallout

• Key Foreign-Policy Moments From the Trump-Biden Debate (FP)
• Joe Biden’s horrific debate performance casts his entire candidacy into doubt (The Economist)

Interview with Sameer Lalwani

• US Institute of Peace
• Personal Website
• X|Twitter

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