The Foreign Affairs Interview
Episodes
What the World Risks if It Abandons Globalization
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After World War II, an idea took hold: economic interdependence between countries would help prevent war. But lately, faith in this idea has wavered, ...
The Fault Lines in U.S. Foreign Policy
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a near consensus today that U.S. foreign policy has entered a new era. But how to define and navigate this new era is much less clear. Ric...
How Does the War in Ukraine End?
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the fighting in Ukraine well into its second year, the question of the war’s endgame has become if anything, more complicated. Wagner Chief Yev...
What Drives Putin and Xi (Part Two)
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin loom over geopolitics in a way that few leaders have in decades. Not even Mao and St...
What Drives Putin and Xi (Part One)
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin loom over geopolitics in a way that few leaders have in decades. Not even Mao and St...
What Can History Tell Us About Ukraine’s Future?
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ukraine’s counteroffensive is shaping up to be the biggest military operation in Europe since World War II. As Kyiv works to push back Russian troop...
Why Is Rwanda’s Leader Sowing Chaos in Congo?
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Paul Kagame was widely seen as a hero—a rebel leader who came to the rescue of his people and helped stop the kil...
How Does China Want the War in Ukraine to End?
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, a top Chinese envoy is traveling across Europe, making stops in Ukraine and Russia. Beijing says that the purpose of the trip is to discuss...
Bonus: The West Versus the Rest
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Russia’s war in Ukraine has drawn Western allies closer together, but it has not unified the world’s democracies in the way U.S. President Joe Bid...
How to Avoid a Great-Power War
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the Biden administration continues to provide massive amounts of military and economic support to Ukraine, it also has its eyes on China. What will...
Immigration Before Automation
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There seems to be an unstoppable march toward the automation of work, including the checkout at the supermarket, the seemingly limitless possibilities...
Putin and the People
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Even for an autocrat like Russian President Vladimir Putin, waging war depends on the acceptance—if not the support—of his people. Despite the dis...
The Iraq War and the Limits of American Power
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq has prompted a wave of reflection on the war: how and why it began, where it went wrong, and how it ...
How Washington Overestimates Chinese Weakness
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
American politics and foreign policy have become consumed with the challenge from China, and the face of that challenge is Xi Jinping. But many depict...
Bonus: Ukraine, One Year Later
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, he thought his military would quickly take Kyiv and bring down...
The United Kingdom’s Existential Crisis
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There may be no better example of how domestic dysfunction can hobble global power than the United Kingdom in recent years. Constant political and eco...
How Technology Is Disrupting the Intelligence World
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, a Chinese surveillance balloon floating over the United States set off a political firestorm in Washington. It also offered a glimpse into ...
A World Between Orders
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To hear Western leaders tell it, the outcome of Russia’s war in Ukraine will determine whether the international rules-based order survives. If Russ...