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Biden’s State of the Union

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When U.S. President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address, foreign policy was higher up on the agenda than usual. How did the White House make the case for more aid to Ukraine? How did Biden address the worsening human rights disaster in Gaza? Susan Glasser, a staff writer at the New Yorker and also a former editor in chief of Foreign Policy, joined Ravi Agrawal for a morning-after analysis of the speech.

New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser shares her take on U.S. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union.

Glasser on how U.S. domestic politics has an outsized effect on global trends.

Glasser on the ongoing hostage negotiations ahead of a potential cease-fire in the war in Gaza.

Glasser explains how the Biden administration’s pivot to China has taken a back seat to other foreign-policy priorities.

Susan Glasser

Staff Writer, the New Yorker

Susan Glasser is a staff writer at the New Yorker, and also a former editor-in-chief at FP.

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Ravi Agrawal

Editor in chief, Foreign Policy

Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy, the host of FP Live, and a regular world affairs analyst on TV and radio. Before joining FP in 2018, Agrawal worked at CNN for more than a decade in full-time roles spanning three continents, including as the network’s New Delhi bureau chief and correspondent. He is the author of India Connected: How the Smartphone Is Transforming the World’s Largest Democracy.

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