Every December, FP Live dedicates one episode to looking back at the year that was. 2023 has been a particularly turbulent year in global politics. If the ongoing war in Ukraine wasn’t enough, Hamas shattered any illusions of stability in the Middle East with its attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Add to that climate-related disasters, debt crises, and high inflation, and you have a hectic 12 months of events to chew on.
Ravi Agrawal sat down with one of FP’s most popular columnists, Stephen Walt, for his take on the year’s biggest developments. Walt is a professor at Harvard University and one of the world’s leading scholars of realism. This is the first part of an exclusive, on-demand session looking back on the year that was.
Harvard professor Stephen Walt on where the United States and Washington may have faltered when it comes to the stalemate in the war in Ukraine.
Watch Walt explain how the Biden administration’s response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israel has been damaging to the American image in the world.
What strains have the war in Ukraine and the Hamas-Israel war created in the global order? Walt explains.
Walt tells FP’s Ravi Agrawal what he sees as the most under-covered story in 2023.