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Last August, when the United States passed the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), commentators celebrated the fact that the world’s biggest economy would slash its carbon emissions an...Show mored provide massive tax credits to programs investing in clean energy.It took only a short while, however, for complaints to emerge. European and Asian leaders began to call the IRA unfair competition and protectionist. Jonathan Pershing, formerly the Biden administration’s No. 2 global climate envoy, joined FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal to discuss Washington’s climate policy, and how it is being seen around the world. The two also discussed climate cooperation with China, the road to COP28, and much else.

Remember the adage that generals always fight the last war? Of late, we at FP have been wondering: What can Russia’s war in Ukraine teach the world going forward? What have we learned so f...Show morear, and how can we apply those lessons to make sure we don’t sleepwalk into yet another war? FP’s Winter 2023 print issue brings together 12 experts to help us answer those questions. Watch FP’s Ravi Agrawal in conversation with two of the contributors to the magazine’s cover story, Anne-Marie Slaughter and retired Gen. David Petraeus, as they reflect on what’s surprised them—and how to prevent future wars.

David Miliband’s job is to anticipate and respond to the world’s worst crises, so his organization—the International Rescue Committee—can figure out how to help people rebuild their ...Show morelives afterward. How will the various crises in the world play out in 2023, and what can the international community do to mitigate them? What are world leaders doing wrong? And how can populations in need receive proper aid? Miliband will join FP’s Ravi Agrawal to answer those questions and more. Expect the discussion to cover a broad range of topics, from food insecurity in South Sudan to the human displacement in Ukraine, as well as gang violence and poor sanitation in Haiti and the wreckage from years of war in Syria. Enter the new year better informed—and equipped to help solve—humanity’s biggest problems.