{"podcast":{"title":"Foreign Policy Live","slug":"foreign-policy-live-720323","podcast_index_feed_id":720323,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/FGP8797000077","website_url":"https://foreignpolicy.com/live/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0adf9dec-9034-11ed-97d1-fb287b1d78b0/image/FP-Live-podcast-logo-3000x3000.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Foreign Policy","episode_count":223,"summary":"Each week, Foreign Policy Live will feature a substantive conversation on world affairs. Host and FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal will be joined by leading foreign-policy thinkers and practitioners to analyze a key issue in global politics, from the U.S.-China relationship to conflict and diplomacy. FP Live is your weekly fix for smart thinking about the world. Foreign Policy magazine subscribers can watch these interviews live and submit questions and suggestions by going to https://foreignpolicy.com/live/.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T08:19:02.848019+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/foreign-policy-live-720323"},"episode":{"title":"Will the Gulf States Join the War?","slug":"will-the-gulf-states-join-the-war","published_at":"2026-03-05T20:24:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/foreign-policy-live-720323/will-the-gulf-states-join-the-war","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/foreign-policy-live-720323","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/FGP6950986631.mp3?updated=1772742203","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/FGP6950986631.mp3?updated=1772742203","summary":"As the United States and Israel attack military facilities across Iran, Tehran has been retaliating. But it has attacked Gulf countries more than it has targeted Israel. Why? And how will the likes of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates respond? Will it shift their geopolitical alignment away from the United States? Regional experts Mina al-Oraibi, the editor in chief of the National, and Firas Maksad, a managing director at the Eurasia Group, join FP Live to share their perspectives. Khalid al-Jaber and Omar H. Rahman: Security Alliances With the U.S. Have Made Gulf States More Vulnerable David Petraeus and Clara Kaluderovic: The Drone Attrition Trap Macdonald Amoah, Morgan D. Bazilian, and Jahara Matisek: The First 36 Hours of War Consumed Over 3,000 U.S.-Israeli Munitions Firas Maksad: The Middle East Has Two New Rival Teams Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: The Iran War Is Jeopardizing the Entire Global Economy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"As the United States and Israel attack military facilities across Iran, Tehran has been retaliating. But it has attacked Gulf countries more than it has t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2567,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/foreign-policy-live-720323/episodes/will-the-gulf-states-join-the-war/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/foreign-policy-live-720323/will-the-gulf-states-join-the-war.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}