Is America a Rogue State?

Has the United States become a rogue state? Harvard University professor and FP columnist Stephen M. Walt certainly thinks so, arguing that the White House is using “positions of leverage built up over decades to exploit allies and adversaries alike.” And the war in Iran, he writes, “underscores that the administration either didn’t understand how its actions would affect other states or simply didn’t care.” How should other countries respond? What does it mean for the future of global rules and order? Walt joined FP Live for a discussion about recent U.S. foreign policy and how the world is adapting to the Trump era. Watch the interview at ForeignPolicy.com: https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/14/... 0:00 Intro 1:50 The predatory hegemon 5:00 Is America a rogue state? 6:50 Trump’s foreign policy 12:20 International law 15:30 Personality politics 18:45 How do countries respond? 30:00 China’s rising popularity 33:07 Meme war 34:39 Rogue state decline 37:34 Next global order On the go? Listen to FP Live as a podcast at https://link.chtbl.com/foreignpolicyl... or wherever you get your podcasts. FP Live is Foreign Policy's forum for live journalism that brings leading foreign-policy experts and thinkers together to analyze the world's biggest events. Visit http://foreignpolicy.com/live for the full conversation and more live journalism from Foreign Policy. Subscribe to Foreign Policy's Youtube Channel:    / @foreign-policy   Visit http://foreignpolicy.com/ to read the latest global news and analysis from FP. Follow Foreign Policy: X -   / foreignpolicy   Instagram -   / foreignpolicymag   Facebook -   / foreign.policy.magazine   LinkedIn -   / foreign-policy-magazine   TikTok -   / foreignpolicymagazine