# John Haltiwanger

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A U.S. Shutdown and a Constitutional Crisis

With increased polarization and ongoing budgetary disputes, the U.S. government does not seem to be acting in the way that the American forefathers intended. Host Ravi Agrawal brings on historian Jill Lepore to share more. Lepore is a professor at Harvard University and the author of We the People:…

The World After Oct. 7, 2023

Tuesday marks two years since Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Since then, Israel has decimated Gaza in what many independent organizations are calling a genocide and attacked several countries in the region. How have all of these events impacted the world? FP columnist Stephen M. Walt sit…

Is Trump Angling for Regime Change in Venezuela?

As the United States points its biggest warship at Venezuela, what is the White House trying to achieve in Caracas? How does it fit into the Trump administration’s broader Latin America policy? And how is the region responding? Host Ravi Agrawal sits down with scholar Oliver Stuenkel for answers. …

Reporting on Conflict | John Haltiwanger

In this episode, we speak with Foreign Policy staff writer John Haltiwanger about his experiences reporting on conflict and national security matters. We explore how current conflicts, such as those in Ukraine and Gaza, may conclude, as well as the obstacles to peace. This conversation touches on c…

Munich at an Inflection Point: Ukraine’s Existential War, Iranian Escalation, PLA Expansion, and the Global Shift in Air & Missile Defense

At the Munich Security Conference, European leaders characterized the outcome of Russia’s war in Ukraine as “existential” for the continent, while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed alliance ties and pressed for greater European responsibility in conventional defense. On the ground, Rus…

A Debate Over the War in Iran

As the war in Iran soon enters its third week, two experts join FP Live for a debate. Were the United States and Israel justified in attacking Iran? And will the war advance U.S. interests in the region, or set them back? Trita Parsi and Matthew Kroenig sit down with executive editor Dan Ephron to …

S7 Ep37: Why businesses stay small in emerging markets

If you walk down a street in a low-income country, count the businesses you can see, you will miss many entirely. Someone who cooks at home and sells at the roadside never appears in a registry. What we know about businesses in developing countries has always been incomplete.  In this week's VoxD…

Why America Is Running Out of Munitions

The United States is burning through some of its most advanced munitions in its war with Iran this year. By some accounts, inventories of high-end Patriot and THAAD interceptors may be depleted by as much as 80 percent. Replacing them could take years, even as military planners worry about needs in…

Measuring AI Adoption

John Haltiwanger talks about his work with the U.S. Census Bureau to improve the tracking of AI usage by workers and their employers. Haltiwanger, a professor of economics at the University of Maryland, shared this research during the August 2026 CORE Week held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmo…

654. Is the Public Ready for Private Equity?

A Trump executive order is giving retail investors more access to private markets. Is that a golden opportunity — or fool’s gold?  SOURCES: Elisabeth de Fontenay, professor of law at Duke University. Steven Kaplan, professor of entrepreneurship and finance at the University of Chicago.  RESOURCES…