Monica Duffy Toft

Monica Duffy-Toft, Tufts international politics professor who studies world order, and Paul Beckett, The Atlantic senior editor focused on international institutions, discuss Trump's Board of Peace. They unpack its billion-dollar lifetime seats and how countries are joining. They compare it to the UN and explore implications for U.S. influence, reconstruction contracts, and global reactions.

Monica Duffy-Toft, professor of international politics at Tufts and director of its Center for Strategic Studies, analyzes U.S. moves to reassert dominance in the Western Hemisphere. She discusses Trump’s Greenland rhetoric, a muscular hemispheric policy using coercion, the idea of spheres of influence, Venezuela as a test case, and risks of eroding international safeguards.

Elise Giuliano, a political science expert on Russia, Jimmy Lee, CEO providing insights on investing, and Monica Duffy Toft, an international politics professor specializing in the Ukraine conflict, join in a lively discussion. They analyze the recent Trump-Putin summit and the lack of Ukrainian representation, raising questions about international diplomacy. The trio also explores the potential market impacts amid geopolitical tensions, emphasizing optimism surrounding Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and the shifting landscape of global politics.