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Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policies Editor-in-Chief. This is FP Live.

We Foreign Policies Editor-in-Chief. This is FP Live. We are scarcely a week into the new year, and it has already been a challenging 2025.

Rebel group in Sudan is committing genocide.

A Russian missile attacks killed at least 13 civilians and wounded dozens more

in the southern city of Paris. The president-elect outlined his plans for expanded U.S. dominance today,

explaining why in his mind America should essentially rewrite the map of the Western Hemisphere.

I can say this. We need them for economic security. And that he won't rule out the use of military force to do it.

Every January, FP publishes a long essay titled, Ten Conflicts to Watch.

Many of these conflicts have been covered right here on this program,

like the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, or geopolitical tensions between the United States

and China, or Israel and Iran. But there are also conflicts that get less attention, especially

in the West. I'm talking about Sudan, Myanmar, Haiti, the simmering Korean peninsula.

Those all find prominent mention in 10 conflicts to watch.

The authors of this annual essay are the two top executives at the International Crisis Group,

an independent body that sounds the alarm to prevent deadly conflict. Crisis Group is known to speak to all sides and offer advice on how to prevent and resolve

war.

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