The President’s Inbox
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The President’s Inbox
Each episode of The President’s Inbox explores a foreign policy challenge facing the United States.
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Civil-Military Relations Under Trump, With Kori Schake
Kori Schake, Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to...
Two Years Since October 7, With Elliott Abrams and Ed Husain
Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle East studies and the Council, and Ed Husain, senior fellow at the Council, sit down with James M. Lindsay to...
The Legality of Trump's Drug-Boat Strikes, With Matthew Waxman
Matt Waxman, adjunct senior fellow for law and foreign policy and Liviu Librescu Professor of Law at Columbia University sits down with James M. Linds...
Russia Violates NATO Airspace, With Liana Fix
Liana Fix, senior fellow for Europe at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss Russia’s recent drone incursions into Polish airspace,...
The Golden Dome Missile Defense System, With Todd Harrison
Todd Harrison, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the feasibility of a multi-layer missile...
Africa’s Urban Youth Revolution, With Michelle Gavin
Michelle Gavin, Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what urbanization, a y...
Brewing Troubles in Colombia, With Roxanna Vigil
Roxanna Vigil, International Affairs Fellow in National Security at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss rising political violence...
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for a Realist Foreign Policy, With Stephen Walt
Stephen Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss wha...
The Trump-Putin Summit, With Michael Kimmage
Michael Kimmage, professor of history at the Catholic University of America, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the results of the meeting bet...
TPI Replay: The Eurasia Challenge, With Hal Brands
Hal Brands, Henry A. Kissinger distinguished professor of Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and author of The E...
The Thai-Cambodian Border Clash, With Joshua Kurlantzick
Joshua Kurlantzick, senior fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss th...
Donald Trump’s Russia Ultimatum, With Liana Fix
Liana Fix, Fellow for Europe at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the current status of the fighting in Ukraine and the signific...
Brazil and the BRICS, With Oliver Stuenkel
Oliver Stuenkel, associate professor at the School of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas in São Paulo, Brazil, sits down with James M....
The Future of U.S. Foreign Aid, With William Henagan
William Henagan, a research fellow at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the current state of U.S. foreign aid programs after Pre...
The Elusive Ceasefire in Gaza, With Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss ongoing efforts to bring about a c...
TPI Replay: The Fourth of July, With Jack Rakove
Jack Rakove, the William Robertson Coe professor of history and American studies and professor emeritus of political science and law at Stanford Unive...
SPECIAL EPISODE | Answering Your Questions on the U.S. Airstrikes on Iran, With Erin Dumbacher
Erin Dumbacher, Stanton Nuclear Security Senior Fellow at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the U.S. attack on three Iranian nuc...
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A Return to Spheres of Influence, With Sarang Shidore
Sarang Shidore, director of the Global South Program at the Quincy Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss whether a return to great pow...
Israel Strikes Iran, With Steven Cook
Steven Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss Operation R...
Zbigniew Brzezinski, With Edward Luce
Edward Luce, U.S. national editor and a columnist for the Financial Times, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what we can learn from the life,...
The China-Philippines Standoff, With Derek Grossman
Derek Grossman, senior defense analyst at RAND and professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy, sits down with James M. Lindsay t...
The United States and South Africa, With Reuben Brigety
Reuben Brigety, President of Busara Advisors and U.S. Ambassador to South Africa from 2022 to 2025, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss relatio...
The India-Pakistan Crisis, With Šumit Ganguly
Šumit Ganguly, senior fellow and director of the U.S.-India Program at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, sits down with James M. Lindsay...
The Iran Nuclear Talks, With Karim Sadjadpour
Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the ongoing talks betwee...
The U.S.-China Trade War, With Zoe Liu
Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Maurice R. Greenberg senior fellow for China studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss China’s response to...
Trump's First 100 Days, With Carla Anne Robbins and Matthias Matthijs
Carla Anne Robbins, senior fellow at the Council, and Matthias Matthijs, senior fellow for Europe at the Council, sit down with James M. Lindsay to an...
Climate Change Realism on Earth Day 2025, With Varun Sivaram
Varun Sivaram, senior fellow for energy and climate and Director of the Climate Realism Initiative at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to...
Trump’s Plan for the Panama Canal, With Will Freeman
Will Freeman, fellow for Latin America studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss President Donald Trump’s calls for the United States...
Confronting the China Challenge, With Dmitri Alperovitch
Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, co-founder and former chief technology officer of cybersecurity firm Crow...
Germany's Rearmament, With Sophia Besch
Sophia Besch, a senior fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss Germ...
The New Era of Economic Warfare, With Edward Fishman
Edward Fishman, senior research scholar and adjunct professor at Columbia University and author of Chokepoints: American Power in an Age of Economic W...
Conflict in Eastern Congo, With Mvemba Dizolele
Mvemba Dizolele, senior fellow and director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, sits down with James M. Linds...
U.S. Space Policy, With Nina Armagno and Jane Harman
Nina Armagno, retired United States Space Force lieutenant general, and Jane Harman, former congresswoman and president emerita of the Wilson Center,...
Reporting from China, With Jane Perlez
Jane Perlez, a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center and a longtime foreign correspondent for the New York Times, sits down with James...
Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine, With Liana Fix and Charles A. Kupchan
Liana Fix, CFR fellow for Europe, and Charles A. Kupchan, CFR senior fellow and professor of international affairs at Georgetown University, sit down...
Modi Meets Trump, With Tanvi Madan
Tanvi Madan, senior fellow in the Center for Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the White Ho...
New Podcast Spotlight: The Interconnect
Emerging technologies are transforming international relations and our country’s economy. So how do we connect science and engineering labs with Washi...
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A World in Permanent Crisis, With Robert Kaplan
Robert Kaplan, acclaimed journalist and author of Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the world’s...
DeepSeek Upends AI Competition, With Adam Segal
Adam Segal, the Ira A. Lipman chair in emerging technologies and national security at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the Chinese...
The Gaza Cease-Fire, With Steven Cook
Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the Israel-...