The President’s Inbox
Council on Foreign Relations
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A rising China. War in Europe. A warming planet. The United States faces a complex and rapidly changing world. With more than four million downloads, The President’s Inbox goes beyond the headlines as host James M. Lindsay speaks with leading experts about how the United States should respond to global challenges and opportunities that are shaping the future.
98 episodes • 0 archived •
Confronting the China Challenge, With Dmitri Alperovitch
April 8
April 8
45 mins
Germany's Rearmament, With Sophia Besch
April 1
April 1
34 mins
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The New Era of Economic Warfare, With Edward FishmanE84·
March 25
March 25
41 mins
Conflict in Eastern Congo, With Mvemba Dizolele
March 18
March 18
31 mins
U.S. Space Policy, With Nina Armagno and Jane Harman
March 11
March 11
33 mins
Reporting from China, With Jane Perlez
March 5
March 5
33 mins
Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine, With Liana Fix and Charles A. Kupchan
February 25
February 25
37 mins
Modi Meets Trump, With Tanvi Madan
February 18
February 18
33 mins
New Podcast Spotlight: The Interconnect
February 14
February 14
30 mins
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A World in Permanent Crisis, With Robert Kaplan
February 11
February 11
29 mins
DeepSeek Upends AI Competition, With Adam Segal
February 4
February 4
32 mins
The Gaza Cease-Fire, With Steven Cook
January 28
January 28
30 mins
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Eurasia Challenge, With Hal Brands
January 21
January 21
36 mins
Trump's Immigration Policy, with Edward Alden (Transition 2025, Episode 9)
January 14
January 14
34 mins
Iran Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Ray Takeyh (Transition 2025, Episode 8)
January 7
January 7
36 mins
TPI Replay: The Case for Multipolar Pluralism, With Stephen Heintz
Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2024
32 mins
TPI Replay: The Case for Liberal Realism, With Charles A. Kupchan
Dec 24, 2024
Dec 24, 2024
37 mins
China Reacts to Trump’s Election, With Zoe Liu (Transition 2025, Episode 7)
Dec 17, 2024
Dec 17, 2024
34 mins
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Japan Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Sheila Smith (Transition 2025, Episode 6)E83·
Dec 10, 2024
Dec 10, 2024
39 mins
Latin America Reacts to Trump’s Election, With Will Freeman (Transition 2025, Episode 5)
Dec 3, 2024
Dec 3, 2024
29 mins
Europe Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Liana Fix and Matthias Matthijs (Transition 2025, Episode 4)
Nov 26, 2024
Nov 26, 2024
39 mins
Trump’s National Security Appointees, With Christopher M. Tuttle (Transition 2025, Episode 3)
Nov 19, 2024
Nov 19, 2024
31 mins
Trump and the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook (Transition 2025, Episode 2)
Nov 12, 2024
Nov 12, 2024
35 mins
Staffing a New Administration, With Stephen Hadley (Transition 2025, Episode 1)
Nov 5, 2024
Nov 5, 2024
37 mins
The Axis of Autocracies Challenge, With Jennifer Kavanagh and Andrea Kendall-Taylor (Election 2024, Episode 7)
Oct 29, 2024
Oct 29, 2024
49 mins
The China Challenge, With Liza Tobin and Jake Werner (Election 2024, Episode 6)
Oct 22, 2024
Oct 22, 2024
46 mins
The Taiwan Challenge, With Oriana Mastro and David Sacks (Election 2024, Episode 5)
Oct 15, 2024
Oct 15, 2024
48 mins
The Middle East Challenge, With Steven A. Cook and Amy Hawthorne (Election 2024, Episode 4)
Oct 8, 2024
Oct 8, 2024
48 mins
The Trade Challenge, With Edward Alden and Ana Swanson (Election 2024, Episode 3)
Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024
39 mins
The Climate Challenge, With Alice Hill and Varun Sivaram (Election 2024, Episode 2)
Sep 24, 2024
Sep 24, 2024
43 mins
The Russia Challenge, With Liana Fix and Thomas Graham (Election 2024, Episode 1)
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
40 mins
Ronald Reagan on U.S. Global Leadership, with Max Boot
Sep 10, 2024
Sep 10, 2024
33 mins
A Wider Middle East War, With Steven Cook
Sep 3, 2024
Sep 3, 2024
33 mins
Ukraine’s Attack on Kursk, With Liana Fix
Aug 27, 2024
Aug 27, 2024
34 mins
America’s China Strategy, With Rush Doshi
Aug 13, 2024
Aug 13, 2024
37 mins
Silicon Valley and the Future of Warfare, With Christopher Kirchhoff and Raj M. Shah
Aug 5, 2024
Aug 5, 2024
32 mins
A U.S.-China Cold War, With Robin Niblett
Jul 23, 2024
Jul 23, 2024
36 mins
The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism, With Stephen Flynn
Jul 16, 2024
Jul 16, 2024
32 mins
The Elections in Britain and France, With Matthias Matthijs and Daniela Schwarzer
Jul 9, 2024
Jul 9, 2024
38 mins
TPI Replay: The Fourth of July, With Jack Rakove
Jul 2, 2024
Jul 2, 2024
33 mins
The U.S. Pivot to Asia, With Robert D. Blackwill and Richard Fontaine
Jun 25, 2024
Jun 25, 2024
37 mins
Sudan’s Ongoing Civil War, With Michelle Gavin
Jun 18, 2024
Jun 18, 2024
29 mins
The Right Surges in EU Elections, With Liana Fix and Matthias Mattijs
Jun 11, 2024
Jun 11, 2024
34 mins
U.S. Policy in the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook
Jun 4, 2024
Jun 4, 2024
32 mins
Mexico’s Presidential Election, With Andrés Rozental
May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024
42 mins
America’s New Cold Wars, With David Sanger
May 21, 2024
May 21, 2024
38 mins
The Impact of AI on Warfare, With Andrew Reddie
May 14, 2024
May 14, 2024
33 mins
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Liberal Internationalism, With G. John Ikenberry
May 7, 2024
May 7, 2024
31 mins
A Second China Shock, With Brad Setser
Apr 30, 2024
Apr 30, 2024
35 mins
Challenges Facing the U.S. Military, With John Barrientos and Kristen Thompson
Apr 23, 2024
Apr 23, 2024
33 mins
Iran’s Attack on Israel, With Steven Cook and Ray Takeyh
Apr 16, 2024
Apr 16, 2024
34 mins
Russia, Ukraine, and Global Instability, With Michael Kimmage
Apr 9, 2024
Apr 9, 2024
32 mins
The War in Gaza, With Steven A. Cook
Apr 2, 2024
Apr 2, 2024
34 mins
Confronting the Nuclear Threat, With W.J. Hennigan
Mar 26, 2024
Mar 26, 2024
29 mins
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for U.S. Retrenchment Overseas, With Stephen Wertheim
Mar 19, 2024
Mar 19, 2024
38 mins
The Crisis at the U.S. Southern Border, With Dara Lind
Mar 12, 2024
Mar 12, 2024
37 mins
International Women’s Day, With Ann Norris
Mar 5, 2024
Mar 5, 2024
28 mins
Combating Global Poverty, With Kate Schecter
Feb 27, 2024
Feb 27, 2024
31 mins
Year Three of the Ukraine War, With Miriam Elder and Carla Anne Robbins
Feb 20, 2024
Feb 20, 2024
33 mins
Governance of Artificial Intelligence, With Kat Duffy
Feb 13, 2024
Feb 13, 2024
35 mins
U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, With Ray Takeyh and Robin Wright
Feb 6, 2024
Feb 6, 2024
34 mins
Henry Wallace and the Origins of the Cold War, With Benn Steil
Jan 30, 2024
Jan 30, 2024
36 mins
TPI Replay: AI’s Impact on the 2024 U.S. Elections, With Jessica Brandt
Jan 23, 2024
Jan 23, 2024
33 mins
The Houthi Threat to Red Sea Shipping, With Katherine Zimmerman
Jan 16, 2024
Jan 16, 2024
33 mins
Taiwan’s Presidential Election, With David Sacks
Jan 9, 2024
Jan 9, 2024
33 mins
Far-right Terrorism, With Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware
Jan 2, 2024
Jan 2, 2024
38 mins
Year End Q&A Special, With Shannon O’Neil
Dec 26, 2023
Dec 26, 2023
49 mins
The Future of the War in Ukraine, With Kori Schake
Dec 19, 2023
Dec 19, 2023
31 mins
The U.S.-South Korea Alliance, With Scott A. Snyder
Dec 12, 2023
Dec 12, 2023
33 mins
The Renewed Fighting in Gaza, With Steven Cook
Dec 5, 2023
Dec 5, 2023
33 mins
TPI Replay: What Climate Change Means for the Horn of Africa, With Michelle Gavin
Nov 28, 2023
Nov 28, 2023
34 mins
The Anti-Globalization Backlash, With Peter Trubowitz
Nov 21, 2023
Nov 21, 2023
33 mins
The APEC Summit, With Matthew Goodman
Nov 14, 2023
Nov 14, 2023
33 mins
Demography and World Power, With Nicholas Eberstadt
Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023
33 mins
The Laws of War, With Matthew Waxman
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
35 mins
The Future of the Israel-Hamas War, With Linda Robinson
Oct 24, 2023
Oct 24, 2023
33 mins
U.S. House Republican Speaker Battle, With Christopher M. Tuttle
Oct 17, 2023
Oct 17, 2023
30 mins
The Israel-Hamas War, With Elliott Abrams and Steven Cook
Oct 10, 2023
Oct 10, 2023
33 mins
Getting Russia Right, With Thomas Graham
Oct 3, 2023
Oct 3, 2023
37 mins
China’s Underground Historians, With Ian Johnson
Sep 26, 2023
Sep 26, 2023
34 mins
Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive, With Max Boot
Sep 19, 2023
Sep 19, 2023
32 mins
AI’s Impact on the 2024 U.S. Elections, With Jessica Brandt
Sep 12, 2023
Sep 12, 2023
32 mins
Europe’s Geoeconomic Revolution, With Matthias Matthijs & Sophie Meunier
Sep 5, 2023
Sep 5, 2023
37 mins
TPI Replay: China’s Nuclear Forces, With Fiona S. Cunningham
Aug 29, 2023
Aug 29, 2023
37 mins
Israeli-Saudi Peace Deal, With Steven A. Cook
Aug 22, 2023
Aug 22, 2023
34 mins
China’s Economic Downturn, With Zongyuan Zoe Liu
Aug 15, 2023
Aug 15, 2023
33 mins
Global Food Insecurity, With Caitlin Welsh
Aug 8, 2023
Aug 8, 2023
29 mins
Latin America’s Crime Surge, With Will Freeman
Aug 1, 2023
Aug 1, 2023
34 mins
Sudan’s Civil War, With Michelle Gavin
Jul 25, 2023
Jul 25, 2023
31 mins
Assessing the NATO Summit, With Ivo H. Daalder
Jul 18, 2023
Jul 18, 2023
30 mins
What Climate Change Means for the Bay of Bengal, With Sarang Shidore
Jul 11, 2023
Jul 11, 2023
32 mins
The Fourth of July, With Jack Rakove
Jul 4, 2023
Jul 4, 2023
32 mins
The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy, With Richard Haass
Jun 27, 2023
Jun 27, 2023
37 mins
The Future of U.S.-Taiwan Relations, With Susan M. Gordon and Michael G. Mullen
Jun 20, 2023
Jun 20, 2023
32 mins
The U.S. Military Recruiting Crisis, With Nora Bensahel
Jun 13, 2023
Jun 13, 2023
38 mins
Erdoğan’s Victory, With Steven A. Cook
Jun 6, 2023
Jun 6, 2023
32 mins
The Fentanyl Epidemic, With Vanda Felbab-Brown
May 30, 2023
May 30, 2023
40 mins
Pakistan in Crisis, With Sadanand Dhume
May 23, 2023
May 23, 2023
34 mins