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A rising China. A new nuclear era. 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.
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Getting Russia Right, With Thomas Graham
Thomas Graham, a distinguished fellow at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how U.S.-Russia relations have evolved since the Cold War.
Enter the CFR book giveaway by October 17, 2023, for the chance to win one of ten free copies of Getting Russia Right by Thomas Graham. You can read the terms and conditions of the offer here.
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Thomas Graham, Getting Russia Right
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/getting-russia-right-thomas-graham
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Sep 26, 2023
China’s Underground Historians, With Ian Johnson
Ian Johnson, the Stephen A. Schwarzman senior fellow for China studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Chinese filmmakers, journalists, and artists are challenging the Chinese Communist Party’s version of history.
Enter the CFR book giveaway by October 11, 2023, for the chance to win one of ten free copies of Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future by Ian Johnson. You can read the terms and conditions of the offer here.
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Ian Johnson, Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future
Ian Johnson, Wild Grass: Three Portraits of Change in Modern China
Ian Johnson, “Xi’s Age of Stagnation: The Great Walling Off of China,” Foreign Affairs
Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/chinas-underground-historians-ian-johnson
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Sep 19, 2023
Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive, With Max Boot
Max Boot, the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick senior fellow in national security studies at CFR and a columnist for the Washington Post, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the progress Ukraine is making in its ongoing effort to retake the territory Russia seized in its 2022 invasion.
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Max Boot, The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
Max Boot, “Ukraine May Have a Better Chance to Win in 2024, a Retired U.S. General Says,” The Washington Post
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/ukraines-2023-counteroffensive-max-boot
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Sep 12, 2023
AI’s Impact on the 2024 U.S. Elections, With Jessica Brandt
Jessica Brandt, policy director for the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative at the Brookings Institution, where she is a fellow in the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how artificial intelligence might affect the 2024 U.S. elections.
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/ais-impact-2024-us-elections-jessica-brandt
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Sep 5, 2023
Europe’s Geoeconomic Revolution, With Matthias Matthijs & Sophie Meunier
Matthias Matthijs, senior fellow for Europe at CFR and associate professor of international political economy at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, and Sophie Meunier, a senior research scholar at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the European Union has transformed its approach to economics and the implications for transatlantic relations.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Matthias Matthijs and Sophie Meunier, “Europe’s Geoeconomic Revolution,” Foreign Affairs
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/europes-geoeconomic-revolution-matthias-mattijs-sophie-meunier
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Aug 29, 2023
TPI Replay: China’s Nuclear Forces, With Fiona S. Cunningham
Fiona S. Cunningham, assistant professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss China’s expanding nuclear weapons program and the likelihood of an arms race with the United States.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Fiona S. Cunningham, “Cooperation Under Asymmetry? The Future of U.S.-China Nuclear Relations,” The Washington Quarterly
Fiona S. Cunningham, “Strategic Substitution: China's Search for Coercive Leverage in the Information Age,” International Security
M. Taylor Fravel, Active Defense: China's Military Strategy Since 1949
M. Taylor Fravel and Evan S. Medeiros, “China’s Search for Assured Retaliation: The Evolution of Chinese Nuclear Strategy and Force Structure [PDF],” International Security
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/chinas-nuclear-forces-fiona-s-cunningham
This episode first aired: February 28, 2023
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Aug 22, 2023
Israeli-Saudi Peace Deal, With Steven A. Cook
Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the ongoing negotiations to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
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Steven A. Cook, “How Sisi Ruined Egypt,” Foreign Policy
Steven A. Cook and Martin Indyk, The Case for a New U.S.-Saudi Strategic Compact
Andrew Exum, “The Israeli Saudi Deal Had Better Be a Good One,” The Atlantic
Thomas Friedman, “Biden Is Weighing a Big Middle East Deal,” New York Times
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/israeli-saudi-peace-deal-steven-cook
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Aug 15, 2023
China’s Economic Downturn, With Zongyuan Zoe Liu
Zongyuan Zoe Liu, the Maurice R. Greenberg fellow for China studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the causes and consequences of China’s faltering economy.
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“China’s Economy Is Slowing. Here’s Why That Matters,” Bloomberg
Thomas Hale and Andy Lin, “Chinese Economy Falls Into Deflation as Recovery Stumbles,” Financial Times
Zongyuan Zoe Liu, “Zero-COVID Is the Least of Xi's Economic Problems,” Foreign Policy
Zongyuan Zoe Liu, “Beijing Needs to Junk Its Economic Playbook,” Foreign Policy
Zongyuan Zoe Liu, “China's Pensions System Is Buckling Under an Aging Population,” Foreign Policy
Zongyuan Zoe Liu and Benn Steil, “Xi's Plan for China's Economy Is Doomed to Fail,” Foreign Affairs
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/chinas-economic-downturn-zongyuan-zoe-liu
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Aug 8, 2023
Global Food Insecurity, With Caitlin Welsh
Caitlin Welsh, director of the Global Food and Water Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Russia’s war on Ukraine and the Kremlin’s decision to withdraw from the Black Sea Grain Initiative threaten global food security.
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Black Sea Grain Initiative Joint Coordination Centre, United Nations
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/global-food-insecurity-caitlin-welsh
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Aug 1, 2023
Latin America’s Crime Surge, With Will Freeman
Will Freeman, a fellow for Latin America studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss spiking crime rates across Latin America and their consequences for the region and the United States.
Mentioned on the Podcast
“Informe Latinobarómetro 2023: La Recesión Democrática de América Latina,” Latinobarómetro
“The Fentanyl Epidemic, With Vanda Felbab-Brown,” The President’s Inbox
Will Freeman, “A Surge in Crime and Violence Has Ecuador Reeling,” World Politics Review
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/latin-americas-crime-surge-will-freeman
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Jul 25, 2023
Sudan’s Civil War, With Michelle Gavin
Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the deadly struggle between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for control of Sudan.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Michelle Gavin, “Seeking Urgency on Sudan,” CFR.org
Michelle Gavin, “Sudan’s Two Truths,” CFR.org
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/sudans-civil-war-michelle-gavin
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Jul 18, 2023
Assessing the NATO Summit, With Ivo H. Daalder
Ivo H. Daalder, the chief executive of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and former U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the decisions reached at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Ivo H. Daalder, “How to Ensure a Strong, Independent Ukraine,” Politico
Ivo H. Daalder, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and Stefano Stefanini, “Ex-NATO Leaders: Alliance Must Invite Ukraine in Next Year,” Semafor
Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay, “The West Holds Firm,” Foreign Affairs
Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay, “Why Putin Underestimated the West,” Foreign Affairs
Maggie Haberman, Charlie Savage, and Jonathan Swan, “Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025,” New York Times
“Vilnius Summit Communiqué,” North Atlantic Treaty Organization
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/assessing-nato-summit-ivo-h-daalder
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Jul 11, 2023
What Climate Change Means for the Bay of Bengal, With Sarang Shidore
In this special series of The President’s Inbox on climate change, Sarang Shidore, the director of studies and senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the impact of climate change in the Bay of Bengal region. This series is made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Sarang Shirdore, Climate Security and Instability in the Bay of Bengal Region
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/what-climate-change-means-bay-bengal-sarang-shidore
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Jul 4, 2023
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 University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss why the United States declared independence in 1776 and its meaning for the country today.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Bernard Bailyn, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Paul Revere’s Ride”
Jack N. Rakove, Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
Jack N. Rakove, Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America
Jack N. Rakove, The Beginnings of National Politics: An Interpretive History of the Continental Congress
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/fourth-july-jack-rakove
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Jun 27, 2023
The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy, With Richard Haass
Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, sits down with James M. Lindsay upon completing two decades leading CFR to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the United States.
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Richard Haass, A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
Richard Haass, Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order
Richard Haass, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
Richard Haass, The Bureaucratic Entrepreneur: How to Be Effective in Any Unruly Organization
Richard Haass, “The Dangerous Decade: A Foreign Policy for a World in Crisis,” Foreign Affairs
Richard Haass, The Opportunity: America's Moment to Alter History's Course
Richard Haass, The Reluctant Sheriff: The United States After the Cold War
Richard Haass, The World: A Brief Introduction
Richard Haass, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars
Michael Mandelbaum, “Foreign Policy…
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Jun 20, 2023
The Future of U.S.-Taiwan Relations, With Susan M. Gordon and Michael G. Mullen
Susan M. Gordon, former principal deputy director of National Intelligence, and Admiral Michael G. Mullen, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the nature and extent of U.S. support for Taiwan in the face of growing Chinese power.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Council on Foreign Relations, U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era: Responding to a More Assertive China, 2023
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/future-us-taiwan-relations-susan-m-gordon-and-michael-g-mullen
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Jun 13, 2023
The U.S. Military Recruiting Crisis, With Nora Bensahel
Nora Bensahel, a visiting professor of strategic studies and senior fellow of the Merrill Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the challenges the U.S. armed services are having in attracting new recruits and what can be done about it.
Mentioned on the Podcast
David Barno and Nora Bensahel, “Addressing the U.S. Military Recruiting Crisis,” War on the Rocks
David Barno and Nora Bensahel, Adaptation Under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/us-military-recruiting-crisis-nora-bensahel
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Jun 6, 2023
Erdoğan’s Victory, With Steven A. Cook
Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what the reelection of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan means for U.S.-Turkey relations and the future of NATO.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Sinan Ciddi and Steven A. Cook, “Why Turkey Experts Got the Election All Wrong,” Foreign Policy
Steven A. Cook, False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East
Thomas Frank, What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/erdogans-victory-steven-cook
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May 30, 2023
The Fentanyl Epidemic, With Vanda Felbab-Brown
Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow in the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss why the United States is struggling to stop the flood of fentanyl entering the country.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Vanda Felbab-Brown, “Why America Is Struggling to Stop the Fentanyl Epidemic,” Foreign Affairs
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/fentanyl-epidemic-vanda-felbab-brown
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May 23, 2023
Pakistan in Crisis, With Sadanand Dhume
Sadanand Dhume, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a South Asia columnist for the Wall Street Journal, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the political, economic, and climate crises roiling Pakistan.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Sadanand Dhume, “Imran Khan’s Arrest, the Army and Pakistan’s Perennial Crisis,” Wall Street Journal
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/pakistan-crisis-sadanand-dhume
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May 16, 2023
U.S.-India Relations, With Ashley J. Tellis
Ashley J. Tellis, the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the challenges inherent in the evolving relationship between the United States and India.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Ashley J. Tellis, “America’s Bad Bet on India,” Foreign Affairs
Ashley J. Tellis, Striking Asymmetries: Nuclear Transitions in Southern Asia
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/us-india-relations-ashley-j-tellis
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May 9, 2023
U.S. Strategy in Ukraine, With Charles Kupchan
Charles Kupchan, senior fellow at CFR and a professor of international affairs at Georgetown University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the status of the war in Ukraine and whether it is time for the United States and the West to rethink their strategy.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay, “The West Holds Firm,” Foreign Affairs
Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay, “Why Putin Underestimated the West,” Foreign Affairs
Richard Haass and Charles Kupchan, “The West Needs a New Strategy in Ukraine,” Foreign Affairs
Charles Kupchan, Isolationism: A History of America's Efforts to Shield Itself From the World
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/us-strategy-ukraine-charles-kupchan
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May 2, 2023
The Biden-Yoon Summit, With Scott Snyder
Scott Snyder, a senior fellow for Korea studies and the director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s recent state visit with U.S. President Joe Biden and its implications for the U.S.-South Korean alliance.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Soyoung Kim, Ju-min Park, and Hyonhee Shin, “Exclusive: South Korea's Yoon Opens Door for Possible Military Aid to Ukraine,” Reuters
Don McLean, “American Pie”
Scott Snyder, South Korea at the Crossroads: Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers
Scott Snyder, The United States-South Korea Alliance: Why It Might Fail and Why It Must Not (forthcoming, November 2023)
“South Korean President Yoon sings 'American Pie',” Associated Press
The Animals, “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place”
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/biden-yoon-summit-scott-snyder
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Apr 25, 2023
Critical Minerals and China, With Morgan Bazilian
Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute and a professor of public policy at the Colorado School of Mines, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss why critical minerals have emerged as a major issue in the U.S.-China geopolitical competition.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Morgan D. Bazilian and Gregory Brew, “The Missing Minerals: To Shift to Clean Energy, America Must Rethink Supply Chains,” Foreign Affairs
Keith Bradsher, “Why China Could Dominate the Next Big Advance in Batteries,” New York Times
Geological Survey 2022 Final List of Critical Minerals [PDF], U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/critical-minerals-and-china-morgan-bazilian
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Apr 18, 2023
TPI Replay: Ideology in U.S. Foreign Policy, With Christopher Nichols, Emily Conroy-Krutz, and Jay Sexton
Christopher Nichols, professor of history and Wayne Woodrow Hayes chair in National Security Studies at The Ohio State University, Emily Conroy-Krutz, associate professor of history at Michigan State University, and Jay Sexton, professor of history and Rich and Nancy Kinder Chair of Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how ideology has historically influenced and shaped U.S. foreign policy.
This episode originally aired on November 1, 2022.
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Emily Conroy-Krutz, Christian Imperialism: Converting the World in the Early American Republic
Kathryn Gin Lum, Heathen: Religion and Race in American History
David Hollinger, Protestants Abroad: How Missionaries Tried to Change the World but Changed America
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
Karl Marx, The German Ideology
Melanie McAlister, The Kingdom of God…
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Apr 11, 2023
North Korea’s Nuclear Program, With Jenny Town
Jenny Town, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center and the director of Stimson’s 38 North program, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss North Korea’s nuclear advances and their consequences for the security situation in Northeast Asia.
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/north-koreas-nuclear-program-jenny-town
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Apr 4, 2023
The U.N. High Seas Treaty, With Esther Brimmer
Esther Brimmer, The James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance at The Council on Foreign Relations, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss a recent multilateral agreement reached at the United Nations to protect biodiversity in the world’s oceans.
Mentioned on the Podcast
“What’s Cracking in The Arctic,” Why It Matters
UN General Assembly, Draft Agreement Under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction [PDF]
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/the-un-high-seas-treaty-with-esther-brimmer
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Mar 28, 2023
Artificial Intelligence and Great Power Competition, With Paul Scharre
Paul Scharre, the vice president and director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping great power competition and intensifying the geopolitical rivalry between China and the United States.
Mentioned on the Podcast
“Killer Robots and Autonomous Weapons With Paul Scharre,” The President’s Inbox
Paul Scharre, Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
Paul Scharre, Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/artificial-intelligence-and-great-power-competition-paul-scharre
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Mar 21, 2023
U.S. Immigration Policy, With Edward Alden
Edward Alden, the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at CFR and Ross Dist Visiting Professor at Western Washington University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the crisis at the U.S. southern border and the domestic debates over U.S. immigration policy.
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Edward Alden, Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy
Edward Alden, “When Goods Move but People Don't,” Barron’s
Edward Alden, When the World Closed Its Doors: The COVID Pandemic and the Future of Border Control [Forthcoming]
Edward Alden and Tess Turner, “More Lost Chances for Immigration Reform,” CFR.org
Jeb Bush, Thomas F. III McLarty, and Edward Alden, U.S. Immigration Policy
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/us-immigration-policy-edward-alden
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Mar 14, 2023
Mexico’s Democratic Backsliding, With Shannon K. O’Neil
Shannon K. O’Neil, vice president, deputy director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss Mexico’s new electoral law and other developments that may be eroding the country’s democratic governance.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Shannon K. O’Neil, “More Soldiers Won’t Curb Mexico’s Rampant Violence,” CFR.org
Shannon K. O’Neil, The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter
Shannon K. O’Neil, Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead
“The Globalization Myth with Shannon K. O’Neil,” The President’s Inbox
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/mexicos-democratic-backsliding-shannon-k-oneil
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Mar 7, 2023
Nigeria’s General Election, With Ebenezer Obadare
Ebenezer Obadare, the Douglas Dillon senior fellow for Africa studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the results of Nigeria’s presidential election and their consequences.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Africa in Transition, CFR.org
Ebenezer Obadare, “A Chance to Consolidate,” CFR.org
Ebenezer Obadare, Pastoral Power, Clerical State: Pentecostalism, Gender, and Sexuality in Nigeria
Ebenezer Obadare, “What’s at Stake in Nigeria’s General Elections?,” CFR.org
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/nigerias-general-election-ebenezer-obadare
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Feb 28, 2023
China’s Nuclear Forces, With Fiona S. Cunningham
Fiona S. Cunningham, assistant professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss China’s expanding nuclear weapons program and the likelihood of an arms race with the United States.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Fiona S. Cunningham, “Cooperation Under Asymmetry? The Future of U.S.-China Nuclear Relations,” The Washington Quarterly
Fiona S. Cunningham, “Strategic Substitution: China's Search for Coercive Leverage in the Information Age,” International Security
Taylor Fravel, Active Defense: China's Military Strategy Since 1949
Taylor Fravel and Evan S. Medeiros, “China’s Search for Assured Retaliation: The Evolution of Chinese Nuclear Strategy and Force Structure [PDF],” International Security
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/chinas-nuclear-forces-fiona-s-cunningham
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Feb 21, 2023
The Long War in Ukraine, With Samuel Charap and Miranda Priebe
Samuel Charap, a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, and Miranda Priebe, director of the Center for Analysis of U.S. Grand Strategy and a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss where the war in Ukraine is headed and how U.S. foreign policy should respond.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Samuel Charap and Miranda Priebe, Avoiding a Long War: U.S. Policy and the Trajectory of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/long-war-ukraine-samuel-charap-and-miranda-priebe
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Feb 14, 2023
What Climate Change Means for the Horn of Africa, With Michelle Gavin
Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the impact of climate change in the Horn of Africa. This series is made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Michelle Gavin, Climate Change and Regional Instability in the Horn of Africa
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/what-climate-change-means-horn-africa-michelle-gavin
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Feb 7, 2023
Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, With Jonathan Berkshire Miller
Jonathan Berkshire Miller, senior fellow and director of foreign affairs, national defense, and national security at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss Canada’s first Indo-Pacific strategy and the implications for its allies.
Mentioned on the Podcast
“Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy [PDF],” Government of Canada
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/canadas-indo-pacific-strategy-jonathan-berkshire-miller
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Jan 31, 2023
Japan Rearmed, With Sheila Smith
Sheila Smith, the John E. Merow senior fellow for Asia-Pacific studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the reasoning behind Japan’s new defense strategy and the Japanese government’s decision to double defense spending.
Mentioned on the Podcast
“National Defense Strategy of Japan [PDF],” Ministry of Defense of Japan
“National Security Strategy of Japan [PDF],” Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
“SIPRI Military Expenditure Database,” SIPRI.org
Sheila Smith, “Financing Japan’s Defense Leap,” CFR.org
Sheila Smith, “How Japan Is Doubling Down on Its Military Power,” CFR.org
Sheila Smith, Japan Rearmed: The Politics of Military Power
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/japan-rearmed-sheila-smith
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Jan 24, 2023
The Obligations of American Citizens, With Richard Haass
Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss his new book, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Richard Haass, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
Richard Haass, A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
Richard Haass, The World: A Brief Introduction
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/obligations-american-citizens-richard-haass
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Jan 17, 2023
China’s Covid Surge, With Yanzhong Huang and Zongyuan Zoe Liu
Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the Council and professor and director of global health studies at Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy and International Relations, and Zongyuan Zoe Liu, a fellow for international political economy at the Council, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the consequences of China’s decision to end its zero-COVID policy.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Yanzhong Huang, “China’s Struggle With Covid Is Just Beginning,” New York Times
Yanzhong Huang, Toxic Politics: China's Environmental Health Crisis and Its Challenge to the Chinese State
Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Can BRICS De-dollarize the Global Financial System?
Zongyuan Zoe Liu, “Zero-COVID Is the Least of Xi’s Economic Problems,” Foreign Policy
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/chinas-covid-surge-yanzhong-huang-and-zongyuan-zoe-liu
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Jan 10, 2023
Israel’s New Government, With Martin Indyk
Martin S. Indyk, the Lowy distinguished fellow in U.S.-Middle East diplomacy at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the consequences of Benjamin Netanyahu’s return as Israel’s prime minister.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Steven A. Cook and Martin S. Indyk, The Case for a New U.S.-Saudi Strategic Compact
Martin S. Indyk, Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/israels-new-government-martin-indyk
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Jan 3, 2023
China’s Global Influence Campaign, With Joshua Kurlantzick
Joshua Kurlantzick, a senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how China uses its media power to influence the domestic politics of countries around the world.
Enter the CFR book giveaway by Jan 17, 2023, for the chance to win one of ten free copies of Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World by Joshua Kurlantzick. You can read the terms and conditions of the offer here.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Joshua Kurlantzick, Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World
“How Many Confucius Institutes Are in the United States?” National Association of Scholars
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/chinas-global-influence-campaign-joshua-kurlantzick
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Dec 27, 2022
What Climate Change Means for Central America, With Paul J. Angelo
In this special series of The President’s Inbox on climate change, Paul J. Angelo, the director of the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the impact of climate change in Central America. This series is made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Paul Angelo, Climate Change and Regional Instability in Central America
“Country Index,” Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative
“The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review [PDF],” The U.S. Department of Homeland Security
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/what-climate-change-means-central-america-paul-j-angelo
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Dec 20, 2022
Biden’s America First Economic Policy, With Edward Alden
Edward Alden, the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at CFR and Ross Dist Visiting Professor at Western Washington University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the Biden administration’s economic policies are creating rifts with some of the United States’ closest allies.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Edward Alden, “Biden’s ‘America First’ Economic Policy Threatens Rift With Europe,” Foreign Policy
Edward Alden, Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy
Wendy Cutler and Clete Willems, Reimagining the TPP: Revisions That Could Facilitate U.S. Reentry, Asia Society
Shannon K. O’Neil, The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter
“The U.S.-China Economic Cold War, With Sebastian Mallaby,” The President’s Inbox
White House, National Security Strategy
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/bidens-america-first-economic-policy-edward-alden
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Dec 13, 2022
The War in Ukraine, With Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage
Liana Fix, a fellow for Europe at CFR, and Michael Kimmage, a history professor at the Catholic University of America and a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the current status of the war in Ukraine and to assess the strategies that Russia, Ukraine, and the West are pursuing.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Liana Fix, Germany’s Role in European Russia Policy: A New German Power?
Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage, “Go Slow on Crimea: Why Ukraine Should Not Rush to Retake the Peninsula,” Foreign Affairs
Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage, The Ukraine Scenarios, Foreign Affairs
Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage, “What If the War in Ukraine Doesn’t End?,” Foreign Affairs
Michael Kimmage, The Abandonment of the West: The History of an Idea in American Foreign Policy
“Putin’s Choices,” The President’s Inbox
Olaf Scholz, “The Global Zeitenwende,” Foreign Affairs
For an episode transcript and show note…
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Dec 6, 2022
The U.S.-China Economic Cold War, With Sebastian Mallaby
Sebastian Mallaby, the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council and a columnist at the Washington Post, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the likely consequences of the recent U.S. ban on the export of advanced semiconductor chips and technology to China.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/us-china-economic-cold-war-sebastian-mallaby
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Nov 29, 2022
TPI Replay: The North Korea Challenge, With Scott A. Snyder
Scott A. Snyder, senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the global implications of North Korea’s recent missile tests.
This episode originally aired on March 22, 2022.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Scott Snyder, “A ‘Political Novice’ Will Soon be in Charge of South Korean Foreign Policy,” CFR.org via Forbes
Scott Snyder, South Korea at the Crossroads: Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/north-korea-challenge-scott-snyder
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Nov 22, 2022
2022 U.S. Midterm Elections, With Daniel Silverberg and Christopher Tuttle
Daniel Silverberg, managing director at global strategy firm Capstone and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and Christopher Tuttle, senior fellow and director of the Renewing America Initiative at the Council, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the results of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections and its impact on U.S. foreign policy.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Chris Tuttle, “What the Midterm Elections Mean for U.S. Foreign Policy”
Robert Draper, “The Problem of Marjorie Taylor Greene,” The New York Times Magazine
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Nov 15, 2022
What Climate Change Means for the Sahel, With Beza Tesfaye
In this special series of The President’s Inbox on climate change, Beza Tesfaye, director of Research and Learning for Migration and Climate Change at Mercy Corps and senior associate for the Project on Fragility and Mobility at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the impact of climate change in the Sahel region. This series is made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Beza Tesfaye, Climate Change and Conflict in the Sahel
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Nov 8, 2022
Protests in Iran, With Suzanne Maloney
Suzanne Maloney, vice president and director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the causes and consequences of the recent protests in Iran.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Suzanne Maloney, ed., The Iranian Revolution at Forty
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Nov 1, 2022
Ideology in U.S. Foreign Policy, With Christopher Nichols, Emily Conroy-Krutz, and Jay Sexton
Christopher Nichols, professor of history and Wayne Woodrow Hayes chair in National Security Studies at The Ohio State University, Emily Conroy-Krutz, associate professor of history at Michigan State University, and Jay Sexton, professor of history and Rich and Nancy Kinder Chair of Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how ideology has historically influenced and shaped U.S. foreign policy.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Emily Conroy-Krutz, Christian Imperialism: Converting the World in the Early American Republic
Kathryn Gin Lum, Heathen: Religion and Race in American History
David Hollinger, Protestants Abroad: How Missionaries Tried to Change the World but Changed America
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
Karl Marx, The German Ideology
Melanie McAlister, The Kingdom of God Has No Borders: A Global History of American Evangel…
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Oct 25, 2022
U.S.-Saudi Relations, With Steven A. Cook
Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the future of the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia in the wake of the decision by OPEC+ to cut oil production.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Jason Bordoff and Meghan L. O’Sullivan, “Green Upheaval: The New Geopolitics of Energy,” Foreign Affairs
Steven A. Cook, False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East
Steven A. Cook and Martin Indyk, The Case for a New U.S.-Saudi Strategic Compact
Steven A. Cook and Martin Indyk, “Go Big In Saudi Arabia,” Foreign Affairs
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Oct 18, 2022
The Globalization Myth, With Shannon K. O’Neil
Shannon K. O’Neil, vice president, deputy director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how regionalization, not globalization, has been the biggest trend of the past forty years—and why that matters.
Show Notes
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Mentioned on the Podcast
Shannon K. O’Neil, The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter
Shannon K. O’Neil, Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead
Pietra Rivoli, The Travels of T-Shirt in a Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
Chrystia Freeland, “Remarks by the Deputy Prime Minister at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.”
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Oct 11, 2022
China’s 20th National Party Congress, With Ian Johnson
Ian Johnson, Stephen A. Schwarzman senior fellow for China studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what the Chinese Communist Party’s upcoming 20th National Congress means for China and its approach to the world.
Mentioned on the Podcast
“China’s Domestic Challenges, With Ian Johnson,” The President’s Inbox
Ian Johnson, “How Xi Will Consolidate Power at China’s Twentieth Party Congress,” CFR.org
Ian Johnson, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao
Ian Johnson, Wild Grass: Three Stories of Change in Modern China
The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China, “The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era”
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Oct 4, 2022
Germany, Russia, and Ukraine, With Liana Fix
Liana Fix, a CFR fellow for Europe, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how German foreign policy has changed in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and whether the Kremlin’s decision to halt natural gas exports will force Berlin to end its support for Kyiv.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage, “Putin’s Next Move in Ukraine,” Foreign Affairs
Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage, “The Ukraine Scenarios,” Foreign Affairs
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Sep 27, 2022
Threats to Free Expression, With Suzanne Nossel
Suzanne Nossel, the Chief Executive Officer of PEN America, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss growing threats around the world to free expression and how the fight to protect human rights needs to adapt to succeed in a world of great power competition.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Freedom House, Tracking Democracy and Freedom Around the World
PEN America, PEN Freedom to Write Index
Reporters Without Borders, World: Abuses in Real Time
Suzanne Nossel, Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All
Suzanne Nossel, “Salman Rushdie’s Entire Life Has Been an Act of Defiance,” The Guardian
Suzanne Nossel, “The Old Human Rights Playbook Won’t Work Anymore,” Foreign Policy
Suzanne Nossel and Leslie Vinjamuri, “Some Assembly Required: Why the UN’s Broadest Forum Matters More Than Ever,” Foreign Affairs
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Sep 20, 2022
Britain After Queen Elizabeth, With Leslie Vinjamuri
Leslie Vinjamuri, the Director of the US and the Americas programme and Dean of the Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs at Chatham House, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what a new monarch, a new prime minister, and the legacy of Brexit mean for Britain’s future.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Charles A. Kupman and Leslie Vinjamuri, eds., Anchoring the World: International Order in the Twenty-First Century
Leslie Vinjamuri, “How Brexit and Boris Broke Britain,” Foreign Affairs
The Government of the United Kingdom Cabinet Office, Global Britain in a Competitive Age: the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy
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Sep 13, 2022
Ukraine’s Counteroffensive, With Max Boot
Max Boot, the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick senior fellow in national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Washington Post columnist, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the success of Ukraine's recent military counteroffensive and how Russia is likely to respond.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Max Boot, “Putin Wants to Terrorize Ukraine Into Submission. It’s Not Working,” Washington Post
Max Boot, The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
Tim Lister and Darya Tarasova, “Russia’s Collapse in Northeast Ukraine Ignites Fury From Putin Loyalists,” CNN
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Sep 6, 2022
U.S. Economic Relations with China, With Evan Greenberg
Evan Greenberg, chairman and CEO of Chubb, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss growing tensions in U.S.-China economic relations, the importance of trade to the U.S. economy, and the steps needed to sustain the competitiveness of the American economy.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Evan Greenberg, “Championing Global Trade Is in America’s National Interest,” Economist
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Aug 30, 2022
Fighting the Climate Crisis, With Gernot Wagner
Gernot Wagner, climate economist at Columbia Business School, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss progress in the green energy transition and the risks and benefits of carbon capture and solar geoengineering technologies.
Mentioned on the Podcast
“America’s Domination of Oil and Gas Will Not Cow China,” The Economist
Jason E. Box, et al, “Greenland Ice Sheet Climate Disequilibrium and Committed Sea-Level Rise,” Nature Climate Change
Isabel Schnabel, “Looking Through Higher Energy Prices? Monetary Policy and the Green Transition,” remarks delivered to the American Finance Association
Isabel Schnabel, “A New Age of Energy Inflation: Climateflation, Fossilflation and Greenflation,” remarks delivered to The ECB and Its Watchers XXII
Gernot Wagner, Geoengineering: The Gamble
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Aug 23, 2022
TPI Replay: China’s Domestic Challenges, With Ian Johnson
Ian Johnson, CFR’s Stephen A. Schwarzman senior fellow for China studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss economic, political, and demographic developments within China.
This episode originally aired on February 8, 2022.
Articles Mentioned on the Podcast
Li Yuan, “A coronavirus infection illuminates a migrant worker’s tale of inequality in China.” New York Times, January 31, 2022.
Books Mentioned
Elizabeth Economy, The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China’s Future (2004)
Ian Johnson, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao (2017)
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Aug 16, 2022
Putin’s Strategy in Ukraine, With Stephen Sestanovich
Stephen Sestanovich, George F. Kennan senior fellow for Russian and Eurasian studies at CFR and Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis professor of international diplomacy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the current course of the war in Ukraine and the potential for a diplomatic settlement to end the fighting.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Tom Friedman, “Why Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan Is Utterly Reckless,” New York Times
Alexey Levinson, “Frozen in Excitement,” Riddle
Stephen Sestanovich, Maximalist: America in the World from Truman to Obama
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Aug 9, 2022
America’s Great Power Opportunity, With Ali Wyne
James M. Lindsay sits down with Ali Wyne, senior analyst of Global Macro-Geopolitics at Eurasia Group, to discuss great power competition and the growing rivalry between the United States and China, and Russia.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Ali Wyne, America’s Great Power Opportunity, 2022
Gerald Segel, “Does China Matter?,” Foreign Affairs, September/October 1999
Nadège Rolland, “China’s Southern Strategy: Beijing Is Using the Global South to Constrain America,” Foreign Affairs, June 9, 2022
Bonny Lin and Jude Blanchette, “China on the Offensive: How the Ukraine War Has Changed Beijing’s Strategy,” Foreign Affairs, August 1, 2022
Suzanne Mettler and Robert C. Liberman, Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy, 2020
Suzanne Mettler, “Democracy Tested: Democratic Crises in U.S. History,” The President’s Inbox, August 3, 2022
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Aug 2, 2022
Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit, With Bonnie S. Glaser
James M. Lindsay sits down with Bonnie S. Glaser, director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, to discuss House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and its impact on U.S.-China relations.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Bonnie Glaser, China Global Podcast, German Marshall Fund of the United States
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Jul 26, 2022
The War Against ISIS, With Michael Gordon
James M. Lindsay sits down with Michael R. Gordon, national security correspondent at the Wall Street Journal, to discuss the U.S. war against ISIS.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor, Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq, 2006
Michael R. Gordon, Degrade and Destroy: The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, 2022
Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor, The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama, 2012
Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor, The Generals' War: The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf, 1996
Becca Wasser et al, “The Air War Against the Islamic State: The Role of Airpower in Operation Inherent Resolve,” RAND Corporation, 2021
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Jul 19, 2022
The Future of Cybersecurity, With Jami Miscik and Adam Segal
Jami Miscik, CEO of Global Strategic Insights, Inc., and Adam Segal, director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy program at CFR, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the fragmentation of the internet, cybercrime and cyber espionage, and the future of U.S. cyberspace policy.
Mentioned on the Podcast
David Cattler and Daniel Black, “The Myth of the Missing Cyberwar,” Foreign Affairs, April 6, 2022
Council on Foreign Relations, Confronting Reality in Cyberspace: Foreign Policy for a Fragmented Internet, July 2022
Erica D. Lonergan, “The Cyber-Escalation Fallacy,” Foreign Affairs, April 15, 2022
Adam Segal, The Hacked World Order: How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age, November 2015
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Jul 12, 2022
The Long War in Ukraine, With Michael Kofman
Michael Kofman, director of the Russia Studies Program at the Center for Naval Analyses, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss Russian and Ukrainian military strategies, equipment, and the likely future course of the war.
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Jul 5, 2022
TPI Presents: The World’s First Energy Crisis, From The Foreign Affairs Interview
The President’s Inbox is pleased to present an episode from Foreign Affairs’ new podcast, The Foreign Affairs Interview. In this episode, Jason Bordoff, co-founding dean of the Columbia Climate School, and Meghan O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick professor of the practice of international affairs at Harvard Kennedy School, sit down with Foreign Affairs Editor Dan Kurtz-Phelan to discuss the geopolitics of energy in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the transition to clean energy.
Articles Mentioned on the Podcast
Jason Bordoff and Meghan O’Sullivan, “Green Upheaval: The New Geopolitics of Energy,” Foreign Affairs (January/February 2022)
Jason Bordoff and Meghan O’Sullivan, “The New Energy Order: How Governments Will Transform Energy Markets,” Foreign Affairs (July/August 2022)
Podcasts Mentioned
Jason Bordoff and Kadri Simson, “Europe’s Difficult Energy Decisions,” Columbia Energy Exchange, May 10, 2022
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, The Foreign Affairs Interv…
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Jun 28, 2022
Advancing LGBTQI+ Rights, With Julie Dorf
Julie Dorf, co-chair of the Council for Global Equality, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what the United States has done and could do to advance LGBTQI+ rights around the world.
Documents and Speeches Mentioned
Hillary Clinton, “Human Rights Day Speech” (2011)
Hillary Clinton, “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” (1995)
Joseph R. Biden, Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World (2021)
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Jun 21, 2022
Miscalculating on China, With Aaron L. Friedberg
Aaron L. Friedberg, professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the United States got China wrong and what the Biden administration can do to rectify its China strategy.
Books and Articles Mentioned
Aaron L. Friedberg, Getting China Wrong (2022)
Samuel P. Huntington, The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late 20th Century (1993)
Michael Mandelbaum, The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy: Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower (2022)
David Shambaugh, China's Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation (2008)
Francis Fukuyama, “The End of History?” The National Interest (1989)
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Jun 14, 2022
The China Challenge to Taiwan, With David Sacks
David Sacks, research fellow at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the Biden administration’s strategy toward Taiwan amid growing threats from China.
Articles Mentioned on the Podcast
Richard Haass and David Sacks, “The Growing Danger of U.S. Ambiguity on Taiwan,” Foreign Affairs, December 13, 2021
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Jun 7, 2022
America’s Rise to Power, With Michael Mandelbaum
Michael Mandelbaum, Christian A. Herter professor emeritus of American foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the continuities and changes in U.S. foreign policy over the last two and a half centuries.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Michael Mandelbaum, The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy: Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower (2022)
Michael Mandelbaum, The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth (2019)
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May 31, 2022
Women in U.S. National Security, With Jamie Jones Miller and Shelly O’Neill Stoneman
Jamie Jones Miller and Shelly O’Neill Stoneman, executive committee co-chairs of The Leadership Council for Women in National Security (LCWINS), sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the challenges of achieving gender parity in the U.S. national security community.
Websites Mentioned on the Podcast
The Leadership Council for Women in National Security (2022)
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May 25, 2022
Grading Biden’s Foreign Policy for the Middle Class, With Heidi Crebo-Rediker
Heidi Crebo-Rediker, adjunct senior fellow at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to assess the Biden administration’s “worker-centric” foreign economic policies.
Articles Mentioned on the Podcast
Heidi Crebo-Rediker and Doug Rediker, “A Real Foreign Policy for the Middle Class,” Foreign Affairs (May/June 2022)
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May 17, 2022
President Biden’s Japan and South Korea Trip, With Sheila A. Smith and Scott A. Snyder
Sheila A. Smith, CFR’s John E. Merow senior fellow for Asia-Pacific studies, and Scott A. Snyder, senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at CFR, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what to expect from U.S. President Joe Biden’s upcoming trip to Japan and South Korea.
Books and Blogs Mentioned on the Podcast
Asia Unbound, CFR.org
Sheila A. Smith, Japan Rearmed: The Politics of Military Power (2019)
Scott A. Snyder, Korea at the Crossroads: Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers (2018)
Statements Mentioned
“U.S.-ROK Leaders’ Joint Statement,” The White House, May 21, 2021
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May 10, 2022
The Middle East’s Reaction to the Invasion of Ukraine, With Steven A. Cook
Steven A. Cook, CFR’s Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies and director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how countries throughout the Middle East are responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Articles Mentioned on the Podcast
Steven Cook, “The Middle East Kumbaya Moment Won’t Last,” Foreign Policy, May 6, 2022
Books Mentioned
Steven Cook, False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East (2019)
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May 3, 2022
U.S. Policy Toward Russia, With Derek H. Chollet
Derek H. Chollet, Counselor of the U.S. Department of State, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the Biden administration’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Derek H. Chollet, The Middle Way: How Three Presidents Shaped America’s Role in the World (2021)
Statements and Polls Mentioned
Ashley Parker, et al, “Big majority of Americans back sanctions on Russia, aid to Ukraine, poll finds,” May 2, 2022
“Secretary Antony J. Blinken on Russia’s Threat to Peace and Security at the UN Security Council,” U.S. State Department, February 17, 2022
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Apr 26, 2022
Africa’s Reaction to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, With Ebenezer Obadare
Ebenezer Obadare, Douglas Dillon senior fellow for Africa studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how African countries are responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Articles Mentioned on the Podcast
Ebenezer Obadare, “Analyzing the Russia-Ukraine Conflict from an African Standpoint,” CFR.org, March 3, 2022
Ebenezer Obadare, “Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine May Drive a Wedge Between the West and Africa,” CFR.org, March 22, 2022
Blogs & Books Mentioned
Ebenezer Obadare, Africa in Transition, CFR.org
Ebenezer Obadare, Christianity, Sexuality and Citizenship in Africa (2019)
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Apr 19, 2022
The Future of Diverse Democracies, With Yascha Mounk
Yascha Mounk, senior fellow at CFR and professor of the practice of international affairs at Johns Hopkins University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the challenges that ethnically, racially, and religiously diverse democracies face. This episode is part of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy.
Enter the CFR book giveaway before May 4, 2022, for the chance to win one of ten free copies of The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure by Yascha Mounk. You can read the terms and conditions of the offer here.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Yascha Mounk, The Great Experiment (2022)
Yascha Mounk, The People Vs. Democracy (2018)
Articles and Reports Mentioned
Dillingham Commission Reports, U.S. Senate via Hathi Trust (1911)
Publius Decius Mus [Michael Anton], “The Flight 93 Election,” Claremont Review of Books, September 5, 2016
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Apr 12, 2022
The Future of NATO, With Ivo H. Daalder
Ivo H. Daalder, president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what the Russian invasion of Ukraine means for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Articles and Podcasts Mentioned on the Podcast
Ivo H. Daalder, "The Return of Containment,” Foreign Affairs, March 1, 2022
Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay, "Why Putin Underestimated the West," Foreign Affairs, April 7, 2022
Ivo H. Daalder, World Review with Ivo Daalder, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Books Mentioned
Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay, The Empty Throne: America's Abdication of Global Leadership (2018)
Ivo H. Daalder, Getting to Dayton: The Making of America's Bosnia Policy (2000)
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Apr 5, 2022
War in the Digital Age, With Audrey Kurth Cronin
Audrey Kurth Cronin, distinguished professor at American University’s School of International Service and founding director of the Center for Security, Innovation and New Technology, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how technology, innovation, and social media are shaping Russia’s war in Ukraine and what it might mean for the future.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Audrey Kurth Cronin, Great Power Politics and the Struggle over Austria, 1945-1955 (1986)
Audrey Kurth Cronin, Power to the People: How Open Technological Innovation is Arming Tomorrow’s Terrorists (2020)
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Mar 29, 2022
Putin’s Choices, With Michael Kimmage
Michael Kimmage, professor of history at the Catholic University of America and visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the choices Russian President Vladimir Putin faces in Ukraine.
Articles and Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage, “What If Russia Loses?” ForeignAffairs.com, March 4, 2022
Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage, “What If Russia Makes a Deal?” ForeignAffairs.com, March 23, 2022
Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage, “What If Russia Wins?” ForeignAffairs.com, February 18, 2022
Michael Kimmage, The Abandonment of the West: The History of an Idea in American Foreign Policy (2020)
Speeches and Podcasts Mentioned
Joe Biden, “Remarks by President Biden on the United Efforts of the Free World to Support the People of Ukraine,” Warsaw, Poland, March 26, 2022
Liana Fix, "Germany's Foreign Policy," The President's Inbox, February 15, 2022
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Mar 22, 2022
The North Korea Challenge, With Scott A. Snyder
Scott A. Snyder, senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the global implications of North Korea’s recent missile tests.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Scott Snyder, South Korea at the Crossroads: Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers (2018)
Articles Mentioned
Scott Snyder, “A ‘Political Novice’ Will Soon be in Charge of South Korean Foreign Policy,” CFR.org via Forbes, March 7, 2022
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Mar 15, 2022
The Emerging China-Russia Alliance, With Patricia M. Kim
Patricia M. Kim, David M. Rubenstein fellow at the John L. Thornton China Center and the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how China views Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Articles Mentioned on the Podcast
Yoon Suk-yeol, “South Korea Needs to Step Up: The Country’s Next President on His Foreign Policy Vision,” Foreign Affairs, February 8, 2022
Statements Mentioned
Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable Development, The Kremlin, February 4, 2022
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Mar 8, 2022
Preventing a Wider European War, With Thomas Graham
Thomas Graham, distinguished fellow at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss why Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine and whether the fighting might spread beyond its borders.
Reports Mentioned on the Podcast
Thomas Graham, “Preventing a Wider European Conflict,” Council on Foreign Relations, March 8, 2022
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Mar 1, 2022
Europe’s Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, With Matthias Matthijs
Matthias Matthijs, senior fellow for Europe at CFR and associate professor of international political economy at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how European capitals are reacting to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Statements Mentioned on the Podcast
“A French-German Initiative for the European Recovery from the Coronavirus Crisis,” Élysée, May 18, 2020
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Feb 25, 2022
TPI Special: The War in Ukraine, With Charles A. Kupchan
Charles A. Kupchan, senior fellow at CFR and professor of international affairs at Georgetown University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its sweeping ramifications for global order.
Articles Mentioned on the Podcast
Charles A. Kupchan, “Why Putin’s War With Ukraine Is a miscalculation,” CFR.org, February 24, 2022
Charles A. Kupchan, “The Right Way to Split China and Russia,” Foreign Affairs, August 4, 2021
Books Mentioned
Charles A. Kupchan, Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself From the World (2020)
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Feb 22, 2022
The U.S.-Mexico Relationship, With Shannon K. O’Neil
Shannon K. O’Neil, CFR’s vice president, deputy director of studies and Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss recent developments in Mexico and U.S.-Mexico relations.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Shannon O’Neil, Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United Staes, and the Road Ahead (2013)
Articles Mentioned
Edward Alden, “Decades Late, NAFTA’s Promise on Workers’ Rights Comes Good,” Foreign Policy via CFR.org, February 8, 2022
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Feb 15, 2022
Germany’s Foreign Policy, With Liana Fix
Liana Fix, resident fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Germany’s new government is approaching foreign policy.
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Feb 8, 2022
China’s Domestic Challenges, With Ian Johnson
Ian Johnson, CFR’s Stephen A. Schwarzman senior fellow for China studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss economic, political, and demographic developments within China.
Articles Mentioned on the Podcast
Li Yuan, “A coronavirus infection illuminates a migrant worker’s tale of inequality in China.” New York Times, January 31, 2022.
Books Mentioned
Elizabeth Economy, The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China’s Future (2004)
Ian Johnson, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao (2017)
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Feb 1, 2022
Venture Capital and the Future of Innovation, With Sebastian Mallaby
Sebastian Mallaby, CFR’s Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists are shaping the future of innovation and the global economy.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Sebastian Mallaby, More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite (2010)
Sebastian Mallaby, The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan (2016)
Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future (2022)
Sebastian Mallaby, The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations (2004)
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Jan 25, 2022
A New Era of Great Power Competition, With Hal Brands
Hal Brands, Henry A. Kissinger distinguished professor of global affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what lessons the United States can draw from the Cold War for understanding our new era of great power rivalry.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast
Hal Brands, The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today (2022)
Articles Mentioned on the Podcast
Hal Brands, “Containment Can Work Against China, Too,” Wall Street Journal, December 3, 2021
Hal Brands, “The Overstretched Superpower,” Foreign Affairs, January 18, 2022
Richard Fontaine, “Washington’s Missing China Strategy,” Foreign Affairs, January 14, 2022
“X” (George Kennan), “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” Foreign Affairs (July 1947)
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Jan 18, 2022
President Biden’s First Year, With Richard Haass
Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, sits down with James M. Lindsay to assess how the Biden administration has handled foreign policy in its first year in office.
Books Mentioned in the Podcast
Richard Haass, The World: A Brief Introduction (2020)
Podcasts Mentioned
Richard Haass, Nine Questions for the World, Council on Foreign Relations
Anne Appelbaum and Richard Haass, “Can Democracy Survive?” Nine Questions for the World, December 16, 2021
Fei-Fei Li and Richard Haass, “Can Societies Keep Up with Technology?” Nine Questions for the World, December 16, 2021
Michelle McMurry-Heath and Richard Haass, “Can Biotech Be Harnessed?” Nine Questions for the World, December 16, 2021
Elizabeth Perry and Richard Haass, “Will This Century Belong to China?” Nine Questions for the World, December 16, 2021
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Jan 11, 2022
Keeping the Nuclear Peace, With Michael Krepon
Michael Krepon, cofounder of and distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the rise, demise, and possible revival of arms control efforts across the globe.
Books Mentioned in the Podcast
Michael Krepon, Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace: The Rise, Demise, and Revival of Arms Control (2021)
Statements Mentioned
“Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races,” The White House, January 3, 2022
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Jan 4, 2022
TPI Replay: Democratic Crises in U.S. History, With Suzanne Mettler
In this special series of The President’s Inbox on the future of democracy, James M. Lindsay speaks with experts to discuss whether and where democratic governance is faltering around the world. This week, Suzanne Mettler, John L. Senior professor of American Institutions in the Government Department at Cornell University, places the current crisis of American democracy in historical perspective. This episode is part of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy. (This is a rebroadcast.)
Books Mentioned in the Podcast
Suzanne Mettler and Robert C. Lieberman, Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy (2020)
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Dec 28, 2021
TPI Replay: Beijing’s Grand Strategy, With Matt Pottinger
Host James M. Lindsay sits down with senior advisor at the Marathon Initiative and chairman of the China Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Matt Pottinger, to discuss China’s ambitions and what they mean for the United States. (This is a rebroadcast.)
Articles Mentioned in the Podcast
Michael Beckley and Hal Brands, “The End of China’s Rise,” Foreign Affairs, October 1, 2021
Bilahari Kausikan, “In U.S.-China Standoff, Is America a Reliable Ally?,” Foreign Policy, October 18, 2021
Matt Pottinger, “Beijing’s American Hustle,” Foreign Affairs (September/October 2021)
Liza Tobin, “Xi’s Vision for Transforming Global Governance: A Strategic Challenge for Washington and Its Allies,” Texas National Security Review (November 2018)
Books Mentioned
Dan Blumenthal, The China Nightmare: The Grand Ambitions of a Decaying State, (AEI Press, 2020)
Rush Doshi, The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order, (Brookings Institution P…
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Dec 21, 2021
The State of Affairs Across the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook
Steven A. Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies and director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what's happening across the Middle East as 2021 comes to a close.
Books Mentioned in the Podcast
Steven A. Cook, False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East (2019)
Events Mentioned
“A Conversation with Jake Sullivan,” Council on Foreign Relations, December 17, 2021
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Dec 14, 2021
The U.S.-Russia Stalemate, With Mary Elise Sarotte
Mary Elise Sarotte, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis distinguished professor of historical studies at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what the United States got right, and wrong, in its relations with Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Articles Mentioned in the Podcast
George Kennan, “Long Telegram” to the State Department, February 22, 1946
“X” (George Kennan), “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” Foreign Affairs (July 1947)
Vladimir Putin, “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians,” The Kremlin, July 12, 2021
M.E. Sarotte, “Containment Beyond the Cold War: How Washington Lost the Post-Soviet Peace,” Foreign Affairs (November/December 2021)
Books Mentioned
M.E. Sarotte, Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate (2021)
M.E. Sarotte, The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall (2014)
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Dec 7, 2021
The Future of Energy, With Helima Croft
Helima Croft, managing director and head of global commodity strategy and Middle East and North Africa research at RBC Capital Markets, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss trends in the energy world.
Relevant Articles of Interest
Jason Bordoff and Meghan L. O’Sullivan, “Green Upheaval: The New Geopolitics of Energy,” Foreign Affairs (January/February 2022)
Robinson Meyer, “The Energy Crunch, in Six Paragraphs,” The Atlantic, October 13, 2021
Daniel Yergin, “Why the Energy Transition Will Be So Complicated,” The Atlantic, November 27, 2021
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Nov 30, 2021
The U.S.-South Korea Alliance, With Mark Lippert
Ambassador Mark Lippert, vice chairman of the Halifax Forum and senior advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies Korea Chair, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss U.S.-South Korean relations and the Biden administration’s broader Indo-Pacific strategy.
Polls Mentioned in the Podcast
Karl Friedhoff, “South Koreans See China as More Threat than Partner, But Not the Most Critical Threat Facing the Country,” Chicago Council, April 6, 2021
Hong Suk-ji, “Survey Results of South Korean Perception on the ROK-U.S. Alliance,” Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, November 2, 2021
Richard Wike et al., “What People Around the World Like–and Dislike–About American Society and Politics,” Pew Research Center, November 1, 2021
Statements Mentioned
“U.S.-ROK Leaders’ Joint Statement,” The White House, May 21, 2021
Webcasts Mentioned
Mark Lippert, The Capital Cable, CSIS Korea Chair
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Nov 23, 2021
The State of Transatlantic Relations, With Sophia Besch
Sophia Besch, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the current state of transatlantic relations and whether Europeans think America is “back,” as President Joe Biden claims.
Articles Mentioned in the Podcast:
Wolfgang Münchau, “Germany's message to Europe,” EuroIntelligence, October 17, 2021
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Nov 16, 2021
The AUKUS Pact, With Michael Fullilove
Michael Fullilove, executive director of the Lowy Institute in Sydney, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the trilateral security agreement that Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States signed in September 2021, and the broader state of affairs in the Indo-Pacific.
Articles, Documents, and Speeches Mentioned in the Podcast
China’s dossier of fourteen disputes with Australia via The Sydney Morning Herald, November 18, 2020
Natasha Kassam, Lowy Institute Poll 2021, Lowy Institute, June 23, 2021
“Remarks by President Biden, Prime Minister Morrison of Australia, and Prime Minister Johnson of the United Kingdom Announcing the Creation of AUKUS,” The White House, September 15, 2021
Jake Sullivan, “2021 Lowy Lecture,” delivered virtually at the Lowy Institute, November 11, 2021
Books Mentioned
Michael Fullilove, Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World (2013)
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