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Ukraine
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Drought
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Biden Administration
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Russia
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Cold War
Agriculture
United States-South Korea Alliance
Taiwan
Council On Foreign Relations
United Nations Climate Change Conference
American Enterprise Institute
Far-Right Terrorism

Each episode of The President’s Inbox explores a foreign policy challenge facing the United States.

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Thomas Shugart, founder of Archer Strategic Consulting and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the tools and tactics of warfare have changed in the past decade and whether th... more

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Rush Doshi, the C.V. Starr senior fellow for Asia Studies and director of the China Strategy Initiative at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the United States is reckoning with the rise of China and a world of renewed geopol... more

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Kori Schake, Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the state of civil-military relations as President Donald Trump remakes the senior leadersh... more

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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 discuss the state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the second anniversary of the October 7 att... more

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Recent Guests

Thomas Shugart
Founder of Archer Strategic Consulting, and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for New American Security
Archer Strategic Consulting
Episode: Are We Ready? | America's Next Battlefield, With Thomas Shugart
Kori Schake
Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute
American Enterprise Institute
Episode: Civil-Military Relations Under Trump, With Kori Schake
Matt Waxman
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Professor of Law at Columbia University.
Council on Foreign Relations
Episode: The Legality of Trump's Drug-Boat Strikes, With Matthew Waxman
Roxanna Vigil
International Affairs Fellow in National Security
Council on Foreign Relations
Episode: Brewing Troubles in Colombia, With Roxanna Vigil
Stephen Walt
Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Episode: A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for a Realist Foreign Policy, With Stephen Walt
Hal Brands
Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SICE
Johns Hopkins University
Episode: TPI Replay: The Eurasia Challenge, With Hal Brands
Joshua Kurlantzick
Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia at CFR
Council on Foreign Relations
Episode: The Thai-Cambodian Border Clash, With Joshua Kurlantzick
Oliver Stuenkel
Associate Professor at Fundação Getulio Vargas in São Paulo, Brazil, and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Fundação Getulio Vargas
Episode: Brazil and the BRICS, With Oliver Stuenkel
William Henagan
Research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, working on US industrial policy and economic security issues
Council on Foreign Relations
Episode: The Future of U.S. Foreign Aid, With William Henagan

Host

Jim Lindsay
Host and Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 1k ratings
  • Try actually finding experts

    The so called experts either are ignorant or intentionally lie

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    This Ken
    United Statesa month ago
  • J. Lindsay’s Bias

    The Council on Foreign Relations claims to be a non-political policy organization, but James Lindsay’s persistent anti-Israel questioning—despite pushback from guests—reveals clear bias. His repetitive, childlike insistence has undermined the podcast’s quality. Lindsay must address his prejudice.

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    Amexgirl
    United Statesa month ago
  • Mislabeled

    You mislabeled your recent episode. It’s should be the Illegality of Trump’s drug boat strikes.

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    thePeacePirate
    United Statesa month ago
  • Another substandard podcast

    It is interesting to hear a program on Foreign Policy “Realism” with someone like Walt. Walt knows nothing about “Realism”. For example he wants the U.S. to shift away from the ME. However, the Europeans have zero capability to protect oil and gas supplies from that area that it relies upon. He could not understand why Trump would pick a fight with Denmark when Greenland is a key to claims in, and defense of, the Artic and Denmark has done nothing in that regard. Walt cannot understand why Trump... more

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    Jim from Silicon Valley
    United States2 months ago
  • Sumit Ganguly is an uninformed hack

    Guests consistently state as facts news stories that have been proven false.

    Agenda driven podcast sharing false news

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    Frequent Avis
    United States5 months ago

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The host is frequently praised for incorporating expert perspectives and handling discussions with a thoughtful approach.
Critics point out potential biases and focus predominantly on elite perspectives in foreign policy.
Many listeners appreciate the depth and expert insights shared in episodes, valuing the comprehensive analysis of complex issues.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Are We Ready? | The China Reckoning, With Rush Doshi
Q: What does the United States need to do strategically regarding its vulnerabilities to China?
The U.S. needs to invest more at home to reduce dependencies and build a coalition with allies to balance China's advantages.
Are We Ready? | The China Reckoning, With Rush Doshi
Q: What, if anything, is different about the Chinese rivalry with the United States?
The biggest difference is scale; China can outscale the United States in multiple dimensions.
Two Years Since October 7, With Elliott Abrams and Ed Husain
Q: Do you see any long lasting shift in US or even Western support for Israel based on the events of the last two years?
The diplomacy here in America at the level at which Elliott identifies have not changed, and my conversations with US government folk don't indicate a real change.
Two Years Since October 7, With Elliott Abrams and Ed Husain
Q: Help me understand from your vantage point why it is that Hamas has agreed to the terms of the 20-point peace plan?
Hamas' response came framed in the language of we have agreed to negotiate and not agreed to surrender, not agreed to evacuate from Gaza.
Two Years Since October 7, With Elliott Abrams and Ed Husain
Q: Help me understand the basics of President Trump's peace plan and what the negotiators meeting and Shamal Sheik are discussing.
The basic bargain in the peace plan is that Hamas releases all the hostages, living and dead. Israel starts to pull back out of Gaza.

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2. Kori Schake
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