Episodes
2 days ago
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Christopher M. Tuttle, a senior fellow at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the people that President-Elect Donald Trump has nominated for foreign policy and national security positions. This episode is the third in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2025 presidential transition and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Mentioned on the Episode
“Trump and the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook (Transition 2025, Episode 2),” The President’s Inbox
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/trumps-national-security-appointees-christopher-m-tuttle-transition-2025-episode-3
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Trump and the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook (Transition 2025, Episode 2)
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
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 how Middle Eastern countries are reacting to former President Donald Trump’s election victory and his potential policy for the region. This episode is the second in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2025 presidential transition and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Mentioned on the Episode
Steven A. Cook, The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East
Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay, The Empty Throne: America's Abdication of Global Leadership
Jared Kushner, Breaking History: A White House Memoir
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/trump-and-middle-east-steven-cook-transition-2025-episode-2
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Staffing a New Administration, With Stephen Hadley (Transition 2025, Episode 1)
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Stephen Hadley, a principal of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC and former national security advisor to President George W. Bush, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the presidential transition process and the challenges that all incoming presidents face in staffing up their administration. This episode is the first in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2025 presidential transition and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Mentioned on the Episode
Stephen Hadley, Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy George W. Bush Passed to Barack Obama
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/staffing-new-administration-stephen-hadley-transition-2025-episode-1
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Jennifer Kavanagh, senior fellow and director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, and Andrea Kendall-Taylor, senior fellow and director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the nature and significance of growing cooperation between China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. This episode is the seventh in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2024 presidential election and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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Daniel R. DePetris and Jennifer Kavanaugh, “The ‘Axis of Evil’ is Overhyped,” Foreign Policy
Richard Fontaine and Andrea Kendall-Taylor, “The Axis of Upheaval: How America’s Adversaries Are Uniting to Overturn the Global Order,” Foreign Affairs
Walter Lippmann, U.S. Foreign Policy: Shield of the Republic
The U.S. Election and Foreign Policy, CFR.org
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/axis-autocracies-challenge-jennifer-kavanagh-and-andrea-kendall-taylor-election-2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
The China Challenge, With Liza Tobin and Jake Werner (Election 2024, Episode 6)
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Liza Tobin, senior director for economy at the Special Competitive Studies Project, and Jake Werner, acting director of the East Asia program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the challenges the next president will face navigating relations with China. This episode is the sixth in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2024 presidential election and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Mentioned on the Episode
Robert Atkinson and Liza Tobin, "The Missing Piece in America's Strategy for Techno-Economic Rivalry with China," Lawfare
The U.S. Election and Foreign Policy, CFR.org
Jake Werner, "A Program for Progressive China Policy," Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/china-challenge-liza-tobin-and-jake-werner-election-2024-episode-6
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Oriana Mastro, a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and David Sacks, a fellow for Asia studies at CFR, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss U.S. policy toward Taiwan in light of talk that China might seek to compel the island’s reunification with the mainland. This episode is the fifth in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2024 presidential election and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Mentioned on the Episode
Council on Foreign Relations, China's Belt and Road: Implications for the United States
Council on Foreign Relations, U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era: Responding to a More Assertive China
Oriana Skylar Mastro, “The Pivot That Wasn’t,” Foreign Affairs
Oriana Skylar Mastro, “This Is What America Is Getting Wrong About China and Taiwan,” New York Times
Oriana Skylar Mastro, Upstart: How China Became a Great Power
David Sacks, “Taiwan’s Trump Conundrum,” CFR.org.
The U.S. Election and Foreign Policy, CFR.org
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/taiwan-challenge-oriana-mastro-and-david-sacks-election-2024-episode-5
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Steven A. Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at CFR, and Amy Hawthorne, independent consultant on the Middle East, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the widening war in the Middle East and the challenges it poses for the United States. This episode is the fourth in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2024 presidential election and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Mentioned on the Episode
Steven A. Cook, The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East
Jake Sullivan, “The Sources of American Power,” Foreign Affairs
The U.S. Election and Foreign Policy, CFR.org
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/middle-east-challenge-steven-cook-and-amy-hawthorne-election-2024-episode-4
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the CFR and the Ross Distinguished Visiting Professor at Western Washington University, and Ana Swanson, a trade and international economics journalist at the New York Times, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss opportunities and constraints that the next U.S. president will confront on U.S. trade policy. This episode is the third in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2024 presidential election and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Mentioned on the Episode
Edward Alden, Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy
When the World Closed Its Doors: The Covid-19 Tragedy and the Future of Borders- https://global.oup.com/academic/product/when-the-world-closed-its-doors-9780197697818?cc=us&lang=en&
David Autor, Anne Beck, David Dorn, and Gordon H. Hanson, “Help for the Heartland? The Employment and Electoral Effects of the Trump Tariffs in the United States,” National Bureau of Economic Research
The U.S. Election and Foreign Policy, CFR.org
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/trade-challenge-edward-alden-and-ana-swanson-election-2024-episode-3
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Alice Hill, the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at CFR, and Varun Sivaram, a senior fellow for energy and climate at CFR, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what the United States has done and should do to confront a changing climate. This episode is the second in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2024 presidential election and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Mentioned on the Episode
Alice C. Hill, The Fight for Climate After COVID-19
Varun Sivaram, Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet
The U.S. Election and Foreign Policy, CFR.org
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/climate-challenge-alice-hill-and-varun-sivaram-election-2024-episode-2
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Liana Fix, a fellow for Europe at CFR, and Thomas Graham, a distinguished fellow at CFR, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the future of U.S. policy toward Russia and the risks posed by heightened tensions between two nuclear powers. This episode is the first in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2024 presidential election and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Mentioned on the Episode
Liana Fix, “NATO and Ukraine: The Peril of Indecision,” Survival
Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage, “The Ukraine Scenarios,” Foreign Affairs
The U.S. Election and Foreign Policy, CFR.org
Thomas Graham, Getting Russia Right
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/russia-challenge-liana-fix-and-thomas-graham-election-2024-episode-1