Episodes

Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
U.S. Policy Toward Africa, with Landry Signé
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Landry Signé, senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program and the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss U.S. interests in Africa and the prospects for strategic cooperation between the United States and African countries. Signé’s most recent book is Unlocking Africa’s Business Potential: Trends, Opportunities, Risks, and Strategies.

Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Kurdish Women and the Fight Against ISIS, With Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, adjunct senior fellow in CFR’s Women and Foreign Policy program, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the Kurdish women fighting ISIS and her experience on the ground in northeast Syria. Lemmon’s most recent book on women in Syria, The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice, hits bookstore shelves today.

Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
The Future of U.S.-India Relations, With Tanvi Madan
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tanvi Madan, senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy in the Foreign Policy program and director of the India Project at the Brookings Institution, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss India’s foreign policy and relations with the United States. Madan’s most recent book is Fateful Triangle: How China Shaped U.S.-India Relations During the Cold War.

Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Russians Protest Navalny’s Arrest, With Maria Lipman
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Maria Lipman, senior associate for the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia at George Washington University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the protests that have swept across Russia in recent weeks and the arrest of the opposition leader Alexey Navalny.