The President’s Inbox

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

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. 

 

Mentioned on the Podcast

 

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 

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.

 

Mentioned on the Podcast

 

“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

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.

 

Mentioned on the Podcast

 

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 

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 

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

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 

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 

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 

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.

 

Mentioned on the Podcast

 

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 as Social Work,” Foreign Affairs

 

Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/future-us-foreign-policy-richard-haass