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Far-right Terrorism, With Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware

Bruce Hoffman, the Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis senior fellow for counterterrorism and homeland security at CFR, and Jacob Ware, a research fellow at CFR, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the rise of far-right violent extremism in the United States and abroad.

 

Enter the CFR book giveaway by January 16, 2023, for the chance to win one of ten free copies of God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America by Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware. You can read the terms and conditions of the offer here. 

 

Mentioned on the Episode

Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware, God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America

 

Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/far-right-terrorism-bruce-hoffman-and-jacob-ware 

Year End Q&A Special, With Shannon O’Neil

Shannon 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 answer questions submitted by listeners to The President’s Inbox.

 

Mentioned on the Episode

 

Walter Issacson, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

 

Shannon K. O’Neil, The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/year-end-qa-special-shannon-oneil 

The Future of the War in Ukraine, With Kori Schake

Kori Schake, a senior fellow and the director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss where the fighting in Ukraine is headed.

 

Mentioned on the Episode

 

Leon Aron, “The Sanctions Against Russia Are Starting to Work,” The Atlantic 

 

Kori Schake, America Vs the West: Can the Liberal World Order be Preserved? 

 

Kori Schake, “The Case for Conservative Internationalism,” Foreign Affairs

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/future-war-ukraine-kori-schake  

The U.S.-South Korea Alliance, With Scott A. Snyder

Scott A. Snyder, a 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 importance of the U.S.-South Korea military alliance and how domestic and international forces could be undermining it.

 

Enter the CFR book giveaway by December 26, 2023, for the chance to win one of ten free copies of The United States–South Korea Alliance: Why It May Fail and Why It Must Not by Scott Snyder. You can read the terms and conditions of the offer here. 

 

Mentioned on the Episode

 

Scott A. Snyder, The United States–South Korea Alliance: Why It May Fail and Why It Must Not

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/us-south-korea-alliance-scott-snyder 

The Renewed Fighting in Gaza, With Steven Cook

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the collapse of the temporary ceasefire in Gaza and the future of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. 

 

Mentioned on the Episode

 

Steven Cook, “The War Won’t Solve the Israel-Palestine Conflict,” Foreign Policy

 

Fred Iklé, Every War Must End

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/renewed-fighting-gaza-steven-cook 

TPI Replay: 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

 

This episode first aired: February 14, 2023

The Anti-Globalization Backlash, With Peter Trubowitz

Peter Trubowitz, a professor of international relations and director of the Phelan U.S. Center at the London School of Economics and an associate fellow at Chatham House, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the reasons for the rise of anti-globalism in Western countries and its consequences for world order.

 

Mentioned on the Episode

 

Peter Trubowitz and Brian Burgoon, Geopolitics and Democracy: The Western Liberal Order from Foundation to Fracture

 

Peter Trubowitz and Brian Burgoon, “Make the Center Vital Again,” Foreign Affairs

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/anti-globalization-backlash-peter-trubowitz 

The APEC Summit, With Matthew Goodman

Matthew Goodman, a distinguished fellow for global economic policy and director of the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2023 forum in San Francisco, California.

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/apec-summit-matthew-goodman 

Demography and World Power, With Nicholas Eberstadt

Nicholas Eberstadt, the Henry Wendt Chair in political economy at the American Enterprise Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how demographic trends in China, Russia, and the United States will shape and constrain global geopolitical competition.

 

Mentioned on the Podcast

 

Nicholas Eberstadt, “America Hasn’t Lost Its Demographic Advantage,” Foreign Affairs

 

Nicholas Eberstadt, “Can America Cope with Demographic Decline?,” National Review

 

Nicholas Eberstadt, “China’s Collapsing Birth and Marriage Rates Reflect a People’s Deep Pessimism,” Washington Post

 

Nicholas Eberstadt, Russia’s Peacetime Demographic Crisis: Dimensions, Causes, Implications

 

Nicholas Eberstadt, “Russian Power in Decline,” Milken Institute Review

 

Nicholas Eberstadt, “The China Challenge: A Demographic Predicament Will Plague the Mainland for Decades,” Discourse

 

Nicholas Eberstadt, “With Great Demographics Comes Great Power,” Foreign Affairs

 

Nicholas Eberstadt and Ashton Verdery, “A Revolution Is Coming for China’s Families,” The Wall Street Journal

 

Nicholas Eberstadt and Ashton Verdery, “China’s Shrinking Families,” Foreign Affairs

 

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/demography-and-world-power-nicholas-eberstadt 

The Laws of War, With Matthew Waxman

Description: Matthew Waxman, adjunct senior fellow for law and foreign policy at CFR and the Liviu Librescu Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the laws of warfare and how they apply to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/laws-war-matthew-waxman