The President’s Inbox

By Council on Foreign Relations

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isaac
 Jan 10, 2020
great topics, very interesting points of view

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

Episode Date
America’s Ebola Preparedness, With Thomas Bollyky
Jun 10, 2026
America at 250: The Marshall Plan, With Benn Steil
Jun 03, 2026
Why the U.S. Needs an Africa Strategy, With Michelle Gavin
May 27, 2026
What Trump and Xi Didn't Settle in Beijing, With Nicholas Burns
May 20, 2026
Trump and Xi in Beijing, With Rush Doshi
May 13, 2026
The Spillover: Are Prediction Markets Forecasting Tools or Virtual Casinos?
May 06, 2026
How to Build an American Foreign Policy, With Michael Mandelbaum
Apr 29, 2026
America at 250: The Spanish-American War, With H.W. Brands
Apr 22, 2026
What Comes Next After Failed U.S.-Iran Talks, With Elliott Abrams
Apr 15, 2026
Russia’s Stakes in the Iran War, With Thomas Graham
Apr 08, 2026
Gulf States Under Fire, With Mina Al-Oraibi
Apr 01, 2026
Why Allies Aren’t Following on Iran, With Kristi Govella and Constanze Stelzenmüller
Mar 25, 2026
The Strategy Gap in Iran, With Max Boot
Mar 18, 2026
America at 250: The Lend-Lease Act, With Lynne Olson
Mar 11, 2026
SPECIAL EPISODE | Trump Chooses War With Iran, With Dalia Dassa Kaye
Mar 02, 2026
Cuba on the Brink, With Michael Bustamante
Feb 25, 2026
America at 250: Nixon Goes to China, With Jeremi Suri
Feb 19, 2026
The New Saudi Strategy, With F. Gregory Gause III
Feb 11, 2026
Canada Hedges Against the United States, With Jonathan Berkshire Miller
Feb 04, 2026
Trump’s Greenland Ambitions, With Heather Conley and Rebecca Pincus
Jan 29, 2026
America at 250: The Best and Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions, With Mary Dudziak and Christopher Nichols
Jan 21, 2026
Trump Foreign Policy at One Year, With Matthew Kroenig
Jan 14, 2026
Washington’s Venezuela Strategy After Maduro, With Will Freeman
Jan 07, 2026
Listener Mailbag: 2025 in Review, With Carla Anne Robbins and Matthias Matthijs
Dec 23, 2025
Are We Ready? | America’s Crumbling Defense Industrial Base, With Kathleen Hicks
Dec 17, 2025
Are We Ready? | Trump’s National Security Strategy, With Rebecca Lissner
Dec 10, 2025
Are We Ready? | The Economic Security Challenge, With Jonathan Hillman
Dec 03, 2025
Are We Ready? | China's Campaign to Reshape the Global Order, With Hal Brands and Michael Kuiken
Nov 26, 2025
Are We Ready? | The U.S.-China Chip War, With Chris McGuire
Nov 19, 2025
Are We Ready? | AI, Espionage, and Influence, With Jessica Brandt
Nov 13, 2025
Are We Ready? | The New Weapons of War, With Michael Horowitz
Nov 05, 2025
Are We Ready? | America's Next Battlefield, With Thomas Shugart
Oct 30, 2025
Are We Ready? | The China Reckoning, With Rush Doshi
Oct 23, 2025
Civil-Military Relations Under Trump, With Kori Schake
Oct 14, 2025
Two Years Since October 7, With Elliott Abrams and Ed Husain
Oct 08, 2025
The Legality of Trump's Drug-Boat Strikes, With Matthew Waxman
Sep 30, 2025
Russia Violates NATO Airspace, With Liana Fix
Sep 25, 2025
The Golden Dome Missile Defense System, With Todd Harrison
Sep 16, 2025
Africa’s Urban Youth Revolution, With Michelle Gavin
Sep 10, 2025
Brewing Troubles in Colombia, With Roxanna Vigil
Sep 02, 2025
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for a Realist Foreign Policy, With Stephen Walt
Aug 26, 2025
The Trump-Putin Summit, With Michael Kimmage
Aug 19, 2025
TPI Replay: The Eurasia Challenge, With Hal Brands
Aug 12, 2025
The Thai-Cambodian Border Clash, With Joshua Kurlantzick
Aug 05, 2025
Donald Trump’s Russia Ultimatum, With Liana Fix
Jul 29, 2025
Brazil and the BRICS, With Oliver Stuenkel
Jul 22, 2025
The Future of U.S. Foreign Aid, With William Henagan
Jul 15, 2025
The Elusive Ceasefire in Gaza, With Elliott Abrams
Jul 08, 2025
TPI Replay: The Fourth of July, With Jack Rakove
Jul 01, 2025
SPECIAL EPISODE | Answering Your Questions on the U.S. Airstrikes on Iran, With Erin Dumbacher
Jun 26, 2025
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A Return to Spheres of Influence, With Sarang Shidore
Jun 24, 2025
Israel Strikes Iran, With Steven Cook
Jun 17, 2025
Zbigniew Brzezinski, With Edward Luce
Jun 10, 2025
The China-Philippines Standoff, With Derek Grossman
Jun 03, 2025
The United States and South Africa, With Reuben Brigety
May 27, 2025
The India-Pakistan Crisis, With Šumit Ganguly
May 20, 2025
The Iran Nuclear Talks, With Karim Sadjadpour
May 13, 2025
The U.S.-China Trade War, With Zoe Liu
May 06, 2025
Trump's First 100 Days, With Carla Anne Robbins and Matthias Matthijs
Apr 29, 2025
Climate Change Realism on Earth Day 2025, With Varun Sivaram
Apr 22, 2025
Trump’s Plan for the Panama Canal, With Will Freeman
Apr 15, 2025
Confronting the China Challenge, With Dmitri Alperovitch
Apr 08, 2025
Germany's Rearmament, With Sophia Besch
Apr 01, 2025
The New Era of Economic Warfare, With Edward Fishman
Mar 25, 2025
Conflict in Eastern Congo, With Mvemba Dizolele
Mar 18, 2025
U.S. Space Policy, With Nina Armagno and Jane Harman
Mar 11, 2025
Reporting from China, With Jane Perlez
Mar 05, 2025
Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine, With Liana Fix and Charles A. Kupchan
Feb 25, 2025
Modi Meets Trump, With Tanvi Madan
Feb 18, 2025
New Podcast Spotlight: The Interconnect
Feb 14, 2025
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A World in Permanent Crisis, With Robert Kaplan
Feb 11, 2025
DeepSeek Upends AI Competition, With Adam Segal
Feb 04, 2025
The Gaza Cease-Fire, With Steven Cook
Jan 28, 2025
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Eurasia Challenge, With Hal Brands
Jan 21, 2025
Trump's Immigration Policy, with Edward Alden (Transition 2025, Episode 9)
Jan 14, 2025
Iran Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Ray Takeyh (Transition 2025, Episode 8)
Jan 07, 2025
TPI Replay: The Case for Multipolar Pluralism, With Stephen Heintz
Dec 31, 2024
TPI Replay: The Case for Liberal Realism, With Charles A. Kupchan
Dec 24, 2024
China Reacts to Trump’s Election, With Zoe Liu (Transition 2025, Episode 7)
Dec 17, 2024
Japan Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Sheila Smith (Transition 2025, Episode 6)
Dec 10, 2024
Latin America Reacts to Trump’s Election, With Will Freeman (Transition 2025, Episode 5)
Dec 03, 2024
Europe Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Liana Fix and Matthias Matthijs (Transition 2025, Episode 4)
Nov 26, 2024
Trump’s National Security Appointees, With Christopher M. Tuttle (Transition 2025, Episode 3)
Nov 19, 2024
Trump and the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook (Transition 2025, Episode 2)
Nov 12, 2024
Staffing a New Administration, With Stephen Hadley (Transition 2025, Episode 1)
Nov 05, 2024
The Axis of Autocracies Challenge, With Jennifer Kavanagh and Andrea Kendall-Taylor (Election 2024, Episode 7)
Oct 29, 2024
The China Challenge, With Liza Tobin and Jake Werner (Election 2024, Episode 6)
Oct 22, 2024
The Taiwan Challenge, With Oriana Mastro and David Sacks (Election 2024, Episode 5)
Oct 15, 2024
The Middle East Challenge, With Steven A. Cook and Amy Hawthorne (Election 2024, Episode 4)
Oct 08, 2024
The Trade Challenge, With Edward Alden and Ana Swanson (Election 2024, Episode 3)
Oct 01, 2024
The Climate Challenge, With Alice Hill and Varun Sivaram (Election 2024, Episode 2)
Sep 24, 2024
The Russia Challenge, With Liana Fix and Thomas Graham (Election 2024, Episode 1)
Sep 17, 2024
Ronald Reagan on U.S. Global Leadership, with Max Boot
Sep 10, 2024
A Wider Middle East War, With Steven Cook
Sep 03, 2024
Ukraine’s Attack on Kursk, With Liana Fix
Aug 27, 2024
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Multipolar Pluralism, With Stephen Heintz
Aug 20, 2024
America’s China Strategy, With Rush Doshi
Aug 13, 2024
Silicon Valley and the Future of Warfare, With Christopher Kirchhoff and Raj M. Shah
Aug 05, 2024
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Liberal Realism, With Charles A. Kupchan
Jul 30, 2024
A U.S.-China Cold War, With Robin Niblett
Jul 23, 2024