A rising China. War in Europe. A warming planet. The United States faces a complex and rapidly changing world. With more than four million downloads, The President’s Inbox goes beyond the headlines as host James M. Lindsay speaks with leading experts about how the United States should respond to global challenges and opportunities that are shaping the future.
Gulf States Under Fire, With Mina Al-Oraibi
38 mins; April 01, 2026
Why Allies Aren’t Following on Iran, With Kristi Govella and Constanze Stelzenmüller
38 mins; March 25, 2026
The Strategy Gap in Iran, With Max Boot
33 mins; March 18, 2026
America at 250: The Lend-Lease Act, With Lynne Olson
31 mins; March 11, 2026
SPECIAL EPISODE | Trump Chooses War With Iran, With Dalia Dassa Kaye
36 mins; March 02, 2026
Cuba on the Brink, With Michael Bustamante
35 mins; February 25, 2026
America at 250: Nixon Goes to China, With Jeremi Suri
34 mins; February 18, 2026
The New Saudi Strategy, With F. Gregory Gause III
37 mins; February 11, 2026
Canada Hedges Against the United States, With Jonathan Berkshire Miller
32 mins; February 04, 2026
Trump’s Greenland Ambitions, With Heather Conley and Rebecca Pincus
38 mins; January 28, 2026
America at 250: The Best and Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions, With Mary Dudziak and Christopher Nichols
40 mins; January 21, 2026
Trump Foreign Policy at One Year, With Matthew Kroenig
36 mins; January 14, 2026
Washington’s Venezuela Strategy After Maduro, With Will Freeman
37 mins; January 07, 2026
Listener Mailbag: 2025 in Review, With Carla Anne Robbins and Matthias Matthijs
45 mins; December 23, 2025
Are We Ready? | America’s Crumbling Defense Industrial Base, With Kathleen Hicks
34 mins; December 17, 2025
Are We Ready? | Trump’s National Security Strategy, With Rebecca Lissner
36 mins; December 10, 2025
Are We Ready? | The Economic Security Challenge, With Jonathan Hillman
34 mins; December 03, 2025
Are We Ready? | China's Campaign to Reshape the Global Order, With Hal Brands and Michael Kuiken
37 mins; November 26, 2025
Are We Ready? | The U.S.-China Chip War, With Chris McGuire
37 mins; November 19, 2025
Are We Ready? | AI, Espionage, and Influence, With Jessica Brandt
28 mins; November 12, 2025
Are We Ready? | The New Weapons of War, With Michael Horowitz
36 mins; November 05, 2025
Are We Ready? | America's Next Battlefield, With Thomas Shugart
37 mins; October 29, 2025
Are We Ready? | The China Reckoning, With Rush Doshi
39 mins; October 22, 2025
Civil-Military Relations Under Trump, With Kori Schake
35 mins; October 14, 2025
Two Years Since October 7, With Elliott Abrams and Ed Husain
37 mins; October 07, 2025
The Legality of Trump's Drug-Boat Strikes, With Matthew Waxman
35 mins; September 30, 2025
Russia Violates NATO Airspace, With Liana Fix
36 mins; September 25, 2025
The Golden Dome Missile Defense System, With Todd Harrison
34 mins; September 16, 2025
Africa’s Urban Youth Revolution, With Michelle Gavin
35 mins; September 09, 2025
Brewing Troubles in Colombia, With Roxanna Vigil
30 mins; September 02, 2025
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for a Realist Foreign Policy, With Stephen Walt
35 mins; August 26, 2025
The Trump-Putin Summit, With Michael Kimmage
33 mins; August 19, 2025
TPI Replay: The Eurasia Challenge, With Hal Brands
36 mins; August 12, 2025
The Thai-Cambodian Border Clash, With Joshua Kurlantzick
29 mins; August 05, 2025
Donald Trump’s Russia Ultimatum, With Liana Fix
34 mins; July 29, 2025
Brazil and the BRICS, With Oliver Stuenkel
34 mins; July 22, 2025
The Future of U.S. Foreign Aid, With William Henagan
34 mins; July 15, 2025
The Elusive Ceasefire in Gaza, With Elliott Abrams
32 mins; July 08, 2025
TPI Replay: The Fourth of July, With Jack Rakove
35 mins; July 01, 2025
SPECIAL EPISODE | Answering Your Questions on the U.S. Airstrikes on Iran, With Erin Dumbacher
32 mins; June 26, 2025
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A Return to Spheres of Influence, With Sarang Shidore
34 mins; June 24, 2025
Israel Strikes Iran, With Steven Cook
34 mins; June 17, 2025
Zbigniew Brzezinski, With Edward Luce
36 mins; June 10, 2025
The China-Philippines Standoff, With Derek Grossman
34 mins; June 03, 2025
The United States and South Africa, With Reuben Brigety
31 mins; May 27, 2025
The India-Pakistan Crisis, With Ĺ umit Ganguly
32 mins; May 20, 2025
The Iran Nuclear Talks, With Karim Sadjadpour
39 mins; May 13, 2025
The U.S.-China Trade War, With Zoe Liu
34 mins; May 06, 2025
Trump's First 100 Days, With Carla Anne Robbins and Matthias Matthijs
38 mins; April 29, 2025
Climate Change Realism on Earth Day 2025, With Varun Sivaram
37 mins; April 22, 2025
Trump’s Plan for the Panama Canal, With Will Freeman
31 mins; April 15, 2025
Confronting the China Challenge, With Dmitri Alperovitch
45 mins; April 08, 2025
Germany's Rearmament, With Sophia Besch
34 mins; April 01, 2025
The New Era of Economic Warfare, With Edward Fishman
41 mins; March 25, 2025
Conflict in Eastern Congo, With Mvemba Dizolele
31 mins; March 18, 2025
U.S. Space Policy, With Nina Armagno and Jane Harman
33 mins; March 11, 2025
Reporting from China, With Jane Perlez
33 mins; March 04, 2025
Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine, With Liana Fix and Charles A. Kupchan
37 mins; February 25, 2025
Modi Meets Trump, With Tanvi Madan
33 mins; February 18, 2025
New Podcast Spotlight: The Interconnect
30 mins; February 14, 2025
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A World in Permanent Crisis, With Robert Kaplan
29 mins; February 11, 2025
DeepSeek Upends AI Competition, With Adam Segal
32 mins; February 04, 2025
The Gaza Cease-Fire, With Steven Cook
30 mins; January 28, 2025
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Eurasia Challenge, With Hal Brands
36 mins; January 21, 2025
Trump's Immigration Policy, with Edward Alden (Transition 2025, Episode 9)
34 mins; January 14, 2025
Iran Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Ray Takeyh (Transition 2025, Episode 8)
36 mins; January 07, 2025
TPI Replay: The Case for Multipolar Pluralism, With Stephen Heintz
32 mins; December 31, 2024
TPI Replay: The Case for Liberal Realism, With Charles A. Kupchan
37 mins; December 24, 2024
China Reacts to Trump’s Election, With Zoe Liu (Transition 2025, Episode 7)
34 mins; December 17, 2024
Japan Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Sheila Smith (Transition 2025, Episode 6)
39 mins; December 10, 2024
Latin America Reacts to Trump’s Election, With Will Freeman (Transition 2025, Episode 5)
29 mins; December 03, 2024
Europe Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Liana Fix and Matthias Matthijs (Transition 2025, Episode 4)
39 mins; November 26, 2024
Trump’s National Security Appointees, With Christopher M. Tuttle (Transition 2025, Episode 3)
31 mins; November 19, 2024
Trump and the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook (Transition 2025, Episode 2)
35 mins; November 12, 2024
Staffing a New Administration, With Stephen Hadley (Transition 2025, Episode 1)
37 mins; November 05, 2024
The Axis of Autocracies Challenge, With Jennifer Kavanagh and Andrea Kendall-Taylor (Election 2024, Episode 7)
49 mins; October 29, 2024
The China Challenge, With Liza Tobin and Jake Werner (Election 2024, Episode 6)
46 mins; October 22, 2024
The Taiwan Challenge, With Oriana Mastro and David Sacks (Election 2024, Episode 5)
48 mins; October 15, 2024
The Middle East Challenge, With Steven A. Cook and Amy Hawthorne (Election 2024, Episode 4)
48 mins; October 08, 2024
The Trade Challenge, With Edward Alden and Ana Swanson (Election 2024, Episode 3)
39 mins; October 01, 2024
The Climate Challenge, With Alice Hill and Varun Sivaram (Election 2024, Episode 2)
43 mins; September 24, 2024
The Russia Challenge, With Liana Fix and Thomas Graham (Election 2024, Episode 1)
40 mins; September 17, 2024
Ronald Reagan on U.S. Global Leadership, with Max Boot
33 mins; September 10, 2024
A Wider Middle East War, With Steven Cook
33 mins; September 03, 2024
Ukraine’s Attack on Kursk, With Liana Fix
34 mins; August 27, 2024
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Multipolar Pluralism, With Stephen Heintz
32 mins; August 20, 2024
America’s China Strategy, With Rush Doshi
37 mins; August 13, 2024
Silicon Valley and the Future of Warfare, With Christopher Kirchhoff and Raj M. Shah
32 mins; August 05, 2024
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Liberal Realism, With Charles A. Kupchan
37 mins; July 30, 2024
A U.S.-China Cold War, With Robin Niblett
36 mins; July 23, 2024
The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism, With Stephen Flynn
32 mins; July 16, 2024
The Elections in Britain and France, With Matthias Matthijs and Daniela Schwarzer
38 mins; July 09, 2024
TPI Replay: The Fourth of July, With Jack Rakove
33 mins; July 02, 2024
The U.S. Pivot to Asia, With Robert D. Blackwill and Richard Fontaine
37 mins; June 25, 2024
Sudan’s Ongoing Civil War, With Michelle Gavin
29 mins; June 18, 2024
The Right Surges in EU Elections, With Liana Fix and Matthias Mattijs
34 mins; June 11, 2024
U.S. Policy in the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook