Making Use of Intelligence

CFR's Michael Dempsey joins James Lindsay and Robert McMahon to examine the U.S. intelligence community's role in maintaining national security.

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  • Michael Dempsey
    National Intelligence Fellow

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CFR's Michael Dempsey joins James Lindsay and Robert McMahon to examine the U.S. intelligence community's role in maintaining national security.

Donald Trump

Carla Anne Robbins, senior fellow at the Council, and Matthias Matthijs, senior fellow for Europe at the Council, sit down with James M. Lindsay to answer listener questions about the major developments, initiatives, and changes in U.S. foreign policy over the course of 2025.

U.S. Department of Defense

Kathleen Hicks, former Deputy Secretary of Defense and a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, the Johns Hopkins University’s Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the U.S. defense industrial base has struggled to keep pace with the demands of renewed great power competition.

Grand Strategy

Rebecca Lissner, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the Trump administration's new National Security Strategy and its consequences for U.S. foreign and defense policy.

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