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Panelists discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping the national security landscape and how government and technology leaders can respond to emerging threats, protect critical systems, and manage global competition. This meeting is part of CFR’s Transition 2025 series, which examines the major foreign policy issues confronting the Trump administration. DUFFY: Thank you so much. And […]

Panelists discuss the future of U.S.-China relations under the new Trump administration, including recent developments relating to trade, technological innovation, and increasing military tensions in the Indo-Pacific. DOSHI: Well, good afternoon, everybody. Welcome today to the Council on Foreign Relations and our meeting entitled “The Future of U.S.-China Relations.” This meeting is part of CFR’s […]

Panelists discuss the Trump administration’s immigration policies, including increased deportations, the attempt to end birthright citizenship, and the suspension of refugee admissions, as well as the implications for U.S. national security and foreign policy. This meeting is part of CFR’s Transition 2025 series, which examines the major foreign policy issues confronting the Trump administration. The […]

Panelists discuss the future of climate and energy policy under the new Trump administration, examining lessons from President Trump’s previous term, anticipated shifts from the policies of the Biden administration, and the trajectory of U.S. energy industries, including oil, solar, and wind, and natural gas. This meeting is part of CFR’s Transition 2025 series, which examines […]

Panelists discuss how U.S. policy toward Russia may shift under a second Trump administration, including the use of sanctions, the continued war in Ukraine, Russia’s military capabilities, the political dynamics inside the Kremlin, and broader U.S. engagement with Moscow. This meeting is part of CFR’s Transition 2025 series, which examines the major foreign policy issues […]

Panelists discuss transatlantic ties under a second Trump administration, NATO burden-sharing, and the future of European strategic autonomy. This meeting is part of CFR’s Transition 2025 series, which examines the major foreign policy issues confronting the Trump administration. MATTHIJS: All right. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to today’s Council on Foreign Relations Transition 2025 Series meeting on […]

Show Notes Enter the CFR book giveaway by January 28, 2025, for the chance to win one of ten free copies of When the World Closed Its Doors by Edward Alden and Laurie Trautman. You can read the terms and conditions of the offer here. Mentioned on the Episode Edward Alden, The Closing of the American […]

Panelists discuss the potential impacts of President-elect Trump’s proposed trade policies on global supply chains and analyze shifts in U.S. trade policy over the last eight years. This meeting is part of the CFR’s Transition 2025 series, which examines the major foreign policy issues confronting the Trump administration. SWANSON: Hi. Welcome to today’s Council on […]

Show Notes Mentioned on the Episode Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh, “Tehran May Tempt Trump With Talks,” Wall Street Journal Mike Pompeo, “After the Deal: A New Iran Strategy,” Speech at the Heritage Foundation Ray Takeyh, The Last Shah: America, Iran and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty Ray Takeyh, “The […]

One of the many complex foreign policy problems that Donald Trump will inherit when he takes office in just over two weeks is Iran. It is on the threshold of becoming a nuclear power, its robust ballistic missile program continues to progress, and it sees the United States as the main obstacle to its domination […]

If Christmas week is a time for presidents-elect to lie low and focus on their upcoming inauguration, Donald Trump missed the memo. The incoming forty-seventh president took to his social media platform Truth Social this week to call for reclaiming the Panama Canal, acquiring Greenland, and making Canada the fifty-first state. In doing so, he […]

Unless something changes in the next few hours, the U.S. government will shut down just after midnight tonight. While the shutdown would come in the final weeks of Joe Biden’s presidency, it foreshadows how Donald Trump will operate when he takes office one month from today. A government shutdown was not on Washington’s bingo card […]

Show Notes Mentioned on the Episode Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances Its Global Ambitions Zongyuan Zoe Liu, “Why China Won’t Give Up on a Failing Economic Model,” Foreign Affairs Transcript LINDSAY: Welcome to the President’s Inbox. I’m Jim Lindsay, the Mary and David Boies distinguished senior […]

Years ago, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was asked what might keep him from fulfilling his promises to the voters. He is said to have replied, “Events, dear boy, events.” Macmillan’s remark comes to mind as Donald Trump prepares to take office in just five weeks. He has vowed to solve America’s problems. The question […]

Show Notes Mentioned on the Episode Sheila Smith, Japan Rearmed: The Politics of Military Power Sheila Smith, “Governing from Weakness: The LDP Under Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru,” The Diplomat Transcript LINDSAY: Welcome to The President’s Inbox. I’m Jim Lindsay, the Mary and David Boies distinguished senior fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the […]

Show Notes Mentioned on the Episode Will Freeman and Javier Corrales, “How Organized Crime Threatens Latin America,” Journal of Democracy Claudia Sheinbaum, “Claudia Sheinbaum’s Defiant Letter to Donald Trump: A Blueprint for a New Era in US-Mexico Relations,” Pressenza International Press Agency Transcript LINDSAY: Welcome to The President’s Inbox. I’m Jim Lindsay, the […]

Show Notes Mentioned on the Episode “A Second China Shock, With Brad Setser,” The President’s Inbox Liana Fix, “NATO and Ukraine: The Peril of Indecision,” Survival Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage, “The Ukraine Scenarios,” Foreign Affairs Matthias Matthijs, “Europe’s Leadership Void,” Survival Transcript LINDSAY: Welcome to The President’s Inbox. I’m Jim […]

Donald Trump declared on Election Night, as votes were still being counted, that “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate.” Many media outlet echoed his claim by describing his victory as a “landslide,” “resounding,” and “sweeping.” But was it? To answer that question, consider how the winning candidate performed in three recent presidential […]

Show Notes Mentioned on the Episode “Trump and the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook (Transition 2025, Episode 2),” The President’s Inbox Transcript LINDSAY: Welcome to The President’s Inbox. I’m Jim Lindsay, the Mary and David Boies distinguished senior fellow in U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. This is the third […]

President-elect Donald Trump announced the picks for his national security team this week. Eight years ago, he chose individuals with long records in either government service or in business. Convinced that such a conventional approach limited what he was able to accomplish in his first term, he has opted this time around to pick people […]