Council on Foreign Relations

How the U.S. Patrols Its Borders

President Trump sent U.S. troops to the border with Mexico to supplement the work of authorities there. President Biden pledges a new approach as pressures mount along the boundary.

Backgrounder by Amelia Cheatham, Claire Felter and Zachary Laub April 12, 2021

United States

How the U.S. Patrols Its Borders

President Trump sent U.S. troops to the border with Mexico to supplement the work of authorities there. President Biden pledges a new approach as pressures mount along the boundary.

Backgrounder by Amelia Cheatham, Claire Felter and Zachary Laub April 12, 2021

Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines

What Is the World Doing to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines?

Only a year after the new coronavirus emerged, the first vaccines to protect against it are being administered. But production challenges, vaccine nationalism, and new virus strains are all presenting hurdles.

Backgrounder by Claire Felter April 27, 2021

Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines

What Is the World Doing to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines?

Backgrounder by Claire Felter April 27, 2021

Latin America

Transition 2021 Series: The U.S. Approach to Latin America and the Caribbean

Panelists discuss how the Biden administration will approach relations with Latin America and the Caribbean, including issues pertaining to trade, migration, climate, and challenges to democratic governance. The Transition 2021 series examines the major foreign policy issues confronting the Biden administration.

Virtual Event with Paul J. Angelo, Mauricio Mesquita Moreira and Celina Realuyo May 3, 2021

Latin America

Transition 2021 Series: The U.S. Approach to Latin America and the Caribbean

Virtual Event with Paul J. Angelo, Mauricio Mesquita Moreira and Celina Realuyo May 3, 2021

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January 11, 2021

Transition 2021

Transition 2021 Replay: Biden’s CIA Director Nominee on U.S. Diplomacy

President-Elect Joe Biden recently nominated Ambassador William J. Burns to serve as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In June of 2019, Ambassador Burns and James M. Lindsay discussed …

Then-U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns makes remarks at a session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the State Department in Washington July 11, 2013.

Podcast by James M. Lindsay and William J. Burns The President's Inbox

August 26, 2019

United States

TPI Replay: American Diplomacy, With William J. Burns

Ambassador William J. Burns, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss American diplomacy, international cooperation, and Burns’s most re…

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Helsinki.

Podcast by James M. Lindsay and William J. Burns The President's Inbox

September 24, 2019

Technology and Innovation

Innovation and National Security, With Admiral William H. McRaven

Admiral William H. McRaven, professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, discusses the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force report, Innovation and National Security: Keeping Our Edge,…

An employee works at a production plant of Brazil's Ceitec company in Porto Alegre.

Podcast by James M. Lindsay and William H. McRaven The President's Inbox

June 4, 2019

United States

American Diplomacy, With William J. Burns

Podcast by James M. Lindsay and William J. Burns The President's Inbox

January 14, 2020

Election 2020

Should the United States Spend Less on Defense?

In this episode of our special Election 2020 series of The President’s Inbox, Mackenzie Eaglen and William D. Hartung join host James M. Lindsay to discuss defense spending.

Podcast by James M. Lindsay, Mackenzie Eaglen, and William D. Hartung U.S. Foreign Policy Program

December 3, 2017

Japan

Episode 5: The Myth of Japan’s Rightward Turn

Professor Jennifer Lind analyzes the often overlooked distinction between nationalism and militarism and explains the misperceptions surrounding Japan’s security policies.