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The President's Inbox (TPI) has produced more than two hundred episodes since it debuted in November 2016. The topics covered have ranged from Afghanistan to China to human rights to Russia to the role of women in foreign policy. To make it easier for listeners to find episodes on related topics, this blog post organizes TPI episodes by topic. The list is updated each week.
Africa
“Sudan’s Civil War.” With Michelle Gavin (CFR), July 25, 2023
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“Nigeria’s General Election.” With Ebenezer Obadare (CFR), March 7, 2023
“What Climate Change Means for the Horn of Africa.” With Michelle Gavin (CFR), February 14, 2023
“What Climate Change Means for the Sahel.” With Beza Tesfaye (Mercy Corps), November 15, 2022
"Africa's Reaction to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine." With Ebenezer Obadare (CFR), April 26, 2022
“Ethiopia’s Civil War.” With Michelle Gavin (CFR), August 24, 2021
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“U.S. Policy Toward Africa.” With Landry Signé (Brookings Institution), February 24, 2021
“The Coronavirus's Impact Throughout Africa.” With Michelle D. Gavin (CFR), April 14, 2020
“Nigeria's Election.” With John Campbell (CFR), March 14, 2019
“Security in Africa.” With Reuben Brigety (CFR), December 7, 2017
“Trump and Africa.” With John Campbell (CFR), August 10, 2017
Asia
Afghanistan
“The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan.” With Max Boot (CFR), April 20, 2021
“Should the United States Leave Afghanistan?” With Carter Malkasian (Pearson Institute) and Barnett Rubin (New York University), February 25, 2020
“The U.S. in Afghanistan.” With Anthony Cordesman (Center for Strategic and International Studies), August 16, 2018
“The War in Afghanistan.” With Seth Jones (RAND Corporation), August 24, 2017
“Afghanistan, Fifteen and a Half Years Later.” With Zalmay Khalilzad (Center for Strategic and International Studies), May 24, 2017
China
“A Second China Shock.” With Brad Setser (CFR), April 30, 2024
“China’s Underground Historians.” With Ian Johnson (CFR), September 26, 2023
“China’s Economic Downturn.” With Zongyuan Zoe Liu (CFR), August 15, 2023
“Critical Minerals and China.” With Morgan Bazilian (Colorado School of Mines), April 25, 2023
“China’s Nuclear Forces.” With Fiona Cunningham (University of Pennsylvania), February 28, 2023
“Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy.” With Jonathan Berkshire Miller (Macdonald-Laurier Institute), February 7, 2023
“China’s Covid Surge.” With Yanzhong Huang (CFR) and Zongyuan Zoe Liu (CFR), January 17, 2023
“China’s Global Influence Campaign.” With Joshua Kurlantzick (CFR), January 3, 2023
“The U.S.-China Economic Cold War” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), December 6, 2022
“China’s 20th National Party Congress.” With Ian Johnson (CFR), October 11, 2022
"U.S. Economic Relations with China." With Evan Greenberg (Chubb), September 7, 2022
"America’s Great Power Opportunity." With Ali Wyne (Eurasia Group), August 9, 2022
"Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan Visit." With Bonnie S. Glaser (German Marshall Fund), August 2, 2022
"Miscalculating on China." With Aaron L. Friedberg (Princeton University), June 21, 2022
"The China Challenge to Taiwan." With David Sacks (CFR), June 14, 2022
"The Emerging China-Russia Alliance." With Patricia Kim (Brookings Institution), March 15, 2022
"China's Domestic Challenges." With Ian Johnson (CFR), February 8, 2022
"A New Era of Great Power Competition." With Hal Brands (Johns Hopkins University), January 25, 2022
“Beijing’s Grand Strategy.” With Matt Pottinger (Marathon Initiative), October 19, 2021
“China’s Wolf Warrior Diplomacy.” With Peter Martin (Bloomberg News), September 7, 2021
“China’s Belt and Road Initiative.” With Jacob J. Lew (Former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Lindsay Goldberg) and Gary Roughead (Retired Admiral, Hoover Institution), April 13, 2021
“The U.S.-China Rivalry.” With David Shambaugh (George Washington University), January 26, 2021
“How Will Biden Handle China?” With Elizabeth C. Economy (CFR) and Adam Segal (CFR), November 24, 2020
“Pushing Back Against Beijing.” With Aaron L. Friedberg (Princeton University), September 15, 2020
“China’s Uighurs.” With Gulchehra Hoja (Radio Free Asia), July 21, 2020
“Hong Kong Under China’s National Security Law.” With Victoria Tin-bor Hui (University of Notre Dame), July 14, 2020
“The China Challenge.” With Nick Schifrin (PBS NewsHour), June 30, 2020
“The United States, China, and the Coronavirus.” With Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian (Axios), April 21, 2020
“What Should U.S. Policy Toward China Be?” With Mira Rapp-Hooper (CFR) and Michael D. Swaine (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), February 4, 2020
“The Hong Kong Protests.” With Jerome A. Cohen (CFR), September 4, 2019
“The Senkaku Paradox.” With Michael O’Hanlon (Brookings Institution), July 9, 2019
“The Global Artificial Intelligence Race.” With Samm Sacks (New America), February 19, 2019
“The Aftermath of the INF Treaty.” With Lori Esposito Murray (CFR), February 11, 2019
“Great Power Rivalry.” With Tom Wright (Brookings Institution), December 20, 2018
“George C. Marshall's Legacy.” With Daniel Kurtz-Phelan (Foreign Affairs), July 3, 2018
“The Emerging U.S.-China Strategic Rivalry.” With Aaron L. Friedberg (Princeton University), June 13, 2018
“Xi Jinping.” With Elizabeth C. Economy (CFR), May 3, 2018
“Xi Meets Trump.” With Ely Ratner (CFR), April 4, 2017
“China.” With Elizabeth C. Economy (CFR), December 8, 2016
India
“What Climate Change Means for the Bay of Bengal.” With Sarang Shidore (Quincy), July 11, 2023
“India's Foreign Policy Ambitions.” With Manjari Chatterjee Miller (CFR), October 5, 2021
“Democratic Backsliding in India.” With Pratap Bhanu Mehta, March 30, 2021
“The Future of U.S.-India Relations.” With Tanvi Madan (Brookings Institution), February 9, 2021
“Modi’s India Under Lockdown.” With Alyssa Ayres (CFR), May 19, 2020
“Turmoil in Kashmir.” With Alyssa Ayres (CFR), August 14, 2019
“India in the World.” With Sunjoy Joshi (Observer Research Foundation), May 14, 2019
“India-Pakistan Relations.” With Alyssa Ayres (CFR), March 12, 2019
“U.S.-India Relations.” With Alyssa Ayres (CFR), March 16, 2017
Japan
“Japan Rearmed.” With Sheila A. Smith (CFR), January 31, 2023
"President Biden's Japan and South Korea Trip." With Sheila A. Smith (CFR) and Scott Snyder (CFR), May 17, 2022
“Shinzo Abe’s Resignation.” With Sheila A. Smith (CFR), September 1, 2020
“Trump in Tokyo.” With Sheila A. Smith (CFR), May 28, 2019
“The Abe-Trump Summit.” With Sheila A. Smith (CFR), April 19, 2018
“U.S.-Japan Relations.” With Sheila A. Smith (CFR), February 10, 2017
Myanmar
“The Rohingya Refugee Crisis.” With Meenakshi Ganguly (Human Rights Watch), August 4, 2020
North Korea
“North Korea’s Nuclear Program.” With Jenny Town (Stimson Center), April 11, 2023
"The North Korea Challenge." With Scott Snyder (CFR), March 22, 2022
“The Second Trump-Kim Summit.” With Sue Mi Terry (Center for Strategic and International Studies), February 26, 2019
“The Aftermath of the Trump-Kim Summit.” With Victor Cha (Center for Strategic and International Studies), July 10, 2018
“The North Korean Nuclear Threat.” With Evans J.R. Revere (Former Deputy Chief Mission U.S. Embassy in Seoul), July 11, 2017
“North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program.” With George Perkovich (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), April 11, 2017
“North Korea.” With Scott Snyder (CFR), January 5, 2017
Pakistan
“Pakistan in Crisis.” With Sadanand Dhume (AEI), May 23, 2023
“Turmoil in Kashmir.” With Alyssa Ayres (CFR), August 14, 2019
“India-Pakistan Relations.” With Alyssa Ayres (CFR), March 12, 2019
“Pakistan.” With Christine Fair (Georgetown University), August 9, 2018
Regional Issues
“Biden’s Indo-Pacific Strategy.” With Lynn Kuok (International Institute for Strategic Studies), October 26, 2021
“Shifting Power in Asia.” With Hervé Lemahieu (Lowy Institute), November 3, 2020
“Power in Asia.” With Michael Fullilove (Lowy Institute) and Hervé Lemahieu (Lowy Institute), May 22, 2018
South Korea
“The U.S.-South Korea Alliance.” With Scott A. Snyder (CFR), December 12, 2023
“The Biden-Yoon Summit.” With Scott A. Snyder (CFR), May 2, 2023
"President Biden's Japan and South Korea Trip." With Sheila A. Smith (CFR) and Scott Snyder (CFR), May 17, 2022
“The U.S.-South Korea Alliance.” With Mark Lippert (Halifax Forum), November 30, 2021
Taiwan
“Taiwan’s Presidential Election.” With David Sacks (CFR), January 9, 2024
“The Future of U.S.-Taiwan Relations.” With Susan M. Gordon (Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence) and Michael G. Mullen (Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), June 20, 2023
"Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan Visit." With Bonnie S. Glaser (German Marshall Fund), August 2, 2022
"The China Challenge to Taiwan." With David Sacks (CFR), June 14, 2022
“China’s Threat to Taiwan.” With Oriana Skylar Mastro (Stanford University), August 17, 2021
“U.S. Policy on Taiwan.” With Robert D. Blackwill (CFR), May 25, 2020
Climate Change
“What Climate Change Means for the Bay of Bengal.” With Sarang Shidore (Quincy), July 11, 2023
“The U.N. High Seas Treaty.” With Esther Brimmer (CFR), April 4, 2023
“What Climate Change Means for the Horn of Africa.” With Michelle Gavin (CFR), February 14, 2023
“What Climate Change Means for Central America.” With Paul J. Angelo (National Defense University), December 27, 2022
“What Climate Change Means for the Sahel.” With Beza Tesfaye (Mercy Corps), November 15, 2022
"Fighting the Climate Crisis." With Gernot Wagner (Columbia Business School), August 30, 2022
“Adapting to Climate Change." With Alice C. Hill (CFR), August 31, 2021
“How Will Biden Combat Climate Change?” With Alice C. Hill (CFR) and Todd Stern (Brookings Institution), December 29, 2020
“The Coming Climate Disruption.” With Alice C. Hill (CFR), October 29, 2019
“A Discussion on Climate Security and Water Crises.” With Sherri Goodman (Wilson Center), October 18, 2018
“U.S. Climate Policy.” With Susanne Brooks (Environmental Defense Fund), August 30, 2018
“Disaster Resilience.” With Stephen Flynn (Northeastern University), September 12, 2017
“Leaving the Paris Climate Agreement.” With Charles A. Kupchan (CFR) and Michael Levi (CFR), June 9, 2017
“Energy and Climate Change.” With Varun Sivaram, December 22, 2016
Cybersecurity and Technology
“Governance of Artificial Intelligence.” With Kat Duffy (CFR), February 13, 2024
“Artificial Intelligence and Great Power Competition.” With Paul Scharre (CNAS), March 28, 2023
"The Future of Cybersecurity." With Jami Miscik and Adam Segal (CFR), July 19, 2022
"War in the Digital Age." With Audrey Kurth Cronin (American University), April 5, 2022
“The Colonial Pipeline Hack.” With Robert K. Knake (CFR), May 18, 2021
“The Rise of Digital Dictators.” With Andrea Kendall-Taylor (Center for New American Security), March 6, 2020
“Innovation and National Security.” With William H. McRaven (University of Texas at Austin), September 24, 2019
“Russian Disinformation Campaigns.” With Adam B. Ellick (New York Times), March 27, 2019
“The Global Artificial Intelligence Race.” With Samm Sacks (New America), February 19, 2019
“Killer Robots and Autonomous Weapons.” With Paul Scharre (Center for a New American Security), June 1, 2018
“Information Operations.” With Adam Segal (CFR), December 21, 2017
“Cybersecurity.” With Robert K. Knake (CFR) and Adam Segal (CFR), December 15, 2016
Europe
Brexit
“Britain After Queen Elizabeth.” With Leslie Vinjamuri (Chatham House), September 20, 2022
“The State of the Special Relationship.” With Karen Pierce (British Ambassador to the United States), June 2, 2020
“The Do-or-Die Brexit Deal.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), October 22, 2019
“Brexit Under Boris Johnson.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), July 24, 2019
“Brexit’s Next Six Months.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), April 11, 2019
“Brexit.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), January 25, 2017
France
“France's Presidential Election.” With Philip H. Gordon (CFR), April 25, 2017
Germany
“Germany, Russia, and Ukraine.” With Liana Fix (CFR), October 4, 2022
"Germany's Foreign Policy." With Liana Fix (German Marshall Fund), February 15, 2022
“Germany’s Elections.” With Constanze Stelzenmüller (Brookings Institution), September 28, 2021
“The Fate of Germany’s Leadership.” With Constanze Stelzenmüller (Brookings Institution), March 10, 2020
Regional Issues
“The Right Surges in EU Elections.” With Liana Fix (CFR) and Matthias Matthijs (CFR), June 11, 2024
“Russia, Ukraine, and Global Instability.” With Michael Kimmage (Catholic University of America), April 9, 2024
“Year Three of the Ukraine War.” With Miriam Elder (CFR) and Carla Anne Robbins (CFR), February 20, 2024
“The Future of the War in Ukraine.” With Kori Schake (AEI), December 19, 2023
“Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive.” With Max Boot (CFR), September 19, 2023
“Europe’s Geoeconomic Revolution.” With Matthias Matthijs (CFR) and Sophie Meunier (Princeton University), September 5, 2023
“U.S. Strategy in Ukraine.” With Charles A. Kupchan (CFR), May 9, 2023
“The Long War in Ukraine.” With Samuel Charap (RAND Corporation) and Miranda Priebe (RAND Corporation), February 21, 2023
"Ukraine's Counteroffensive." With Max Boot (CFR), September 13, 2022
"The Future of NATO." With Ivo H. Daalder (Chicago Council on Global Affairs), April 12, 2022
"Preventing a Wider European War." With Thomas Graham (CFR), March 8, 2022
"Europe's Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine." With Matthias Matthijs (CFR), March 1, 2022
“The State of Transatlantic Relations.” With Sophia Besch (Centre for European Reform), November 23, 2021
“The Diversion of Ryanair Flight 4978.” With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), June 1, 2021
“Democratic Backsliding in Europe.” With Ivan Krastev (Centre for Liberal Strategies), March 23, 2021
“Europe's Direction in 2019.” With Matthias Matthijs (CFR), January 11, 2019
“Transatlantic Tension.” With Celia Belin (Brookings Institution) and Alina Polyakova (Center for European Policy Analysis), June 19, 2018
“U.S.-EU Relations.” With Charles A. Kupchan (CFR), March 1, 2017
Russia
“Russia, Ukraine, and Global Instability.” With Michael Kimmage (Catholic University of America), April 9, 2024
“Year Three of the Ukraine War.” With Miriam Elder (CFR) and Carla Anne Robbins (CFR), February 20, 2024
“The Future of the War in Ukraine.” With Kori Schake (AEI), December 19, 2023
“Getting Russia Right.” With Thomas Graham (CFR), October 3, 2023
“Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive.” With Max Boot (CFR), September 19, 2023
“U.S. Strategy in Ukraine.” With Charles A. Kupchan (CFR), May 9, 2023
“The War in Ukraine,” With Liana Fix (CFR) and Michael Kimmage (Catholic University of America), December 13, 2022
“Germany, Russia, and Ukraine.” With Liana Fix (CFR), October 4, 2022
"Ukraine's Counteroffensive." With Max Boot (CFR), September 13, 2022
"Putin's Strategy in Ukraine." With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), August 16, 2022
"The Long War in Ukraine." With Michael Kofman (CNA), July 12, 2022
"The Middle East's Reaction to the Invasion of Ukraine." With Steven A. Cook (CFR), May 10, 2022
"U.S. Policy Toward Russia." With Derek H. Chollet (U.S. State Department), May 9, 2022.
"Africa's Reaction to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine." With Ebenezer Obadare (CFR), April 26, 2022
"War in the Digital Age." With Audrey Kurth Cronin (American University), April 5, 2022.
"Putin's Choices." With Michael Kimmage (Catholic University of America), March 29, 2022
"The Emerging China-Russia Alliance." With Patricia Kim (Brookings Institution), March 15, 2022
"Preventing a Wider European War." With Thomas Graham (CFR), March 8, 2022
"Europe's Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine." With Matthias Matthijs (CFR), March 1, 2022
"TPI Special: The War in Ukraine." With Charles A. Kupchan (CFR), February 25, 2022
"A New Era of Great Power Competition." With Hal Brands (Johns Hopkins University), January 25, 2022
"The Russia Challenge." With Fiona Hill (Brookings Institution), November 9, 2021
“The U.S.-Russia Stalemate.” With Mary Elise Sarotte (Johns Hopkins University), December 14, 2021
“Russians Protest Navalny’s Arrest.” With Maria Lipman (George Washington University), February 2, 2021
“How Will Biden Handle Russia?” With Heather A. Conley (Center for Strategic and International Studies) and Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), December 1, 2020
“The Belarus Protests.” With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), September 8, 2020
“The Russian-Saudi Oil Price War.” With Amy Myers Jaffe (CFR), March 24, 2020
“Should the United States Rethink Its Russia Policy?” With Rajan Menon (City College of New York) and Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), November 19, 2019
“The History of U.S.-Ukraine Relations.” With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), October 8, 2019
“Russian Disinformation Campaigns.” With Adam B. Ellick (New York Times), March 27, 2019
“The Aftermath of the INF Treaty.” With Lori Esposito Murray (CFR), February 11, 2019
“Great Power Rivalry.” With Tom Wright (Brookings Institution), December 20, 2018
“U.S.-Russia Relations.” With Michael McFaul (Stanford University), July 26, 2018
“The Fallout From the Trump-Putin Summit.” With Jim Goldgeier (CFR) and Charles A. Kupchan (CFR), July 19, 2018
“What Vladimir Putin Wants.” With Julia Ioffe (Atlantic), February 15, 2018
“Meeting Putin.” With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), July 6, 2017
“Russia.” With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), December 16, 2016
Global Health/COVID-19
“China’s Covid Surge.” With Yanzhong Huang (CFR) and Zongyuan Zoe Liu (CFR), January 17, 2023
“The Lab-Leak Theory of COVID-19’s Origins." With Nicholas Wade, June 8, 2021
“How Will Biden Manage COVID-19?” With Thomas J. Bollyky (CFR) and Jennifer Nuzzo (CFR), January 12, 2021
“Preparing for the Next Pandemic.” With Sylvia Mathews Burwell (American University), October 13, 2020
“The Road to a COVID-19 Vaccine.” With Luciana L. Borio (CFR), September 29, 2020
“The World Health Organization.” With Stewart M. Patrick (CFR), May 26, 2020
“Modi’s India Under Lockdown.” With Alyssa Ayres (CFR), May 19, 2020
“Epidemics in World History.” With Frank M. Snowden (Yale University), May 5, 2020
“U.S. Global Leadership Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic.” With Philip H. Gordon (CFR), April 28, 2020
“The United States, China, and the Coronavirus.” With Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian (Axios), April 21, 2020
“The Coronavirus's Impact Throughout Africa.” With Michelle D. Gavin (CFR), April 14, 2020
“The Coronavirus in the Middle East.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), April 7, 2020
“The Instability of Global Supply Chains in a Pandemic.” With Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), April 1, 2020
“The Coronavirus Pandemic.” With Thomas J. Bollyky (CFR), March 17, 2020
“The Coronavirus Outbreak.” With Thomas J. Bollyky (CFR) and Yanzhong Huang (CFR), January 22, 2020
“A Discussion on Global Health.” With Thomas J. Bollyky (CFR), November 8, 2018
“Global Health.” With Thomas J. Bollyky (CFR), April 6, 2018
International Institutions
“The Age of Impunity.” With David Miliband (International Rescue Committee), July 6, 2021
“The World Health Organization.” With Stewart M. Patrick (CFR), May 26, 2020
“The World Trade Organization.” With Jennifer A. Hillman (CFR), July 16, 2019
“The Liberal World Order.” With Robert Kagan (Brookings Institution), November 1, 2018
“The State of American Global Leadership.” With Ivo H. Daalder (Chicago Council on Global Affairs) and James M. Lindsay (CFR), October 25, 2018
“A Recap of the United Nations General Assembly.” With Stewart M. Patrick (CFR), September 27, 2018
“Grand Strategy.” With Hal Brands (Johns Hopkins University), February 22, 2018
“America's Place in the World.” With Stephen J. Hadley (Former National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush), February 1, 2018
Latin America
“Mexico’s Presidential Election.” With Andrés Rozental (Rozental & Asociados), May 28, 2024
“Latin America’s Crime Surge.” With Will Freeman (CFR), August 1, 2023
“U.S. Immigration Policy.” With Edward Alden (CFR), March 21, 2023
“Mexico’s Democratic Backsliding.” With Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), March 14, 2023
"The U.S.-Mexico Relationship." With Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), February 22, 2022
“Protests in Cuba." With Paul J. Angelo (CFR) and Carmen Sesin (NBCNews.com and NBCLatino), July 27, 2021
“Democracy Tested: Democratic Backsliding in Latin America.” With Steven Levitsky (Harvard University), April 6, 2021
“How Will Biden Handle Latin America?” With Paul J. Angelo (CFR) and Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), December 22, 2020
“What Would a Smart Immigration Policy Look Like?” With Edward Alden (CFR) and James Carafano (Heritage Foundation), December 10, 2019
“Central American Migration.” With Paul J. Angelo (CFR), July 30, 2019
“Turmoil in Venezuela.” With Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR) May 1, 2019
“Developments in Venezuela.” With Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), February 4, 2019
“Mexico's Upcoming Presidential Election.” With Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), June 8, 2018
“U.S.-Cuba Ties.” With Carla Anne Robbins (CFR), October 6, 2017
Middle East
Iran
“Iran’s Attack on Israel.” With Steven Cook (CFR) and Ray Takeyh (CFR), April 16, 2024
“Protests in Iran.” With Suzanne Maloney (Brookings Institution), November 8, 2022
“Iran’s Presidential Election.” With Suzanne Maloney (Brookings Institution), June 15, 2021
“The Killing of Qasem Soleimani.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), Philip H. Gordon (CFR), and Ray Takeyh (CFR), January 7, 2020
“Should the United States Maintain Maximum Pressure on Iran?” With Robert Malley (International Crisis Group) and Ray Takeyh (CFR), November 12, 2019
“Iran’s Next Move.” With Ray Takeyh (CFR), August 6, 2019
“The Iran Nuclear Deal.” With Michael Dempsey (CFR) and Philip H. Gordon (CFR), May 16, 2018
“Iran.” With Philip H. Gordon (CFR) and Ray Takeyh (CFR), January 10, 2018
“The Iran Nuclear Agreement.” With Philip H. Gordon (CFR), July 31, 2017
Israel
“Iran’s Attack on Israel.” With Steven Cook (CFR) and Ray Takeyh (CFR), April 16, 2024
“The War in Gaza.” With Steven Cook (CFR), April 2, 2024
“The Renewed Fighting in Gaza.” With Steven Cook (CFR), December 5, 2023
“The Laws of War.” With Matthew Waxman (CFR), October 31, 2023
“The Future of the Israel-Hamas War.” With Linda Robinson (CFR), October 24, 2023
“The Israel-Hamas War.” With Elliott Abrams (CFR) and Steven A. Cook (CFR), October 10, 2023
“Israeli-Saudi Peace Deal.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), August 22, 2023
“Israel’s New Government.” With Martin S. Indyk (CFR), January 10, 2023
“Turmoil in Jerusalem.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), May 11, 2021
“The Israel-UAE Peace Deal.” With Martin S. Indyk (CFR), August 25, 2020
“Israel’s Possible Annexation of the Jordan Valley.” With Martin S. Indyk (CFR), June 23, 2020
“Should the United States Pursue the Israeli-Palestinian Two-State Solution?” With Michael Doran (Hudson Institute) and Lara Friedman (Foundation for Middle East Peace), December 3, 2019
“Anticipating Israel’s Election.” With Martin S. Indyk (CFR), March 19, 2019
“The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” With Elliot Abrams (CFR), August 31, 2017
“U.S.-Israel Relations.” With Robert Danin (CFR), February 17, 2017
Qatar
“Qatar's Diplomatic Crisis.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), June 30, 2017
Regional Issues
“U.S. Policy in the Middle East.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), June 4, 2024
“U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.” With Ray Takeyh (CFR) and Robin Wright (USIP and Wilson Center), February 6, 2024
“The Houthi Threat to Red Sea Shipping.” With Katherine Zimmerman (AEI), January 16, 2024
"The Middle East's Reaction to the Invasion of Ukraine." With Steven A. Cook (CFR), May 10, 2022
“The State of Affairs Across the Middle East.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), December 21, 2021
“Kissinger's Middle East Diplomacy.” With Martin S. Indyk (CFR), November 2, 2021
“How Will Biden Handle the Middle East?” With Steven A. Cook (CFR) and Martin S. Indyk (CFR), December 15, 2020
“The Coronavirus in the Middle East.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), April 7, 2020
“Jerusalem's Status.” With Elliot Abrams (CFR), December 14, 2017
“Middle East.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), December 23, 2016
Saudi Arabia
“Israeli-Saudi Peace Deal.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), August 22, 2023
“U.S.-Saudi Relations.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), October 25, 2022
“The Russian-Saudi Oil Price War.” With Amy Myers Jaffe (CFR), March 24, 2020
“Should the United States Rethink Its Relationship with Saudi Arabia?” With Yasmine Farouk (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) and Bernard Haykel (Princeton University), January 28, 2020
Syria
“Kurdish Women and the Fight Against ISIS.” With Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (CFR), February 16, 2021
“The Turkish Invasion of Northern Syria.” With Henri J. Barkey (CFR) and Steven A. Cook (CFR), October 15, 2019
“Women in Syria.” With Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (CFR), June 18, 2019
“Next Steps in Syria.” With Mona Yacoubian (United States Institute for Peace), January 30, 2019
“Recent Developments in Syria.” With Steven Heydemann (Brookings Institution) and Aaron Stein (Atlantic Council), September 20, 2018
“Kurdish Independence.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), October 26, 2017
Turkey
“Erdoğan’s Victory.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), June 6, 2023
“The Turkish Invasion of Northern Syria.” With Henri J. Barkey (CFR) and Steven A. Cook (CFR), October 15, 2019
“Turkish Presidential Elections.” With Henri J. Barkey (CFR) and Steven A. Cook (CFR), June 29, 2018
“The Turkish Referendum.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), April 18, 2017
Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control
“Confronting the Nuclear Threat.” With W. J. Hennigan (New York Times), March 26, 2024
“China’s Nuclear Forces.” With Fiona Cunningham (University of Pennsylvania), February 28, 2023
"The North Korea Challenge." With Scott Snyder (CFR), March 22, 2022
"Keeping the Nuclear Peace." With Michael Krepon (Stimson Center), January 11, 2022
“The Future of Arms Control.” With Rose Gottemoeller (Stanford University), August 3, 2021
“Should the United States Rethink Its Nuclear Weapons Policies?” With Elbridge A. Colby (The Marathon Initiative) and Lori Esposito Murray (Committee for Economic Development), December 17, 2019
“The Future of Nuclear Conflict.” With Ernest Moniz (Former U.S. Secretary of Energy, Nuclear Threat Initiative) and Sam Nunn (Former U.S. Senator, Nuclear Threat Initiative), September 19, 2019
“The Second Trump-Kim Summit.” With Sue Mi Terry (Center for Strategic and International Studies), February 26, 2019
“The Aftermath of the INF Treaty.” With Lori Esposito Murray (CFR), February 11, 2019
“Arms Control.” With Daryl Kimball (Arms Control Association), August 2, 2018
“The Aftermath of the Trump-Kim Summit.” With Victor Cha (Center for Strategic and International Studies), July 10, 2018
“The Iran Nuclear Deal.” With Michael Dempsey (CFR) and Philip H. Gordon (CFR), May 16, 2018
“National Defense.” With Mara Karlin (Brookings Institution), March 22, 2018
“Iran.” With Philip H. Gordon (CFR) and Ray Takeyh (CFR), January 10, 2018
“The Iran Nuclear Agreement.” With Philip H. Gordon (CFR), July 31, 2017
“The North Korean Nuclear Threat.” With Evans J.R. Revere (Former Deputy Chief Mission U.S. Embassy in Seoul), July 11, 2017
“North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program.” With George Perkovich (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), April 11, 2017
Special Series
Election 2020
“Should the United States Leave Afghanistan?” With Carter Malkasian (Pearson Institute) and Barnett Rubin (New York University), February 25, 2020
“What Should U.S. Policy Toward China Be?” With Mira Rapp-Hooper (CFR) and Michael D. Swaine (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), February 4, 2020
“Should the United States Rethink Its Relationship with Saudi Arabia?” With Yasmine Farouk (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) and Bernard Haykel (Princeton University), January 28, 2020
“Should the United States Spend Less on Defense?” With Mackenzie Eaglen (American Enterprise Institute) and William D. Hartung (Center for International Policy), January 14, 2020
“The Killing of Qasem Soleimani.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), Philip H. Gordon (CFR), and Ray Takeyh (CFR), January 7, 2020
“Should the United States Rethink Its Nuclear Weapons Policies?” With Elbridge A. Colby (The Marathon Initiative) and Lori Esposito Murray (Committee for Economic Development), December 17, 2019
“What Would a Smart Immigration Policy Look Like?” With Edward Alden (CFR) and James Carafano (Heritage Foundation), December 10, 2019
“Should the United States Pursue the Israeli-Palestinian Two-State Solution?” With Michael Doran (Hudson Institute) and Lara Friedman (Foundation for Middle East Peace), December 3, 2019
“Should the United States Rethink Its Trade Policy?” With Jennifer A. Hillman (CFR) and Thea M. Lee (Economic Policy Institute), November 26, 2019
“Should the United States Rethink Its Russia Policy?” With Rajan Menon (City College of New York) and Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), November 19, 2019
“Should the United States Maintain Maximum Pressure on Iran?” With Robert Malley (International Crisis Group) and Ray Takeyh (CFR), November 12, 2019
“Should the United States Do Less Overseas?” With Karen Donfried (German Marshall Fund) and Christopher A. Preble (Cato Institute), November 5, 2019
Future of Democracy
"The Future of Diverse Democracies." With Yascha Mounk (CFR), April 19, 2022
“Biden’s Democracy Strategy.” With Frances Z. Brown (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), August 10, 2021
“Democracy Tested: Democratic Backsliding in Latin America.” With Steven Levitsky (Harvard University), April 6, 2021
“Democratic Backsliding in India.” With Pratap Bhanu Mehta, March 30, 2021
“Democratic Backsliding in Europe." With Ivan Krastev (Centre for Liberal Strategies), March 23, 2021
“Democratic Crises in U.S. History.” With Suzanne Mettler (Cornell University), March 16, 2021
“The Global Democratic Recession.” With Yascha Mounk (CFR), March 9, 2021
Presidential Transition: 2016-2017
“Brexit.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), January 25, 2017
“Inauguration Day.” With Richard N. Haass (CFR), January 13, 2017
“North Korea.” With Scott Snyder (CFR), January 5, 2017
“Middle East.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), December 23, 2016
“Energy and Climate Change.” With Varun Sivaram, December 22, 2016
“Russia.” With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), December 16, 2016
“Cybersecurity.” With Robert Knake (CFR) and Adam Segal (CFR), December 15, 2016
“China.” With Elizabeth C. Economy (CFR), December 8, 2016
“Defense.” With Carla Anne Robbins (CFR), December 1, 2016
“Immigration.” With Edward Alden (CFR), November 23, 2016
“Trade.” With Edward Alden (CFR), November 17, 2016
“Building a Government.” With Elizabeth N. Saunders (CFR), November 11, 2016
Presidential Transition: 2020-2021
“What Awaits Biden on Capitol Hill?” With Algene T. Sajery (Catalyst Global Strategies) and Christopher M. Tuttle (CFR), January 19, 2021
“How Will Biden Manage COVID-19?” With Thomas J. Bollyky (CFR) and Jennifer Nuzzo (CFR), January 12, 2021
“What Will Biden’s Trade Policy Look Like?” With Edward Alden (CFR) and Jennifer A. Hillman (CFR), January 5, 2021
“How Will Biden Combat Climate Change?” With Alice C. Hill (CFR) and Todd Stern (Brookings Institution), December 29, 2020
“How Will Biden Handle Latin America?” With Paul J. Angelo (CFR) and Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), December 22, 2020
“How Will Biden Handle the Middle East?” With Steven A. Cook (CFR) and Martin S. Indyk (CFR), December 15, 2020
“How Will Biden Handle Russia?” With Heather A. Conley (Center for Strategic and International Studies) and Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), December 1, 2020
“How Will Biden Handle China?” With Elizabeth C. Economy (CFR) and Adam Segal (CFR), November 24, 2020
“Can Biden Repair America’s Alliances?” With Matthias Matthijs (CFR) and Sheila A. Smith (CFR), November 17, 2020
“What Foreign Policy Challenges Await President-Elect Biden?” With Richard N. Haass (CFR), November 10, 2020
Transnational Issues
Conflict
“Global Food Insecurity.” With Caitlin Welsh (CSIS), August 8, 2023
“The War in Ukraine.” With Liana Fix (CFR) and Michael Kimmage (Catholic University of America), December 13, 2022
“Germany, Russia, and Ukraine.” With Liana Fix (CFR), October 4, 2022
"Ukraine's Counteroffensive." With Max Boot (CFR), September 13, 2022
"Putin's Strategy in Ukraine." With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), August 16, 2022
"The War Against ISIS." With Michael Gordon (Wall Street Journal), July 26, 2022
"The Long War in Ukraine." With Michael Kofman (CNA), July 12, 2022
"U.S. Policy Toward Russia." With Derek H. Chollet (U.S. State Department), May 9, 2022
"War in the Digital Age." With Audrey Kurth Cronin (American University), April 5, 2022
"Putin's Choices." With Michael Kimmage (Catholic University of America), March 29, 2022
"The Emerging China-Russia Alliance." With Patricia Kim (Brookings Institution), March 15, 2022
"Preventing a Wider European War." With Thomas Graham (CFR), March 8, 2022
"TPI Special: The War in Ukraine." With Charles A. Kupchan (CFR), February 25, 2022
“War, Culture, and Society.” With Margaret MacMillan (University of Toronto), October 20, 2020
“The Future of Nuclear Conflict.” With Ernest Moniz (Former U.S. Secretary of Energy, Nuclear Threat Initiative) and Sam Nunn (Former U.S. Senator, Nuclear Threat Initiative), September 19, 2019
“The Senkaku Paradox.” With Michael O’Hanlon (Brookings Institution), July 9, 2019
“Conflicts to Watch in 2019.” With Paul Stares (CFR), January 3, 2019
Energy
“The Future of Energy.” With Helima Croft (RBC Capital Markets), December 7, 2021
“Energy, Geopolitics, and the Global Map.” With Daniel Yergin (IHS Markit), October 6, 2020
“The Russian-Saudi Oil Price War.” With Amy Myers Jaffe (CFR), March 24, 2020
“Energy and Geopolitics.” With Meghan O’Sullivan (CFR), September 22, 2017
“Energy and Climate Change.” With Varun Sivaram, December 22, 2016
Human Rights
“Protests in Iran.” With Suzanne Maloney (Brookings Institution), November 8, 2022
“Threats to Free Expression.” With Suzanne Nossel (PEN America), September 27, 2022
"Advancing LGBTQI+ Rights." With Julie Dorf (Council on Global Equality), June 28, 2022
“The Global #MeToo Movement.” With Rachel B. Vogelstein (CFR) and Meighan Stone (CFR), July 13, 2021
“The Age of Impunity.” With David Miliband (International Rescue Committee), July 6, 2021
“Global Progress Toward Gender Equality.” With Rachel B. Vogelstein (CFR), March 2, 2021
“Russians Protest Navalny’s Arrest.” With Maria Lipman (George Washington University), February 2, 2021
“The Belarus Protests.” With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), September 8, 2020
“The Impact of Women in Political Power.” With Rachel B. Vogelstein (CFR), August 18, 2020
“The Rohingya Refugee Crisis.” With Meenakshi Ganguly (Human Rights Watch), August 4, 2020
“The Consequences of Human Trafficking.” With Jamille Bigio (CFR), July 28, 2020
“China’s Uighurs.” With Gulchehra Hoja (Radio Free Asia), July 21, 2020
“Hong Kong Under China’s National Security Law.” With Victoria Tin-bor Hui (University of Notre Dame), July 14, 2020
“Israel’s Possible Annexation of the Jordan Valley.” With Martin S. Indyk (CFR), June 23, 2020
“Modi’s India Under Lockdown.” With Alyssa Ayres (CFR), May 19, 2020
“U.S. Human Rights Policy.” With Sarah B. Snyder (American University), September 10, 2019
“The Hong Kong Protests.” With Jerome A. Cohen (CFR), September 4, 2019
“Women in Syria.” With Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (CFR), June 18, 2019
“Women’s Empowerment in the #MeToo Era.” With Meighan Stone (CFR) and Rachel B. Vogelstein (CFR), December 6, 2018
“Human Rights.” With Sarah Margon (Human Rights Watch), April 26, 2018
“Human Rights and Diplomacy.” With David Kramer (McCain Institute), May 5, 2017
“Famine and Humanitarian Aid.” With Andrew Natsios (Former Administrator of USAID), March 31, 2017
International Economy
“Combating Global Poverty.” With Kate Schecter (World Neighbors), February 27, 2024
“The Globalization Myth.” With Peter Trubowitz (LSE), November 21, 2023
“The APEC Summit.” With Matthew Goodman (CFR), November 14, 2023
“The Globalization Myth.” With Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), October 18, 2022
"U.S. Economic Relations with China." With Evan Greenberg (Chubb), September 7, 2022
"Venture Capital and the Future of Innovation." With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), February 1, 2022
“The Pandora Papers. ” With Miles Kahler (CFR), October 12, 2021
“The Instability of Global Supply Chains in a Pandemic.” With Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), April 1, 2020
“The Do-or-Die Brexit Deal.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), October 22, 2019
“The G7 Summit.” With Stewart M. Patrick (CFR), August 20, 2019
“The World Trade Organization.” With Jennifer A. Hillman (CFR), July 16, 2019
“A New NAFTA.” With Rohinton Medhora (Centre for International Governance Innovation) and Andrés Rozental (Mexican Council on Foreign Relations), May 20, 2019
“Brexit’s Next Six Months.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), April 11, 2019
“On the Upcoming G20 Summit.” With Stewart M. Patrick (CFR), November 29, 2018
“A Look at the New NAFTA.” With Edward Alden (CFR) and Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), October 4, 2018
“The Meltdown in the Emerging Markets.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), September 13, 2018
“The 2008 Financial Crisis Ten Years Later.” With Adam Tooze (Columbia University), September 6, 2018
“NAFTA.” With Rohinton Medhora (Centre for International Governance Innovation) and Andrés Rozental (Mexican Council on Foreign Relations), May 8, 2018
“Costs of the Olympics.” With Andrew Zimbalist (Smith College), February 8, 2018
“Creating Jobs.” With Edward Alden (CFR) and Robert E. Litan (CFR), June 22, 2017
“Brexit.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), January 25, 2017
Terrorism
“Far-right Terrorism.” With Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware (CFR), January 2, 2024
"The War Against ISIS." With Michael Gordon (Wall Street Journal), July 26, 2022
“The Changing Landscape of Domestic Terrorism.” With Bruce Hoffman (CFR), June 16, 2020
“The Killing of Qasem Soleimani.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), Philip H. Gordon (CFR), and Ray Takeyh (CFR), January 7, 2020
“Turmoil in Kashmir.” With Alyssa Ayres (CFR), August 14, 2019
“India-Pakistan Relations.” With Alyssa Ayres (CFR), March 12, 2019
“Terrorism.” With Bruce Hoffman (CFR), April 12, 2018
“How to Stop Terrorism.” With Farah Pandith (CFR), May 31, 2017
Trade
“The Globalization Myth.” With Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), October 18, 2022
"Grading Biden's Foreign Policy for the Middle Class." With Heidi Crebo-Rediker, May 24, 2022
“The Instability of Global Supply Chains in a Pandemic.” With Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), April 1, 2020
“The Do-or-Die Brexit Deal.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), October 22, 2019
“The World Trade Organization.” With Jennifer A. Hillman (CFR), July 16, 2019
“A New NAFTA.” With Rohinton Medhora (Centre for International Governance Innovation) and Andrés Rozental (Mexican Council on Foreign Relations), May 20, 2019
“Brexit’s Next Six Months.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), April 11, 2019
“A Look at the New NAFTA.” With Edward Alden (CFR) and Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), October 4, 2018
“NAFTA.” With Rohinton Medhora (Centre for International Governance Innovation) and Andrés Rozental (Mexican Council on Foreign Relations), May 8, 2018
“Remaking Trade.” With Michael Froman (former USTR), July 25, 2017
“Renegotiating NAFTA.” With Rohinton Medhora (Centre for International Governance Innovation) and Andrés Rozental (Mexican Council on Foreign Relations), May 9, 2017
“Brexit.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), January 25, 2017
United States
Alliances
“Assessing the NATO Summit.” With Ivo H. Daalder (Chicago Council on Global Affairs), July 18, 2023
"President Biden's Japan and South Korea Trip." With Sheila A. Smith (CFR) and Scott Snyder (CFR), May 17, 2022
"The Future of NATO." With Ivo H. Daalder (Chicago Council on Global Affairs), April 12, 2022
“The U.S.-South Korea Alliance.” With Mark Lippert (Halifax Forum), November 30, 2021
“The AUKUS Pact.” With Michael Fullilove (Lowy Institute), November 17, 2021
“Can Biden Repair America’s Alliances?” With Matthias Matthijs (CFR) and Sheila A. Smith (CFR), November 17, 2020
“The Future of American Alliances.” With Mira Rapp-Hooper (CFR), June 9, 2020
“The State of the Special Relationship.” With Karen Pierce (British Ambassador to the United States), June 2, 2020
“Navigating the Global Era.” With Richard N. Haass (CFR), May 12, 2020
“The U.S.-Australia Relationship.” With Charles Edel (University of Sydney) and John Lee (University of Sydney), October 1, 2019
“Trump in Tokyo.” With Sheila A. Smith (CFR), May 28, 2019
“NATO Turns Seventy.” With Ivo H. Daalder (Chicago Council on Global Affairs), April 1, 2019
“The Abe-Trump Summit.” With Sheila A. Smith (CFR), April 19, 2018
“America's Allies.” With Michael Fullilove and Robin Niblett (Chatham House), May 17, 2017
“U.S.-EU Relations.” With Charles A. Kupchan (CFR), March 1, 2017
“U.S.-Israel Relations.” With Robert Danin (CFR), February 17, 2017
“U.S.-Japan Relations.” With Sheila A. Smith (CFR), February 10, 2017
Defense Policy
“The Impact of AI on Warfare.” With Andrew Reddie (University of California, Berkeley), May 14, 2024
“Challenges Facing the U.S. Military.” With John Barrientos (CFR) and Kristen Thompson (CFR), April 23, 2024
“The U.S. Military Recruiting Crisis.” With Nora Bensahel (Johns Hopkins), June 13, 2023
"The War Against ISIS." With Michael Gordon (Wall Street Journal), July 26, 2022
"U.S. Policy Toward Russia." With Derek H. Chollet (U.S. State Department), May 9, 2022.
“Rethinking U.S. Defense Strategy." With Elbridge A. Colby (The Marathon Initiative), September 14, 2021
“U.S. Maritime Strategy.” With Rear Admiral James Bynum (U.S. Navy), Rear Admiral Pat DeQuattro (U.S. Coast Guard), and Major General Paul J. Rock Jr. (U.S. Marine Corps), April 27, 2021
“The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan.” With Max Boot (CFR), April 20, 2021
“Should the United States Leave Afghanistan?” With Carter Malkasian (Pearson Institute) and Barnett Rubin (New York University), February 25, 2020
“Should the United States Spend Less on Defense?” With Mackenzie Eaglen (American Enterprise Institute) and William D. Hartung (Center for International Policy), January 14, 2020
“Should the United States Rethink Its Nuclear Weapons Policies?” With Elbridge A. Colby (The Marathon Initiative) and Lori Esposito Murray (Committee for Economic Development), December 17, 2019
“Innovation and National Security.” With William H. McRaven (University of Texas at Austin), September 24, 2019
“The Future of Nuclear Conflict.” With Ernest Moniz (Former U.S. Secretary of Energy, Nuclear Threat Initiative) and Sam Nunn (Former U.S. Senator, Nuclear Threat Initiative), September 19, 2019
“Inside the Pentagon.” With Ash Carter (Former U.S. Secretary of Defense), June 11, 2019
“NATO Turns Seventy.” With Ivo H. Daalder (Chicago Council on Global Affairs), April 1, 2019
“The U.S. in Afghanistan.” With Anthony Cordesman (Center for Strategic and International Studies), August 16, 2018
“Arms Control.” With Daryl Kimball (Arms Control Association), August 2, 2018
“Killer Robots and Autonomous Weapons.” With Paul Scharre (Center for a New American Security), June 1, 2018
“National Defense.” With Mara Karlin (Brookings Institution), March 22, 2018
“Grand Strategy.” With Hal Brands (Johns Hopkins University), February 22, 2018
“Lessons of History and Edward Lansdale.” With Max Boot (CFR), January 25, 2018
“U.S. Defense Policy.” With Michael O'Hanlon (Brookings Institution), January 4, 2018
“Presidential War Powers.” With John B. Bellinger III (CFR), November 9, 2017
“State of the U.S. Air Force.” With George M. Reynolds (CFR), October 13, 2017
“The War in Afghanistan.” With Seth Jones (RAND Corporation), August 24, 2017
“Afghanistan, Fifteen and a Half Years Later.” With Zalmay Khalilzad (Center for Strategic and International Studies), May 24, 2017
“Defense Spending.” With Todd Harrison (Center for Strategic and International Studies), March 23, 2017
“Military Perspectives in the White House.” With Janine Davidson (Former Undersecretary of the U.S. Navy), March 9, 2017
“Defense.” With Carla Anne Robbins (CFR), December 1, 2016
Diplomacy
"Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan Visit." With Bonnie S. Glaser (German Marshall Fund), August 2, 2022
"Advancing LGBTQI+ Rights." With Julie Dorf (Council on Global Equality), June 28, 2022
"Miscalculating on China." With Aaron L. Friedberg (Princeton University), June 21, 2022
“Kissinger's Middle East Diplomacy.” With Martin S. Indyk (CFR), November 2, 2021
“Biden’s Indo-Pacific Strategy.” With Lynn Kuok (International Institute for Strategic Studies), October 26, 2021
“Global Challenges and the Future of U.S. Diplomacy.” With Frank G. Wisner (Former Ambassador to India, Egypt, and the Philippines, and Zambia), July 7, 2020
“Should the United States Do Less Overseas?” With Karen Donfried (German Marshall Fund) and Christopher A. Preble (Cato Institute), November 5, 2019
“Kissinger’s Foreign Policy.” With Winston Lord (Former President, CFR), June 25, 2019
“American Diplomacy.” With William J. Burns (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), June 4, 2019
“Navigating Post–Cold War Peace.” With Michael Mandelbaum (Johns Hopkins University), April 23, 2019
“George C. Marshall's Legacy.” With Daniel Kurtz-Phelan (Foreign Affairs), July 3, 2018
“U.S. Diplomacy.” With Nicholas Burns (Harvard University), November 17, 2017
“Human Rights and Diplomacy.” With David Kramer (McCain Institute), May 5, 2017
Grand Strategy
“America's New Cold Wars.” With David E. Sanger (New York Times), May 21, 2024
“A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Liberal Internationalism.” With G. John Ikenberry (Princeton University), May 7, 2024
“A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for U.S. Retrenchment Overseas.” With Stephen Wertheim (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), March 19, 2024
“Ideology in U.S. Foreign Policy.” With Emily Conroy-Krutz (Michigan State University), Jay Sexton (University of Missouri), and Christopher McKnight Nichols (The Ohio State University), November 1, 2022
"America’s Great Power Opportunity." With Ali Wyne (Eurasia Group), August 9, 2022
“Rethinking American Grand Strategy." With Beverly Gage (Yale University), Christopher Nichols (Oregon State University), and Andrew Preston (University of Cambridge), May 4, 2021
“Grand Strategy and An Open World.” With Rebecca Lissner (U.S. Naval War College), September 22, 2020
“The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy.” With Kori Schake (International Institute for Strategic Studies), May 7, 2019
“Grand Strategy.” With Hal Brands (Johns Hopkins University), February 22, 2018
History
“Henry Wallace and the Origins of the Cold War.” With Benn Steil (CFR), January 30, 2024
“Ideology in U.S. Foreign Policy.” With Emily Conroy-Krutz (Michigan State University), Jay Sexton (University of Missouri), and Christopher McKnight Nichols (The Ohio State University), November 1, 2022
"America's Rise to Power." With Michael Mandelbaum (Johns Hopkins University), June 7, 2022
"A New Era of Great Power Competition." With Hal Brands (Johns Hopkins University), January 25, 2022
"Keeping the Nuclear Peace." With Michael Krepon (Stimson Center), January 11, 2022
“The U.S.-Russia Stalemate.” With Mary Elise Sarotte (Johns Hopkins University), December 14, 2021
“Democratic Crises in U.S. History.” With Suzanne Mettler (Cornell University), March 16, 2021
“The History of U.S. Isolationism.” With Charles A. Kupchan (CFR), October 27, 2020
“The History of U.S. Foreign Policy.” With Robert B. Zoellick (Harvard University), August 11, 2020
“The History of U.S.-Ukraine Relations.” With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), October 8, 2019
“Kissinger’s Foreign Policy.” With Winston Lord (Former President, CFR), June 25, 2019
“American Diplomacy.” With William J. Burns (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), June 4, 2019
“Navigating Post–Cold War Peace.” With Michael Mandelbaum (Johns Hopkins University), April 23, 2019
“The Marshall Plan.” With Benn Steil (CFR), March 8, 2018
“Lessons of the Vietnam War.” With Fredrik Logevall (Harvard University), March 1, 2018
“Lessons of History and Edward Lansdale.” With Max Boot (CFR), January 25, 2018
Immigration
“The Crisis at the U.S. Southern Border.” With Dara Lind (American Immigration Council), March 12, 2024
“U.S. Immigration Policy.” With Edward Alden (CFR), March 21, 2023
“What Would a Smart Immigration Policy Look Like?” With Edward Alden (CFR) and James Carafano (Heritage Foundation), December 10, 2019
“Central American Migration.” With Paul J. Angelo (CFR), July 30, 2019
“Trade and Immigration After the Midterms.” With Edward Alden (CFR), November 15, 2018
“Ending DACA.” With Edward Alden (CFR), September 7, 2017
“Enforcing Deportation.” With Edward Alden (CFR), February 24, 2017
“Immigration Executive Order.” With Edward Alden (CFR), January 31, 2017
“Immigration.” With Edward Alden (CFR), November 23, 2016
Politics
“Year End Q&A Special.” With Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), December 26, 2023
“U.S. House Republican Speaker Battle.” With Christopher M. Tuttle (CFR), October 17, 2023
“The Fourth of July.” With Jack Rakove (Stanford), July 4, 2023
“The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy.” With Richard Haass (CFR), June 27, 2023
“The Obligations of American Citizens.” With Richard Haass (CFR), January 25, 2023
“2022 U.S. Midterm Elections.” With Daniel Silverberg (Capstone) and Christopher M. Tuttle (CFR), November 22, 2022
"President Biden's First Year." With Richard Haass (CFR), January 18, 2022
“Grading Biden’s Foreign Policy.” With Daniel Drezner (Tufts University), July 20, 2021
“Foreign Policy for the Middle Class.” With Rozlyn Engel (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), June 22, 2021
“What Awaits Biden on Capitol Hill?” With Algene T. Sajery (Catalyst Global Strategies) and Christopher M. Tuttle (CFR), January 19, 2021
“Presidential Emergency Powers.” With Matthew C. Waxman (Columbia Law School), January 25, 2019
“Congress and Foreign Policy.” With Christopher M. Tuttle (CFR), January 18, 2019
“Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Is Fired.” With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR) and Paul Stares (CFR), March 13, 2018
“Threats to U.S. Homeland Security.” With Lisa Monaco (New York University), November 30, 2017
“Presidential War Powers.” With John B. Bellinger III (CFR), November 9, 2017
“Protecting Sovereignty.” With Stewart M. Patrick (CFR), November 3, 2017
“Making Use of Intelligence.” With Michael Dempsey (CFR), September 29, 2017
Presidential Transition: 2016-2017
“Brexit.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), January 25, 2017
“Inauguration Day.” With Richard N. Haass (CFR), January 13, 2017
“North Korea.” With Scott Snyder (CFR), January 5, 2017
“Middle East.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), December 23, 2016
“Energy and Climate Change.” With Varun Sivaram, December 22, 2016
“Russia.” With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), December 16, 2016
“Cybersecurity.” With Robert Knake (CFR) and Adam Segal (CFR), December 15, 2016
“China.” With Elizabeth C. Economy (CFR), December 8, 2016
“Defense.” With Carla Anne Robbins (CFR), December 1, 2016
“Immigration.” With Edward Alden (CFR), November 23, 2016
“Trade.” With Edward Alden (CFR), November 17, 2016
“Building a Government.” With Elizabeth N. Saunders (CFR), November 11, 2016
Presidential Transition: 2020-2021
“What Awaits Biden on Capitol Hill?” With Algene T. Sajery (Catalyst Global Strategies) and Christopher M. Tuttle (CFR), January 19, 2021
“How Will Biden Manage COVID-19?” With Thomas J. Bollyky (CFR) and Jennifer Nuzzo (CFR), January 12, 2021
“What Will Biden’s Trade Policy Look Like?” With Edward Alden (CFR) and Jennifer A. Hillman (CFR), January 5, 2021
“How Will Biden Combat Climate Change?” With Alice C. Hill (CFR) and Todd Stern (Brookings Institution), December 29, 2020
“How Will Biden Handle Latin America?” With Paul J. Angelo (CFR) and Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), December 22, 2020
“How Will Biden Handle the Middle East?” With Steven A. Cook (CFR) and Martin S. Indyk (CFR), December 15, 2020
“How Will Biden Handle Russia?” With Heather A. Conley (Center for Strategic and International Studies) and Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), December 1, 2020
“How Will Biden Handle China?” With Elizabeth C. Economy (CFR) and Adam Segal (CFR), November 24, 2020
“Can Biden Repair America’s Alliances?” With Matthias Matthijs (CFR) and Sheila A. Smith (CFR), November 17, 2020
“What Foreign Policy Challenges Await President-Elect Biden?” With Richard N. Haass (CFR), November 10, 2020
Public Opinion
“A Look at Public Opinion and Foreign Policy.” With Dina Smeltz (Chicago Council on Global Affairs), October 11, 2018
“Global Perceptions of the United States.” With Bruce Stokes (Pew Research Center), July 19, 2017
Trade
“Biden’s America First Economic Policy.” With Edward Alden (CFR), December 20, 2022
"U.S. Economic Relations with China." With Evan Greenberg (Chubb), September 7, 2022
"Grading Biden's Foreign Policy for the Middle Class." With Heidi Crebo-Rediker, May 24, 2022
“Trade Protectionism.” With Adam S. Posen (Peterson Institute for International Economics), September 21, 2021
“What Will Biden’s Trade Policy Look Like?” With Edward Alden (CFR) and Jennifer A. Hillman (CFR), January 5, 2021
“Should the United States Rethink Its Trade Policy?” With Jennifer A. Hillman (CFR) and Thea M. Lee (Economic Policy Institute), November 26, 2019
“A New NAFTA.” With Rohinton Medhora (Centre for International Governance Innovation) and Andrés Rozental (Mexican Council on Foreign Relations), May 20, 2019
“Trade and Immigration After the Midterms.” With Edward Alden (CFR), November 15, 2018
“A Look at the New NAFTA.” With Edward Alden (CFR) and Shannon K. O’Neil (CFR), October 4, 2018
“The 2008 Financial Crisis Ten Years Later.” With Adam Tooze (Columbia University), September 6, 2018
“NAFTA.” With Rohinton Medhora (Centre for International Governance Innovation) and Andrés Rozental (Mexican Council on Foreign Relations), May 8, 2018
“Trade Policy.” With Edward Alden (CFR), April 3, 2018
“Remaking Trade.” With Michael Froman (former USTR), July 25, 2017
“Renegotiating NAFTA.” With Rohinton Medhora (Centre for International Governance Innovation) and Andrés Rozental (Mexican Council on Foreign Relations), May 9, 2017
“Trade.” With Edward Alden (CFR), November 17, 2016
Women and Foreign Policy
“International Women’s Day.” With Ann Norris (CFR), March 5, 2024
"Women in U.S. National Security." With Jamie Jones Miller and Shelly O’Neill Stoneman (The Leadership Council for Women in National Security), May 31, 2022
“The Global #MeToo Movement.” With Rachel B. Vogelstein (CFR) and Meighan Stone (CFR), July 13, 2021
“Global Progress Toward Gender Equality.” With Rachel B. Vogelstein (CFR), March 2, 2021
“Kurdish Women and the Fight Against ISIS.” With Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (CFR), February 16, 2021
“The Impact of Women in Political Power.” With Rachel B. Vogelstein (CFR), August 18, 2020
“Women in Syria.” With Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (CFR), June 18, 2019
“Women’s Empowerment in the #MeToo Era.” With Meighan Stone (CFR) and Rachel B. Vogelstein (CFR), December 6, 2018
World Leaders
“China’s 20th National Party Congress.” With Ian Johnson (CFR), October 11, 2022
“Britain After Queen Elizabeth.” With Leslie Vinjamuri (Chatham House), September 20, 2022
"Putin's Strategy in Ukraine." With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), August 16, 2022
"Putin's Choices." With Michael Kimmage (Catholic University of America), March 29, 2022
"President Biden's First Year." With Richard Haass (CFR), January 18, 2022
“Shinzo Abe’s Resignation.” With Sheila A. Smith (CFR), September 1, 2020
“The Fate of Germany’s Leadership.” With Constanze Stelzenmüller (Brookings Institution), March 10, 2020
“The Killing of Qasem Soleimani.” With Steven A. Cook (CFR), Philip H. Gordon (CFR), and Ray Takeyh (CFR), January 7, 2020
“Brexit Under Boris Johnson.” With Sebastian Mallaby (CFR), July 24, 2019
“Trump in Tokyo.” With Sheila A. Smith (CFR), May 28, 2019
“The Second Trump-Kim Summit.” With Sue Mi Terry (Center for Strategic and International Studies), February 26, 2019
“The Fallout From the Trump-Putin Summit.” With Jim Goldgeier (CFR) and Charles A. Kupchan (CFR), July 19, 2018
“The Aftermath of the Trump-Kim Summit.” With Victor Cha (Center for Strategic and International Studies), July 10, 2018
“Xi Jinping.” With Elizabeth C. Economy (CFR), May 3, 2018
“The Abe-Trump Summit.” With Sheila A. Smith (CFR), April 19, 2018
“What Vladimir Putin Wants.” With Julia Ioffe (Atlantic), February 15, 2018
“Trump's First Year.” With Richard N. Haass (CFR), January 16, 2018
“Meeting Putin.” With Stephen Sestanovich (CFR), July 6, 2017
“Xi Meets Trump.” With Ely Ratner (CFR), April 4, 2017