The President's Inbox Podcast
1) Washington’s Venezuela Strategy After Maduro, With Will Freeman
Will Freeman, fellow for Latin America studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the consequences of the U.S. seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Mentioned on th...Show More
2) Listener Mailbag: 2025 in Review, With Carla Anne Robbins and Matthias Matthijs
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 developmen...Show More
Listener Mailbag: 2025 in Review, With Carla Anne Robbins and Matthias Matthijs
45:13 | Dec 23rd, 2025
3) Are We Ready? | America’s Crumbling Defense Industrial Base, With Kathleen Hicks
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 Chicag...Show More
Are We Ready? | America’s Crumbling Defense Industrial Base, With Kathleen Hicks
34:39 | Dec 17th, 2025
4) Are We Ready? | Trump’s National Security Strategy, With Rebecca Lissner
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...Show More
5) Are We Ready? | The Economic Security Challenge, With Jonathan Hillman
Jonathan Hillman, senior fellow for geoeconomics at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the steps the U.S. government should take to protect and support American firms developing c...Show More
6) Are We Ready? | China's Campaign to Reshape the Global Order, With Hal Brands and Michael Kuiken
Hal Brands, Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and Mike Kuiken, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at ...Show More
7) Are We Ready? | The U.S.-China Chip War, With Chris McGuire
Chris McGuire, senior fellow for China and emerging technologies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss whether U.S. efforts to deny China advanced semiconductor chips will sustain...Show More
8) Are We Ready? | AI, Espionage, and Influence, With Jessica Brandt
Jessica Brandt, senior fellow for technology and national security at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping cyber operations, influence campa...Show More
9) Are We Ready? | The New Weapons of War, With Michael Horowitz
Michael Horowitz, Richard Perry professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and senior fellow for technology and innovation at the Council on Foreign Relations, sits down with Jam...Show More
10) Are We Ready? | America's Next Battlefield, With Thomas Shugart
Thomas Shugart, founder of Archer Strategic Consulting and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the tools and tactics of warf...Show More