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Sir Robin Niblett, distinguished fellow at Chatham House, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss a potential second Cold War between the United States and China.
 
Mentioned on the Episode 
 
Graham Allison, Destined for War: Can American and China Escape Thucydides’ Trap?
 
Barry Buzan, “A New Cold War? The Case for a General Concept,” International Politics
 
Robin Niblett, “The G-7 Must Prepare Now for Trump,” Foreign Policy
 
Robin Niblett, The New Cold War: How the Contest Between the US and China Will Shape Our Century
 
Robin Niblett and Leslie Vinjamuri, “The Liberal Order Begins at Home,” Foreign Affairs
 
Jake Sullivan, “Remarks by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Renewing American Economic Leadership at the Brookings Institution,” April 27, 2023
 
Jake Sullivan, “The Sources of American Power: A Foreign Policy for a Changed World,” Foreign Affairs
 
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/us-china-cold-war-robin-niblett 

Stephen Flynn, chair of the Committee on Assessing WMD Nuclear Terrorism at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and a political science professor at Northeastern University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the steps the U.S. government should take to prevent and respond to nuclear terrorism.
 
Mentioned on the Episode 
 
Nuclear Terrorism: Assessment of U.S. Strategies to Prevent, Counter, and Respond to Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicines
 
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/threat-nuclear-terrorism-stephen-flynn 

Matthias Matthijs, senior fellow for Europe at CFR and associate professor of international political economy at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, and Daniela Schwarzer, a member of the executive board of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the results and consequences of the snap elections in France and the United Kingdom.  
 
Mentioned on the Episode 
 
Matthias Matthijs, “Pivotal Elections for France—and Europe,” CFR.org
 
Matthias Matthijs and Mark Blyth, “Don’t Bet on a British Revival,” Foreign Affairs
Daniela Schwarzer, “It’s Time to Reset EU-UK Relations,” Financial Times
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/elections-britain-and-france-matthias-matthijs-and-daniela-schwarzer 

Jack Rakove, the William Robertson Coe professor of history and American studies and professor emeritus of political science and law at Stanford University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss why the United States declared independence in 1776 and its meaning for the country today. 
 
This episode first aired: July 4, 2023
Mentioned on the Podcast
 
Bernard Bailyn, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
 
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Paul Revere’s Ride”
 
Jack N. Rakove, Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
 
Jack N. Rakove, Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America
 
Jack N. Rakove, The Beginnings of National Politics: An Interpretive History of the Continental Congress
 
1619 Project, New York Times
 
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/fourth-july-jack-rakove 

Robert D. Blackwill, the Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at CFR, and Richard Fontaine, the chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the U.S. response to the rise of China.  
 
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Mentioned on the Episode 
 
Robert D. Blackwill and Richard Fontaine, Lost Decade: The U.S. Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power
 
Hillary Clinton, “America’s Pacific Century,” Foreign Policy
 
Philip Zelikow, “Confronting Another Axis? History, Humility, and Wishful Thinking,” Texas National Security Review
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/us-pivot-asia-robert-d-blackwill-and-richard-fontaine 

Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the ongoing deadly conflict and humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
 
Mentioned on the Episode 
 
Michelle Gavin, “The World’s Shameful Neglect of Sudan,” CFR.org
 
“Sudan’s Civil War, With Michelle Gavin,” The President’s Inbox
 
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/sudans-ongoing-civil-war-michelle-gavin