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Sheila Smith, the John E. Merow senior fellow for Asia-Pacific studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the reasoning behind Japan’s new defense strategy and the Japanese government’s decision to double defense spending.
 
Mentioned on the Podcast
 
“National Defense Strategy of Japan [PDF],” Ministry of Defense of Japan
 
“National Security Strategy of Japan [PDF],” Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
 
“SIPRI Military Expenditure Database,” SIPRI.org
 
Sheila Smith, “Financing Japan’s Defense Leap,” CFR.org
 
Sheila Smith, “How Japan Is Doubling Down on Its Military Power,” CFR.org
 
Sheila Smith, Japan Rearmed: The Politics of Military Power
 
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/japan-rearmed-sheila-smith

Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss his new book, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens.
 
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Richard Haass, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
 
Richard Haass, A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
 
Richard Haass, The World: A Brief Introduction
 
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/obligations-american-citizens-richard-haass 

Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the Council and professor and director of global health studies at Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy and International Relations, and Zongyuan Zoe Liu, a fellow for international political economy at the Council, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the consequences of China’s decision to end its zero-COVID policy.
 
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Yanzhong Huang, “China’s Struggle With Covid Is Just Beginning,” New York Times
 
Yanzhong Huang, Toxic Politics: China's Environmental Health Crisis and Its Challenge to the Chinese State
 
Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Can BRICS De-dollarize the Global Financial System?
 
Zongyuan Zoe Liu, “Zero-COVID Is the Least of Xi’s Economic Problems,” Foreign Policy
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/chinas-covid-surge-yanzhong-huang-and-zongyuan-zoe-liu

Martin S. Indyk, the Lowy distinguished fellow in U.S.-Middle East diplomacy at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the consequences of Benjamin Netanyahu’s return as Israel’s prime minister.
 
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Steven A. Cook and Martin S. Indyk, The Case for a New U.S.-Saudi Strategic Compact
 
Martin S. Indyk, Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy
 
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/israels-new-government-martin-indyk

Joshua Kurlantzick, a senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how China uses its media power to influence the domestic politics of countries around the world. 
 
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Joshua Kurlantzick, Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World
 
“How Many Confucius Institutes Are in the United States?” National Association of Scholars
 
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/chinas-global-influence-campaign-joshua-kurlantzick

In this special series of The President’s Inbox on climate change, Paul J. Angelo, the director of the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the impact of climate change in Central America. This series is made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. 
 
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Paul Angelo, Climate Change and Regional Instability in Central America
 
“Country Index,” Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative
 
"The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review [PDF]," The U.S. Department of Homeland Security
 
For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/what-climate-change-means-central-america-paul-j-angelo