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A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A Return to Spheres of Influence, With Sarang ShidoreSarang Shidore, director of the Global South Program at the Quincy Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss whether a return to great power spheres of influence is practical in the twenty-first century.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski, With Edward LuceEdward Luce, U.S. national editor and a columnist for the Financial Times, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what we can learn from the life, career, and writings of Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor to President Jimmy Carter.
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The President’s Inbox Recap: Confronting ChinaThe United States must play to its strengths and avoid self-inflicted missteps if it wants to beat China in the race to dominate the twenty-first century.
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The President’s Inbox Recap: Trump’s Peace Plan for UkraineTrump is looking to negotiate directly with Moscow to secure a peace deal on Ukraine.
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The President’s Inbox Recap: A World in Permanent CrisisAn increasingly interconnected world will be more chaotic and disorderly.
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A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A World in Permanent Crisis, With Robert KaplanRobert Kaplan, acclaimed journalist and author of Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the world’s growing interconnectedness is likely to produce greater conflict and chaos. This episode is the sixth in a continuing TPI series on U.S. grand strategy.
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A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Eurasia Challenge, With Hal BrandsHal Brands, Henry A. Kissinger distinguished professor of Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and author of The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how and why control of Eurasia affects U.S. national security. This episode is the fifth in a continuing TPI series on U.S. grand strategy.
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A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Multipolar Pluralism, With Stephen HeintzStephen Heintz, president and CEO of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the United States should adapt to an era of renewed great power competition and domestic disagreement over what it should seek to achieve abroad. This episode is the fourth in a special TPI series on U.S. grand strategy.
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A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Liberal Realism, With Charles A. KupchanCharles A. Kupchan, a senior fellow at CFR and a professor of international affairs at Georgetown University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the United States should adapt to an era of renewed great power competition and domestic disagreement over what it should seek to achieve abroad. This episode is the third in a special TPI series on U.S. grand strategy.
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World Order is in a Downward SpiralThe United States needs a grand strategy to deal with three interconnected threats to global stability.
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How the United States Can Effectively Pivot to AsiaAfter the rise of Chinese power during the 2010s and failed U.S. policies in the Indo-Pacific, the United States should renew the Pivot to Asia and place the region at the center of its grand strategy.*
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The President’s Inbox Recap: America’s New Cold WarsThe post-Cold War era is over and a dangerous new era of great power competition has begun.
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The President’s Inbox Recap: The Case for Liberal InternationalismThe liberal international order is more resilient than its critics recognize.
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A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Liberal Internationalism, With G. John IkenberryG. John Ikenberry, the Albert G. Milbank Professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss whether liberal internationalism and U.S. global leadership are fit for purpose in the twenty-first century. This episode is the second in a special TPI series on U.S. grand strategy.
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The President’s Inbox Recap: The Case for U.S. Retrenchment OverseasProponents of retrenchment want the United States to do less overseas.