Understanding How Trump Sees the World: A Conversation With Nadia Schadlow
Donald Trump’s first National Security Strategy, released at the end of 2017, announced the start of a new era for American foreign policy—one that put great-power competition at its center and focuse...
8 Maj 202542min
Planning for a Post-American Future in Ukraine: A Conversation With Jack Watling
Donald Trump famously promised to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of returning to the White House. But he is just over 100 days into his presidency, and the war is certainly not over. With Kyiv...
1 Maj 202536min
Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Fix Global Trade: Conversations With Kimberly Clausing and Michael Pettis
Donald Trump’s embrace of tariffs should come as no surprise. For decades, he has claimed that other countries are ripping Americans off—and promised to use tariffs to remake a global trade system tha...
24 Apr 202557min
Why America Shouldn’t Underestimate Chinese Power: A Conversation With Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi
For years in U.S. foreign policy circles, discussions of China focused on its growing wealth, power, and ambition, and the fear that it would supplant the United States. But a few years ago, the conve...
17 Apr 20251h 2min
How Latin America Can Survive an Age of Turmoil: A Conversation With Brian Winter
For decades, it has been a trope of foreign policy commentary in the United States that Washington does not pay enough attention to its own hemisphere. But the Trump administration seems to be bucking...
10 Apr 202546min
Where Is the U.S.-China Relationship Headed? A Conversation With Jude Blanchette and Ryan Hass
Two months into U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, the U.S.-Chinese relationship—the most consequential one in the world by a long stretch—faces new uncertainty. Trump has threatened larger ta...
27 Mars 202552min
What Does Trump See in Putin? A Conversation With Fiona Hill
Not even two months into his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump is reshaping U.S.-Russian relations at a critical juncture for the war in Ukraine. As Russian President Vladimir Putin presses his...
13 Mars 202556min
Where Does Ukraine Go From Here? A Conversation With Nataliya Gumenyuk
After three years of war, Ukraine is facing intense pressure from Donald Trump to reach a settlement with Russia. Trump has engaged directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin while calling Ukraini...
27 Feb 202547min
