Each episode of The President’s Inbox explores a foreign policy challenge facing the United States.
Nora Bensahel, a visiting professor of strategic studies and senior fellow of the Merrill Center at
Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Counci
Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow in the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Techno
Sadanand Dhume, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a South Asia columnist for
Ashley J. Tellis, the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment
Charles Kupchan, senior fellow at CFR and a professor of international affairs at Georgetown Univers
Scott Snyder, a senior fellow for Korea studies and the director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy
Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute and a professor of public policy at the Colorado Sc
Christopher Nichols, professor of history and Wayne Woodrow Hayes chair in National Security Studies
Jenny Town, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center and the director of Stimson’s 38 North program, si
Esther Brimmer, The James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance at The Council on Foreign Rel
Paul Scharre, the vice president and director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security,
Edward Alden, the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at CFR and Ross Dist Visiting Professor at Weste
Shannon K. O’Neil, vice president, deputy director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller seni
Ebenezer Obadare, the Douglas Dillon senior fellow for Africa studies at the Council, sits down with
Fiona S. Cunningham, assistant professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, sit
Samuel Charap, a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, and Miranda Priebe, director of
Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council, sits down w
Jonathan Berkshire Miller, senior fellow and director of foreign affairs, national defense, and nati
Sheila Smith, the John E. Merow senior fellow for Asia-Pacific studies at the Council, sits down wit
