James Lindsay

2 weeks ago | cfr.org | James Lindsay

All birthdays are worth celebrating, but some are bigger than others. In the case of the United States Army, this Saturday is a very big birthday: Number 250. Yes, the Army is even older than the United States itself. The Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, more than a year before the thirteen colonies formally declared independence from Great Britain. The next day, the Continental Congress put George Washington of Virginia in command.

2 weeks ago | rb.gy | James Lindsay |Edward Luce |Justin Schuster |Gabrielle Sierra

LINDSAY:Welcome to The President's Inbox. I'm Jim Lindsay, the Mary and David Boies distinguished senior fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. This week's topic is Zbigniew Brzezinski. With me to discuss what we can learn from the career and work of Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, is Edward Luce. Ed is the U.S. National Editor and a columnist for the Financial Times.

3 weeks ago | rb.gy | James Lindsay |Derek Grossman |Justin Schuster |Gabrielle Sierra

LINDSAY:Welcome to the President's Inbox. I'm Jim Lindsay, the Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. This week's topic is the China-Philippines Standoff. With me to discuss the ongoing confrontation between China and the Philippines over their competing claims in the South China Sea and what it all means for the United States is Derek Grossman.

4 weeks ago | thelancet.com | James Lindsay

aBarts Health NHS Trust, The Royal London Hospital, London, UKbCentre for Immunobiology, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UKPublication History:Published May 30, 2025DOI: 10.1016/S2468-1253(25)00103-7 External LinkAlso available on ScienceDirect External LinkCopyright: © 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.

1 month ago | cfr.org | James Lindsay

Monday is Memorial Day. The United States has fought twelve major wars and numerous smaller skirmishes in its history. Memorial Day is how we honor the soldiers, sailors, airmen, airwomen, marines, and coast guardsmen who did not return home. The holiday dates back to the months immediately following the Civil War when a few towns and cities began honoring their dead. In 1868, General John A.