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James Lindsay

New York, Washington, D.C.

Senior Fellow @CFR_org. Host of The President's Inbox (https://t.co/LrM1nACfd2). Opinions are my own. RT ≠ endorsement.

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  • 1 week 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.

  • 2 weeks 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.

  • 3 weeks ago | rb.gy | James Lindsay |Karim Sadjadpour |Irina A. Faskianos |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 Iran nuclear talks. With me to discuss the ongoing talks between the United States and Iran over Iran's nuclear program is Karim Sadjadpour. Karim is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace where he focuses on Iran and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East.

  • 1 month ago | cfr.org | James Lindsay

    Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. When President Lyndon Johnson sent the first U.S. combat troops to South Vietnam in March 1965, few Americans recognized that they were entering a grueling war of attrition that would leave a lasting scar on American politics and society.

  • 1 month ago | cfr.org | James Lindsay

    James M. Lindsay is the Mary and David Boies distinguished senior fellow in U.S. foreign policy and director of Fellowship Affairs at the Council on Foreign Relations. More From Our Experts Donald Trump made clear during the presidential campaign that he intended to disrupt U.S. foreign policy by doing things differently if he returned to the White House. The only question he left unanswered was whether he would roll out his changes slowly and systematically or fast and furiously.

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James M. Lindsay
James M. Lindsay @JamesMLindsay
30 May 25

Thank you, Jacob!

Jacob Ware
Jacob Ware @Jacob_A_Ware

A tremendously insightful episode of The President's Inbox unpacking last week's Oval Office meeting, featuring my @CFR_org colleague @JamesMLindsay and former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety. https://t.co/05DYKRbGv9

James M. Lindsay
James M. Lindsay @JamesMLindsay
30 May 25

RT @CFR_Religion: There are only twenty journalists in China reporting for U.S. media outlets today. In a “President’s Inbox” discussion, @…

James M. Lindsay
James M. Lindsay @JamesMLindsay
28 May 25

RT @CFR_org: On this episode of The President's Inbox podcast, former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety joins @jamesmlindsay t…