Welcome to the President's Inbox, a CFR podcast about the foreign policy challenges facing the United States.

I'm Jim Lindsay, Director of Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

This week's topic is the U.S. pivot to Asia.

With me to discuss U.S. efforts to respond to the rise of China are Robert Blackwell and

Richard Fontaine.

Bob is the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. foreign policy here at the Council

on Foreign Relations. Before joining the Council, he had a distinguished

career as a U.S. diplomat. His government positions include serving as U.S. ambassador to India,

and deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for strategic planning

under President George W. Bush. Richard is the chief executive officer of CNAS,

the Center for a New American Security. He served as president of CNAS and as a senior fellow

there previously. Before joining CNAS in 2009, Richard was a foreign policy advisor to Senator

John McCain and worked at the State Department, on the staff

of the National Security Council, and on the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Bob and Richard are the authors of the new book Lost Decade, the U.S. Pivot to Asia, and the Rise of Chinese

Power. Thank you, Bob and Richard, for coming on the President's inbox.

Thank you for having us.

Thanks for having us.

Bob and Richard, before we dive into the discussion of the pivot, I want to let listeners

know how they can win a free copy of Lost Decade. To do so, listeners should go to cfr.orgorg forwardleaning slash giveaway. Let me repeat that.

CFR.org forward leaning slash giveaway. There you can find the terms and conditions for the giveaway

and register your entry. After that, we will select 10 names at random to receive a free copy of Lost Decade.

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