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Anton La Guardia, Catherine Philp, and Yaroslav Trofimov join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Michael Woldemariam and Ertharin Cousin join the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Deep Dish podcast to discuss the relationship between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

International Crisis Group’s Laurel Miller and former US Ambassador to Afghanistan P. Michael McKinley join Deep Dish to explain what the United States and the world should do to help the Afghan people.

Mira Rapp-Hooper joins Ivo Daalder on Deep Dish for a discussion about the state of US alliances at a moment when new concerns are flaring up.

Ambassador Dennis Ross joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Deep Dish podcast to discuss Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder explains what we can expect after German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves office.

Defense cooperation requires a shared understanding of threats and goals. And, to be effective requires action, making tradeoffs, and paying costs—not just statements.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Stefan Kornelius, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Does President Lukashenka's decision to let migrants back over the border into Belarus mean the crisis is over?

Journalists from some of the world’s leading media outlets join Council President Ivo Daalder to discuss Belarus, Iran, and Turkey-Greece relations.

Secretary Blinken’s meeting with Russian Minister Lavrov suggest that there is “at least some possibility of having a diplomatic opening,” Council President Ivo Daalder tells CNN.

Will gas flow in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine? Council President Ivo Daalder argues on CNN it is "inconceivable."

Bobby Ghosh, Nahal Toosi, and Prashant Rao join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"Intentions matter," Council President Ivo Daalder explains in a conversation with CNN's Jim Sciutto after President Biden's first NATO meetings.

“The choice really now is Moscow. It can either engage in diplomacy or see the kinds of measures that President Biden laid out,” Ivo Daalder explains on CNN.

Deep Dish unpacks if Biden really centered human rights in US foreign policy.

Karen DeYoung, Steven Erlanger, and Prashant Rao join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Steven Erlanger, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

“What Putin wants most of all is to make sure that he can control the destiny of Ukraine,” Council President Ivo Daalder tells CNN’s Larry Madowo.

Ravi Agrawal and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Steven Erlanger, Bobby Ghosh, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder answers a question about whether the next UK prime minister will fare any better dealing with Brexit.

Jamil Anderlini and Ambassador Kurt Tong join Deep Dish to examine what China's new national security law in Hong Kong means for the US-China rivalry.

Kim Ghattas, Bobby Ghosh, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"The idea that somehow NATO has no interest in the Pacific and should stay away is a misnomer and is not going to happen," says Council President Ivo Daalder on CNN.

Deborah Amos, Jamil Anderlini, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Steven Erlanger, Susan Glasser, and Peter Spiegel share their perspectives on the week's top global news with Council President Ivo Daalder.

Jamil Anderlini, Bobby Ghosh, and Susan Glasser join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Brian Hanson talks with Penny Abeywardena and Henri-Paul Normandin about cities' diplomatic agendas.

Karen DeYoung, Bobby Ghosh, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

As the Ukraine crisis continues, how should we understand Russia's larger political aims?

Is Mexico sliding into authoritarianism?

Two former US ambassadors to NATO join the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Deep Dish podcast to explain why it’s a critical time for NATO.

Experts James Dobbins and Douglas Lute discuss whether and how an endgame might take shape in America's longest war.

In this episode, former World Food Programme executive director, Ertharin Cousin explains the difference between outbreaks, pandemics, and epidemics.

Journalists from some of the world’s leading media outlets join Council President Ivo Daalder to discuss the EU budget deal, what Europe can learn from Russian influence in the UK, and the politics of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Ryan Heath and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Roger Cohen, Bobby Ghosh, Anton La Guardia join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Experts Laurel Miller and Andrew Watkins join Deep Dish to unpack Afghanistan’s economic collapse.

In the world of realpolitik, are Russia's demands of NATO fair? Council President Ivo Daalder discusses with Ghida Fakhry on Inside America.

Stefan Kornelius, Carla Anne Robbins, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Bobby Ghosh, Carla Anne Robbins, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Stefan Kornelius, Catherine Philp, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Steve Erlanger, Nirmal Ghosh, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Caroline de Gruyter, Gideon Rachman, and Prashant Rao join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Susan Glasser, Stefan Kornelius, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Carol Giacomo of the New York Times, Stefan Kornelius of Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Edward Luce of the Financial Times joined Council President Ivo Daalder to analyze global news.

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder talks about why cities are critical to understand our future and to solve the shared problems facing humanity.

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder looks at why Putin’s move to extend his political power should have caught no one by surprise.

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder answers a question about the that factors could lead China and the United States into a military conflict.