On the eve of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 70th anniversary on April 4, Ivo Daalder, president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and a former US ambassador to NATO, answers a question about the alliance's biggest success and its biggest failure. Be sure to submit your question for the next episode on Twitter to @IvoHDaalder using #AskIvo.
#AskIvo: What Is NATO's Biggest Success and Its Biggest Failure?
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