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What Is NATO's Biggest Success and Its Biggest Failure?

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Council President and former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder answers a question about the NATO alliance's biggest success and its biggest failure.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and other members of NATO Ministers of Defense and of Foreign Affairs meet at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium Play Video
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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.

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Ivo H. Daalder served as the US ambassador to NATO from 2009 to 2013. He joined the Council as president in 2013 and took on the new role of CEO in 2023. Previously, he was a senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution and served as director for European affairs on President Bill Clinton’s National Security Council. He is the author or editor of 10 books.
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