World Review: Iran's New President, China's Take on Biden, EU-Russia Reset

VIDEO SERIES World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Bobby Ghosh, and Elise Labott join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

June 25, 2021

People hold pictures of Iran's new president and wave the Iran flag

About This Episode

This week on "World Review," Axios's Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Bloomberg Opinion's Bobby Ghosh, and Foreign Policy's Elise Labott join Council President Ivo Daalder to discuss President Biden’s busy week in Europe and how China reacted, an EU reset toward Russia, and what Iran’s new hardline president means for the region and the nuclear deal.

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About the Panelists

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian

China Reporter, Axios

Before joining Axios, Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian served as the lead reporter for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' China Cables project, a major leak of classified Chinese government documents revealing the inner workings of mass internment camps in Xinjiang. Previously, she worked at Foreign Policy magazine and the Daily Beast.

Bobby Ghosh

Columnist and Editor, Bloomberg Opinion

Bobby Ghosh writes about geopolitics with a special focus on the Middle East and Africa. In a journalism career spanning more than three decades, Ghosh has worked in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States for publications like Time Magazine, the Far Eastern Economic Review, and now Bloomberg.

Elise Labott

Contributing Editor, POLITICO Magazine & CEO of Zivvy Media

Elise Labott is an adjunct professor at American University’s School of International Service and the founder and CEO of Zivvy Media, a digital platform to engage youth on global issues.

Ivo H. Daalder

CEO, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

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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