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Lebanon, China Tech Decoupling, Putin

Reporters from some of the world’s leading media outlets joined the Council to discuss the explosion in Lebanon, what TikTok tells us about tech decoupling from China, and whether Russia’s President Putin is in trouble.
Aftermath of the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon on Aug 4, 2020. Play Video
Lisa Hastert

About This Episode

This week on World ReviewThe New Yorker’s Susan Glasser, POLITICO’s Matt Kaminski, and The Atlantic’s Prashant Rao join Council President Ivo Daalder to discuss Brent Scowcroft's legacy, the explosion in Lebanon, whether Russia’s President Putin is in trouble, the global reaction to removing US troops from Germany, and what TikTok tells us about whether tech decoupling from China is possible or desirable.

About the Panelists
Staff Writer and Columnist, New Yorker
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Susan Glasser is a staff writer for The New Yorker and was a founding editor of POLITICO Magazine, where she also served as POLITICO's chief international affairs columnist and host of the podcast "The Global Politico." She's also a global affairs analyst for CNN.
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Editor-at-Large, POLITICO
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Matt Kaminski is the cofounder of Politico Europe and former editor in chief in Washington. He’s now writing a column on global affairs for POLITICO.
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Prashant Rao
Senior Editor, Semafor
Prashant Rao
Prashant Rao is a senior editor at Semafor. Prior to that, he was a former senior editor at The Atlantic, where he oversaw the Global section, and was the deputy Europe business editor for The New York Times.
Prashant Rao
CEO, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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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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