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World Review: Poland-Belarus Border, Xi's Power, and Ukraine Trouble Brews

Journalists Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Susan Glasser, and Peter Spiegel join Council President Ivo Daalder to review the news of the week.
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About This Episode

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Susan Glasser, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to examine Chinese President Xi’s absence abroad, power at home, and impact on China’s future. Then, how Russia's President Putin is a driving factor for the Poland/Belarus border crisis and trouble brewing on Ukraine’s border.

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About the Panelists
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.
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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US Managing Editor, Financial Times
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Peter Spiegel is currently the US managing editor of the Financial Times. Prior to that, he worked at the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal.
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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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