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World Review 4-18-25

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

A panel of guests joins Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

A hand selects from a stack of newspapers.
MD Mahdi

World Review 4-11-25

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

A panel of guests joins Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

A hand selects from a stack of newspapers.
MD Mahdi

World Review with Lynch, Moriyasu, & Rachman

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Suzanne Lynch, Ken Moriyasu, and Gideo Rachman join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

A hand selects from a stack of newspapers.
MD Mahdi

NATO Without America

In the News
Foreign Affairs
Ivo H. Daalder

In his latest for Foreign Affairs, Ivo Daalder analyzes how Europe can run an alliance designed for US control.

Servicemen stand behind a NATO Allied Reaction Force flag and flags of other NATO nations at a training range in Romania on February 19, 2025.
Vadim Ghirda / AP
US Foreign Policy

Signalgate Blows Up, Turkey in Crisis, Vance Visits Greenland

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Steven Erlanger, Matt Kaminski, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth does a television interview outside the White House on March 21, 2025.
Jacquelyn Martin / AP
Defense and Security

What Signalgate Really Tells Us

In the News
Politico
Ivo H. Daalder

"Apparently, the US military is for hire, even if there has been no request for its services. And if you want us — you have to pay," Ivo Daalder writes.

The Signal app is shown on a mobile phone
Jeff Chiu / AP
US Foreign Policy

When It Comes To Free Trade, The Market Doesn’t Always Know Best

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Restrictions on international economic flows—like Trump's tariffs—seem to be obviously bad. But politically speaking, that isn't always the case, Paul Poast argues.

cargo cranes are used to take containers off of a Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation boat at the Port of Tacoma
Ted S. Warren / AP
Global Economy

Signal Chat Shakes Washington

In the News
France 24
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder weighs in on members of the Trump administration using the Signal app to discuss plans for a military operation.

Signal app on a smartphone is seen on a mobile device screen
Kiichiro Sato / AP
US Foreign Policy

Is Iran’s Regime About to Go the Way of Syria’s?

In the News
Foreign Policy
Saeid Golkar

A series of perceived betrayals has shaken the clerical establishment’s “hard base,” Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi write.

A huge Iranian flag is carried under the Azadi monument tower during the annual rally commemorating Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran
Vahid Salemi / AP
Global Politics

Germany Gets Serious, Israel Breaks Ceasefire, Trump Threatens Iran

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bobby Ghosh, Stefan Kornelius, and Catherine Philp join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz speaks in the German Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany on March 18, 2025.
Ebrahim Noroozi / AP
Global Politics