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World Review 5-9-25

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

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

A hand selects from a stack of newspapers.
MD Mahdi

World Review 5-2-25

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

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

A hand selects from a stack of newspapers.
MD Mahdi

Trump Knows That the Rules Don’t Enforce Themselves

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"The hard reality is that the application of rules, be they domestic or international, comes down to exercises of power," Paul Poast writes.

Donald Trump speaks along the southern border with Mexico
Evan Vucci / AP
US Foreign Policy

Ukraine Plan, Kashmir Crisis, Pentagon Chaos

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ravi Agrawal, Steven Erlanger, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (center) speaks during a Pentagon meeting on April 24, 2025.
Kevin Wolf / AP
Global Politics

Why Trump Can’t Just ‘Declare’ an End to Russia’s War

In the News
MSNBC
Ivo H. Daalder

"The way that this war stops is very simple," Ivo Daalder argues. "It is when the pressure on Russia is significant enough that they decide that the benefits of continuing the war are outweighed by the benefits of stopping."

Ivo Daalder appears on MSNBC US Foreign Policy

Riding Shotgun: Americans Want a Break from Driving the International Order

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Running Numbers by Sam Dong

But they’re not ready to bail out of the car just yet.

President Donald Trump arrives to the G-20 summit in 2019
Susan Walsh / AP
Public Opinion

Trump May Get a Nuclear Deal—on Iran’s Terms

In the News
Politico Europe
Ivo H. Daalder

Given Tehran’s weakened state and Washington’s eagerness for a deal, success is possible. However, it’s more likely to resemble the 2015 one Trump abandoned.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi (center) visits an exhibition of Iran's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran on April 17, 2025.
ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN / AP
Defense and Security

Nuclear Proliferation Fears May Be Overblown

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Several states that had long been under the US nuclear umbrella are considering developing their own nuclear weapons. Paul Poast digs into the implications.

technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit in Iran
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP
Defense and Security

Easing Chinese Tariffs, Defying Judicial Orders, Wobbling German Government

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Lee Hockstader, Andrew Roth, and Felicia Schwartz join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele shakes hands with President Donald Trump in an Oval Office meeting on April 14, 2025.
Pool / AP
Global Economy

The Norm Against Territorial Conquest Is in Its Death Throes

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

The norm against territorial conquest has underpinned the post-World War II rules-based order—but it seems to be weakening, Paul Poast writes.

Soldiers hold a Russian flag in Crimea
Vadim Ghirda / AP
Defense and Security