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Trump Calls the Coronavirus a 'Foreign Virus,' Exposing His Flawed Worldview

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Viruses don't carry passports, and when they are as easily transmitted between humans as the novel coronavirus, they are going to spread around the world.

President Trump, joined by Vice President Pence, left, takes questions from reporters during a Coronavirus Task Force update at the White House, Feb. 29, 2020.
The White House
Global Health

Can 50 Years of Minimizing Nuclear Proliferation Continue?

In the News
New York Times
Ivo H. Daalder

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has mostly succeeded in keeping more countries out of the nuclear club. But as U.S. alliances fray, its future success is not assured.

An image of an atomic bomb test of the coast of the Marshall Islands
WikiImages
Defense and Security

Are the US and Europe Destined for Splitsville?

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

The alliance between the United States and Europe is broken. That much became clear over three days of intensive discussions in Munich in February 2020.

President Trump at Davos
President Trump at Davos
US Foreign Policy

Americans Aren't as Eager to Retreat From the Middle East as Politicians Seem to Think

In the News
The Hill
Coauthors

Presidential candidates and the President are overstating Americans’ desire for a full-scale retreat from the Middle East.

M2A2 Bradley IFVs of the 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, attached to 218th MEB, accompany a U.S. patrol in eastern Syria, 13 November 2019
United States Army
Defense and Security

Britain Sticks With Huawei for 5g — and Jeopardizes the Five Eyes Alliance

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

The Johnson government defied Washington and approved the use of Chinese technology as part of its 5G network.

A Huawei sign at a conference.
Matti Blume
Global Economy

After Stirring up the Middle East, Trump Now Wants NATO's Help? That's Rich.

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

President Donald Trump has come up with a new solution for the Middle East, “I think that NATO should be expanded, and we should include the Middle East."

President Trump Delivers Remarks on Iran
The White House
Defense and Security

Daalder on CNN Newsroom

In the News
CNN
Ivo H. Daalder

Council president Ivo Daalder talks about the need for diplomacy amid the changing political situation in Iraq, President Trump's demand for more NATO involvement in the region, and the next steps for the US-Iran relationship.

People gathering at the funeral of Qasem Soleimani. Defense and Security

War Averted (for Now), Trump Should Overhaul Iran Strategy

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Iran’s missile attack on two U.S. air bases in Iraq was the latest step bringing the United States and Iran to the brink of war. Yet, President Donald Trump decided to back away from further military confrontation.

Funeral of Qasem Soleimani, Tehran, Iran on 6 January 2020. Defense and Security

'Neither the United States nor Iran Wants to Go to War,' Says Former Ambassador

In the News
The World
Ivo H. Daalder

After an overnight Iranian missile attack on an Iraqi base housing US troops, US President Donald Trump made a statement Wednesday regarding tensions between the US and Iran.

President Trump Meets with Senior White House Advisors
The White House
Defense and Security

Saeid Golkar on WGN 9 Morning News

In the News
WGN 9
Saeid Golkar

Saeid Golkar examines the escalating tension between Iran and the United States after Iranian missiles struck two US bases in Iraq following the US missile strike that killed Iranian general Soleimani.

Iranian army missile test
Reuters
Defense and Security