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Is NATO Expansion Worth the Sacrifice?

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On Balance with Leland Vittert
Paul Poast

Nonresident Fellow Paul Poast reminds Leland Vittert that the idea of NATO expansion provoking Russian aggression is one put out by Putin himself.

Screenshot of Paul Poast smiling on On Balance with Leland Vittert. Defense and Security

The International Security Implications of the War in Ukraine

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Politikal Arena
Paul Poast

Will the Russia-Ukraine war transform Europe into a global security provider? Nonresident Fellow Paul Poast unpacks the implications on Politikal Arena.

Screenshot of Paul Poast speaking with Pablo Perez and Jose Daniel Machorro on Politikal Arena. Defense and Security

Putin Reacts to NATO Expansion

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CNN
Ivo H. Daalder

Russia has threatened to use nuclear weapons if Finland and Sweden integrate militarily with NATO. Ivo Daalder explains why this is "mostly bluster" on CNN.

Defense and Security

A New Shared Mobility for Changing City Needs

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ISPI
Samuel Kling

Samuel Kling analyzes the new challenges shared mobility (such as app-based ride-hailing and e-bikes) has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A woman rides a Divvy bike in front of the Chicago skyline.
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Global Cities

If Finland and Sweden Join NATO, It's on Russia

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Politico
Ivo H. Daalder

Finland and Sweden will “more than double the amount of NATO territory bordering Russia. But that’s Moscow’s doing, not NATO’s,” writes Ivo Daalder in Politico.

The border posts of Finland (blue and white), Norway (black and yellow) and Russia (red and green), stand outside the airport of the Norwegian Arctic town of Kirkenes
Reuters
Defense and Security

Putin Preparing for A "Long War"

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LBC
Ivo H. Daalder

When it comes to peace negotiations, "the real stumbling block will be the Donbas," says Council President Ivo Daalder with Andrew Marr on LBC.

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How Finland and Sweden Joining NATO Impacts Putin

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CBC
Ivo H. Daalder

Putin will “have two very significant military powers [...] being part of NATO as a result of his actions in Ukraine," Ivo Daalder tells Suhana Meharchand on CBC.

Screenshot of Ivo Daalder on CBC Defense and Security

Brazil Is Gaslighting Its Way to a Climate Misinformation Catastrophe

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Washington Post
Robert Muggah

"The rampant spread of climate misinformation and disinformation has potentially dire implications for the Amazon Basin," cowrites Robert Muggah in the Washington Post.

Billows of smoke rise over a deforested plot of the Amazon jungle next to the Transamazonica national highway, in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

"No End in Sight" to Civilian Suffering in Ukraine

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MSNBC
Ivo H. Daalder

“There is a degree of barbarity that is really unconscionable,” says Ivo Daalder. “We do need to make sure at some point that people responsible will be held to account.”

Screen shot of Ivo Daalder on MSNBC with Amna Nawaz US Foreign Policy

To Our Peril, the World Isn't Taking Climate Change Seriously

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

“The global dependence on fossil fuels that drives this climate crisis also empowers some of the world’s worst actors,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Residents fill their containers with drinking water from a blue municipal tanker with many hoses in New Delhi, India
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Climate and the Environment