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Does the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella Still Protect America's Allies?

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Foreign Policy
Ivo H. Daalder

The next president should move swiftly to reassure allies that the U.S. nuclear guarantee remains credible—or risk rapid nuclear proliferation.

Photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency showing North Korea's intermediate-range strategic ballistic missile Hwasong-12 lifting off at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2017
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US Foreign Policy

Former NATO Ambassador Analyzes Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict

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PBS
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder discussed the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh with Christiane Amanpour.

Ivars Utināns
Global Politics

Will the US Return to Global Stage or Pull Further Inward?

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

US presidential elections rarely turn on voters' views on foreign policy. Domestic issues such as the economy and health care, including the coronavirus pandemic this year, are almost always seen as more important by voters.

A woman and her granddaughter visit an early voting site at the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center in Chicago on Nov. 1, 2020
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US Foreign Policy

We're Unprepared to Handle a Congressional COVID Crisis

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The Hill
Matthew Abbott

While the 25th Amendment to the Constitution deals with the transfer of power in the event of the president’s incapacitation, no such mechanism exists for members of Congress.

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The Empty Throne Grows Dusty as America Sidelines Itself on the International Stage

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America Trends Podcast
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder, who served as U.S. Ambassador to NATO under President Obama and co-author of ‘The Empty Throne’, joins us to discuss whether America can re-claim the mantle of the world’s most indispensable nation.

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The Best Medicine for a COVID-19 Economy? More Education and Training

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The Hill
John Austin

In many of the new and growing jobs, higher skill requirements can best be met by providing workers with more extensive and affordable post-secondary education opportunities.

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South Korea's Success in Containing the Coronavirus Highlights Importance of Digital Resilience

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South China Morning Post
Robert Muggah

One of the emerging lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic is that countries and companies that digitised early are more likely to recover faster than those that did not

A health care worker takes test samples for the Covid-19 from a man at a temporary virus testing station near Namdaemun in Seoul on August 10. Global Health

The Inconvenient Truth about Taiwan's Place in the World

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The National Interest
Paul Heer

Beijing is not in fact looking for excuses or an opportunity to attack its neighbor, Taipei: it is looking for reasons not to do so.

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Ivo Daalder On How Republicans And Democrats Diverge On Foreign Policy

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The Big Picture with Olivier Knox
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder, President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, on The Big Picture with Olivier Knox.

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Most Americans want more global engagement

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Chicago Tribune
Coauthors

Rather than moving to cut ties with the rest of the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, majorities of Americans continue to prefer active U.S. engagement and shared leadership in world affairs.

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally Sept. 21, 2020, at Dayton International Airport in Ohio. Public Opinion