World Review: Ethiopia's Tigray Crisis, Lebanon's Decline, Rumsfeld

VIDEO SERIES World Review with Ivo Daalder

Kim Ghattas, Philip Stephens, and Julian Barnes join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

July 2, 2021

An armored tank drives down a paved path in Ethiopia

About This Episode

The Financial Times' Philip Stephens, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Kim Ghattas, and the New York Times' Julian Barnes join Council President Ivo Daalder to discuss the importance of governance in the Middle East as Lebanon declines and the United States exits Afghanistan, Donald Rumsfeld's legacy, and what to watch for in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

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About the Panelists

Kim Ghattas

Contributing Writer, The Atlantic

After twenty years as a BBC journalist, Kim Ghattas is currently contributing writer for the Atlantic. She hosts the People Like Us Podcast and is author of the NYT notable book of 2020: Black Wave. She has been published in the New York Times, the Daily Beast, Time, and the Washington Post, and she regularly speaks on Middle East issues and American foreign policy.

Philip Stephens

Contributing Editor, Financial Times

Philip Stephens joined the Financial Times in 1983 as the economics, political, and UK edition editor, and currently serves as a contributing editor. He won the David Watt Prize for Outstanding Political Journalism, Political Journalist of the Year by the UK Political Studies Association, and Political Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards.

Julian Barnes

National Security Reporter, The New York Times

Julian E. Barnes is a national security reporter for The New York Times covering the intelligence agencies. Before joining The Times’s Washington bureau in 2018, he wrote about security matters for The Wall Street Journal, based in Brussels and Washington.

Ivo H. Daalder

President Emeritus, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Ivo H. Daalder served as the US ambassador to NATO from 2009 to 2013. He joined the Council as president in 2013, took on the new role of CEO in 2023, and now serves as president emeritus. Previously, he was a senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution and served as director for European affairs on President Bill Clinton’s National Security Council.

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