Signalgate Blows Up, Turkey in Crisis, Vance Visits Greenland

VIDEO SERIES World Review with Ivo Daalder
Steven Erlanger, Matt Kaminski, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.
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About This Episode

This week, news that top Trump administration officials discussed operational details of a US attack on the Houthis in an unsecure Signal group chat raised profound questions about the administration’s security procedures, as well as demonstrating what those officials really think about Europe. Meanwhile, the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul and presidential candidate of Turkey’s main opposition party, has led to massive protests throughout the country by citizens fearing the end of democracy. Then, Vice President Vance announced an uninvited visit to Greenland to “check out what’s going on with the security there,” increasing tensions between the island, Denmark, and the United States. Steven Erlanger, Matt Kaminski, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder on World Review to discuss the week's top news stories.

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About the Panelists
Steven Erlanger
Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe, The New York Times
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Based out of Brussels, Belgium, Steven Erlanger is the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times. He's been reporting for the Times since 1987.
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Matt Kaminski
Editor-at-Large, POLITICO
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Matt Kaminski is the cofounder of Politico Europe and former editor in chief in Washington. He’s now writing a column on global affairs for POLITICO.
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Nahal Toosi
Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, POLITICO
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Nahal Toosi joined POLITICO from The Associated Press, where she reported from/served as an editor in New York, Islamabad, Kabul, and London. She was one of the first foreign correspondents to reach Pakistan after the killing of Osama bin Laden and was a finalist for the 2019 National Magazine Award in reporting for her story on the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
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Ivo H. Daalder
CEO, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Ivo H. Daalder served as the US ambassador to NATO from 2009 to 2013. He joined the Council as president in 2013 and took on the new role of CEO in 2023. 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. He is the author or editor of 10 books.
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Issues Defense and Security Global Politics US Foreign Policy
Regions Europe Middle East and North Africa North America
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